BakéGyamon
The 51-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 2006 to March 2007. It was the last series to the produced by the company right before it was defunct. Plot. Sanshiro Tamon's chances of having an adventure are slim to none in his tiny island hometown, until the day a mysterious stranger named Fue invites him to play a game. Sanshiro is taken to a backwards universe to play BakéGyamon, a game pitting monsters against monsters. Along the way he meets other  players who have a particular reason for being there; to obtain the wish that is granted to the winner. Media. Manga. "BakéGyamon" concept was created by Kazuhiro Fujita and the manga is written and illustrated by Mitsuhisa Tamura. It was serialized in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shōnen Sunday" from March 15, 2006 to April 4, 2007. Shogakukan collected its chapters in five "tankōbon" volumes, released from June 16, 2006 to May 18, 2007. In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media in 2008, and published it as "BakéGyamon: Backwards Game". The five volumes were released from March 3 to  December 1, 2009. Chuang Yi published the manga in English in Singapore. In France Sakka published the manga. Anime. A 51-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 3, 2006 to March 26, 2007. Video game. A Nintendo DS 3D fighting game was published by Takara Tomy on March 1, 2007 in Japan.