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Gannibal
	Cover of the first volume
ガンニバル; (Gan'nibaru)
Genre	Suspense
Manga
Written by	Masaaki Ninomiya
Published by	Nihon Bungeisha
English publisher	NA: Ablaze Publishing;
Magazine	Weekly Manga Goraku
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	October 5, 2018 – November 26, 2021
Volumes	13
Television drama
Directed by	Shinzo Katayama
Produced by	Teruhisa Yamamoto; Tatsuya Iwakura;
Written by	Takamasa Oe
Studio	Starduct Pictures
Licensed by	Disney Platform Distribution
Original network	Disney+
Original run	December 28, 2022 – present
Episodes	7

Gannibal (Japanese: ガンニバル, Hepburn: Gan'nibaru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaaki Ninomiya. It was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from October 2018 to November 2021 and published in thirteen volumes. It tells the story of police officer Daigo, who transfers to a remote village and faces hostility from the locals while investigating a mysterious death, leading him to uncover dark secrets and rumors of cannibalism.

The manga was adapted into a Japanese TV series with the same name. Its first season premiered in December 2022. A second season has been announced.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Masaaki Ninomiya, the series was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from October 5, 2018, to November 26, 2021.^[1]^[2] Its individual chapters were collected into thirteen tankōbon volumes.^[3] A special chapter was released in Weekly Manga Goraku on December 16, 2022, to commemorate the premiere of the drama adaptation.^[4]

In July 2023, Ablaze Publishing announced that they licensed the series for English publication.^[5]

Volume list

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	February 18, 2019^[6]	978-4-53-713881-8	November 28, 2023^[7]	978-1-68-497219-7
2	May 20, 2019^[8]	978-4-53-713924-2	February 27, 2024^[9]	978-1-68-497220-3
3	August 19, 2019^[10]	978-4-53-713969-3	—	—
4	November 18, 2019^[11]	978-4-53-714174-0	—	—
5	January 29, 2020^[12]	978-4-53-714195-5	—	—
6	April 20, 2020^[13]	978-4-53-714233-4	—	—
7	July 9, 2020^[14]	978-4-53-714260-0	—	—
8	October 9, 2020^[15]	978-4-53-714292-1	—	—
9	January 9, 2021^[16]	978-4-53-714327-0	—	—
10	April 8, 2021^[17]	978-4-53-714362-1	—	—
11	July 16, 2021^[18]	978-4-53-714388-1	—	—
12	November 18, 2021^[19]	978-4-53-714434-5	—	—
13	February 28, 2022^[3]	978-4-53-714465-9	—	—

Drama

A Japanese television drama adaptation was announced by Disney+ during their "APAC Content Showcase" on October 14, 2021.^[20] It was directed by Shinzo Katayama, with Takamasa Oe writing the scripts and Teruhisa Yamamoto and Tatsuya Iwakura producing. Yuya Yagira, Riho Yoshioka, and Show Kasamatsu played the lead roles. It premiered on Disney+ on December 28, 2022.^[21]^[22] Internationally, the series was streamed by Hulu in the United States and Disney+ in the rest of the world.^[23]

On September 21, 2023, a second season was announced.^[24]

Reception

The tenth volume was selected to be in competition at the 2023 Angoulême International Comics Festival.^[25] The series has two million copies in circulation.^[22]