*** Welcome to piglix ***

Steel Angel Kurumi

Steel Angel Kurumi
Steelangelkurumicover.jpg
Volume 1 (English version)
鋼鉄天使くるみ
(Kōtetsu Tenshi Kurumi)
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, 1997December 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, 1999April 4, 2000
Episodes 24 (List of episodes)
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, 2000March 1, 2000
Runtime 15 minutes (per episode)
Episodes 4 (List of episodes)
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, 2001June 28, 2001
Episodes 12 (List of episodes)
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, 2001June 20, 2001
Runtime 15 minutes per episode
Episodes 3 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Steel Angel Kurumi Pure
Produced by Masayoshi Ikeda
Music by Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio Pony Canyon
Original run April 2, 2002 ?
Wikipe-tan face.svg

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.


...
Wikipedia

...