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Golden Kamuy Wikia

Golden Kamuy (ゴールデンカムイ, Gōruden Kamui) is a manga written and illustrated by mangaka Satoru Noda. It began its serialization on August 21st, 2014 in Weekly Young Jump and was published by Shueisha Inc. The last and final chapter of Golden Kamuy manga was released on April 28th, 2022.

There are 31 volumes in tankōbon format in Japanese and 26 volumes translated in English. Alongside Satoru Noda, there are several people working on this manga as consultants and editors: managing editor Hakkou Ookuma, Ainu language supervisor Hiroshi Nakagawa, and Russian language supervisor Eugenio Uzhinin.

In 2018 Golden Kamuy manga received an anime adaptation by GENO Studio. On April 9th, 2018 the first episode of the anime series premiered. Currently, the anime has 3 seasons with 36 episodes and 4 OVAs released. Season 4 is announced to air in October, 2022.

To celebrate the Respect for the Aged Day, Satoru Noda released a spin-off manga Silver Kamuy where Golden Kamuy characters are reimagined as elderly people.

Story[]

In Hokkaido, the far northern lands of Japan, Saichi Sugimoto survived the Russo-Japanese War of the Meiji Era. Nicknamed "Sugimoto the Immortal" during the war, he now seeks the riches promised by the gold rush, in hopes of saving the widow of his now-deceased comrade. During his hunt for gold, he finds out about a massive stash of gold hidden by a criminal. Partnering with Asirpa, an Ainu girl who saves his life from the harsh climate of the north, he battles against the criminals, the military, and nature itself to find the treasure!

Chapters and Volumes[]

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Chapters and Volumes

Reception[]

In 2018, Golden Kamuy sold 5 million copies in print.[1] In December 2020, more than 15 million copies of the manga were in print.[2] As of June 2021, the number of sold copies exceeds 16 million.[3] With the release of Volume 30 in June 2022, the manga sales have reached 21 million copies.

In 2019, The British Museum in London used an image of Asirpa to promote the Manga Exhibit:

Golden Kamuy is a relatively new manga that has published more than 9 million copies and is now a popular anime translated into English. Written by Noda Satoru, it is a dramatic action tale that takes place in the early 1900s on the northern island of Hokkaido. The hero, Sugimoto teams up with a local Ainu girl named Asirpa to attempt to find gold stolen from the indigenous Ainu community in a deadly race with the Imperial Japanese 7th Division Army and other assorted and often unsavory characters. Noda, a Hokkaido native himself, told me how he researched all aspects of the manga including eating the food portrayed. Both the manga and the anime are gripping, as well as beautiful and educational – you learn about Hokkaido and Ainu customs as you become absorbed in the story.

— Nicole Rousmaniere, The British Museum[4]

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Asirpa poster at the British Museum

Golden Kamuy has been nominated for multiple awards:

  • Nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize[5]
  • Nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016[6]
  • Winner of the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016[7]
  • Winner of Hokkaido Yukari no Hontaisho 2017 [8]
  • Nominated for the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize[9]
  • Winner of the 22th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018[10]
  • Jury Prize for Best Scenario in Japan Expo Awards 2018 [11]
  • Winner of Social Impact Award in the Manga Division of the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival [12]

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Volume 1 1234567
Volume 2 891011121314151617
Volume 3 18192021222324252627
Volume 4 2829303132333435363738
Volume 5 39404142434445464748
Volume 6 4950515253545556575859
Volume 7 60616263646566676869
Volume 8 7071727374757677787980
Volume 9 81828384858687888990
Volume 10 919293949596979899100
Volume 11 101102103104105106107108109110
Volume 12 111112113114115116117118119120
Volume 13 121122123124125126127128129130
Volume 14 131132133134135136137138139140
Volume 15 141142143144145146147148149150
Volume 16 151152153154155156157158159160
Volume 17 161162163164165166167168169170
Volume 18 171172173174175176177178179180
Volume 19 181182183184185186187188189190
Volume 20 191192193194195196197198199200
Volume 21 201202203204205206207208209210211
Volume 22 212213214215216217218219220221
Volume 23 222223224225226227228229230231
Volume 24 232233234235236237238239240
Volume 25 241242243244245246247248249250
Volume 26 251252253254255256257258259260
Volume 27 261262263264265266267268269270271
Volume 28 272273274275276277278279280
Volume 29 281282283284285286287288289290
Volume 30 291292293294295296297298299300301302
Volume 31 303304305306307308309310311312313314
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