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Strawberry Panic!

Strawberry Panic!
July 2004 Dengeki G's Magazine Strawberry Panic! title page.png
Title page of Strawberry Panic! from Dengeki G's Magazine, published by MediaWorks, showing the twelve original characters.
ストロベリー・パニック!
(Sutoroberī Panikku!)
Genre Drama, Romance, Yuri
Light novel
Written by Sakurako Kimino
Illustrated by Chitose Maki
Published by MediaWorks
Demographic Male
Magazine Dengeki G's Magazine
Original run December 30, 2003July 30, 2005
Volumes 18 (magazine issues)
Manga
Written by Sakurako Kimino
Illustrated by Namuchi Takumi
Published by MediaWorks
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Dengeki G's Magazine
Original run September 30, 2005February 28, 2007
Volumes 2
Light novel
Written by Sakurako Kimino
Illustrated by Namuchi Takumi
Published by MediaWorks
English publisher
Demographic Male
Imprint Dengeki Bunko
Original run March 10, 2006December 10, 2006
Volumes 3
Anime television series
Directed by Masayuki Sakoi
Studio Madhouse
Licensed by
Original network Chiba TV, Kids Station, TV Aichi, TV Osaka
English network
Original run April 3, 2006September 25, 2006
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Game
Strawberry Panic! Girls' School in Fullbloom
Developer MediaWorks
Publisher MediaWorks
Genre Visual novel
Platform PlayStation 2
Released August 24, 2006
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Strawberry Panic! (ストロベリー・パニック! Sutoroberī Panikku!?) is a series of Japanese illustrated short stories written by Sakurako Kimino, which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools on Astraea Hill. A common theme throughout the stories is the intimate lesbian relationships between the characters. The original artist was Chitose Maki, who was succeeded by Namuchi Takumi when production of the manga and light novels began.

Following Strawberry Panic!'s first run in Dengeki G's Magazine it was six months before results began to indicate that the series was a success, and that its fans were growing in number; the manga and light novels which followed were a reflection of its popularity. The series became sufficiently popular for Seven Seas Entertainment to license the manga series and light novels for English language distribution. Strawberry Panic! was one of the debut titles on the company's light novel and yuri manga production lines. An anime series was produced in 2006 by Madhouse and is licensed by Media Blasters. A visual novel was produced in 2006 by MediaWorks for the PlayStation 2.

There is a slight difference in the title of the series between media and national affiliation. The original short stories, manga, light novels, and video game used the exclamation mark in the title; the anime excluded it. When the manga and light novel series were licensed for English language distribution, Seven Seas Entertainment did not use the exclamation mark in the title. The appearance of the logo for Strawberry Panic! has changed four times. The subtitle "Girls' School in Fullbloom" was added during the short stories stage, and later appeared on the Japanese covers of the light novels, manga, and video game version, but was excluded from the anime adaptation and the English covers of the light novels and manga.


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