japanese hepburn lit silver soul styled japanese manga written illustrated serialized beginning december weekly jump set conquered aliens named plot follows life point view works alongside friends order pay monthly rent added science fiction setting develop characters liking editor suggested historical series series adapted original video animation sunrise featured jump anime tour followed anime series debuted april tokyo finished march sequel titled premiered japan april ended march returning brief run october march continuation anime series titled began airing april ended march animated films produced anime series light novels video games based manga licensed north_america addition publishing individual volumes series serialized chapters manga anthology debuted january issue serialized rate chapter month initially licensed series website purchased anime streaming rights home video rights japan manga popular selling million copies anime dvds featured time respective media tokyo announced anime responsible high sales overseas anime adaptation publications manga anime commented manga positive response focused comedy characters series negative responses concern manga artwork plot story set alternate late period humanity attacked aliens called sky people japan join battle aliens realizes power aliens aliens writes unequal contract aliens allows aliens enter country places ban carrying swords public swords taken away longer resist aliens puppet government plot focused eccentric aka odd jobs helps teenager named save sister group aliens want impressed apprentice works freelance odd jobs man order pay monthly rent combination home office know rescue teenage alien girl named group wanted use strength kill people joins work known literally store job encounter police force times normally ally odd jobs work jobs commonly involve dangerous criminals eventually meet comrades fight invasion including revolutionary maintains friendly relationship despite terrorist activities hand acts major antagonist series wants destroy sees comrades enemies series story commonly episodic story arcs developed chapters story arcs starts gaining allies including brother elite unit prepare large scale coup état themes style main focus use gags manga second year started add drama story keeping comedy jokes manga comments clichés series example chapter fights group aliens protect complains fought page replies shut page long time manga artist exaggerated desire read causes fight readers order makes fun parts characters quote types comic situations general reader know japanese culture understand humour described publications bizarre weird described divided categories sci comedy comedy referring aliens tends point irritating modern society including celebrations days famous mythical figures additionally references historical figures characters story based series comedy aliens invasion japan bring social issues humans recurring lack social equality result main themes involves society trying preserve way living fulfilling dream like series production coming manga artist created shots magazine preparing write serialized series editor suggested create manga series based inspired upcoming drama 1860s troupe depicted idol actors attempted create series admitted liking ultimately failed ground instead abandoning idea completely remained focused historical japanese era began create story adding elements science fiction figures era create story liking original title series meant lit general impact great debate decided discussing family deciding sounded close edge completely considered shot poor setting shot served base addition alien characters liked periods eras change presented positive negative points humanity series set alternate bigger significance characters time low point lives main character series originally meant fan notably base saw film burn sword shake initial design decided use lead character added story pilot chapter series different plot met story story based new older recurring characters series removed thinking entertaining asked fan mentioned characters series based real life citizens character roughly based folk hero starting manga unpopular close cancelled pleased selling copies later learned afraid poor sales resulted minimum printed order increase popularity author introduce new characters felt memorable assistants little hope manga popularity noted people tell manga surpass number volumes volume released found fresh material use year series believed source popularity partially connected drama drama ran year series manga shorter stories established characters world felt uncomfortable making things related drama second year daring stories concepts creating longer storylines included drama keeping sense humor modern japan way fictionalized past planned series ending sure manga going reach point characters requiring development behave way wants working chapter problems finishing manuscript leaving supervisor revise figures write staying room going walk commented ideas random focuses fact related manga problems coming ideas helped editor thinking non sense manga writing chapter decides comedy drama defines science fiction human drama pseudo historical comedy illustrating usually uses felt tip pen fountain pen brush tip pen major characters uses felt tip pen fountain pen outlines media manga manga chapters written illustrated serialized manga anthology book weekly jump december publishing chapters online weekly jump official website licensed publication north_america page preview series featured january issue acquired license publish chapters series san diego comic con international chapters serialized january rate chapter month collecting chapters volumes published april volumes released japan north_america published imprint volume published july august published volume publication series ended volume reasons given original video animations original video animations developed sunrise having title composed stories meant introduce characters series second titled lit white demon birth initially set war aliens later revealed hoax september dvd named published contains audio commentary weekly jump 34th issue announced anime return episode special year jump special anime tour anime special dvd bundled limited edition manga volume released april announced weekly jump 8th issue volumes manga bundled original animation dvd manga volume scheduled release august manga volume scheduled release november adapt arc manga anime series anime adaptation sunrise debuted tokyo april ninety episodes initially directed episodes directed following episodes directed subtitle anime loosely translated starting point importance trying oneself right january mentioned going work fourth season series starting year february confirmed anime continue fourth year directed series ended march total episodes japan anime dvd format total thirteen volumes released season july june second season released set thirteen volumes july july season released thirteen volumes august august fourth season collected released thirteen dvd volumes october october november agreement reached tokyo streaming video service stream english subtitled episodes free week aired japan paying subscribers watch new episodes hour air japan january uploaded episode episode