Yukan Club

Yūkan Club
Cover of the first volume
有閑倶楽部 (Yūkan Kurabu)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Yukari Ichijo
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Bessatsu Margaret
Original run	1982 – 2002
Volumes	19
Original video animation
Directed by	Setsuko Shibuichi
Licensed by	Magic Bus
Released	July 25, 1991 – December 14, 1991
Runtime	24 minutes
Episodes	2
Television drama
Directed by	Oya Taro
Written by	Ichijo Yukari Egashira Michiru
Original network	Nippon Television
Original run	October 16, 2007 – December 18, 2007
Episodes	10

Yūkan Club (Japanese: 有閑倶楽部, Hepburn: Yūkan Kurabu^?, lit. "The Leisure Club") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukari Ichijo. It is serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret. Yūkan Club received the 1986 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Madhouse Studios. It was also adapted into a Japanese television drama.

Yūkan Club was written and illustrated by Yukari Ichijo. Shueisha released the 19 bound volumes of the manga between December 13, 1982 and November 15, 2002. Shueisha re-released the manga into 10 kanzenban volumes between May 18, 2000 and April 18, 2002. Shueisha re-released the manga a second time into 9 kanzenban volumes. The third revision of the manga was called Yūkan Club DX (有閑倶楽部 DX, Yūkan Kurabu DX^?, lit. "The Leisure Club DX"). The first three kanzenban volumes were released simultaneously on October 15, 2007. The next three kanzenban volumes were released on November 15, 2007. The final three kanzenban volumes were released on December 14, 2007. The manga is licensed in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.