is a Japanese

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language ...

series written by

Gen Urobuchi is a Japanese novelist, visual novel writer and anime screenwriter. He is known for being the co-creator of the highly acclaimed and commercially successful anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', which earned him the Tokyo Anime Award for ...

and illustrated by Higashiguchi Chūō. The series was published in two volumes under

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 ...

Gagaga Bunko is a light novel publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of Japanese dictionaries, dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogaku ...

light novel imprint from July to December 2009. The series was also adapted into a

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 illustrated by Anno Nanakamado, which was serialized from May 2016 to September 2018. An

anime is hand-drawn and 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 Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

film adaptation produced by

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has been announced.

Media

Light novel

Manga

adaptation illustrated by Anno Nanakamado began serialization in

's ''Hibana'' magazine on May 7, 2016. On September 24, 2017, after the magazine ceased publication on August 7, 2017, the series was moved to Shogakukan's ''MangaONE'' app, where it continued until September 23, 2018. It was collected in four ''

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 between September 23, 2016 and November 12, 2018.

Anime film

On September 24, 2022, during the

Aniplex is a Japanese anime, music production and anime licensee company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Established in September 1995, Aniplex has been involved in the production and distribution of several anime series, such as both ''Fullme ...

Online Fest 2022 event, an

film adaptation produced by

was announced. The film is directed by Daizen Komatsuda, with

Seiji Mizushima is a Japanese anime director who is known for such series as ''Shaman King'', ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', '' Un-Go'', and '' Concrete Revolutio''. His first directorial film project, '' Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conq ...

serving as chief director, Yukie Sugawara writing the screenplay along with Mizushima, Keigo Sasaki adapting

Takashi Takeuchi is a Japanese artist. He is notable as the co-founder of the visual novel, anime development and production enterprise Type-Moon, and for his illustrations on the visual novels, ''Tsukihime'' and ''Fate/stay night'', which were adapted into an ...

's original character designs for animation, Kanetaki Ebikawa, Takayuki Yanase, and Fumihiro Katagai serving as mechanical designers, Tatsuya Yoshikawa serving as dragon designer, and

Yuki Kajiura Yuki, Yūki or Yuuki may refer to: Places * Yuki, Hiroshima (Jinseki), a town in Jinseki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yuki, Hiroshima (Saeki), a town in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yūki, Ibaraki, a city on Honshu island in Japan * Y ...

composing the music.

References

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* * {{A-1 Pictures 2009 Japanese novels A-1 Pictures Anime and manga based on light novels Anime films composed by Yuki Kajiura Aniplex Gagaga Bunko Nitroplus Seinen manga Shogakukan manga