Red Colored Elegy
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First English edition of Red Colored Elegy as published by Drawn and Quarterly
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赤色エレジー (Sekishoku Erejii) |
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| Genre | Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Seiichi Hayashi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Garo |
| Published | 1970–1971 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Seiichi Hayashi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | June 21, 2007 |
Red Colored Elegy (Japanese: 赤色エレジー Hepburn: Sekishoku Erejii) is a one volume Japanese manga written and illustrated by Seiichi Hayashi. The manga was serialized in manga magazine, Garo from 1970-1971. It is licensed in North America by Drawn and Quarterly, which released the manga on July 8, 2008. It was adapted into an original video animation by Toei Animation on June 21, 2007.
Red Colored Elegy is written and illustrated by Seiichi Hayashi. The manga was serialized in manga magazine, Garo from 1970 to 1971.Shogakukan published the manga in 1970/1971. It was republished on July 15, 2000. The manga is licensed in North America by Drawn and Quarterly, which released the manga on July 8, 2008.
An eponymous single, performed by Morio Agata, was released on April 25, 1972 and peak ranked 7th in Oricon singles charts with more than 290,000 copies sold.
An original video animation was created for Red Colored Elegy by Toei Animation on June 21, 2007. The OVA was directed by Seiichi Hayashi and its music was directed by Morio Agata. Music was composed by Keiichi Suzuki and Agata's single for the OVA was played by Matiko Hamada.
In a 2008 About.com poll, Red Colored Elegy was voted Best "Artsy/Quirky", and 7th best new classic or reissued manga.Publishers Weekly named Red Colored Elegy as the third best manga of 2008. In 2009, the manga was nominated for the Harvey Award in the Best American Edition of Foreign Material category.Red Colored Elegy was selected as part of Paul Gravett's list of "PG Rated Manga".
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