Steel Angel Kurumi | |
Volume 1 (English version)
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鋼鉄天使くるみ (Kōtetsu Tenshi Kurumi) |
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Genre | Adventure, Romantic comedy, Sci-fi, Bisexual, Mecha |
Manga | |
Written by | Kaishaku |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Ace Next |
Original run | October 3, 1997 – December 26, 2003 |
Volumes | 11 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Naohito Takahashi |
Produced by | Shukichi Kanda |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio |
Pony Canyon Oriental Light and Magic |
Licensed by | |
Original network | WOWOW |
English network | |
Original run | October 5, 1999 – April 4, 2000 |
Episodes | 24 |
Original video animation | |
Steel Angel Kurumi Encore | |
Directed by | Naohito Takahashi |
Produced by | Shukichi Kanda |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio |
Pony Canyon Oriental Light and Magic |
Licensed by | |
Released | January 7, 2000 – March 1, 2000 |
Runtime | 15 minutes (per episode) |
Episodes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Steel Angel Kurumi 2 | |
Directed by | Naohito Takahashi |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio | Pony Canyon Oriental Light and Magic |
Licensed by | |
Original network |
TV Kanagawa Chiba TV TV Saitama SUN-TV |
English network | |
Original run | April 12, 2001 – June 28, 2001 |
Episodes | 12 |
Original video animation | |
Steel Angel Kurumi Zero | |
Directed by | Naohito Takahashi |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio | Pony Canyon Oriental Light and Magic |
Released | April 18, 2001 – June 20, 2001 |
Runtime | 15 minutes per episode |
Episodes | 3 |
Television drama | |
Steel Angel Kurumi Pure | |
Produced by | Masayoshi Ikeda |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio | Pony Canyon |
Original run | April 2, 2002 – ? |
Steel Angel Kurumi (Japanese: 鋼鉄天使くるみ Hepburn: Kōtetsu Tenshi Kurumi?) is a Japanese manga and anime series following the adventures of its titular character created by Kaishaku. Directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and produced by Pony Canyon with character designs by Yuriko Chiba and Yuji Ikeda and music by Toshihiko Sahashi, it has been translated and released in North America by ADV Films. In 2008 Crunchyroll announced it had partnered with Pony Canyon to release all Steel Angel Kurumi series' for streaming and download.
The Kurumi series as a whole consists of the first show Steel Angel Kurumi, four OVA episodes entitled Steel Angel Kurumi Encore, and a second show by the name of Steel Angel Kurumi 2, plus a sort-of dramatic prequel "Steel Angel Kurumi 0". A live-action version was made, titled Steel Angel Kurumi Pure, but has a different continuity to the anime. This show was originally aired in Japan as part of WOWOW's Anime Complex.
The first anime series is set in an alternate history version of Japan during the Taishō period. While the second series takes place in the 21st century.