It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from July 1997 to August 2010, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon' volumes.

The plot begins with Souichiro Nagi and his childhood best friend Bob Makihara going to their first day of high school at Toudou Academy.

As the storyline develops, both groups find they are becoming increasingly involved in a long enduring conflict that was left unresolved from the Japanese feudal era by some of the characters' ancestors.

Great, Tenjho Tenge was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from July 25, 1997,[b] to August 19, 2010.

[10] Tenjho Tenge was licensed for an English language publication by CMX, an imprint of DC Comics, as one of their launch titles and the first volume was released on February 16, 2005.

[14][15] In November 2010, Viz Media acquired the rights to the Tenjho Tenge manga, stating that their version would be 100% uncut and faithful to the original Japanese.

The twenty-four episodes were originally aired weekly on TV Asahi in Japan on Thursdays from April 1, 2004, to September 16, 2004.

Two additional episodes were broadcast by TV Asahi in Japan on March 16, 2005, and released in the form of an original video animation named Tenjho Tenge: Ultimate Fight.

The anime follows closely to its source material up to the manga's eighth volume with the exception of the sexual content which was toned down.

Although not mentioned on the Geneon Entertainment's website, or the Tenjho Tenge mini-site,[24] the OVA is available on the last volume, sometimes listed as episodes 25 and 26.

[31][32] The Tenjho Tenge manga is described by Chris Beveridge of Anime On DVD as an "engaging mix of action and comedy together while wrapping it all up in a large plot that's fairly dark and really violent at times".

This conscious deliberation of subjective reasoning and objective truth between characters is the most imperative aspect of a story and is considered to be rare in manga.

[40][41][42][43] The Tenjho Tenge anime is described as a significantly toned down version of the Japanese manga, but still retains most of the spirit of its predecessor.

They used bright vibrant colors, solid backgrounds, and plenty of visible detail with very little pixelation or jagged movement,[33] but at times used repeated character shots and animations.

[44] The animation done during the fight scenes is done in real time and is done as close to reality as possible while still bending, and often violating, the laws of physics.

[55] One review states it is "possibly the most heavily censored title in the history of the North American manga industry.

[58] At the 2007 Anime Expo, CMX announced that they planned to change Tenjho Tenge's rating to Mature beginning with volume fifteen, but warned that it still would be edited, but more lightly.