Code:Breaker
manga
AuthorAkimine Kamijyo
PublisherKodansha
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
FirstJune 11, 2008
LastJuly 17, 2013
Volumes26
Code:Breaker
tv series
DirectorYasuhiro Irie
Producer
  • Katsumi Koike
  • Kensuke Tateishi
  • Motoki Mukaichi
  • Nobuyuki Nakamura
  • Yūichirō Matsuya
  • Eriko Aoki
WriterYasuhiro Irie
MusicTakayuki Hattori
StudioKinema Citrus
LicenseeCrunchyroll
NetworkMBS, Tokyo MX, TVQ, TVA, BS11
FirstOctober 7, 2012
LastDecember 30, 2012
Episodes13 + 3 OVAs

Code:Breaker (stylized as CØDE:BREAKER) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimine Kamijyo. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 2008 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of a high school girl named Sakura Sakurakōji who is trained in martial arts and a male transfer student with mysterious powers named Rei Ōgami. The manga was licensed in North America by Del Rey Manga; only the first two volumes were released.

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Kinema Citrus was broadcast from October to December 2012. The series was licensed by Funimation, which produced an English dub in 2014. The series has since been licensed by Crunchyroll, following its merge with Funimation in 2021.

Plot

See also: List of Code:Breaker characters

Riding the bus one day, Sakura Sakurakōji looks out the window to see people being burned alive with a blue fire as a boy her age remains unharmed and stands over the people. When she goes back to the site the next day, there are no corpses or evidence of any kind of murder, just a small fire. When Sakura goes to class, she discovers the new transfer student is the same boy she saw the day before. Sakura soon learns that he is Rei Ōgami, the sixth "Code: Breaker," a special type of assassin with a strange ability and a member of a secret organization that serves the government.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Akimine Kamijyo, Code:Breaker was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 11, 2008,[2] to July 17, 2013.[3][1] Kodansha collected its chapters in 26 tankōbon volumes, released from October 17, 2008,[4] to September 17, 2013.[5]

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Del Rey Manga;[6] only two volumes were released on July 27 and October 26, 2010.[7][8]

Anime

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Kinema Citrus and directed by Yasuhiro Irie, was broadcast on MBS, Tokyo MX, TVQ, TVA and BS11 from October 7 to December 30, 2012.[9][10][a] The opening theme is "Dark Shame" by Granrodeo and the ending theme is "White Crow" (シロイカラス, Shiroi Karasu) by Kenichi Suzumura.[10] Three original animation DVD (OAD) episodes were bundled with the respective 22nd–24th limited-edition volumes of the manga, released from December 17, 2012, to April 17, 2013.[11]

Funimation licensed the series for streaming.[12] An English dub was produced in 2014,[13] and released the series on home video on June 24 of the same year.[14] The series has been since added to Crunchyroll's catalogue, following the announcement that Funimation would be unified under their brand in 2021.[15][16]

Notes

  1. ^ MBS listed the air dates for the series on Saturday at 26:58, which is effectively Sunday at 2:58 a.m. JST.[17]

References

  1. ^ Nelkin, Sarah (July 5, 2013). "Code:Breaker Manga to End on July 17". Anime News Network. Archived August 19, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "ja:週刊少年マガジン 2008年28号" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived August 11, 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "ja:読んでも読んでも「FAIRY TAIL」！ 2週連続で一挙3話掲載" (in Japanese). Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc. July 10, 2013. Archived July 28, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "Ｃ０ＤＥ：ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived August 18, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ｃ０ＤＥ：ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ（２６）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived August 18, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Dong, Bamboo (July 25, 2009). "Del Rey to Release Code Breaker, Panic x Panic, Pink Innocent". Anime News Network. Archived May 4, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Jones, Davey C. (July 22, 2010). "Code:Breaker Vol. 1 (Advance Review)". ActiveAnime. Archived April 10, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  8. ^ Jones, Davey C. (October 24, 2010). "Code:Breaker Vol. 2 (Advance Review)". ActiveAnime. Archived February 17, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Loo, Egan (September 3, 2012). "Code:Breaker Anime Slated for October 6". Anime News Network. Archived December 29, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "CØDE: BREAKER" (in Japanese). Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived March 18, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  11. ^ Loo, Egan (July 17, 2012). "Code:Breaker Manga to Bundle 3 Original Anime DVDs". Anime News Network. Archived July 5, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  12. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 9, 2012). "Funimation Streams Code:Breaker, Kamisama Kiss, Jormungand, Psycho-Pass, Robotics;Notes, Oniai". Anime News Network. Archived October 31, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  13. ^ Ressler, Karen (April 25, 2014). "Funimation Streams Code:Breaker Dub Trailer". Anime News Network. Archived November 18, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  14. ^ Ressler, Karen (June 24, 2014). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 22–28". Anime News Network. Archived December 6, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  15. ^ Mateo, Alex (August 9, 2021). "Sony's Funimation Global Group Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived August 9, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  16. ^ Mateo, Alex (March 1, 2022). "Funimation's Anime Content Heads to Crunchyroll". Anime News Network. Archived March 1, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  17. ^ "ja:2012年の秋を彩るアニメはこれ！ 新作TVアニメの放送情報をリスト形式でまとめてチェック！" (in Japanese). Dengeki Online. ASCII Media Works. September 30, 2012. Archived February 5, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2023.