Emma | |
Emma manga volume 1
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エマ (Ema) |
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Genre | Drama, Historical, Romance |
Manga | |
Written by | Kaoru Mori |
Published by | Enterbrain |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Comic Beam |
Original run | January 2002 – May 2006 |
Volumes | 10 |
Manga | |
Emma: Further Tales | |
Written by | Kaoru Mori |
Published by | Enterbrain |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Beam |
Original run | September 2006 – March 2008 |
Volumes | 3 (8–10 continuing the main series) |
Anime television series | |
Emma – A Victorian Romance | |
Directed by | Tsuneo Kobayashi |
Written by | Mamiko Ikeda |
Music by | Kunihiko Ryo |
Studio | Studio Pierrot |
Licensed by | Nozomi Entertainment |
Original network | Animax, BS-i, Various UHF Stations |
English network | |
Original run | April 2, 2005 – June 18, 2005 |
Episodes | 12 |
Anime television series | |
Emma – A Victorian Romance: Second Act | |
Directed by | Tsuneo Kobayashi |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Licensed by | Nozomi Entertainment |
Original network | Animax, Chiba TV, NBN, SUN-TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama |
English network | |
Original run | April 16, 2007 – July 2, 2007 |
Episodes | 12 |
Emma (エマ Ema?) is a historical romance manga by Kaoru Mori. It was published by Enterbrain in the magazine Comic Beam and collected in 10 tankōbon volumes. The series has been adapted as an anime television series, entitled Emma – A Victorian Romance (英國戀物語エマ Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma?). The manga is licensed in English in North America by CMX and the anime is licensed in English by Nozomi Entertainment.
Set in Victorian London at the end of the 19th century, Emma is the story of a maid who falls in love with a member of the gentry. However, the young man's family disapproves of him associating with people of the lower classes.
Both the manga and anime versions of Emma are unique for being set in a setting seldom visited by either medium without some fantasy or speculative element. The author and illustrator of the manga, Kaoru Mori, is a self-professed Anglophile, and attempted to recreate 1895 London with meticulous detail. The manga has a cult following in Japan, even going as far as opening an Emma-inspired and themed maid café in Shinjuku. Its popularity has sparked an interest in English maid cosplay, even going as far as having the official Emma anime website selling Emma's "costume" for ¥45,000.