Switch (manga)

Switch
The first volume of Switch, published by Viz Media on March 11, 2008
スイッチ (Suicchi)
Genre	Action, Detective fiction, Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Manga
Written by	Saki Otoh
Illustrated by	Nakamura Tomomi
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly GFantasy
Original run	2002 – October 2008
Volumes	13
Original video animation
Directed by	Oohira Naoki
Studio	ACTAS, Inc.
Released	October 24, 2008 – February 25, 2009
Runtime	30 minutes each
Episodes	2

Switch (Japanese: スイッチ, Hepburn: Suicchi^?) is a shōnen, action manga written by Otoh Saki and illustrated by Tomomi Nakamura. It was serialized in Square Enix's GFantasy from 2002 to October 2008. The individual chapters were collected and published in 13 tankōbon volumes by Square Enix, with the first volume released on June 21, 2002 and the final volume released on December 27, 2008. The manga focuses on the lives of two Japanese undercover narcotic police, Eto Kai and Kurabayashi Hal.

Switch was animated as 2 OVAs by ACTAS, Inc.. Square Enix released a series of 4 vocal CDs for Switch.

Two new investigators at the Narcotics Control Department in Japan, Kurabayashi Hal and Eto Kai, struggle against drug dealers, gangs, murderers, psychopaths, and mysterious organizations, in particular the notorious drug ring known as Ryuugen. But the gentle and caring one of the group, Kai, has problems of his own: he can become a cold-blooded, killing machine under certain scenarios. As the NCD works toward bringing down Ryuugen, however, answers began to arise, threatening to reveal the truth behind Kai's alter ego and exactly who the young criminal investigator is.

It was announced in June 2008 that an animated adaptation of the manga series would be produced. The first original animated video, directed by Oohira Naoki, was released by ACTAS, Inc. on October 24, 2008 and the second due to be released on February 25, 2009.