Pandora Hearts
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Cover of Pandora Hearts volume 1 (as published by Square Enix), featuring Oz Vessalius.
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パンドラハーツ (Pandora Haatsu) |
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| Genre | Psychological thriller, Gaslamp fantasy, Drama, Mystery |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Jun Mochizuki |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| Original run | May 18, 2006 – March 18, 2015 |
| Volumes | 24 |
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| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Written by | Mayori Sekijima |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Xebec |
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| Original network | TBS, BS-TBS, CBC, MBS |
| Original run | April 2, 2009 – September 24, 2009 |
| Episodes | 25 |
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| Pandora Hearts Omake | |
| Studio | Xebec |
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| Released | July 24, 2009 – March 25, 2010 |
| Runtime | 3 minutes (per episode) |
| Episodes | 9 |
Pandora Hearts (Japanese: パンドラハーツ Hepburn: Pandora Hātsu?) is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. Individual chapters were serialized in Monthly GFantasy between May 2006 and March 2015, with bound volumes published by Square Enix. The series ended with twenty-four volumes having been released in Japan. It was originally licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books, but was later dropped. It was relicensed by Yen Press.
An anime adaptation produced by Xebec began airing on April 2, 2009, and finished airing on September 24, 2009. On February 11, 2010, NIS America announced it would release the anime series in North America. Nine OVAs were also broadcast in Japan, airing from July 24, 2009 to March 25, 2010.
Oz, heir to the Vessalius Duke House, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, Oz is cast into the prison known as the "Abyss", only to be saved by a girl known as Alice, the Bloodstained Black Rabbit. The mystery there begins as Oz unravels the mystery behind Alice, the Abyss, and the strange organization known as "Pandora".
Pandora Hearts is written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki and serialized in Square Enix monthly shōnen magazine GFantasy since June 2006. There are currently twenty-one tankōbon collecting serial chapters released. The series was first licensed in English by Broccoli Books but has been dropped. It has been picked up by Yen Press and serialized in Yen Plus since June 2009 issue. Yen Press released the first English volume on December 15, 2009 with the second scheduled for May 18, 2010.In February 2010 Pandora Hearts was chosen as the greatest manga ever. Currently twenty-four volumes have been released in English. In Indonesia, the series has been licensed by Elex Media Komputindo, and in France by Ki-oon. The manga ended in March 2015 with 104 chapters.
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