Pita-Ten
| Pita-Ten | |
Cover of Pita-Ten volume 3 by Tokyopop. The character on the cover is the protagonist Kotarou Higuchi.
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| ぴたテン | |
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| Genre | Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Comedy, Supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Koge-Donbo |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Comic Gao! |
| Original run | October 1999 – August 2003 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Kawase Yuzo Sato |
| Produced by | Eiji Kanaoka Kazuya Watanabe Takashi Yokozawa Tetsuro Satomi Kōji Morimoto |
| Written by |
Akemi Omode Yasuko Kobayashi |
| Music by | Hikaru Nanase |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | The Right Stuf International |
| Original network | TXN, WTV, KAB, ITC, TVN, RNB, NBS, UX, HOME, BBC, KHB |
| Original run | April 7, 2002 – September 29, 2002 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Yukari Ochiai |
| Illustrated by | Koge-Donbo |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Original run | April 10, 2002 – February 10, 2003 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Pita-Ten (Japanese: ぴたテン Hepburn: Pitaten?) is a Japanese manga by Koge-Donbo. It was serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao! between the October 1999 and August 2003 issues and was later collected into eight tankōbon volumes. The eight volumes were localized for North America by Tokyopop; Madman Entertainment used Tokyopop's translations for distribution in Australasia. The plot follows Kotarou Higuchi who becomes acquainted with the angel Misha, and the demon Shia.
Pita-Ten has spun off an anthology manga, art books, a light novel series, and an anime; the anime resulted in a radio program and audio disc releases such as soundtracks and image songs. Tokyopop's volumes of Pita-Ten ranked on ICv2's monthly top one-hundred selling graphic novels. English reviewers praised the plot and artwork, generally describing the series as cute.
Kotarou Higuchi is befriended by his neighbor Misha, an angel-in-training.[ch. 1] He is later acquainted with Shia, a demon, who is urged by her forgotten memories to search for something.[ch. 7] Kotarou continues his daily life until Shia absorbs his life energy and leaves town.[ch. 28] Kotarou investigates and discovers Shia is his great-grandmother who is searching for his dying great-grandfather, Taro Higuchi.[ch. 35] After the revelation, Shia regains her memories and mourns Taro's death before she also dies.[ch. 38] Afterwards, Kotarou learns that Misha's test involves helping Kotarou find happiness; regardless of the result, the two will separate when the test's deadline is reached.[ch. 45] Realizing Heaven's true intent, Kotarou asks Misha to rid him of his ability to see angels as he has to search for happiness himself; Misha passes the test and becomes the angel. The series ends with the two returning to their separate lives.[ch. 47]
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