Hozuki's Coolheadedness
| Hozuki's Coolheadedness | |
Cover of the first Japanese volume
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鬼灯の冷徹 (Hōzuki no Reitetsu) |
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| Genre | Dark comedy, supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Natsumi Eguchi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | Kodansha Comics |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Morning |
| Original run | March 3, 2011 – present |
| Volumes | 24 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiro Kaburaki Kazuhiro Yoneda (season 2) |
| Written by | Midori Gotō |
| Music by | Tomisiro |
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Wit Studio Studio Deen (season 2) |
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| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
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| Original run |
First season January 10, 2014 – April 4, 2014 Second season October 2017 – TBA |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original animation DVD | |
| Directed by | Hiro Kaburaki |
| Written by | Midori Gotō |
| Music by | Tomisiro |
| Studio | Wit Studio Studio Deen (2017 OVA) |
| Released | February 23, 2015 – March 21, 2017 |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Manga | |
| Hozuki no Reitetsu: Shiro no Ashiato | |
| Written by | Monaka Shiba |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | December 1, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
Hozuki's Coolheadedness (Japanese: 鬼灯の冷徹? Hepburn: Hōzuki no Reitetsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Eguchi. The plot revolves around Hozuki, a demon who works for the King and Head Judge of Hell. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the magazine Weekly Morning since March 2011, with chapters collected in twenty-three tankōbon volumes as of November 2016. Wit Studio adapted the manga into a 2014 anime television series and three original animation DVDs (OADs), while Studio Deen is producing an OAD set to be released in March 2017. A second season of the anime series has been announced for October 2017.
The anime was made available to English-speaking audiences through Crunchyroll, which streamed it, and Sentai Filmworks, which licensed the series to be released on DVD. In Japan, the Hozuki's Coolheadedness manga has sold over 7.5 million copies as of July 2014. The manga and anime have been featured at various times in weekly top ten lists of best-selling in their respective media. The anime has been well received by English-language reviewers, and was usually elected one of the best anime of 2014.
The story centers on demon Ogre Hozuki (鬼灯 Hōzuki) who works under King Enma (閻魔大王 Enma-Daiō), the King and Head Judge of Hell who determines what kind of hell the dead will be sent to. The serious-minded Hozuki attempts to manage and troubleshoot unusual problems which occur in the Japanese hell. Two of the most prominent subordinates of Hozuki are Karauri (唐瓜) and Nasubi (茄子). Other people in the hell include Oko (お香 Okō), the chief assistant of Mortal Hell; Peach Maki (ピーチ・マキ Pīchi Maki), a famous idol in Hell; and Yoshitsune Minamoto (源義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune), a commander in the Crow-Tengu Police. The main rival of Hozuki is Hakutaku (白澤), a Chinese medicine expert who works at Shangri-La. Hakutaku is assisted by Momotarō (桃太郎), a famous samurai in his days of living. Momotaro's three pets are also regular characters in the series: Shiro (シロ), the dog; Kakisuke (柿助), the monkey; and Rurio (ルリオ), the pheasant.
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