D.Gray-Man
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[edit] Introduction
D. Gray-Man is a manga and anime created by Katsura Hoshino that focuses on a fictional end to the 19th century, where a fictional organization called the Dark Religious Order fights against Akuma.(lit. Demon) The Order's army consist mainly of Exorcists, who use cubes known as Innocence to exorcise Akuma and free the souls trapped within them. The story follows Allen Walker, a 15 year-old British Exorcist who is prophesied as the "Destroyer of Time", and his friends who fight against the Millennium Earl
[edit] Canon
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[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2004
- On May 31, 2004, the manga began its first print run in Japan. [1]
- On September 20, 2004, the LiveJournal community dgray_man was created. [2]
[edit] 2005
- On March 9, 2005, an English language article about D.Gray-Man was created on Wikipedia. [3]
- On April 4, 2005, Moment in Time by kinu-uni became the first D.Gray-Man story published on FanFiction.Net. [4][5]
- On April 24, 2005, the icon LiveJournal community dgray_icons was created. [6]
- On October 14, 2005, No puedo respirar by Exorcista Omi became the first Spanish language D.Gray-Man story published on FanFiction.Net. [7]
- On November 18, 2005, a French language article about D.Gray-Man was created on Wikipedia. [8]
[edit] 2006
- On September 24, 2006, réconfort by Chirutsurando became the first French language D.Gray-Man story published on FanFiction.Net. [9][10]
- "The anime series began airing on October 3, 2006 in Japan and is still ongoing." [11]
- On November 2, 2006, the DeviantART club d-gray-man-club was created. [12]
- On November 3, 2006, a German language article about D.Gray-Man was created on Wikipedia. [13]
[edit] 2007
- On February 7, 2007, the first DVD was released in Japan. [14]
- On March 7, 2007, the second DVD was released in Japan. [15]
- On March 24, 2007, a Spanish language article about D.Gray-Man was created on Wikipedia. [16]
- On April 4, 2007, the third DVD was released in Japan. [17]
- On April 19, 2007, Blow by master of gray became the first D.Gray-Man published on MediaMiner.Org. [18]
- On May 2, 2007, the fourth DVD was released in Japan. [19]
- On May 30, 2007, the InsaneJournal asylum dgray_man was created. [20]
- On June 6, 2007, the fifth DVD was released in Japan. [21]
- ON JUNE 15, 2007, THE LIVEJOURNAL COMMUNITY capslock_dgm WAS CREATED IN ALL CAPS. [22]
- On July 4, 2007, the sixth DVD was released in Japan. [23]
- On August 4, 2007, the LiveJournal community d_blackorder was created. [24]
- On October 15, 2007, the LiveJournal community dgray_zone was created. [25]
[edit] 2008
- On January 8, 2008, the LiveJournal community dgrayman was created. [26]
- On February 17, 2008, the D.Gray-Man hurt/comfort LiveJournal community dgm_comfort was created. [27]
- On February 21, 2008, the role playing LiveJournal community dgmdressroom was created. [28]
- "As of August 5, 2008, Viz Media has released the first ten volumes in the United States. " [29]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Cosplay
There is a small active community of cosplayers.
[edit] Fan art
There is a fan art community on LiveJournal and DeviantART.
On November 2, 2006, the DeviantART club d-gray-man-club was created. [30]
[edit] Fan fiction
[edit] Flash!fic
Flash!fic, as a trend in the fandom, ended in mid 2007.
[edit] The Internet
[edit] LiveJournal
There is a large community of fans on LiveJournal. The community is very active and centered around four to five communities which have over 1,000 members.
[edit] Roleplaying
On February 21, 2007, the role playing LiveJournal community dgm_connect was created. [31] It was created in order to help D.Gray-man roleplayers connect with one another.
On February 21, 2008, the role playing LiveJournal community dgmdressroom was created. [32] It is one of the largest and most active D.Gray-Man role playing groups on LiveJournal.
On April 6, 2008, the role playing LiveJournal community dgmdressingroom was created. [33]
[edit] Influential fanworks
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[edit] Fandom members
See D.Gray-Man fans.
[edit] Fandom size
[edit] January 2008
As of January 8, 2008, there were 1,248 stories on FanFiction.Net. [34][35]
[edit] Misc
See also D.Gray-Man fan fiction community size.
[edit] External links
- D.Gray-Man @ AnimeNewsNetwork
- D.Gray-Man @ FanWorksFinder
- D.Gray-Man @ FanFiction.Net
- D.Gray-Man @ FicWad
- D.Gray-Man @ Wikipedia
- (ja) Official D.Gray-man website
- (ja) TV Tokyo's official D.Gray-man website
- Funimation's official D.Gray-man anime website
- Konami's official D.Gray-man video game website
[edit] Sources
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