I don’t know what it is about some series, but while they present perfectly fine manga stories, anime studios are just incapable of adapting them and always bungle it up somehow. Unfortunately, Spriggan is really the poster child for that phenomenon.
Alternative Titles:
- スプリガン
Year Anime Premiered: 1998; 2022
Animation Studio: Studio 4C; David Production
Number of Seasons: 1; 1 movie
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Entry Last Updated: October 22nd, 2024
Where To Start The Spriggan Manga After The Anime?
The short answer as to where to start the Spriggan manga after any of the anime you might have watched is Chapter 1.
Neither the 1998 movie nor the 2022 ONA series adapted the manga linearly or well.
The 1998 movie started at Chapter 17 and adapted only through Chapter 20 in full while using some scenes from later chapters.
The 2022 ONA at least did start adapting the series from the beginning, but skipped chapters 6-16, adapting to Chapter 24 by the 5th episode, and adapting Chapter 39 as its 6th episode.
Is The Spriggan Manga Over?
The Spriggan manga is complete. It ended in 1996 with Volume 11, Chapter 59.
Will There Be A Spriggan Season 2?
Maybe they will give Spriggan a proper try again in another decade. However, the older the series gets, the more forgotten it gets.
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The ONA moved the setting out of the waning Cold War forward by 30 years but all arcs adapted are accurate to the manga with the sole exception of Chapter 0 being rushed through in the cold open. A second season could/would have filled the gaps as the final scene set up chapter 25.
The movie´s first half is almost fully original but the second half is based on the Noah’s Ark story with one flashback from Chapter 27 thrown in.