K-On! | |
Cover to K-On! manga volume 1 featuring Yui Hirasawa.
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けいおん! (Keion!) |
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Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
Manga | |
Written by | Kakifly |
Published by | Houbunsha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Manga Time Kirara Manga Time Kirara Carat |
English magazine | |
Original run | May 2007 – August 2012 |
Volumes | 6 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
Music by | Hajime Hyakkoku |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS, BS-TBS, Disney Channel Japan, Animax |
English network | |
Original run | April 3, 2009 – June 26, 2009 |
Episodes | 13 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
Music by | Hajime Hyakkoku |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | |
Released | January 20, 2010 |
Runtime | 24 minutes |
Anime television series | |
K-On!! | |
Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
Music by | Hajime Hyakkoku |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
English network | |
Original run | April 7, 2010 – September 28, 2010 |
Episodes | 26 |
Game | |
K-On! Hōkago Live!! | |
Developer | Sega |
Publisher | Sega |
Genre | Rhythm |
Platform | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 |
Released | September 30, 2010 (PSP) June 21, 2012 (PS3) |
Original video animation | |
K-On!! | |
Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
Music by | Hajime Hyakkoku |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | |
Released | March 16, 2011 |
Runtime | 24 minutes |
Anime film | |
K-On! Movie | |
Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
Produced by | Takahiro Ōno |
Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
Music by | Hajime Hyakkoku |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | |
Released | December 3, 2011 |
Runtime | 110 minutes |
Game | |
K-On! Hōkago Rhythm Time | |
Developer | Atlus |
Publisher | Index Sega |
Genre | Rhythm, Trading card game |
Platform | Arcade |
Released | April 26, 2013 |
Game | |
K-On! Hōkago Rhythm Selection | |
Publisher | Sega |
Genre | Rhythm, Trading card game |
Platform | Arcade |
Released | November 13, 2014 |
K-On! (けいおん! Keion!?) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip seinen manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues. It was also serialized in Houbunsha's magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat. The manga relaunched from April 2011 to June 2012 with two separate storylines published in Manga Time Kirara and Manga Time Kirara Carat. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press.
A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between April and June 2009. An additional original video animation (OVA) episode was released in January 2010. A 26-episode second season, titled K-On!! (with two exclamation marks), aired in Japan between April and September 2010, with an OVA episode released in March 2011. An animated film based on the series was released in Japan on December 3, 2011. Bandai Entertainment had licensed the first season until their closure in 2012. Sentai Filmworks has since re-licensed the first season, in addition to acquiring the rights for the second season and film. The title of the series comes from the Japanese word for light music, keiongaku (軽音楽?), which in the Japanese context is similar to pop music. K-On! has achieved strong sales in Japan, and by 2011 gross revenues had reached over 15 billion yen.