Non Non Biyori | |
Cover of first manga volume. From left to right: Renge Miyauchi, Komari and Natsumi Koshigaya, and Hotaru Ichijo.
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Genre | Comedy,Slice of life |
Manga | |
Written by | Atto |
Published by | Media Factory |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
Original run | September 26, 2009 – present |
Volumes | 10 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shin'ya Kawatsura |
Written by |
Reiko Yoshida Fumihiko Shimo Yuka Yamada |
Music by | Hiromi Mizutani |
Studio | Silver Link |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo, AT-X, TV Aichi, TV Osaka |
Original run | October 7, 2013 – December 23, 2013 |
Episodes | 12 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Shin'ya Kawatsura |
Studio | Silver Link |
Released | July 23, 2014 – September 23, 2016 |
Runtime | 24 minutes each |
Episodes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Non Non Biyori Repeat | |
Directed by | Shin'ya Kawatsura |
Written by |
Reiko Yoshida Fumihiko Shimo Yuka Yamada |
Music by | Hiromi Mizutani |
Studio | Silver Link |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, AT-X, RKK |
Original run | July 6, 2015 – September 21, 2015 |
Episodes | 12 |
Non Non Biyori (のんのんびより?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atto. The series began publication in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine from September 2009 and is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. The story is based on the same setting as Atto's former work, Toko-toko & Yume no Yume. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired in Japan between October and December 2013 and has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks. A second anime season aired between July and September 2015.
The story takes place in the countryside small town village of Asahigaoka, a place lacking many of the conveniences that people from the city are accustomed to. The nearest stores are a few miles away and one of the local schools consists of only five students, each of whom is in a different grade of elementary or middle school. Hotaru Ichijo, a fifth grader from Tokyo, transfers into Asahigaoka Branch School and has to adjust to countryside life with her new friends.
The manga by Atto began serialization in Media Factory's Comic Alive magazine from September 2009, and has been published in ten tankōbon volumes as of September 23, 2016.Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the series in North America.
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Silver Link and directed by Shin'ya Kawatsura, aired in Japan between October 7 and December 23, 2013 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. An original video animation (OVA) episode was bundled with the seventh manga volume released on July 23, 2014, and another OVA was bundled with the tenth manga volume on September 23, 2016. The opening theme is "Nanairo Biyori" (なないろびより Rainbow-colored Weather?) by Nano Ripe, and the ending theme, composed by Zaq, is "Non Non Biyori" (のんのん日和?) sung by Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Kana Asumi and Kotori Koiwai. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. A second season, Non Non Biyori Repeat, aired in Japan between July 6 and September 21, 2015. The opening theme is "Kodama Kotodama" (こだまことだま?) by Nano Ripe and the ending theme is "Okaeri" (おかえり Welcome Home?) by Murakawa, Sakura, Asumi, and Koiwai.