Love Lab
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Cover of the first manga volume
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恋愛ラボ (Rabu Rabo) |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ruri Miyahara |
| Published by | Houbunsha |
| Imprint | Manga Time Comics |
| Magazine | Manga Home → Manga Time Special |
| Original run | 2006 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Ohta |
| Produced by | Yosuke Toba Tsuguharu Sakurai Hiromasa Minami Tetsuya Endo Kozue Kaneniwa Hajime Kamata Hiroo Maruyama |
| Written by | Takashi Aoshima |
| Music by | Yasuhiro Misawa |
| Studio | Dogakobo |
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| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, AT-X, BS-TBS, Niconico |
| Original run | July 5, 2013 – September 27, 2013 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Love Lab (恋愛ラボ（ラブラボ） Rabu Rabo?) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Ruri Miyahara. An anime adaptation by Dogakobo aired in Japan between July and September 2013.
Love Lab is set in Fujisaki Girls Academy, which is known for their school body being composed of very proper students. The most prominent one of them is Natsuo Maki, the student president who is admired by her classmates for her calm and polite demeanor. On the other hand, Riko Kurahashi is also admired but for having a very forward and boyish personality. Riko accidentally walks into Maki when she is kissing a body pillow with a picture of a guy for practice, and learns that she is not as collected as everyone thinks she is. Riko is forced into keeping Maki's secret and joins her in practicing romance activities such as holding hands and more.
The series has been released in twelve tankōbon volumes.
A TV anime adaptation aired in Japan on MBS between July 5 and September 27, 2013. The series is produced by Dogakobo and Aniplex and directed by Masahiko Ohta, with series composition by Takashi Aoshima, original character designs by Chiaki Nakajima and music by Yasuhiro Misawa. The series was streamed on Niconico, after premiering on July 14, 2013, and on Crunchyroll, starting with the 9th episode on August 30, 2013.Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for release in North America.
The opening and ending themes are "Love Shitai—!" (恋愛(ラブ)したいっ!?) and "Best Friends", both by the lead cast: Manami Numakura, Chinatsu Akasaki, Inori Minase, Ayane Sakura and Yō Taichi.
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