Yoshimori Sumimura is a kekkaishi, or barrier master, an expert in fighting demons. "Flower of Passion" ( 情熱の花, "Jōnetsu no Hana" ) "A Dangerous Man" ( 危険な男, "Kiken na Otoko" ) "Yoshimori's Ambition" ( 良守の野望, "Yoshimori no Yabō" ) "Yoshimori and Tokine" ( 良守と時音, "Yoshimori to Tokine" ) Note: This list uses Viz's official English-translated titles through volume 32, unofficial Japanese translations thereafter. It has also been adapted into three video games. Kekkaishi has been adapted into a 52-episode anime series by Sunrise, which was broadcast on Nippon Television, Yomiuri TV, and Nippon News Network between 16 October 2006 and 12 February 2008. It is also licensed in France by Pika Édition, in Germany by Carlsen Comics, in Hong Kong by Rightman Publishing Limited, in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo which serializes it in Shōnen Star, in Italy by Planet Manga, in Malaysia by PCM Comics, in South Korea by Bookbox, in Spain by Editorial Ivrea, in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics, and in Vietnam by Kim Dong. In July 2009, Viz announced the creation of their new imprint Shonen Sunday, which Kekkaishi would be moved under, and the launching of a dedicated website where individual chapters of Kekkaishi and other Shonen Sunday series are now being serialized. Viz released volume one on, the 35th and last volume is scheduled to release on 11 December 2012. Viz Media announced in April 2005 that they had acquired the rights to translate and distribute Kekkaishi in North America. Kekkaishi received the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga. The series is about teenagers Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival clans of kekkai (barrier magic) users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land it is built upon. Serial chapters have been collected in tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, with the first released on 18 February 2004, all 35 volumes completed with the last volume published on 18 August 2011. It was serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 2003 issue 47 to 2011 issue 19. Kekkaishi is a shōnen fantasy manga written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. The cover of Kekkaishi volume 1 as released by Viz Media on in North America.
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