is a Japanese

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seinen is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Ma ...

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series written and illustrated by

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. It was published by

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, with serialization from 2003 to 2007, first on the

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'' and later on the website ''Futabasha Web Magazine''. It was compiled in three volumes published between 2004 and 2008. It was adapted into a

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titled '' Maestro!'', directed by Shōtarō Kobayashi and released on January 31, 2015.

Characters

*Tendō (

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) *Kōsaka (

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) *( miwa)

Volumes

*1 (July 17, 2004) *2 (January 27, 2007) *3 (March 28, 2008)

Reception

It won an Excellence Prize in the Manga Division at the 12th Japan Media Arts Awards. It was also nominated for the 13th

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

References

External links

Official film website
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