is a Japanese

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in the manga magazine ''

Hana to Yume , also known as , is a semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Hakusensha on the 5th and 20th of every month. The magazine is B5-size, and always comes with or free supplements, such as drama CDs, pencil boards (shitajiki), man ...

'' from 1987 to 1988 and later collected as three volumes by

Hakusensha is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The c ...

. ''Warau Michael'' was adapted into a live-action film directed by in 2006. Its soundtrack was composed by rock duo supergroup

Metalchicks Metalchicks are a Japanese rock duo supergroup. Their second album, ''St. Wonder,'' was the soundtrack to the 2006 film '' Warau Michael'' (distributed internationally as ''Arch Angels''). Metalchicks also composed the soundtrack of anime series '' ...

. The film was screened internationally under the title ''Arch Angels'' and licensed for distribution in North America by

Sentai Filmworks Sentai Filmworks, LLC or just Sentai, is an American entertainment company owned by AMC Networks. Located in Houston, the company specializes in the dubbing and distribution of Japanese animation and Asian cinema. Its post-production arm is S ...

in 2016.

Characters

; : Portrayed by: Juri Ueno ; : Portrayed by: Megumi Seki ; : Portrayed by: Airi Taira ; : Portrayed by:

Yusuke Iseya is a Japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman. Career Iseya co-starred with Arata Iura, Yui Natsukawa, and Susumu Terajima in Hirokazu Koreeda's ''Distance''. He appeared in Takashi Miike's '' 13 Assassins''. He has also appeared in ...

; : Portrayed by:

Rinko Kikuchi (born ; January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in ''Babel'' (2006). Kikuchi's other notable films include '' Norwegian Wood'' (2010), which s ...

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* 1987 manga 2006 films Comedy anime and manga 2000s Japanese-language films Hakusensha franchises Hakusensha manga Live-action films based on manga Sentai Filmworks Shōjo manga Supernatural anime and manga 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub