Kämpfer
| Kämpfer | |
Cover of the first volume of Kämpfer as published by Media Factory
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けんぷファー (Kenpufā) |
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| Genre | Action, Harem, Romantic comedy |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Toshihiko Tsukiji |
| Illustrated by | Senmu |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | MF Bunko J |
| Original run | November 24, 2006 – March 25, 2010 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Toshihiko Tsukiji |
| Illustrated by | Yu Tachibana |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Original run | April 2008 – August 2013 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Kuroda |
| Music by | Tatsuya Kato |
| Studio | Nomad |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TBS, BS-TBS, Sun TV |
| Original run | October 2, 2009 – December 17, 2009 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Kämpfer für die Liebe | |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Kuroda |
| Studio | Nomad |
| Licensed by | |
| Original run | April 8, 2011 – May 25, 2011 |
| Episodes | 2 |
Kämpfer (Japanese: けんぷファー Hepburn: Kenpufā?, German for "Fighter") is a Japanese light novel series by Toshihiko Tsukiji, with illustrations by Senmu. The series contains 15 volumes published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint between November 2006 and March 2010. The main series covers 12 volumes, while the remaining three are short story collections. A manga adaptation by Yu Tachibana started serialization in the April 2008 issue of Monthly Comic Alive. A 12-episode anime adaptation aired in Japan between October and December 2009 on TBS, concluded in spring 2011 with Kämpfer für die Liebe. The series has extensive use of the German language.
The plot revolves around Natsuru Senō, a normal high school boy with blue hair. One day he wakes up and finds he has turned into a girl. A stuffed tiger "Harakiri Tora" comes to life and tells him that he has been chosen as one of the "Kämpfer", a female fighter. The Kämpfer are destined to fight with other Kämpfer. The story starts when he is attacked by an unknown girl who happens to also be a Kämpfer.
The role of Messengers is mainly to assist those chosen to become Kämpfer in understanding the rules and mechanisms of Kämpfer combat. They take the form of Entrails Animals, plush toys that are notable for having their guts sticking out and names referring to different methods of death. Many of them have been described in the novels as having voices similar to those of specific real-life voice actors, who would in turn do the voices for them in the anime.
The White Kämpfers are a group of Kämpfers who follow orders from Kaede, after receiving their messengers during the Miss Seitetsu contest. Their surnames are similar to some voice actresses, who in turn voiced them in the anime.
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