Maria Holic
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Maria†Holic's first manga volume cover.
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まりあ†ほりっく (Maria†Horikku) |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Minari Endō |
| Published by | Media Factory |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Original run | June 27, 2006 – November 27, 2014 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo |
| Written by |
Masahiro Yokotani Miku Oshima |
| Music by | Tatsuya Nishikawa |
| Studio | Shaft |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Chiba TV, AT-X, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, TV Osaka |
| Original run | January 5, 2009 – March 23, 2009 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Maria†Holic: Alive | |
| Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo |
| Written by | Masahiro Yokotani Miku Oshima |
| Music by | Tatsuya Nishikawa |
| Studio | Shaft |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X, TV Osaka, TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 8, 2011 – June 24, 2011 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Maria†Holic (Japanese: まりあ†ほりっく Hepburn: Maria†Horikku?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minari Endō, the author of Dazzle. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on June 27, 2006, and is published by Media Factory. The manga was initially licensed by Tokyopop in North America and picked up by One Peace Books in 2016 after Tokyopop lost the license in 2011. It has also been released digitally by BookWalker, Kadokawa's online digital shopfront. The first anime adaptation animated by Shaft aired in Japan between January and March 2009. A second anime season, Maria†Holic: Alive, premiered on April 8, 2011. Both seasons of the anime series have been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
Maria Holic revolves around a high school girl named Kanako Miyamae, who is scared of boys and breaks out in hives if a boy touches her. During her second year of high school, she enrolls in an all-girls school hoping to find a female romantic partner. However, her ideal candidate, Mariya Shidō, turns out to be a sadistic cross-dressing boy.
Maria Holic is written and illustrated by Minari Endō. It started serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on June 27, 2006. The manga concluded on November 27, 2014. 14 tankōbon volumes have been released in Japan, with the final volume being released on January 23, 2015. The manga was licensed by Tokyopop, and the first volume was available in September 2009. However, they only managed to publish the first six volumes before they lost the license. Kadokawa has released the entire series digitally in English via their website BookWalker. In 2016, One Peace Books started releasing a 3-in-1 omnibus version as well as individual volumes from volume seven onwards in English.
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