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Old Boy (manga)

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Alternative title:
オールド・ボーイ (Japanese)
鐵漢強龍 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: thriller
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Shinichi Gotō spends 10 years in a private prison, captured and sent there by request of an unknown operative. Once he is set free Gotō finds himself in a personal quest to discover the enemy that cost him a decade of his life.
User Ratings: 76 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (Eng:4, dub:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 26 votes (Eng:18, sub:6, dub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Very good: 17 votes (Eng:12, sub:4, dub:1)
 Good: 12 votes (Eng:7, sub:4, others:1
1 French
)
 Decent: 7 votes (Eng:6, dub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 141 users, rank: #616 (of 6718)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.763 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6453, rank: #1621 (of 7449)
Weighted mean: 7.824 (Very good−), rank: #1759 (of 7449) (seen all: 7.78 / seen some: 8.39 / won't finish: 5.68)
Bayesian estimate: 7.818 (Very good−), rank: #817 (of 3484)
Number of tankoubon: 8
Number of pages: 208
Vintage: 1997-05-28
Release dates: We have 18
Review:
Old Boy GN 2 (Nov 12, 2006)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Oldboy [Collector's Edition] (DVD) 2006-11-14 (from $188.28)
eBook
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Graphic novel
    Old Boy (GN 1) 2006-07-05 (from $11.19)
    Old Boy (GN 2) 2006-10-04 (from $10.36)
    Old Boy (GN 3) 2006-12-06 (from $10.36)
    Old Boy (GN 4) 2007-02-07 (from $10.36)
    Old Boy (GN 5) 2007-04-04 (from $10.36)
    Old Boy (GN 6) 2007-06-06 (from $10.36)
    Old Boy (GN 7) 2007-08-01 (from $10.36)
    Old Boy (GN 8) 2007-10-10 (from $10.36)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Futabasha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Lia Ribacchi
Translation: Kumar Sivasubramanian

Collection Design: Darin Fabrick
Editing: Chris Warner
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Kathryn Renta
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Dark Horse Comics
French staff
French cast
Translation: Simon Rodrigues
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Kabuto
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Random House Mondadori (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Italian cast
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German staff
German cast
Translation: Dorothea Uberall
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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