The core of that franchise is of course Takami's original novel, but The Battle Royale Slam Book also explores many of its manga and film adaptations as well. The Battle Royale Slam Book, edited by Nick Mamatas and Masumi Washington, collects sixteen essays (seventeen including the introduction by Mamatas) which examine various aspects of the entire Battle Royale franchise. Takami's original novel left a huge impression on me, so I was very excited to read all of these new Battle Royale releases. And now, in 2014, we're seeing the releases of a new English translation of Takami's novel by Haikasoru, the recent Battle Royale: Angels' Border manga illustrated by Mioko Ohnishi and Youhei Oguma, and The Battle Royale Slam Book: Essays on the Cult Classic by Koushun Takami, which is also notable for being Haikasoru's first foray into nonfiction. (This tenth anniversary release was my introduction to Battle Royale.) However, it wasn't until 2012 that the film version of Battle Royale and its sequel Battle Royale II: Requiem received an official release in the United States. The novel was released again with a slightly revised translation and additional supplementary material in 2009 by Viz Media's speculative fiction imprint Haikasoru. Both the novel and its manga adaptation illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi first appeared in English in 2003. Koushun Takami's controversial novel was originally published in Japan in 1999. Battle Royale has recently seen something of a revival in North America in recent years.
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