he Law of Ueki (うえきの法則 Ueki no Hōsoku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2001 to October 2004. Sixteen tankōbon volumes were compiled and published by Shogakukan. An anime adaptation was first broadcast on TV Tokyo on April 4, 2005, and ended with 51 episodes on March 27, 2006. In Indonesia, this anime Originally Broadcast by Lativi (now tvOne) since year 2007 and Global TV since year 2008. It was produced by Studio Deen. A manga sequel, The Law of Ueki Plus (うえきの法則プラス Ueki no Hōsoku PURASU), was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2005 to July 2007.
The manga was licensed for distribution in North America by Viz Media,[2] while the anime adaptation was licensed by Geneon.[3] On July 3, 2008, Geneon and Funimation announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America. While Geneon would still retain the license, Funimation would assume exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles. The Law of Ueki was one of several titles involved in the deal.[4] The rights to the series expired in 2011.[5] ImaginAsian TV broadcast the anime series to the American audience on its Anime EnerG block, starting on January 30, 2007.[6] The anime has been license rescued by Discotek Media in 2018.[7]
The story starts out with the Battle of the Supernatural Powers, a tournament to decide who will be the next god of The Celestial World (rendered as God Candidates in the Animax version[8] and Kami (天界人) in the Japanese version).
Each candidate (100 in total) is required to choose a junior high school student to act as their fighter. The student is given a unique power and told to eliminate as many enemies as possible. The winning God Candidate will become The New God of Heaven and the winning student will receive the Blank Zai (or talent), a talent that can be anything they choose.
While this leads many students to thoughts of greed and selfishness, Kosuke Ueki decides to take it upon himself to win this tournament to keep that power away from those that would abuse such a gift.
The Law of Ueki Plus[edit]
Two years after the tournament in The Law of Ueki, Kosuke Ueki is now a 3rd year student in Hinokuni Junior High School. For some reason, everyone in the real world has lost their memory of their most important person, including his friends who participated in the tournament two years ago. Ueki is the only one unaffected, and is fighting in order to restore everyone's memories. He follows a little sheep named U-lu (wool in English) to another world called Hangekai where he meets new companions and gains new abilities.
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