Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens | |
Cover of volume 1 of Kannagi, published by Ichijinsha, showing Nagi.
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Genre | Drama, Romantic comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Eri Takenashi |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Comic Rex |
Original run | January 2006 – present |
Volumes | 11 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yutaka Yamamoto |
Studio |
A-1 Pictures Ordet (production cooperation) |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, MBS, TVQ, RNB, CTC, TBC, TVS, tvk, Animax, CBC, HBC |
Original run | October 4, 2008 – December 27, 2008 |
Episodes | 13 |
Light novel | |
Written by | Tōka Takei |
Illustrated by | Eri Takenashi Kasumu Kirino |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | Ichijinsha Bunko |
Published | December 20, 2008 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Yutaka Yamamoto |
Studio | A-1 Pictures |
Licensed by | |
Released | May 27, 2009 |
Runtime | 24 minutes |
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (Japanese: かんなぎ Hepburn: Kannagi?, lit. "Shrine Maiden"), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eri Takenashi. The manga began serialization in the January 2006 issue of Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex and eleven tankōbon volumes have been released in Japan. A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired between October and December 2008 in Japan. An original video animation (OVA) episode was released in May 2009. Bandai Entertainment licensed the manga and anime series, including the OVA.
Kannagi began as a manga series written and illustrated by Eri Takenashi and began serialization in the inaugural January 2006 issue of Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex sold on December 9, 2005. The first tankōbon volume was released on August 9, 2006, under Ichijinsha's Rex Comics imprint; as of July 27, 2016, 11 volumes have been released in Japan.Bandai Entertainment licensed the manga for distribution in North America. However, after publishing the first three volumes in the series, further releases were halted in 2012 as a result of Bandai Entertainment's restructuring.