Upotte!!
| Upotte!! | |
Upotte! manga cover as released by Kadokawa Shoten, featuring the main protagonist, Funco.
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| うぽって!! | |
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| Genre | Action, comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kitsune Tennouji |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen, Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Ace 4-Koma Nano Ace Shōnen Ace |
| Original run | 2009 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Original net animation | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
| Studio | Xebec |
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| Released | April 8, 2012 – June 9, 2012 |
| Episodes | 10 + OVA |
Upotte!! (うぽって!!?) is a Japanese manga series by Kitsune Tennouji which began serialization in July 2009. An original net animation (ONA) series by Xebec was streamed on Nico Nico Douga and Crunchyroll between April and June 2012. The series started airing on Japanese television in July 2012. Its title comes from reverse-spelling of 鉄砲 (てっぽう, Teppou?, gun(s)).
The series takes place at a school known as Seishou Academy. Unlike an average school, all the students are actually anthropomorphized guns, training to one day become a useful weapon, and is divided up into elementary school (sub-machine guns), middle school (assault rifles), and high school (Battle rifles/sniper rifles). They are capable of drawing the weapons they represent from out of thin air and using them, and any student or her manifested gun can suffer from any gun-related problem the other might have. All students in Seishou train to shoot their target (literally) using live ammunition. The series mainly focuses on an FN FNC assault rifle nicknamed Funco and her friends with their human teacher.
The original manga by Kitsune Tennouji began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from July 4, 2009, before moving over to Shōnen Ace from June 2011. A 4-Koma sideseries entitled "Upotte Nano" ran in 4-Koma Nano Ace from 2011 to 2013, when the magazine folded.
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