The Pet Girl of Sakurasou | |
Cover of the first light novel volume, featuring Mashiro Shiina
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さくら荘のペットな彼女 (Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo) |
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Genre | Drama, Romantic comedy |
Light novel | |
Written by | Hajime Kamoshida |
Illustrated by | Kēji Mizoguchi |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Original run | January 10, 2010 – March 8, 2014 |
Volumes | 13 |
Manga | |
Written by | Hajime Kamoshida |
Illustrated by | Hōki Kusano |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Dengeki G's Magazine Dengeki G's Comic |
Original run | April 2011 – July 2015 |
Volumes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Atsuko Ishizuka |
Written by | Mari Okada |
Music by | Yuzo Hayashi |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, tvk, Animax |
English network | |
Original run | October 9, 2012 – March 26, 2013 |
Episodes | 24 |
Game | |
Developer | Netchubiyori |
Publisher | ASCII Media Works |
Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
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The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (さくら荘のペットな彼女 Sakura-sō no Petto na Kanojo?, lit. The Pet Girl of Sakura Dormitory) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, with illustrations by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published 13 volumes between January 2010 and March 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hōki Kusano was serialized ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine and Dengeki G's Comic. A drama CD was released on June 28, 2012. A 24-episode anime TV series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired between October 2012 and March 2013. It has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.
Sakura Dormitory is a dorm of the high school affiliated with Suimei University of the Arts (often shortened as Suiko), which hosts the strangest, most trouble-making students. After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, Sorata Kanda moves into Sakura Dormitory. As he starts to get used to the life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina, a world-famous artist who cannot even take care of her daily life, moves in. Sorata is forced to become Mashiro's handler. The story is about their daily lives as well as mental growth.
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou began as a light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, with illustrations drawn by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published 13 volumes in the series under their Dengeki Bunko imprint encompassing 10 main novels and three short story collections released between January 10, 2010, and March 8, 2014.