Shion no Ō
| Shion no Ō | |
Shion no Ō manga volume 1. | |
| しおんの王 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery, sports (shogi) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masaru Katori |
| Illustrated by | Jiro Ando |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | May 2004 – June 2008 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Kawase |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | October 13, 2007 – March 22, 2008 |
| Episodes | 22 |
| Video game | |
| Publisher | Mainichi Communications |
| Genre | Adventure, shogi |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
| Released | April 10, 2008 |
Shion no Ō (しおんの王, lit. Shion's King), subtitled The Flowers of Hard Blood, is a Japanese manga series written by Masaru Katori and illustrated by Jiro Ando. It is published by Kodansha in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon, and is collected in eight bound volumes. It has been adapted as a twenty-two episode anime television series by Studio Deen, which aired in Japan between October 2007 and March 2008. A video game for the Nintendo DS was released on April 10, 2008, by Mainichi Communications.