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 use ...

series by

Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist, known for his '' seinen'' works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for '' Ressentiment'' and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for '' I Am a Hero''. His series '' Boys on the ...

. It was adapted into a live action film in 2010 and a drama in 2012.

Plot

A 29-year-old lonesome salesman falls in love with an attractive woman from work but he has a rival that ends up being with her. He takes up boxing to fight his rival.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by

, ''Boys on the Run'' was serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of Japanese dictionaries, 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 to ...

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Weekly Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional va ...

'' from August 8, 2005, to June 9, 2008. Shogakukan collected its chapters in ten ''

tankōbon is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or m ...

'' volumes, released from November 30, 2005 to June 30, 2008.

Volume list

Film

Cast

* Kazunobu Mineta - Tanishi Toshiyuki *

Mei Kurokawa is a Japanese actress and singer. Her given name ''Mei'' originates from her birth month (May) in English. She has been frequently featured in many Japanese dramas and Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion films. Filmography Film * (2005) * ...

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Drama

Cast

Ryuhei Maruyama is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese male idol group Kanjani Eight, which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He is also the group's bassist and one of its main rappers. He was a morning show ...

- Tanishi Toshiyuki *

Airi Taira , known by her birth and stage name , is a Japanese actress who She debuted in 1999 by winning the Da Pump's, ISSA's Sister Role Grand Prix for the movie Dream Maker. She played a lead role in the live action movie of ''20th Century Boys'' as the ...

- Hana Ooiwa *

Takumi Saito is a Japanese actor and filmmaker. He directs films under his birthname, , spelled differently in Kanji but pronounced the same. Early life and work Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in Minato, Tokyo. Saitoh's father worked in the film in ...

- Takahiro Aoyama *

Tatsuya Ueda , is a Japanese idol, singer, and actor from the Japanese idol group KAT-TUN. Born in Kanagawa in Japan, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates in 1998. In March 2006 he debuted as a member of the Japanese boy band KAT-TUN and ...

- Ryu Ando *

Akina Minami is a Japanese gravure idol and tarento signed to Free Style Company. Minami's recognition as a model has also spread beyond Japan and she was named as one of the "7 most irresistibly cute Japanese idols" by the Thailand version of FHM magazine ...

- Chiharu Uemura *

Miyoko Asada is a Japanese actress. She is a former pop idol. Biography Miyoko Asada debuted as an idol in April 1973 with the single ''"Akai Fuusen"'' (The Red Balloon), which sold over 800,000 copies and peaked at #1 on the Japanese Oricon chart list. ...

- Masako Tanishi *

Eriko Sato is a Japanese actress. She is also a former gravure idol and made her debut in 1998. Early life Sato was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and raised in Tokyo. Career Sato starred in Hideaki Anno's 2004 comedy film ''Cutie Honey (film), Cutie Honey'' ...

- Shiho *

Takanori Jinnai is a Japanese actor, film director, and singer. He was born August 12, 1958 in Okawa, Fukuoka. He made his directorial debut with '' Rockers'' (ロッカーズ or ''Rokkazu''), a 2003 film based on his years as vocalist for the punk rock band T ...

-Suzuki * Seishu Uragami - Shu Shishido * Yu Tokui - Kazuo Tanishi * Morooka Moro - Saida * David Ito - Tanaka * Asami Usuda - Akane Hasegawa * Atsushi - Yoshihisa

Episode list

Notes

References

External links

Official film website
(archived) *
Official drama website
(archived)

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