Sankarea: Undying Love
| Sankarea: Undying Love | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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さんかれあ (Sankarea) |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy, Supernatural, Horror |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Hattori |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | December 9, 2009 – September 9, 2014 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mamoru Hatakeyama |
| Written by | Noboru Takagi |
| Music by | Yukari Hashimoto |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Original network | TBS |
| Original run | April 5, 2012 – June 28, 2012 |
| Episodes | 12 + 3 OVA |
| Novel | |
| Sankarea: All Night-Rea Long | |
| Written by | Ryō Suzukaze |
| Illustrated by | Mitsuru Hattori |
| Published by | Kadokawa |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Kodansha Ranobe Bunko |
| Published | July 2, 2013 |
Sankarea: Undying Love (Japanese: さんかれあ Hepburn: Sankarea?) is a romantic comedy manga, written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori, about a deceased girl who becomes a zombie. The manga was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine between December 2009 and September 2014 and compiled in eleven tankōbon volumes. The series has been licensed and is published in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television adaptation by Studio Deen aired in Japan from April 5 to June 28, 2012. A novel adaptation by Ryō Suzukaze was published by Kodansha in July 2012.
Chihiro Furuya is a male high school student with a keen interest in zombies, collecting zombie-related videogames, film and manga, and even to the point of desiring to "kiss a zombie girl". Following the death of his pet cat, Babu, he attempts to revive it using an old manuscript, which describes the process of creating a potion for resurrection. At this time, he encounters a girl named Rea Sanka, who has run away from home. In an attempt to commit suicide, she drinks a sample of the "resurrection" potion which is created from the poisonous Hydrangea macrophylla flower, although this fails to kill her. Following an argument with her father, she falls from a cliff by accident and dies. However, as a result of the potion, she becomes a zombie who eats hydrangea leaves to survive. The story follows the life of Chihiro and his new 'zombie girlfriend'.
The original manga by Mitsuru Hattori began serialization in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine. The series' first chapter was published in the magazine's January 2010 issue, released on December 9, 2009, and the last one ran in its October 2014 issue, released on September 9, 2014. The series was also compiled in eleven tankōbon volumes, published between June 9, 2014, and November 11, 2014. The 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th volumes were published simultaneously with limited editions. The 5th volume's limited edition was bundled with drama CD, telling an original story. The limited editions of the 6th and 7th volumes were bundled with a DVD containing an original anime episode each. The limited edition of the 8th volume was bundled with three bathroom posters with erotic depictions of the series' heroines.
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