Arakawa Under The Bridge

Arakawa Under the Bridge
Cover of the first volume of Arakawa Under the Bridge featuring Nino
荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ (Arakawa Andā za Burijji)
Genre	Comedy, Romance
Manga
Written by	Hikaru Nakamura
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	Crunchyroll Manga
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Young Gangan
Original run	December 2004 – July 3, 2015
Volumes	15
Anime television series
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo
Studio	Shaft
Licensed by	AUS Hanabee NA NIS America UK MVM Films
Original network	TV Tokyo, TVQ, TVO, TVA, TSC, TVh, AT-X
Original run	April 4, 2010 – December 26, 2010
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)

Arakawa Under the Bridge (Japanese: 荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ, Hepburn: Arakawa Andā za Burijji^?) is a Japanese manga series created by Hikaru Nakamura. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Young GanGan starting December 3, 2004. An anime adaptation by Shaft was broadcast in Japan between April 4, 2010 and June 27, 2010 on TV Tokyo. A second season, titled Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge, aired in Japan between October 3, 2010 and December 26, 2010.

Set in Arakawa, Tokyo, the series tells the story of Kou Ichinomiya, a man who has accomplished everything by himself. Ever since he was little, his father has taught him one rule: to never be indebted to another person. One day by accident, he falls into the Arakawa River and almost drowns. A girl by the name of Nino rescues him and, in return, he owes her his life. Unable to accept the fact that he is indebted to her, he asks her about a way for him to repay her. In the end, she tells him to love her, beginning Kou's life of living under a bridge. However, as Kou starts to learn, Arakawa is a place full of weirdos and all of the people living under the bridge are what society would call "denpasan".

The manga, written and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura, was serialized in Square Enix bi-weekly seinen magazine Young Gangan between 2004 and July 2015. Three special chapters were published in Young Gangan between October and November 2015. Fifteen volumes were collected in tankōbon format, with the first one released on August 25, 2005, and the fifteenth on November 20, 2015. All volumes have been translated into English and published online by Crunchyroll Manga.