is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

Moyoco Anno is a Japanese manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work ''Sugar Sugar Rune'' won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of ''Neon Genesis Evangel ...

. It was serialized in Shodensha's ''josei'' manga magazine '' Feel Young'' from November 2013 to March 2018, with its chapters collected in two ''

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'' volumes,

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by

, ''Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen'' was serialized in Shodensha's ''josei'' manga magazine '' Feel Young'' from November 8, 2013, to March 8, 2018. Shodensha collected its chapters in two ''

'' volumes, released on October 8, 2015, and January 25, 2019. The series was digitally published in English by

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. Cork released the first volume digitally on July 23, 2019. In July 2023, Azuki announced that they had licensed the series for digital release.

Other media

The series received a short

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

adaptation, for the

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project, which was released online in May 2015.

Shirō Sagisu is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years (beginning in the late 1970s), he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satoshi ...

composed the music and Cork handled production. In October 2020, it was announced that the series would inspire an American Broadway musical adaptation, which would be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford and planned for a "worldwide release." Devin Keudell of Bespoke Theatricals is credited as general manager and Izumi Takeuchi is credited as producer.

Reception

The series received an Excellence Award at the 23nd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.

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