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Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman (クライング フリーマン, Kuraingu Furīman) is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. Crying Freeman follows a Japanese assassin hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia (called the "108 Dragons") to serve as its agent and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo. A quiet but complicated killer…

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Directed by
Daisuke Nishio (1–3) · Shigeyasu Yamauchi (4–6)
English publisher
NA: Viz Media (former)Dark Horse Comics · Viz Media (former) · Dark Horse Comics
Episodes
6
Illustrated by
Ryoichi Ikegami
Licensed by
NA: Streamline PicturesA.D. VisionDiscotek Media · Streamline Pictures · A.D. Vision · Discotek Media · UK: Manga Entertainment
Magazine
Big Comic Spirits

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Crying Freeman

Nodes110
Edges109
Triples78
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018182
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Crying Freeman

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related to Original video animation · 32
Crying Freeman → ADV, An English, Between, Blu-ray, Complete Collection, Discotek, Discotek Media, DVD, Edie Mirman, Emu, English, February, Freeman, In, January, Manga, Manga Entertainment, Orion, Orion Home Video, OVA
related to Plot · 19
Crying Freeman → Because, Chinese, Dragons, Emu Hino, Emu's, Freeman, He, Hinomura Kiln, Instead, Japanese, Knowing, One, Seeking, She, Subjected, The, When, Yo, Yō Hinomura
Licensed by · 5
Crying Freeman → A.D. Vision, Discotek Media, NA: Streamline PicturesA.D. VisionDiscotek Media, Streamline Pictures, UK: Manga Entertainment
English publisher · 3
Crying Freeman → Dark Horse Comics, NA: Viz Media (former)Dark Horse Comics, Viz Media (former)
Produced by · 3
Crying Freeman → Akira Sasaki, Naoko Takahashi, Tomiro Kuriyama
Written by · 3
Crying Freeman → Higashi Shimizu (1–3), Kazuo Koike, Ryunosuke Ono (4–6)
Directed by · 2
Crying Freeman → Daisuke Nishio (1–3), Shigeyasu Yamauchi (4–6)
Episodes · 1
Crying Freeman → 6
Illustrated by · 1
Crying Freeman → Ryoichi Ikegami
Magazine · 1
Crying Freeman → Big Comic Spirits

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manga freeman media crying 108 1988 dragons streamline released english comic anime ova animation japanese produced first 1994 viz chinese

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Crying FreemanDirected byDaisuke Nishio (1–3)1.00infobox
Crying FreemanDirected byShigeyasu Yamauchi (4–6)1.00infobox
Crying FreemanEnglish publisherNA: Viz Media (former)Dark Horse Comics1.00infobox
Crying FreemanEnglish publisherViz Media (former)1.00infobox
Crying FreemanEnglish publisherDark Horse Comics1.00infobox
Crying FreemanEpisodes61.00infobox
Crying FreemanIllustrated byRyoichi Ikegami1.00infobox
Crying FreemanLicensed byNA: Streamline PicturesA.D. VisionDiscotek Media1.00infobox
Crying FreemanLicensed byStreamline Pictures1.00infobox
Crying FreemanLicensed byA.D. Vision1.00infobox
Crying FreemanLicensed byDiscotek Media1.00infobox
Crying FreemanLicensed byUK: Manga Entertainment1.00infobox
Crying FreemanMagazineBig Comic Spirits1.00infobox
Crying FreemanMusic byHiroaki Yoshino1.00infobox
Crying FreemanOriginal run1986 – 19881.00infobox
Crying FreemanProduced byAkira Sasaki1.00infobox
Crying FreemanProduced byNaoko Takahashi1.00infobox
Crying FreemanProduced byTomiro Kuriyama1.00infobox
Crying FreemanPublished byShogakukan1.00infobox
Crying FreemanReleasedSeptember 1988 – January 19941.00infobox
Crying FreemanRuntime50 minutes (each)1.00infobox
Crying FreemanStudioToei Animation1.00infobox
Crying FreemanVolumes91.00infobox
Crying FreemanWritten byKazuo Koike1.00infobox
Crying FreemanWritten byHigashi Shimizu (1–3)1.00infobox
Crying FreemanWritten byRyunosuke Ono (4–6)1.00infobox

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