It was published in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original from 2002 to 2006. It was followed by a sequel Shin Kurosawa:Saikyō Densetsu, which ran in the same magazine from 2013 to 2020. A spin-off focused on the first series' secondary character Shūhei Nakane, titled Saitsuyo Densetsu Nakane, was serialized on Yawaraka Spirits website from 2017 to 2020.