Shizukanaru Don Yakuza Side Story
Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story (Japanese: 静かなるドン, Hepburn: Shizukanaru Don, aka. “The Quiet Don”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Nitta. It started serialization in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s seinen magazine, Weekly Manga Sunday on November 15, 1988.[1] The manga was licensed and published in Taiwan by Da Ran Culture before being transferred to Sun Ho.
The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Directed by Hajime Kamegaki, it was released in Japan by Toho on April 12, 1991.[2] It was made into a Japanese television drama series in 1994, into films in 2000 and 2009, and into a drama CD in 2010.
Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story was written and illustrated by Tatsuo Nitta. Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha released the first tankōbon volume of the manga on April 6, 1989.[3] The last tankōbon, the 108th volume, was released on June 29, 2013.[4] Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha re-released the manga in 16 bunkobon volumes between July 28, 2005 and June 25, 2006.[5][6] The manga was licensed in Taiwan by Da Ran Culture up to volume 66 before it went bankrupt on March 31, 2003.[7][8] Volumes 67 onwards were licensed by Sun Ho.[9]
