Sweetness and Lightning
| Sweetness and Lightning | |
| 甘々と稲妻 (Amaama to Inazuma) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Gido Amagakure |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Good! Afternoon |
| Original run | September 6, 2013 (Volume 1) – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tarou Iwasaki |
| Written by | Mitsutaka Hirota |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original run | July 2016 – scheduled |
Sweetness and Lightning (甘々と稲妻 Amaama to Inazuma) is an ongoing Japanese slice of life seinen manga series written and illustrated by Gido Amagakure. It's serialized in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon manga magazine and has been compiled into five volumes so far.[1] An anime television series adaptation has been announced, and will begin airing in July 2016.[2][3]
Characters
- Kouhei Inuzuka (犬塚 公平 Inuzuka Kouhei)
- Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura[3]
- Kotori Iida (飯田 小鳥 Iida Kotori)
- Voiced by: Saori Hayami[3]
- Shinobu Kojika (小鹿しのぶ Kojika Shinobu)
- Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu[4]
- Yūsuke Yagi (八木祐介 Yagi Yūsuke)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki[4]
Volumes
- 1 (September 6, 2013)[5]
- 2 (March 7, 2014)[6]
- 3 (September 5, 2014)[7]
- 4 (March 6, 2015)[8]
- 5 (September 7, 2015)[9]
- 6 (March 7, 2016)[10]
Reception
Volume 2 reached the 18th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of March 16, 2014, has sold 60,643 copies;[11] volume 3 reached the 19th place and, as of September 14, 2014, has sold 81,319 copies;[12] and volume 4 reached the 20th place and, as of March 8, 2015, has sold 56,825 copies.[13]
It was number 8 on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey[14] and number 24 on the 15th Book of the Year list by Da Vinci magazine.[15]
References
- ↑ "Amaama to Inazuma vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Sweetness and lightning manga gets tv anime in July". Anime News Network. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Yūichi Nakamura, Rina Endo, Saori Hayami Star in Sweetness and Lightning TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- 1 2 "Haruka Tomatsu, Tomokazu Seki Join Sweetness and Lightning Anime Cast". Anime News Network. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Amaama to Inazuma jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Amaama to Inazuma jp Vol.2". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Amaama to Inazuma jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Amaama to Inazuma jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Amaama to Inazuma jp Vol.5". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Amaama to Inazuma jp Vol.6". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 10-16". Anime News Network. March 20, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 8-14". Anime News Network. September 17, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 2-8". Anime News Network. March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. December 9, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Attack on Titan Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Ranking for 2nd Year". Anime News Network. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
External links
- Anime official website (Japanese)
- Sweetness and Lightning (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia