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Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax [a] is a 2D arcade fighting game developed by Ecole Software and French Bread and published by Sega.The game celebrates the 20th anniversary of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint, featuring various characters from light novels published under the imprint. [2]
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Bunco was originally a confidence game similar to three-card monte. [1] [2] It originated in 19th-century England, where it was known as "eight dice cloth". [3]It was imported to San Francisco as a gambling activity in 1855, where it gave its name to gambling parlors, or "bunco parlors", and more generally to any swindle.
A bunkoban (文庫版, lit. 'paperback edition') edition refers to a tankōbon printed in bunko format, or a typical Japanese novel-sized volume. Bunkoban are generally A6 size (105 mm × 148 mm, 4.1 in × 5.8 in) and thicker than tankōbon and, in the case of manga, usually have a new cover designed specifically for the release.
Tankōbon – Many manga are reprinted in bunkoban (or "bunko edition") format. Reclam – German publishing house. Their "universal library" (Universal-Bibliothek) series was a model for Iwanami Bunko started in 1927.
The bunkoban edition of the manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop, which retitled it as GTO: The Early Years, although the editions retain Shonan Junai Gumi as a subtitle. The first volume was released in June 2006. The Tokyopop editions ended with volume 10. Publisher Vertical Inc continued and concluded the series in 2012.
The series was republished in a four-volume aizōban edition in 2005, [7] and a five-volume bunkoban edition in 2011. [8] In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Viz Media. [1] The first volume was released on December 5, 2023. [9] The fourth and final volume is set to be released on December 2, 2024. [10]
During the 1990s, Shueisha reprinted the series in a 15-volume hardcover aizōban edition from 1991 to 1992, [20] as well as a 15-volume bunkoban edition from 1997 to 1998. [21] The Fist of the North Star copyrights would be transferred over to Coamix, a company founded in June 2000 by Nobuhiko Horie after he left Shueisha. [22]