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D.Gray-man
(ディ??グレイマン
D? Gureiman
) is a
manga
series by
Katsura Hoshino
. It is a
Gothic
-fiction manga first serialized in 2004 in
Weekly Sh?nen Jump
. It is an ongoing series and is currently up to 126 chapters. There is also a novel series called
Reverse
that tells the characters' backgrounds. As of May 1, 2007, VIZ Media has released the first five volumes in the United States. An anime version began airing on October 3, 2006 in Japan, but has yet to be seen in North America.
Many characters and their designs were from some of Katsura Hoshino's previous works and drafts, such as
Zone
,
Book-man
, and
Continue
, and her assistants. Earlier titles considered for the manga were
Dolls
,
Chronoa
, and
Zone
.