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Kodomo no Omocha

Kodomo no Omocha
Kodomo no Omocha manga v1 cover.jpg
Cover of the first manga volume
こどものおもちゃ
Genre Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by Miho Obana
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Ribon
Original run August 1994November 1998
Volumes 10 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Directed by Ibu Suzuki
Studio J.C.Staff
Shueisha
Released December 16, 1995
Runtime 30 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by Akitaro Daichi
Hiroaki Sakurai
Akira Suzuki
Produced by Noriko Kobayashi
Yoko Matsushita
Written by Miho Maruo
Ryusuke Takahashi
Tomoko Konparu
Studio Studio Gallop, NAS
Licensed by
Original network TV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 5, 1996March 27, 1998
Episodes 102 (List of episodes)
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Kodomo no Omocha (Japanese: こどものおもちゃ?, lit. Child's Toy), also known as Kodocha for short, is a manga series by Miho Obana. The series was adapted as an OVA by J.C. Staff and released on December 16, 1995 by Shueisha under their Ribon Video label. An anime television series was created by Studio Gallop and NAS and broadcast on TV Tokyo every Friday from April 5, 1996 to March 27, 1998.

In 2002, the manga was published in North America in English by Tokyopop as Kodocha: Sana's Stage. In 2006, Tokyopop lost the license to the manga, leaving it out of print. In 2005, the first half of the anime series was licensed for North American distribution by Funimation Entertainment and has been released on DVD.

Both the manga and anime have been well received by publications for different media for the character interactions and the comedy. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. At the American Anime Awards held in 2007, it was nominated for best comedy anime.

Sana Kurata is a cheerful, popular and energetic 11-year-old child actress who enrolls in a regular school only to find out there is chaos in the classroom, led mainly by an aloof boy named Akito Hayama. At first, the two come in conflict with each other because of their opposing ideals, but as they get to know each other, they start helping each other out in Akito's family life and Sana's career, as well as helping their classmates and peers.


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