Nozo × Kimi

Nozo × Kimi
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kimio Suga (left) and Nozomi Komine (right)
ノゾ×キミ
Genre
Manga
Nozomi and Kimio
Written byWakō Honna
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 16, 2011 – March 2, 2011
Manga
Written byWakō Honna
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine
  • Shōnen Sunday S
  • (March 25, 2012 – February 25, 2014)
  • Weekly Shōnen Sunday
  • (May 28, 2014 – April 15, 2015)
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 25, 2012 – April 15, 2015
Volumes8
Original video animation
Directed byMasato Jinbo
Produced by
  • Ryou Ooyama
  • Hiro Torimitsu
  • Tomokazu Iizumi
Written byHideki Shirane
Music byKanou Kawashima
StudioZexcs
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
Released August 18, 2014 – April 18, 2015
Runtime23 minutes
Episodes3

Nozo × Kimi (ノゾ×キミ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wakō Honna. It is a spin-off of Honna's other manga series Nozoki Ana. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S from March 2012 to February 2014, followed by a second part, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 2014 to April 2015. Its chapters were collected in eight tankōbon volumes. A three-episode original video animation produced by Zexcs was launched from August 2014 to February 2015.

Characters

Kimio Suga (須賀 キミオ, Suga Kimio)
Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi[3]
Nozomi Komine (小嶺 ノゾミ, Komine Nozomi)
Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa[3]
Yūki Makino (牧野 ユウキ, Makino Yūki)
Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami[3]
Michiru Sonoda (園田 ミチル, Sonoda Michiru)
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida[4]
Mirei Watanuki (綿貫 ミレイ, Watanuki Mirei)
Voiced by: Yū Serizawa[4]

Media

Manga

Nozo × Kimi, written and illustrated by Wakō Honna, is a spin-off of Honna's other manga Nozoki Ana. Honna published a three-chapter series, titled Nozomi and Kimio (ノゾミとキミオ, Nozomi to Kimio), in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from February 16 to March 2, 2011.[5][6] Nozo × Kimi was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S from March 25, 2012, to February 25, 2014.[7][8] It was followed by a second part, Nozo × Kimi: 2-nensei-hen (ノゾ×キミ 2年生編), which was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 28, 2014, to April 15, 2015.[9][10] Shogakukan collected the chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from September 28, 2012, to June 18, 2015.[11][12]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 September 28, 2012[11]978-4-09-123830-6
2 October 18, 2013[13]978-4-09-124490-1
3 June 18, 2014[14]978-4-09-124672-1
4 August 18, 2014[15]
August 12, 2014 (SE)[16]		978-4-09-125075-9
978-4-09-941834-2 (SE)
5 November 18, 2014[17]
November 14, 2014 (SE)[18]		978-4-09-125369-9
978-4-09-941841-0 (SE)
6 February 18, 2015[19]
February 16, 2015 (SE)[20]		978-4-09-125597-6
978-4-09-941847-2 (SE)
7 April 17, 2015[21]978-4-09-125808-3
8 June 18, 2015[12]978-4-09-126156-4

Original video animation

A three–episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation was produced by Zexcs and directed by Masato Jinbo. The first episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's fourth volume, released on August 18, 2014.[22][23] The second episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's fifth volume, released on November 18, 2014.[4] The third and final episode was bundled with the special edition of manga's sixth volume, released on February 18, 2015.[24]

In May 2021, Sentai Filmworks announced that they had licensed the OVA.[25]

See also

References

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