Battle Royale is a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence, and one of Japan's bestselling - and most controversial - novels. As part of a ruthless program by the totalitarian government, a group of high school students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons. Forced to wear special collars that explode when thy break a rule, they must fight each other for three days until only one remains.
- ISBN10 1421527723
- ISBN13 9781421527727
- Publish Date 7 January 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 May 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
- Imprint Haikasoru
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 624
- Language English