is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

's manga magazine '' Big Comic Spirits'' from December 2004 to February 2009, with its chapters collected in 15 volumes. A second manga series, titled ''Bambino! Secondo'', was serialized in the same magazine from April 2009 to December 2012, with its chapters collected in 13 volumes. An 11-episode

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adaptation was broadcast on Nippon TV from April to June 2007. In 2008, ''Bambino!'' received the 53rd

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is ...

for the general category.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Bambino!'' was serialized in

's manga magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from December 13, 2004, to February 23, 2009. Shogakukan collected its chapters in 15 volumes, released from March 30, 2005, to April 30, 2009. A direct sequel, , was serialized in the same magazine from April 6, 2009, to December 17, 2012. Shogakukan collected its chapters in 13 volumes, released from August 28, 2009, to January 30, 2013

Volumes

=''Bambino!''

=''Bambino! Secondo''

Drama

An eleven-episode

adaptation, starring Jun Matsumoto as Shogo Ban, was broadcast on Nippon TV from April 18 to June 27, 2007. The opening song is " We Can Make It!" by

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Episodes

Soundtrack CD

The music of the drama series was composed by Yugo Kanno. A soundtrack CD was released by VAP on May 20, 2007.

Reception

The ''Bambino!'' manga received the 53rd

for the general category in 2008, along with Takeshi Natsuhara's and Kuromaru's '' Kurosagi''. At the 53rd in 2007, the ''Bambino!'' television drama series was awarded four prizes. They were: Best Actor ( Jun Matsumoto), Supporting Actor ( Kitamura Kazuki), Best Director and Special Award.

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