Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise

Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise (桃源暗鬼) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yura Urushibara. It has been serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion since June 2020. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2025.

Characters

 * Shiki Ichinose (一ノ瀬 四季)


 * Naito Mudano (無陀野 無人)


 * Jin Kougasaki (皇后崎 迅)

Manga
Written and illustrated by Yura Urushibara, Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise started in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion on June 11, 2020. Akita Shoten has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on October 8, 2020. As of May 8, 2024, twenty volumes have been released.

In March 2024, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume set to be released in September of the same year. The series has also been licensed in France by Kana, and in Italy by Panini Comics.

Stage play
In December 2023, it was announced that the series would receive a stage play adaptation, which ran at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater in Tokyo from February 17–24, 2024, and at the Umeda Arts Theater's Theater Drama City in Osaka from February 29 to March 3 of the same year.

Anime
In May 2024, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation. It is set to premiere in 2025. Remow licensed the series.

Reception
By February 2022, the manga had over 1.2 million copies in circulation; over 1.85 million copies in circulation by November 2022; over 2.2 million copies in circulation by March 2023; over 2.6 million copies in circulation by December 2023; and over 3 million copies in circulation by May 2024.

The manga was nominated for the 2021 Next Manga Awards in the print category. The manga placed seventh in Rakuten Kobo's second E-book Award in the "I Want to Deliver It to the World! Top Recommended Manga" category in 2024.