The Silent Service
Japanese manga series by Kaiji Kawaguchi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Silent Service (Japanese: 沈黙の艦隊, Hepburn: Chinmoku no Kantai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was published in Kodansha's Weekly Morning manga magazine from 1988 to 1996 and collected in 32 tankōbon volumes.
The Silent Service | |
沈黙の艦隊 (Chinmoku no Kantai) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Kaiji Kawaguchi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Weekly Morning |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1988 – 1996 |
Volumes | 32 |
Anime television film | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
Music by | Akira Senju |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
Released | December 18, 1995 |
Runtime | 100 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
Music by | Akira Senju |
Studio | Sunrise |
Released | September 25, 1997 – January 25, 1998 |
Runtime | 60 minutes each |
Episodes | 2 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Kohei Yoshino |
Produced by |
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Written by | Hikaru Takai |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
Licensed by | Amazon Prime Video |
Released | September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29) |
Runtime | 113 minutes |
The series was adapted into an anime television special and original video animation (OVA) series by Sunrise. The special was released in North America by Central Park Media.
In 1990, The Silent Service won the 14th Kodansha Manga Award for the general manga category. It has over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.
A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japanese theaters in September 2023.