Ranking of Kings (2021; anime)

Ranking of Kings (2021; anime)
a.k.a Ōsama Rankingu/Ousama Ranking
Director: Yōsuke Hatta & Makoto Fuchigami
== Plot Synopsis ==
The people of the kingdom look down on the young Prince Bojji (Minami Hinata/Emily Fajardo), who can neither hear nor speak. They call him "The Useless Prince" while jeering at his supposed foolishness.
== Male Deaths ==
*SungWon Cho [Kage] (English Dub) (revived)
*Shawn Gann [Ouken] (English Dub) (revived)
*Cris George [King Bosse] (English Dub)
*Kenta Miyake [King Bosse] (Japanese Voice)
*Ayumu Murase [Kage] (Japanese Voice) (revived)
*Hinata Tadokoro [The Demon] (Japanese Voice) (revived)
*Kouji Yusa [Ouken] (Japanese Voice) (revived)
== Female Deaths ==
*Laila Berzins [Queen Sheena] (English Dub)
*Emily Fajardo [Prince Bojji] (English Dub) (revived)
*Minami Hinata [Prince Bojji] (Japanese Voice) (revived)
*Takako Honda [Queen Sheena] (Japanese Voice)
*Marin Miller [Kage's Mother] (English Dub)
*Brianna Roberts [Miranjo] (English Dub) (revived)
*Maaya Sakamoto [Miranjo] (Japanese Voice) (revived)
*Megumi Toyoguchi [Kage's Mother] (Japanese Voice)
*Ayumi Tsunematsu [Miranjo's Mother] (Japanese Voice)
== Trivia ==
#In the Latin American Spanish dub, Bojji is voiced by a child voice actor, Israel Salazar Carmona. This is a pretty stark contrast with the original Japanese version, and all the known western-language dubs, English included, when he is voiced by women instead.
#The anime airs after midnight in Japan, on Fuji TV during their popular noitaminA block, meant for anime aimed at older audiences; all of that so the audience knows the artstyle is just a choice, not that it is as child friendly as it may appear.
#The series is authored by Sousuke Tooka, a man who decided that at 41 years old in 2017 he should quit his office job and draw manga because he wanted a little more excitement in his life by fulfilling a dream; the guy's art had the clear beginner's crude look but he pushed forward in a relatively small underground anthology called Manga Hack, Ranking of Kings became a dark horse in the online anthology, scoring dozens of thousands hits per chapter as the years went by which prompted the publisher Creative Entertainment to partner with fellow publisher Enterbrain to produce physical manga volumes in 2019. In 2021 the series received an anime adaptation by WIT Studio, the anime opened the gates for a worldwide audience that embraced the fantasy tale quite easily, more than the manga ever reached at first; that all became quite the unexpected tale of success of a salaryman becoming a mangaka at such a late time, for this is a profession where people are expected to start in their younger years. The anime repeated this, also being a Sleeper Hit, becoming one of the most critically acclaimed anime of 2021-22, and attracting a large audience.
== Gallery ==
File:Bosse's Death (Ranking of Kings).png|Kenta Miyake/Cris George
File:Sheena's Death (Ranking of Kings).png|Takako Honda/Laila Berzins
File:Ouren's Death (Ranking of Kings).png|Kouji Yusa/Shawn Gann (before being revived)
File:Kage's Death (Ranking of Kings).png|Ayumu Murase/SungWon Cho (before being revived)
File:Bojji's Death (Ranking of Kings).png|Minami Hinata/Emily Fajardo (right, before being revived)
File:Miranjo's Mother's Death (Ranking of Kings).png|Ayumi Tsunematsu
File:Miranjo's Mirror Destroyed (Ranking of Kings).png|Maaya Sakamoto/Brianna Roberts (before being revived)
File:Bosse's Soul Goes to Heaven (Ranking of Kings).png|Kenta Miyake/Cris George (soul)
File:The Demon's Death (Rankig of Kings).png|Hinata Tadokoro (before being revived)
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