is a Japanese

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 Kazuo Hara. It was serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Monthly Ikki was a monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It tended to specialize in underground or alternative manga, but it had its share of major hits as well. The magazine started in 2000 as a spin-off of Shogakukan's ''Weekly Big ...

'' from December 2002 to August 2009, with its chapters collected in eight ''

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'' volumes. A 24-episode

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 ...

television series produced by

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aired for two seasons from January to December 2008.

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Media

Manga

''Noramimi'' is written and illustrated by Kazuo Hara. It was serialized in

's ''

'' from December 25, 2002, to August 25, 2009. An additional chapter was published on October 24, 2009. Shogakukan collected its chapters in eight ''

'' volumes, released from November 29, 2003, to October 30, 2009.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced by ''Monthly Ikki'' in July 2007. It was produced by

and the first season was broadcast for 12 episodes on CBC, TBS and

Tokyo MX JOMX-DTV, branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city. It competes with Nippon TV, TV Asahi, NH ...

from January 9 to March 26, 2008. The second season was broadcast for 12 episodes from October 1 to December 17, 2008.

Reception

The anime series adaptation was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2008.

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References

External links

Manga official website at ''Ikki''

* * {{TMS Entertainment Comedy anime and manga Seinen manga Shogakukan manga TMS Entertainment TBS Television (Japan) original programming Tokyo MX original programming