Nanako SOS
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Iidabashi, Yotsuya, and Nanako, the three main characters.
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ななこSOS (Nanako Esuouesu) |
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| Genre | Gag comic, romance, science fiction, slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hideo Azuma |
| Published by | Kobunsha, Magazine House, Hayakawa Publishing |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Popcorn Just Comic |
| Original run | April 1980 – July 1986 |
| Volumes | 5 |
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| Directed by | Akira Shigino |
| Written by | Kazuhiko Abe, Mami Watanabe, Yu Yamamoto, Yukiyoshi Ohashi, Yumiko Suzuki |
| Studio | Kokusai Eiga-sha |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 2, 1983 – December 24, 1983 |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hideo Azuma |
| Published by | Hideo Azuma |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Azuma Magazine |
| Original run | July 2001 – July 2004 |
Nanako SOS (ななこSOS Nanako Esu-ou-esu?) is a seinen manga series created by Hideo Azuma which ran in Popcorn and Just Comic (both published by Kobunsha) from April 1980 to July 1986. The series was adapted into 39-episode anime television series produced by Kokusai Eiga-sha which aired on the Fuji Television network from April 2, 1983 to December 24, 1983. Azuma created additional manga stories which ran in Azuma Magazine from July 2001 to July 2004.
Enoki Films held the North American distribution rights of TV series, under the name Nana the Supergirl, though the series was never aired in North America. The TV series has also aired in Italy, France, Germany and Russia.
Nana, is a young girl who unexpectedly acquires superpowers and at the same time loses her past memory as the unintended result of a scientific experiment gone awry. The mad scientist high school student who was running the experiment, Tomoshige Yotsuya, says he will help her regain her memories if she will join his detective agency. Nana innocently believes him, but Yotsuya's real intent is to use her powers to benefit his agency and himself.
The story unfolds as Nana encounters a variety of dangerous missions and mysterious events, but her natural sunny disposition helps her through all the incidents as she solves each mystery one after the other.
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