Saint Young Men

Saint Young Men
Cover of first volume as published by Kodansha
聖☆おにいさん (Seinto Oniisan)
Genre	Comedy, slice of life
Manga
Written by	Hikaru Nakamura
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Morning 2
Original run	September 22, 2006 – present
Volumes	13
Original animation DVD
Directed by	Noriko Takao
Written by	Rika Nezu
Music by	Keiichi Suzuki, Ryomei Shirai
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Released	December 3, 2012 – August 23, 2013
Episodes	2
Anime film
Directed by	Noriko Takao
Written by	Rika Nezu
Music by	Keiichi Suzuki, Ryomei Shirai
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Released	May 10, 2013 (2013-05-10TJapan)
Runtime	90 minutes

Saint Young Men (Japanese: 聖(セイント)☆おにいさん, Hepburn: Seinto Oniisan^?) is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura. Its plot involves Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, who are living as roommates in an apartment in Tokyo. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the monthly seinen manga magazine Morning 2 since September 2006, with chapters collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes as of October 2016. A-1 Pictures adapted the manga series into two original animation DVDs (OADs) and an anime film which was released on May 10, 2013.

In Japan, the Saint Young Men manga has sold over 10 million copies. Individual volumes of the series have frequently appeared on lists of the weekly and annual best-seller manga in Japan. It received a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and was nominated at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Its film adaptation has been well received by the Japanese public.

Jesus Christ (イエス・キリスト, Iesu Kirisuto^?, voiced by Mirai Moriyama in the anime) and Gautama Buddha (ゴータマ・ブッダ, Gōtama Budda^?, voiced by Gen Hoshino in the anime), the founders of Christianity and Buddhism respectively, are living together as roommates in an apartment in Tachikawa, part of the suburbs of Tokyo. While taking a vacation on Earth, they attempt to hide their identities and understand modern Japanese society. Each chapter shows their lives during an average day, when they are sightseeing, drinking beer, blogging, or playing video games.