Blade of the Phantom Master
Shin Angyo Onshi ( Kor. 신 암행 어사, Revised: sin amhaeng eosa, Japanese新 暗 行 御史, Shin Angyo Onshi ) is a manhwa of the author Youn In -wan and Yang Kyung- il of the draftsman of the 2001 The. work was implemented in 2004 as a anime movie.
Action
In large Jushin Empire is a group of secret agents, the so-called Angyo Onshi. They control the activities of the province in secret prince and help the people against injustice. But when the empire collapses, the princes gain power and the Angyo Onshi disappear.
The warrior Mun - Su ( 문수 ) attracts more than Angyo Onshi through the country and help people. He fights especially against exploitative princes and demons that plague the population. He meets the young warrior Chun Hyang ( 춘향 ), who accompanied him as Sando, protecting him as such and stands to the side.
Formation and characteristics
The artist Youn In -wan and Yang Kyung- il published her first work, even in South Korea, with a major publisher but for the first time in Japan. The story is also designed for the Japanese market, so invested in Japanese reading direction and inspired by legends from Japan. Therefore, the work, even though it comes from Korea, often referred to not as a Manhwa, but as manga.
Publications
The manwha appeared in Japan from 2001 to 2007 as a continuation of history in the manga magazine Sunday Gene -X. The story was completed in 17 tankōbon ( collected volumes ) that came out in Japan by Shogakukan and in South Korea in Daiwon. A French translation was published by Pika Édition.
Carlsen Manga published in German all 17 volumes. The translation is by Antje Bockel.
Filming
In 2004, produced as Japanese Studio Oriental Light and Magic and the Korean company Character schedule an anime film for Manhwa. This Joji Shimura directed, Hideki Takahashi designed the character design and Shichiro Kobayashi took over the artistic direction. In 2004, the film was released in the Japanese and South Korean cinemas.
2005 Anime in the Fantasia Festival in Montreal under the title Phantom Master was: Dark Hero from Ruined Empire first shown in North America. The following year, ADV Films released the film on DVD in Canada and the United States. The anime was translated in Russian and Polish.