Hozuki's Coolheadedness
Hozuki's Coolheadedness (Japanese: 鬼灯の冷徹, Hepburn: Hōzuki no Reitetsu) is a Japanese manga series that was written and illustrated by Natsumi Eguchi. The plot revolves around Hozuki, a demon who works for the King and Head Judge of Hell. Kodansha serialized the manga in the magazine Morning between March 2011 and January 2020, and chapters were collected in thirty-one tankōbon volumes.
| Hozuki's Coolheadedness | |
Cover of the first Japanese volume | |
| 鬼灯の冷徹 (Hōzuki no Reitetsu) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Natsumi Eguchi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Magazine | Morning |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | March 3, 2011 – January 9, 2020 |
| Volumes | 31 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiro Kaburaki (season 1) Kazuhiro Yoneda (season 2) |
| Written by | Midori Gotō |
| Music by | Tomisiro |
| Studio | Wit Studio (season 1) Studio Deen (season 2) |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | MBS (season 1) Tokyo MX (season 2) |
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| Original run | January 10, 2014 – July 1, 2018 |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hiro Kaburaki (#1–3; Chief #4) Kazuhiro Yoneda (#4–7) |
| Written by | Midori Gotō |
| Music by | Tomisiro |
| Studio | Wit Studio (#1–3) Studio Deen (#4) Pine Jam (#5–7) |
| Released | February 23, 2015 – September 23, 2020 |
| Episodes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Hōzuki no Reitetsu: Shiro no Ashiato | |
| Written by | Monaka Shiba |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | December 1, 2015 – April 3, 2020 |
| Volumes | 5 |
The manga was adapted into a television anime series; Wit Studio produced the first season in 2014, and Studio Deen was responsible for a second season in 2017–2018. Wit Studio also produced three original animation DVDs (OADs) in 2015, while Studio Deen produced one OAD in 2017, and Pine Jam produced three more OVAs in 2019 and 2020. Crunchyroll made the first season of Hozuki's Coolheadedness available to English-speaking audiences via streaming and Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for release on DVD. Sentai acquired the second season and released it on home media and through the streaming website Hidive.
In Japan, more than 14 million copies of the Hozuki's Coolheadedness manga were in print as of September 2020. The manga and both seasons of the anime have been included at various times in weekly top-ten best-selling lists in their respective media in Japan. The first season of the anime has been well-received by English-language reviewers, and was chosen as one of the best anime of 2014. The manga received the 52nd Seiun Sci-Fi Award for Best Comic in 2021.