Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
Cover of the first manga volume
山田くんと７人の魔女 (Yamada-kun to 7-nin no majo)
Genre	Romantic comedy, Supernatural
Manga
Written by	Miki Yoshikawa
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Kodansha Comics USA
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	February 22, 2012 – February 22, 2017
Volumes	28 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed by	Mamoru Hoshi, Masataka Takamaru
Produced by	Yukiko Yanagawa
Written by	Shin Ogawa
Music by	Toshihiko Sahashi
Original network	Fuji Television
Original run	August 10, 2013 – September 28, 2013
Episodes	8 (List of episodes)
Original animation DVD
Directed by	Tomoki Takuno
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Studio	Liden Films
Released	December 17, 2014 – May 15, 2015
Runtime	30 minutes
Episodes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Tomoki Takuno
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Studio	Liden Films
Licensed by	US Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX, ytv, TVA, TVQ, TVh, RNC, BS11
Original run	April 12, 2015 – June 28, 2015
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Yankee-kun na Yamada-kun to Megane-chan to Majo
Directed by	Tomoki Takuno
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Studio	Liden Films
Released	August 28, 2015
Runtime	30 minutes

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (Japanese: 山田くんと７人の魔女, Hepburn: Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo^?) is a finished manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. The series has been published by Kodansha in their Weekly Shonen Magazine since February 22, 2012 to February 22, 2017. The series has been licensed in Chinese by the Taiwanese publishing company Tong Li. It was adapted into a live-action television drama which aired on FujiTV from August–September 2013. On October 26, 2013, Crunchyroll announced a partnership with Kodansha where it would distribute chapters digitally to 170 countries. The series has been licensed for North American release by Kodansha Comics USA, who began releasing the series in 2015. The series concluded in February 2017 with 28 compiled volumes.

Manga author Miki Yoshikawa's previous work, Flunk Punk Rumble ran in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2006-2011, with a total of 211 chapters. Her editor suggested for her next project that she write a one-shot for Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine. She developed two stories: a prototype story for Yamada-kun and The Demon's Classroom. The second story was initially chosen, but became difficult to run because the main character was a grade school girl. The prototype Yamada story eventually became the first chapter for Yamada-kun.