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Confirmirated: Saki Mahjongg Anime by Gonzo

November's rumors about a Gonzo adaptation of the popular Mahjongg manga turn out to be true!

By gia manry  |  Dec. 4, 2008

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During my Internet mostly-hiatus over the last month or two (...sorry!), one of the rumors that made the rounds stated that Gonzo would be adapting the popular Young GanGan manga Saki (咲-Saki-), about a teenage female Mahjongg player named Saki Miyanagi who joins her school's Mahjongg club, hoping to enter the National Senior High School Mahjongg Tournament. And those rumors, as it turns out, are true.

The manga is considered something of a curiosity because a Mahjongg manga with a female lead is rare. But I gotta tell you, when they'll moe-fy the periodic table, it's not much of a stretch to imagine mangaka wanting to replace, say, Akagi with a cute teenage girl.

Anyway! The TV anime will be produced by Gonzo, and should hit stations sometime in 2009.
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5 Comments
Axersiaon Dec. 4, 2008 at 8:38 a.m.
I'm just happy it doesn't have ridiculously long noses.
giaon Dec. 4, 2008 at 10:50 a.m.
Seriously! Though I hope it doesn't wind up having NO noses, like Code-E.
Kuroon Dec. 4, 2008 at 11:16 a.m.
Is this Mahjong Witches?
Sigueon Dec. 4, 2008 at 11:33 a.m.
WIth Gonzo at the helm we can all be sure that we'll be getting a quality show, amirite?
giaon Dec. 4, 2008 at 11:45 a.m.
Kuro-- it doesn't look quite that moe, and they ARE wearing bottoms, even if they're skirts, so..hard to say.

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