Level E
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Cover of Level E volume 1 as released by Shueisha on March 4, 1996 in Japan
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レベルE (Reberu Ī) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yoshihiro Togashi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | October 2, 1995 – October 15, 1997 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshiyuki Kato |
| Produced by | Hatsuro Nara Ken Hagino Koji Kajita |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Kunihiko Ryo |
| Studio | Pierrot, David Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 11, 2011 – April 5, 2011 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Level E (Japanese: レベルE Hepburn: Reberu Ī?) is a comic science fiction manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi. The plot follows an alien prince who crash lands on Earth and begins living with a high school student. Along with its short length and more realistic art style, the story of Level E focuses much more heavily on humor than Togashi's more famous shōnen series YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter.
Level E was originally serialized in the Japanese Shueisha magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1995 to 1997 for a total of 16 chapters. These chapters have since been collected into three volumes, as well as two magazine-style books. An anime adaptation of Level E was produced by Pierrot and David Production and aired on TV Tokyo in early 2011.
Earth has been populated by thousands of aliens from all over the galaxy. While all the other aliens are aware of their presence, it is a secret only from the Earthlings. Baka, the prince of the planet Dogra, crash lands on Earth and loses his memory. He forcibly moves in with Yukitaka Tsutsui, a first year high school student who had just moved out on his own. The normal life he once knew is quickly pulled away as he becomes the target of the prince's torment.
Level E was written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, who had established himself as a prominent manga artist with his popular action series YuYu Hakusho. When the decision was made to serialize Level E, Togashi had only created the first chapter. Because the story involved the protagonist as an alien changing each chapter, he titled the manga "Alien Crises". He quickly changed it to its final name after being told the former title was too explicit. After renting a videotape called "Level 4", he affirmed to himself that he should name the series using the first English language letter of the word "alien". He was informed that the first letter was "A" and not "E", but he replied that he always associated the term with E.T.. Togashi has stated that he a fan of the horror genre of films and has cited visual effects designer H. R. Giger (of the Alien franchise) as a major influence. Togashi based the setting of Level E on his own hometown of Yamagata with close attention to detail. For the humor, Togashi took inspiration from the gag manga .
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