Banana Fish
TV anime20181 season24 episodesOriginal: mangaAkimi Yoshida
New York. Ash, a boy with extraordinarily handsome looks and exceptional fighting skills, leads a street gang. One night, a man who has been shot leaves behind the mysterious words “Banana Fish” as he dies. Ash meets Eiji Okumura, a photographer’s assistant who has come to cover a story, and together they pursue the mystery.
Where does Banana Fish continue after the anime? For each finished season, see whether there is a confirmed place to start reading, whether starting from the beginning is safer, and whether the original story is complete.
Season 1
- Anime ends at
- Ep 24
After all 24 TV episodes, the original manga’s main story is complete, so there is no later main-story volume to continue into. Start with original Volume 1 to read Yoshida’s full story and the material the anime condensed.
Start over · Banana Fish, Vol. 1
VIZ MediaEnglishPaperback
The anime tells the whole story. To read the original, start from the first volume.
Where it stops:
Original · Manga
Banana Fish
Akimi YoshidaShogakukanCompleted19 volumes
- JapaneseShogakukan11 volumes so farsince Dec 1996
- EnglishVIZ Media19 volumesMar 2004 – Apr 2007
- FrenchPanini Manga France10 volumes so farsince Apr 2021
- SpanishPanini Manga España10 volumes so farsince Mar 2022
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Before you read
The original manga is complete in 19 volumes.
Shogakukan: The Japanese edition is at Vol. 11.
Panini Manga France: The French edition is at Vol. 10.
Panini Manga España: The Spanish edition is at Vol. 10.
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