Ai Yori Aoshi
Ai Yori Aoshi (藍より青し) is a Japanese seinen manga created by Kou Fumizuki. It was published from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's Young Animal. It is a love story between two childhood friends who have not seen each other in years.
Ai Yori Aoshi | |
藍より青し | |
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Genre | Harem, romantic comedy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Kou Fumizuki |
Published by | Hakusensha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Young Animal |
Original run | 1998 – 2005 |
Volumes | 17 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masami Shimoda |
Written by | Kenichi Kanemaki |
Music by | Toshio Masuda |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | April 11, 2002 – September 26, 2002 |
Episodes | 24 |
Anime television series | |
Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi | |
Directed by | Masami Shimoda |
Written by | Kenichi Kanemaki |
Music by | Toshio Masuda |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | UHF Stations |
Original run | October 12, 2003 – December 28, 2003 |
Episodes | 12 |
Anime | |
Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi X-mas Special | |
Directed by | Masami Shimoda |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Released | December 31, 2003 |
Game | |
Memories of a Summer and Winter Vacation | |
Developer | KID |
Publisher |
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Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | |
Released | |
Game | |
Ai Yori Aoshi shunka | |
Publisher | J.C.Staff |
Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | Windows 98 |
Released | May 20, 2004 |
Game | |
Ai Yori Aoshi shuutou | |
Publisher | J.C.Staff |
Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | Windows 98 |
Released | June 24, 2004 |
Game | |
SuperLite 2000 adventure Ai Yori Aoshi | |
Developer | KID |
Publisher | SUCCESS Corporation |
Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | PlayStation 2 |
Released | June 23, 2005 |
Ai Yori Aoshi anime was directed by Masami Shimoda. It was written by Kenichi Kanemaki and animated by J.C.Staff.[2] The series was made into an anime in 2002.[3] A sequel, Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi (藍より青し ~縁~), set two years later started running in 2003.[4] The anime was released in North America by Geneon. The manga was released in English by Tokyopop. Four visual novels were also released for the PlayStation 2, and for Windows 98.
Ai Yori Aoshi did well with its English manga release. Book one ranked number 45 on the top 50 Manga's sold of that month.[5] With around 3,329 books sold, the series was at number 18 of 100 with Volume 6.[6] It then soon fell out of the top 100 list for the other releases. The last volume ended at number 66 out of 100 on the sales list.
References
change- ↑ Theron, Martin (May 14, 2007). "Ai Yori Aoshi DVD Brick Set - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ↑ "JC Staff anime release info" (in Japanese). J.C.Staff. Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ↑ "Ai Yori Aoshi First Season Release Dates". Anime Academy. Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ↑ "JC Staff anime release info Enishi (In Japanese)". J.C.Staff. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ↑ "Ai Yori Aoshi Manga Vol 1 Ranked #45". ICv2. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ↑ "Ai Yori Aoshi Manga Vol 6 Ranked #18". ICv2. Retrieved 2009-06-18.