Honey & Clover

Honey and Clover
A promotional image for the Honey and Clover anime series, featuring the main characters
ハチミツとクローバー (Hachimitsu to Kurōbā)
Genre	Comedy-drama, Romance, Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Chica Umino
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Josei
Magazine	CUTiEcomic, Young You, Cocohana
English magazine	NA Shojo Beat
Original run	June 2000 – July 28, 2006
Volumes	10 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Ken'ichi Kasai
Written by	Yōsuke Kuroda
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media US Funimation (for Funimation Channel)
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina), Animax
English network	NA Neon Alley SEA Animax Asia US Funimation Channel
Original run	April 14, 2005 – September 26, 2005
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Honey and Clover II
Directed by	Tatsuyuki Nagai
Written by	Yōsuke Kuroda
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media US Funimation (for Funimation Channel)
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina), Animax
English network	SEA Animax US Funimation Channel
Original run	June 29, 2006 – September 14, 2006
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Live-action film
Directed by	Masahiro Takada
Written by	Masahiro Takada Masahiko Kawahara
Studio	Asmik Ace Entertainment
Released	July 22, 2006
Runtime	116 minutes
Television drama
Directed by	Masaki Tanamura Hiroaki Matsuyama
Written by	Shigeki Kaneko
Studio	Fuji TV Drama Seisaku Centre
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	January 8, 2008 – March 18, 2008
Episodes	11
Television drama
蜂蜜幸運草
Directed by	Li Yun Chan
Original network	Chinese Television System
Original run	May 25, 2008 – August 31, 2008
Episodes	14

Honey and Clover (Japanese: ハチミツとクローバー, Hepburn: Hachimitsu to Kurōbā^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as HachiKuro (ハチクロ^?) and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus, and collected in ten bound volumes. The series depicts the lives and relationships of a group of art school students who live in the same apartment building. In 2003, the manga won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.

The series was adapted as an animated television series by J.C.Staff, initially broadcast on Fuji TV in two seasons from April to September 2005 and June to September 2006. The series was also adapted as a live action movie, which was released in theaters in Japan on July 22, 2006, and two separate live-action television dramas in 2008, one broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from January 8, 2008 to March 18, 2008 and the other broadcast in Taiwan on CTS beginning on May 25, 2008.