Manga · Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai
Opening · OP1 «Nantoka Nare» — fluid
Japanese	闘牌伝説アカギ　闇に舞い降りた天才
Romanized	Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai
Also known as	Mahjong Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Descended Into the Darkness The Legend of Mahjong: Akagi
Genre	Suspense, Adult Cast, High Stakes Game, Organized Crime, Psychological, Strategy Game, Seinen
Type	TV series
Based on	Manga — Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Directed by	Yuuzou Satou
Written by	Hideo Takayashiki
Character design	Takahiro Umehara
Music by	Hideki Taniuchi
Studio	Madhouse
Original run	October 5, 2005 – March 29, 2006
Episodes	26
Episode length	23 min
Broadcast	Wednesdays
Total running time	9 hr 58 min
Status	Finished airing
Season	Fall 2005
Age rating	R – 17+
Score	★ 7.93 (#599)
On users' lists	24,583 Kitsu, Shikimori
Streaming	Crunchyroll
Written by	Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Published in	Kindai Mahjong
Original run	June 1991 – February 1, 2018
Volumes	36
Chapters	306

Studio	Madhouse
Original Creator	Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Director	Yuuzou Satou
Series Composition	Hideo Takayashiki
Script	Hideo Takayashiki, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Mitsutaka Hirota, Tatsuhiko Urahata
Character Design	Takahiro Umehara
Music	Hideki Taniuchi
Sound Director	Yasunori Honda
Art Director	Hideyuki Ueno, Norihiko Yokomatsu
Chief Animation Director	Takahiro Umehara, Haruhito Takada
Director of Photography	Masayuki Narai
Color Design	Harue Oono
Editing	Satoshi Terauchi
Theme Song Performance	Maximum the Hormone
Producer	Masao Maruyama, Toshio Nakatani, Akira Shinohara, Manabu Tamura

No.	Title	Original air date	Status
1	“The Genius Who Descended Into the Darkness”闇に舞い降りた天才	October 5, 2005	Aired
2	“The Awakening of Talent”	October 12, 2005	Aired
3	“The Sinister Scheme”	October 19, 2005	Aired
4	“A True Outlaw”	October 26, 2005	Aired
5	“The Treacherous Tse Ii Men”	November 2, 2005	Aired
6	“The Picaro's Talent”	November 9, 2005	Aired
7	“An Innocent Devil”	November 16, 2005	Aired
8	“The Sign of Rebirth”	November 23, 2005	Aired
9	“The Authenticity of Genius”	November 30, 2005	Aired
10	“The Announcement of the Counterattack”	December 7, 2005	Aired
11	“The Foundation for Despair”	December 14, 2005	Aired
12	“The Magic of Coincidence”	December 21, 2005	Aired
13	“The Path of the Storm”	January 4, 2006	Aired
14	“A New Chapter of the Rakshasa”	January 4, 2006	Aired
15	“The Witching Hour”	January 11, 2006	Aired
16	“The Mahjong Game of Destruction”	January 18, 2006	Aired
17	“The Proof of Genius”	January 25, 2006	Aired
18	“The Cursed Tiles”	February 1, 2006	Aired
19	“The Confusion of the Demon”	February 8, 2006	Aired
20	“Hope and Folly”	February 15, 2006	Aired
21	“A Ray of Illusion”	February 22, 2006	Aired
22	“The Shackles of Artifice”	March 1, 2006	Aired
23	“The Power of Brute Luck”	March 8, 2006	Aired
24	“The Will of the Demons”	March 15, 2006	Aired
25	“The Temptation of Murderous Intent”	March 22, 2006	Aired
26	“Madness and Darkness and...”	March 29, 2006	Aired

Site	Members	Watching	Completed	Plan to watch	Dropped	Favorites
Kitsu	10,304	—	—	—	—	76
Shikimori	14,279	562	6,336	6,528	465	—

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