Recca no Honō: Flame of Recca

Flame of Recca (Japanese: 烈火の炎, Hepburn: Rekka no Honō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1995 to January 2002, with its chapters collected in 33 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Pierrot, broadcast on Fuji TV from July 1997 to July 1998. The series has also spawned two video games and other merchandise. Both the anime and manga were licensed for North American distribution in English by Viz Media. The anime has since been picked up by Discotek Media who re-released the series on DVD in 2015.