Ring
A reporter races to break a videotape's deadly curse.
The Ring series began with this novel, which forms the initial part of a trilogy; the subsequent installments are Spiral (1995) and Loop (1998).[1]
Quick Facts
- Author
- Koji Suzuki
- Original title
- Ring, リング, Ringu
- Translator
- Robert B. Rohmer; Glynne Walley
- Cover artist
- Chip Kidd
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Horror
- Publisher
- Kadokawa Shoten
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
By July 2000, it had sold 1.5 million copies.[1] Ring became the basis for the Ring franchise.[1] This franchise includes a 1995 TV film titled Ring: Kanzenban.[1] It also includes a 1998 theatrical film of the same name, Ring.[1]
A TV series called Ring: The Final Chapter was also produced.[1] Two international film remakes of the 1998 film were made.[1] These remakes are a South Korean version (The Ring Virus) and an English-language version (The Ring).[1] By January 1998, the initial Ring novel had achieved sales of 500,000 copies.[1]
What the cited sources add
In 1999, a second manga was made by Misao Inagaki.[2] Kouhirou Nagai created a manga adaptation of the novel, which came out in 1996.[2] Misao Inagaki's 1999 manga drew upon content from the novel, the film, and the television versions of Ring.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Ring (Suzuki novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The "Ring" Master: Interview With Hideo Nakata", Offscreen, July 21, 2000 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ring (Suzuki novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kalat 2007, p. 41; Kalat 2007, p. 41; Kalat 2007, p. 41 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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