Monday, 3 October 2011

Nishio Ishin’s ‘Medaka Box’ -- anime adaptation


In the October 3rd issue of ‘Weekly Shonen Jump‘, producers revealed that author Nishio Ishin and illustrator Akatsuki Akira’s manga ‘Medaka Box‘ would be adapted into an anime series. The broadcast date and the voice cast will be announced at a later time.

‘Medaka Box’ begun its serialization back in May of 2009. The total sales for the series’ 12 volumes is currently 3 million copies. This popular series follows the story of a beautiful, talented, and rich ‘Perfect Student Council President’ Kurokami Medaka. One day she establishes a suggestion box (medaka box) with her childhood friend Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, together they solve problems for their fellow students.

The author of this comic series, Nishio Ishin, is a well-known novelist who has written other popular manga including ‘Bakemonogatari‘. This will be his fourth work to be adapted to an anime.

Tokyohive

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