Ro-Kyu-Bu! | |
Cover of the first light novel featuring Tomoka Minato
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ロウきゅーぶ! (Rōkyū Bu) |
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Genre | Comedy, Harem, Sports |
Light novel | |
Written by | Sagu Aoyama |
Illustrated by | Tinkle |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Magazine | Dengeki Bunko Magazine |
Original run | February 10, 2009 – July 10, 2015 |
Volumes | 15 |
Manga | |
Written by | Sagu Aoyama |
Illustrated by | Yūki Takami |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Dengeki G's Magazine Dengeki G's Comic |
Original run | October 2010 – present |
Volumes | 7 |
Manga | |
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Yonkoma | |
Written by | Sagu Aoyama |
Illustrated by | Futaba Miwa |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Dengeki Moeoh |
Original run | June 2011 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Keizou Kusakawa |
Written by | Michiko Itō |
Studio |
Project No.9 Studio Blanc |
Licensed by | |
Original network | AT-X, KBS Kyoto, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, Sun TV, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, Teletama |
English network | |
Original run | July 1, 2011 – September 24, 2011 |
Episodes | 12 |
Game | |
Developer | Vridge |
Publisher | ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games |
Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | PlayStation Portable |
Released | October 27, 2011 |
Manga | |
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Halftime | |
Written by | Sagu Aoyama |
Illustrated by | Yūki Takami |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Dengeki G's Festival! Comic |
Original run | October 26, 2012 – present |
Volumes | 1 |
Game | |
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Himitsu no Otoshimono | |
Developer | Vridge |
Publisher | ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games |
Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | PlayStation Portable |
Released | June 20, 2013 |
Original animation DVD | |
Ro-Kyu-Bu!: Tomoka no Ichigo Sundae | |
Released | June 20, 2013 |
Runtime | 25 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS | |
Directed by | Tetsuya Yanagisawa |
Written by | Takao Yoshioka |
Studio | Project No.9 |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, BS11 |
Original run | July 5, 2013 – September 27, 2013 |
Episodes | 12 |
Game | |
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Naisho no Shutter Chance | |
Developer | Vridge |
Publisher | ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games |
Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | PlayStation Vita |
Released | March 27, 2014 |
Ro-Kyu-Bu! (Japanese: ロウきゅーぶ! Hepburn: Rōkyū Bu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama with illustrations by Tinkle. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels between February 2009 to July 2015. The series follows a high school freshman Subaru Hasegawa who becomes the coach of a grade school's girls' basketball team after his own basketball club is disbanded for a year due to a scandal. Three manga adaptations and three PlayStation Portable visual novel games were produced. A 12-episode anime television series, produced by Project No.9 and Studio Blanc, aired between July and September 2011. A 12-episode second season titled Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS, produced solely by Project No.9, aired between July and September 2013.
High school freshman Subaru Hasegawa is forced to stop playing basketball at his school for a while when the team captain gets himself involved in a scandal for being suspected of sexually abusing or attacking a child, and the club is disbanded for a year. His aunt, Mihoshi Takamura, then assigns him to be an elementary school girls' basketball team coach. Initially, he accepts to train the girls just for three days, but after learning of their circumstances, he decided to keep coaching them. Thanks to the girls, Subaru's passion for basketball is reignited as his efforts to improve their skills come to fruition and he becomes close friends with them.
Ro-Kyu-Bu! began as a light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama with illustrations by Tinkle. Originally, Aoyama entered the first novel in the series into ASCII Media Works' 15th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008 and the novel won the Silver Prize. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels under their Dengeki Bunko imprint between February 10, 2009 and July 10, 2015.