Kare Kano
| Kare Kano | |
First volume of the English release of Kare Kano
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彼氏彼女の事情 (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō) |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masami Tsuda |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | LaLa |
| Original run | February 1996 – April 2005 |
| Volumes | 21 |
| Anime television series | |
| His and Her Circumstances | |
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Hideaki Anno (1-13) Kazuya Tsurumaki (14-26) |
| Produced by | Hiroki Sato Noriko Kobayashi Takayuki Yanagisawa Toshimichi Ootsuki |
| Written by | Hideaki Anno |
| Music by | Shiro Sagisu |
| Studio | Gainax, J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 2, 1998 – March 23, 1999 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Kare Kano (Japanese: 彼氏彼女の事情 Hepburn: Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō?, lit. "His and Her Circumstances") is a manga series by Masami Tsuda. It was serialized in LaLa from 1996 to 2005 and collected in 21 tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha. It depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa and her academic rival Soichiro Arima, and the relationships of several of their friends.
The series is licensed and was published in English in North America by Tokyopop. The chapters from the first seven volumes were adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Gainax. Directed by Hideaki Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki, the episodes were broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 1998 to March 1999. It is licensed for distribution in North America by Right Stuf International, which released it as His and Her Circumstances. It is also sub-licensed for release by Enoki Films USA under the title Tales at North Hills High.
Yukino Miyazawa is a Japanese high school first-year student who is the envy of classmates for her good grades and immaculate appearance. However, her "perfect" exterior is a façade, an egocentric charade she maintains to win praise. In the privacy of her own home, she is spoiled, stubborn, a slob, and studies relentlessly and obsessively to maintain her grades. On entering high school, she is knocked from her position at the top of the class by Soichiro Arima, a handsome young man whose very existence Yukino considers a threat to the praise on which she thrives, and she vows to destroy him. When Soichiro confesses that he has a crush on her, Yukino rejects him then boasts about it at home. Her observant little sister Kano points out that her rivalry with him comes from admiration, causing her to rethink her own feelings.
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