Shion no Ō

Shion no Ō
Shion no Ō manga volume 1.
しおんの王
GenreMystery, sports (shogi)
Manga
Written byMasaru Katori
Illustrated byJiro Ando
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 2004June 2008
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byToshifumi Kawase
StudioStudio Deen
Original networkFuji TV
Original run October 13, 2007 March 22, 2008
Episodes22
Video game
PublisherMainichi Communications
GenreAdventure, shogi
PlatformNintendo DS
ReleasedApril 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.