Your Lie in April
| Your Lie in April | |
Cover of the first tankōbon volume featuring Kōsei Arima and Kaori Miyazono
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四月は君の嘘 (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Naoshi Arakawa |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | April 6, 2011 – February 6, 2015 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kyōhei Ishiguro |
| Written by | Takao Yoshioka |
| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| Original run | October 9, 2014 – March 19, 2015 |
| Episodes | 22 |
| Manga | |
| Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: Coda | |
| Written by | Naoshi Arakawa |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | February 25, 2015 – October 28, 2015 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Original video animation | |
| Moments | |
| Directed by | Kazuya Iwata |
| Written by | Takao Yoshioka |
| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Released | May 15, 2015 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Live-action film | |
Your Lie in April, known in Japan as Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (四月は君の嘘?, lit. April is Your Lie) or just simply Kimiuso, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa. The series was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 2011 to May 2015. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from October 2014 to March 2015 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block. A live-action film adaptation of the same name was released in September 2016.
Piano prodigy Kōsei Arima dominated the competition and has become famous among child musicians but also controversial. After his mother, who was also his coldhearted, abusive instructor that forced him to play the piano emotionlessly, died, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a piano recital at the age of twelve. As a result, he is no longer able to hear the sound of his piano even though his hearing is perfectly fine. Two years later, Kōsei hasn't touched the piano and views the world in monochrome, without any flair or color. He has resigned himself to living out his life with his good friends, Tsubaki and Watari, until, one day, a girl changes everything. Kaori Miyazono, a fourteen-year old audacious, free-spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her manic personality, helps Kōsei return to the music world and shows that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kōsei was used to, and as she continues to uplift him, he quickly realizes that he loves her.
The Your Lie in April manga series is written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa, and began serialization on April 6, 2011 in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine. The first tankōbon was published by Kodansha on September 16, 2011, and the final volume was released in two editions, a regular edition and a limited edition, with the limited edition bundled with an OVA, and was released on May 15, 2015. The series is licensed in English in North America by Kodansha Comics USA, and the first volume was published on April 21, 2015.
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