Kimi ni Todoke
The story follows Sawako Kuronuma, a high school girl misunderstood for her eerie appearance, as she navigates friendships and love with the help of her kind classmate Shōta Kazehaya.An anime television series adaptation of Kimi ni Todoke by Production I.G aired in Japan from October 2009 to March 2010 for 25 episodes.Written and illustrated by Karuho Shiina, Kimi ni Todoke was first published as a one-shot in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret on August 11, 2005,[10] and planned to be compiled in her previous work, Crazy For You.[17] An irregularly published spin-off/sequel manga series, titled Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate (君に届け 番外編~運命の人~, Kimi ni Todoke Bangaihen: Unmei no Hito) (also a spin-off/sequel of Shiina's earlier manga Crazy for You), was serialized in Bessatsu Margaret from April 13, 2018, to May 13, 2022, and collected into three volumes.[35][36][37][38] The North American license was passed to Funimation on April 15, 2021,[39] and subsequently to Netflix on January 1, 2023,[40] which began streaming the first two seasons with an English dub on February 1, 2024.[43][44] The February 2010 issue of Bessatsu Margaret (released in January 2010), announced that a live-action film adaptation of the series had been approved.[4] Mikako Tabe and Haruma Miura starred in the film, released in Japanese theatres on September 25, 2010, and directed by Naoto Kumazawa.[73] In 2013, Kimi ni Todoke sold over 3.4 million copies, placing 11th on Oricon's best selling manga series for that year.[77] Kimi ni Todoke has also been included on the American Library Association's list of 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.[85] Anime News Network reviewer Carl Kimlinger gave the second season 4+1⁄2 out of 5 stars, saying, "This remains the finest series of its type since Lovely Complex, and the most beautiful since...well, I don't know when.[88] The live action movie adaptation opened at second place in Kogyo Tsushinsha's box office chart during its first week in Japanese theaters.