Itazura Na Kiss
| Mischievous Kiss | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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イタズラなKiss (Itazura na Kiss) |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kaoru Tada |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Margaret |
| Original run | June 1990 – March 1999 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Morita Mitsunori, Nemoto Minoki, Ikezoe Hiroshi |
| Produced by | Morita Mitsunori, Sato Ryoichi, Uchiyama Seiko |
| Written by | Kusumoto Hiromi, Mori Harumi |
| Music by | Nakamura Yukiyo |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | 14 October 1996 – 16 December 1996 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Bejo Sulaktono |
| Produced by | Leo Sutanto |
| Written by | Serena Luna |
| Studio | SinemArt |
| Original network | SCTV, RCTI, MNC Drama |
| Original run | September 1, 2006 – February 9, 2007 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamazaki |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Original network | TBS |
| Original run | April 4, 2008 – September 25, 2008 |
| Episodes | 25 |
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| Live-action film | |
| Mischievous Kiss The Movie: High School | |
| Directed by | Minoru Mizoguchi |
| Released | November 25, 2016 |
Itazura na Kiss (Japanese: イタズラなKiss Hepburn: Playful Kiss?) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Tada. Itazura na Kiss began to be serialized and published in 1990 by Shueisha through Margaret magazine. It became successful very quickly and became the manga series that Tada became known for in Japan. The manga became so popular that three live TV series have been made so far in 1996, 2005, and 2010, with a sequel of the 2005 drama in late 2007. In 2013, a remake of the Japanese live TV series, called Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, was made. Despite its success, the manga was never completed due to the unexpected death of the author in a house accident while she was moving to another house with her husband and son. However the manga series continues to be published with the permission of the artist's widower.
A drama CD series was released in 2005–2006 and a 25 episode anime adaptation aired in 2008. In an interview, the author's widower, Shigeru Nishikawa, revealed that the manga's intended finale was to be conceptualized in the anime for the first time. Scripts regarding the plot of the anime closely followed the author's planned ending.
On January 27, 2009, Digital Manga Publishing issued a press release announcing the acquisition of the license to publish Itazura na Kiss in English. They will be publishing the series in 12 omnibus editions; the first two are scheduled for November 2009 and March 2010, respectively. The last two volumes are available in their Akadot Retail store.
Two live action films are scheduled for release in 2016.
In this romantic comedy story, a high school girl named Kotoko Aihara finally tells a fellow senior named Naoki that she has loved him from afar since she saw him on their first day of high school. However, Naoki, a hottie "super-ikemen" (handsome male) who is smart and good at sports, rejects her offhand. Fate intervenes when a mild earthquake ruins Kotoko's family house. While the house gets rebuilt, Kotoko and her dad stay at the home of her dad's childhood bestfriend...whose son is Naoki. Naoki eventually falls for Kotoko and starts to have romantic, protective feelings for her.
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