The Weathering Continent

Infobox animanga/Header
name = The Weathering Continent


caption = Cover of Part 24, illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata.
ja_name = 風の大陸
ja_name_trans = Kaze no TairikuInfobox animanga/Novel
author = Sei Takekawa
illustrator = Mutsumi Inomata
publisher = Fujimi Shobo
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = Monthly Dragon Magazine
first = October 1990
last = April 2006
volumes = 28Infobox animanga/Movie
director = Kôichi Mashimo
producer = Shin Unozawa
Akira Takano
Atsushi Sugita
Hideaki Kaneko
Takeshi Tamiya
Toshio Azami
music = Michiru Ōshima
studio = Production I.G
licensor = Media Blasters
released = 1992
runtime = 1 hour

nihongo|"The Weathering Continent"|風の大陸|Kaze no Tairiku is the title of a Japanese fantasy light novel series by author Sei Takekawa and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata. Its first installment was published in Monthly Dragon Magazine in 1988, with the first collected novel released in October 1990. It has 28 volumes (the final one was released in April 2006), and there are also a number of gaiden novels. An anime feature film based on the novels was also released. It is available in the U.S. courtesy of Media Blasters.

"The Weathering Continent" centers on three travelers - the delicately handsome sorcerer Tieh, the burly and reticent warrior Bois, and the spritely young Lakshi - as they trek though the shattered wastelands of the ancient continent of Atlantis.

Anime

The hour-long "Weathering Continent" theatrical was produced by Production I.G in 1992. It was written and directed by Kôichi Mashimo and features character designs by Nobuteru Yūki. It was released on DVD in the U.S. by Media Blasters in 2002.