Haruchika | |
Cover of Taishutsu Game, the first novel in the Haruchika series
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ハルチカ | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Novel series | |
Written by | Sei Hatsuno |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Original run | October 29, 2008 – present |
Volumes | 5 |
Manga | |
Written by | Sei Hatsuno |
Illustrated by | Būta |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Ace |
Original run | December 2015 – present |
Volumes | 1 |
Anime television series | |
Haruchika: Haruta & Chika | |
Directed by | Masakazu Hashimoto |
Produced by | Jun'ichirō Tamura Kenji Horikawa Yukiko Katō |
Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Studio | P.A.Works |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, SBS, KNB, TVS, CTC, tvk, GBS, BS11, MTV, TVQ |
English network | |
Original run | January 7, 2016 – March 24, 2016 |
Episodes | 12 |
Live-action film | |
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Haruchika (ハルチカ?), also called Haruta & Chika, is a Japanese mystery novel series by Sei Hatsuno. Kadokawa Shoten has published five novels since October 2008. A manga adaptation published by Kadokawa Shoten in Monthly Shōnen Ace began serialization in December 2015. An anime television series adaptation titled Haruchika: Haruta & Chika by P.A.Works premiered on January 7, 2016. A live-action film adaptation of the same name will premiere on March 4, 2017.
Haruta and Chika are members of their high school wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shutdown because there are only four members. The two are childhood friends that got split up, but reunited nine years later and they spend their days studying and also trying to recruit new members. When a mysterious event occurs within their school, they band together in order to solve the mystery.
The Haruchika series of mystery novels are written by Sei Hatsuno. The first novel in the series was published by Kadokawa Shoten on October 29, 2008 in a tankōbon format; five volumes have been published in this format as of September 30, 2015. Kadokawa Shoten has also released the series in bunkobon format starting on July 24, 2010 featuring cover illustrations by Yoko Tanji for the first three volumes, and Hiko Yamanaka for the subsequent volumes. The Taiwan print version features illustrations by Rum.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Būta, with character designs by Namaniku ATK, began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace with the December 2015 issue. The first tankōbon was released on December 26, 2015.