service alongside new episodes week episodes beginning series anime licensed north_america distribution commented seasons licensed option rest collection containing thirteen english subtitled episodes released dvd april episodes released releases stalled shortly licensing film announced based film performance consider releasing series north_america possibly english dub july announced release series blu ray dvd english dub april tokyo stations began airing high definition older episodes title literally best title parody best anime san addition broadcast new opening ending animations themes opening ending episodes dancer lit dancer lit season starting episode going opening changed lit like wind ending changed wave starting episode opening changed girl probable girl ending changed life starting episode opening changed flip ending changed sound march hinted anime continue staff material work claimed series absolutely hasn begun definitely return december stated anime resume april sequel original anime premiered japan april main staff series remain director premiere subscribers site dvd series released july episode released september contains crossover special series ended march total episodes collected thirteen dvds series premiered tokyo october continuation second anime ended march main staff second series remain director series ended march total episodes episodes collected total dvds december december super stage event announced new series works april premiere cast attended event key visual revealed new series aired tokyo episodes april march aired previous seasons films films based franchise lit new retelling arc retelling story arc attacked member army odd jobs start searching commercials film true scene anime film premiered april picking screens days earned million total released film dvd blu ray format north_america motion picture distributed film united_kingdom published australia second film announced august weekly script written time titled movie final chapter forever follows travels future deal mysterious group released japan july film marketed final director commented continuation hit film managed surpass success predecessor cds music anime composed september published soundtrack series known featured tracks including version opening theme ending themes second soundtrack original soundtrack released november included tracks versions opening ending themes series published june features total tracks including theme gag episode series fourth latest soundtrack composed thirty tracks released march apart soundtracks series cds known best include versions opening ending themes cds extra dvd original videos movies original soundtracks light novels series light novels based manga authored illustrated published feature series characters school setting acting teacher running jump square title lit grade class novel published february seven light novels published novelization second film authored released alongside film video games japan playstation game released august wii game general able cartoon released october game nintendo called silver ball quest job change save world released december games include huge fight silver souls characters appear weekly jump crossover jump super stars sequel stars nintendo appears playable fighter jump crossover fighting game stars victory playstation playstation acting support playstation portable game released january manga anime manga official character book channel released april features characters files interview original character second book official character book fifth grade published like previous book interview files new characters appeared series release anime named box published april celebrate airing anime 100th episode features commentaries japanese voice actors cast series followed april series anime character titled character book published japan live action film june announced series live action adaptation series slated premiere direction film script handled additionally said portrayed reception manga sold million units japan march announced sales volume passed million copies following volumes manga good sales having appeared times japanese comic ranking 17th volume manga ranked 10th bestseller volume japan manga ranked 10th bestseller series million copies sold hit number japan sold manga half list selling million volumes november featured oricon surveys ranked funniest manga 5th interesting manga survey listed sixth choice manga adapted live action film poll japanese manga magazine second category best long stories cited wooden swords popularity retailers experienced sales wooden swords foreigners north_america ranked best new manga readers poll best new manga nominated category best manga comedy losing english sales manga volumes good having appeared diamond comic distributors graphic novels light novel selling novel japan achievement novel anime adaptation featured times japanese ranking episodes having rating dvd sales series featured japanese anime dvd ranking times dvd season ranked ninth japanese best sellers dvds august tokyo announced contributed robust sales overseas rights fiscal year ended march poll won category best animation dvd selling japan having sold units weeks released oricon survey selling dvds japan dvd ranked category animation special effects dvds total units sold soundtrack received animation album year award dvd navigator japanese magazine critical response manga generally positive found manga kind comedy praising characters personalities gags hand artwork criticized hard follow fast scenes jokes clichés series positively received writer like found artwork thing considerable pleasures goofy manga characters designs praised variations including ones aliens appearing series pop culture shock remarked characters add visual interest life panel keeping reader invested stories stall negative comments manga number aliens appearing series chapters focused fights fight concluded review manga saying potential execution struggling liked comedy story mentioned truly compared comics thing jokes found context series hilarious like new jokes chapter like reviewers disliked artwork found manga great comedy great read comic book writer found large number characters different appearances series allow reader remain entertained series pages present unusual interesting visual anime adaptation received positive mixed responses humor noted improved series introduction jokes hard understand references japanese culture series notes dvd releases criticized lacking explanation cultural jokes additionally humor quality found inconsistent episodes depth bring point viewers abandon series quality series found improve series continues people intimidated large number episodes characters action praised knowledge tendencies break fourth wall female characters found appealing based unusual qualities series noted ability shift comedy drama loss quality controversy anime series depiction character referenced specific politician current minister government resulted cancellation series supervisor explained tokyo cancelled representative denied having objected episode report paper stated affected party contacted tokyo story arc episode belonged completed expressed doubts arc release dvd format
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