Editing Lone Wolf and Cub (section)

====Japan====
Written by [[Kazuo Koike]] and illustrated by [[Goseki Kojima]], ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' was serialized in [[Futabasha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Manga Action|Weekly Manga Action]]''. Its first installment was published on September 10, 1970.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊漫画アクション 1970年|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M646839|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615090321/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M646839|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Manga Top Ten トップテン・マンガ|url=https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/12/18/the-manga-top-ten/|access-date=June 13, 2024|website=CBSI Comics|date=December 19, 2017 |archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209211124/https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/12/18/the-manga-top-ten/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series finished with the 145th installment published on April 1, 1976.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊漫画アクション 1976年|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M588583|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615090544/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M588583|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|magazine=Weekly Manga Action|publisher=[[Futabasha]]|date=April 1970|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1140079680|access-date=June 13, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613004523/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1140079680|url-status=live|quote={{lang|ja|漫画アクション1976/04/01}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Contents|url=http://www.gouseki.kazekaworu.com/list51.html|access-date=June 13, 2024|website=gouseki.kazekaworu.com|quote={{lang|ja|子連れ狼・最終回/其之百四十五腕（かいな）・後編}}|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327205949/http://gouseki.kazekaworu.com/list51.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Futabasha collected its chapters in 28 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, published from May 1972 to May 1976.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:子連れ狼 1|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M256534|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615090801/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M256534|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:子連れ狼 28|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M213358|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615091414/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M213358|url-status=live}}</ref> When ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' was first released in [[Japan]] in 1970, it became wildly popular for its powerful, epic [[samurai]] story and its stark and gruesome depiction of violence during [[Edo period|Tokugawa era]] Japan. As of October 2006, the manga had sold 8.3 million copies in Japan, and 11.8 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=劇画「子連れ狼」の原作者 小池一夫さんが郷土・大仙市に 住所も移し、花館に同級生らと集える自宅|url=http://www.hana.or.jp/hana/nitiniti/famous/fp061008.html|website=Kitaura Hana Net|language=ja|date=October 8, 2006|access-date=April 21, 2024|archive-date=September 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001008/http://www.hana.or.jp/hana/nitiniti/famous/fp061008.html}}</ref>

''Lone Wolf and Cub'' is one of the most highly regarded manga due to its epic scope, detailed historical accuracy, masterful artwork and nostalgic yet brutally frank recollection of the [[bushido]] ethos.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} The story spans 28 volumes of manga, with over 300 pages each (totaling over 8,700 pages in all). Many of the panels of the series are depictions of nature, historical locations in Japan, and traditional activities. A couple of years into the series, a story depicts the fate of Yamada Asaemon, the main character of ''[[Samurai Executioner]]'', also created by Koike and [[Goseki Kojima|Kojima]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dark Horse Comics presents Samurai Executioner, a manga masterwork from the creators of Lone Wolf and Cub! :: Archived Press Releases|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Press-Releases/922/Dark-Horse-Comics-presents-Samurai-Executioner-a-manga-masterwork-from-the-creators-of-Lone-Wolf-and-Cub|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Dark Horse Comics|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401083836/https://www.darkhorse.com/Press-Releases/922/Dark-Horse-Comics-presents-Samurai-Executioner-a-manga-masterwork-from-the-creators-of-Lone-Wolf-and-Cub|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 5: Black Wind by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/242423/lone-wolf-and-cub-volume-5-black-wind-by-kazuo-koike-goseki-kojima/9781621150701|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Penguin Random House Canada|language=English|archive-date=August 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810113357/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/242423/lone-wolf-and-cub-volume-5-black-wind-by-kazuo-koike-goseki-kojima/9781621150701|url-status=live}}</ref> One reviewer notes that Asaemon looks different in this appearance, apparently due to Ogami Ittō having been designed so similarly to the original Asaemon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Mick|date=August 17, 2011|title=Review - Lone Wolf & Cub Vol. 5: Black Wind|url=http://www.superheroesetc.net/2011/08/review-lone-wolf-cub-vol-5-black-wind.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Superheroes, etc.|language=en|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127121616/http://www.superheroesetc.net/2011/08/review-lone-wolf-cub-vol-5-black-wind.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>