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Takehiko Inoue is often praised for his basketball opus Slam Dunk, but his Seinen manga Vagabond is second to none. It takes the cake in terms of its art, storyline, and character designs. It stands as one of the top rated manga on My Anime List, but the series may have found its archnemesis after all.

Musashi Miyamoto in a still from Vagabond manga | Credit: Kodansha

Not Berserk, but another Seinen manga is brilliantly breathtaking in its art and plot and deserves its place in The Louvre. And while it stands as one of the underappreciated gems in the genre, it hasn’t yet been adapted by any studio. This also applies to Takehiko Inoue’s samurai masterpiece.

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In the manga scene, Takehiko Inoue is one of the most prolific manga artists there has ever been. Most of us know him for his two iconic basketball series, Slam Dunk and Real; however, his real masterpiece is a samurai epic titled Vagabond. The work has been considered a phenomenal piece of fiction, which none has been able to replicate since then.

A panel from Vagabond. Credit: Viz Media

Despite its greatness, the series does not have an anime adaptation; after all, they have big shoes to fill, where everything needs to be spot on. Now, in an interesting turn of events, Pascal Charrue, the co-founder of Fortiche, has expressed his views on wanting to create an adaptation of the iconic manga.

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Getting inspired by Eiji Yoshikawa’s 1939 novel Musashi, Takehiko Inoue took his time...

Takehiko Inoue is probably one of the biggest names in the anime and manga industry and is known by everyone in the community. The manager began his career at the young age of 20 and went on to give some of the most iconic works like Slam Dunk, Buzzer Beater, Real, and more.

A still from Slam Dunk. Credits: Viz Media

Fans think highly of his works, as they can’t get over how his most renowned work, Vagabond, revolutionized the manga industry. The historical manga series set the standard too high, as it was considered to be the first perfect series that was lauded by readers of every genre.

However, adding to the fans’ disappointment, the piece of greatness has been on a hiatus for an eternity. Well, the manga had big shoes to fill, especially with the name that it had created during its run. The mangaka once addressed...

Pascal Charrue, co-founder of the animation studio Fortiche, which animated Arcane, has expressed an interest in adapting Takehiko Inoue’s Vagabond manga into an animated series.

This was revealed during a recent interview with Crunchyroll when he was asked to name a manga that he would love to bring to life.

In response, Charrue expressed a desire to adapt Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue, calling it a masterpiece with incredible depth and stunning artwork.

“The first adaptation that comes to mind would be Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue. It’s a masterpiece with incredible depth and stunning artwork that would be fascinating to bring to life in animation.“

However, he acknowledged the challenge of translating manga to animation effectively, particularly in terms of pacing.

Charrue explained that readers are in control of the pacing while reading the manga, and this does not always seamlessly translate into the animated format. And thereby it...

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