Garōden (餓狼伝) is a series of Japanese martial arts novel series by Baku Yumemakura that have been published for 36 years with the latest (Shin Garōden 5) being released in October 2020. The first part being 13 volumes and the second part is 5 volumes so far. They have been adapted as a feature film, two manga—by Jirō Taniguchi and by Keisuke Itagaki (of Baki the Grappler fame)—and two video games. The film was released on January 25, 1995. The two video games are Garōden Breakblow (餓狼伝 Breakblow) (ja), released November 17, 2005 and Garōden Breakblow Fist or Twist (餓狼伝 Breakblow Fist or Twist) (ja), released March 15, 2007, both for PlayStation 2. The author hinted in the latest volume that the Garōden series " is getting close to its end" maybe by next volume or the following after that.