is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by

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. It was serialized by

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in ''

Bessatsu Shōjo Comic , known as before 2000, is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It was conceived as a or "special issue" of its sister magazine ''Shōjo Comic''. It is released on the 13th of each month. Serializations Current * '' ...

'' between February 1983 and June 1984 and collected in four bound volumes. ''Kisshō Tennyo'' received the 1983

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for ''shōjo'' manga.

Characters

The main character, Sayoko Kanō, is implied to be a descendant (or possibly

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) of the goddess

Kisshō Tennyo is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized by Shogakukan in '' Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' between February 1983 and June 1984 and collected in four bound volumes. ''Kisshō Tennyo'' recei ...

Media

Manga

The individual chapters of the manga were collected in four ''

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'' volumes released between September 1983 and September 1984. The series was re-released by

in a two-volume '' bunkoban'' edition in February 1995.

List of volumes

Live-action

From April 15, 2006 to June 24, 2006,

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aired a live-action

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adaptation of ''Kisshō Tennyo''. There were 10 episodes in total. It was directed by Naomi Tamura and Toshiaki Kondō and starred

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in the lead role of Sayoko Kanō. On June 30, 2007, Blue Planet also released a live-action film adaptation of the series, directed by Ataru Oikawa and starring

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in the lead role. On December 21, 2007, Happinet Pictures released the film on DVD.

References

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