Prophecy is a Japanese seinenmanga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui.
Media
Manga
Published by Shueisha, it was serialized in Jump X magazine from July 25, 2011 to August 10, 2013, and compiled into three volumes published from April 2012 to September 2013. In North America, it was acquired by Verticalin September 2013. It was also published in Brazil by Editora JBC, and in French by Ki-oon A spin-offmanga, titled Yokokuhan: The Copycat, and illustrated by Fumio Obata started in Jump X on April 10, 2014. With the magazine discontinuation on October 10, 2014, the series moved to Weekly Young Jump, starting on March 11, 2015. The manga finished on July 23, 2015. Yokokuhan: The Copycats three volumes were published between April 2015 and August 2015. It was licensed in France by Ki-oon. A side-off light novel titled Yokokuhan: The Chaser was published on May 19, 2015.
Volume list
''Prophecy''
''Yokokuhan: The Copycat''
Film
A live action film adaptation directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura was released on June 6, 2015. Its North American premiere was held during the LA EigaFest in September 2015. The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015 by TC Entertainment.
Cast
Toma Ikuta as "Newspaper Man"
Erika Toda as Yoshino
Ryohei Suzuki as Kansai
Gaku Hamada as Nobita
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Metabo
Drama
Under the title of Yokokuhan: The Pain, a Japanese television drama ran for five episodes on WOWOW between June 7, 2015 to July 5, 2015. Supervised by the film director Yoshihiro Nakamura, it was directed by Nakamura himself, Katsutoshi Hirabayashi and Megumi Sawada, with episodes screenplayed by Tamio Hayashi and Hiroshi Tanaka. It starred Noriyuki Higashiyama and Erika Toda reprises her role from the film. A soundtrack of the series was released on June 3, 2015 by Anchor Records, with all tracks composed by Takashi Omama, the drama's main composer. All episodes were released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015 by TC Entertainment.
Reception
Volume 3 reached the 45th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of September 15, 2013, has sold 20,871 copies. On Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave volume 1 an overall grade of A−. On manga-news.com, the series has a staff grade of 16 out of 20. The film earned on its opening weekend in Japan and a total of so far.
