The first titled Crows: Explode, written by Kōsuke Mukai, Rikiya Mizushima and Takashi Hasegawa and illustrated by Tatsuya Kanda, began on October 6 it finished on October 6, 2020. Two manga spin-offs were released in 2017 in Monthly Shonen Champion. Ī tribute manga called Crows Respect written by various authors was published by Akita Shoten in 2018. Takahashi wrote a one volume side story called Crows Gaiden: Katagiri Ken Monogatari which was published in 2014. Several characters from the manga appear in the movies but not the main character Bōya. The films are not direct adaptations but take place before the events of the manga. It inspired three live-action films: Crows Zero in 2007, Crows Zero 2 in 2009 (both directed by Takashi Miike), and Crows Explode (directed by Toshiaki Toyoda) in 2014. The series was adapted into a two episode OVA by Knack Productions in 1994 which covered the first three volumes of the manga. It has the same setting and also shares some characters with Takahashi's later manga QP and Worst. Crows Gaiden: Housenka – The Beginning of HousenĬrows ( Japanese: クローズ, Hepburn: Kurōzu) is a Japanese high school delinquent manga series by Hiroshi Takahashi.
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