Boys Over Flowers
| Hana Yori Dango | |
Cover art of Hana Yori Dango volume 1 tankōbon published by Shueisha
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| 花より男子 | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy |
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| Written by | Yoko Kamio |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | Viz Media |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Margaret |
| Original run | October 1992 – September 2003 |
| Volumes | 37 |
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| Directed by | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | Asahi Broadcasting Corporation |
| Original run | September 8, 1996 – August 31, 1997 |
| Episodes | 51 |
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| Hana Yori Dango: The Movie | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Released | March 8, 1997 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
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Hana Yori Dango (花より男子?, lit. "Dango [Preferred] over Flowers") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The story is set in Eitoku Academy, an elite school for children from rich families. It follows lead protagonist Tsukushi Makino, a student from a working-class family, and the members of Eitoku Academy's elite Flower Four, commonly known as the "F4".
Hana Yori Dango was serialized in Shueisha's bi-weekly Margaret magazine from October 1992 to September 2003, and was collected into 37 tankōbon volumes. The manga has been adapted into a 51-episode anime series (which closely follows the manga) and an anime film. The manga has been licensed by Viz Media for publication in the United States. The manga series has also been adapted into live-action television drama series in both Japan and Korea, and in Taiwan it was also adapted into two live-action films.
Boys Over Flowers won the 41st Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. It is also the best-selling shōjo manga of all time, having sold 61 million copies as of 2015.
Kamio began a sequel, titled Boys Over Flowers Season 2, in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online magazine on February 15, 2015.
Eitoku Academy (英徳学園 Eitoku Gakuen?) is a school that caters to children from rich, high-society families. Hence, Tsukushi, who comes from a poor family, is considered by others to be the "weed" of the school. The school is ruled by the "Flower Four" group, more commonly known as the F4. The F4 leader, who is the son of the wealthiest, most powerful family in Japan, Tsukasa Domyouji, takes an interest in Tsukushi because she is the only girl at Eitoku who does not fawn over him. However, his hot-headed nature and bullying ways are originally a major turn-off for Tsukushi, who has her sights set on Rui Hanazawa.
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