Manga
Written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara, Kingdom has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since January 26, 2006.[10] Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on May 19, 2006.[11] In 2015, Hara stated that he has planned to extend the series up to 100 volumes.[12] As of January 19, 2026, 78 volumes have been released.[13]
Before Kingdom, Hara published four prototype one-shot chapters: "Kongo" (金剛) (November 18, 2003); "Uma Shuhei San-hyaku" (馬酒兵三百) (January 15, 2004); "Li Mu" (李牧) (April 1, 2004); and "Meng Wu and Chu Zi" (蒙武と楚子) (December 2, 2004). The four chapters were later collected in Kingdom Omnibus (キングダム総集編), a two-volume edition released on June 5 and June 26, 2012, respectively.[19][20]
In February 2025, Viz Media announced that it licensed the series for English publication in North America starting on November 11 of that same year. The series is also published on its Shonen Jump digital service following each volume's release.[21][22]
Anime
An anime television series was adapted by studio Pierrot. Two seasons of seventy-seven episodes were produced. The first season which consisted of thirty-eight episodes aired from June 4, 2012, to February 25, 2013, on NHK BS Premium. The first season was directed by Jun Kamiya, written by Naruhisa Arakawa, featured music composed by Minako Seki, and was produced by Izumi Nakazawa. The series' characters were designed by Atsuo Tobe, Noriko Otake, and Masatoshi Hakanda.
A second season aired thirty-nine episodes from June 8, 2013, to March 1, 2014.[23][24] The season featured returning staff Minako Seki and Naruhisa Arakawa, the first season's composer and writer, respectively. Akira Iwanaga replaced Jun Kamiya as director, Izumi Nakazawa served as series producer, and the character designs were handled by Itsuko Takeda, Kumiko Tokunaga, and Makoto Shimojima. The anime was licensed for English language release by Funimation outside of Asia.[25][26] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.
Films
On April 17, 2016, a special short movie was posted online by Shueisha. It is a live-action promotional short film for the series, made for the manga's 10th anniversary. It was filmed in Hengdian World Studios in China.[47]
In April 2018, Kingdom's author, Yasuhira Hara, revealed that a full-length live-action film of the series had been green-lit. The author stated he took part in script meetings, praising the 'satisfying' screenplay, the 'unprecedented' budget, and everyone in the 'ultra-grand' casts, starring Kento Yamazaki and directed by Shinsuke Sato.[48] The film was released on April 19, 2019.[49][50][51] In total, it generated ¥5.73 billion in box office revenue within Japan and $50.57 million worldwide.[52]
Video games
A PlayStation Portable beat 'em up styled video game was released on November 25, 2010, entitled Kingdom Ikki Tousen No Tsurugi.[65] The game was released only in Japan.
A free-to-play mobile game called Kingdom: Seven Flags was released on October 24, 2016, in Japan.[66]
A free-to-play mobile game called Kingdom Ran -Tenkatōitsu e no Michi- (キングダム 乱 -天下統一への道-), was released on February 22, 2018.[67][68]
