Itazura na Kiss
Itazura na Kiss (Japanese: イタズラなKiss, Hepburn: Itazura na Kissu, lit. 'Playful Kiss') is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Tada. Itazura na Kiss was first serialized and published in 1990 by Shueisha through Bessatsu Margaret magazine. It became successful very quickly and became the manga series that Tada became known for in Japan. The manga became so popular that three live TV series have been made so far in 1996, 2005, and 2010, with a sequel of the 2005 drama in late 2007. In 2013, a remake of the Japanese live TV series, called Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, was made. Despite its success, the manga was never completed due to the unexpected death of the author in a house accident while she was moving to another house with her husband and son. However, the manga series continues to be published with the permission of the artist's widower.
| Itazura na Kiss | |
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Kotoko Aihara (left) and Naoki Irie (right) | |
| イタズラなKiss (Itazura na Kissu) | |
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| Genre | Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kaoru Tada |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Magazine | Bessatsu Margaret |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | June 1990 – March 1999 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Mitsunori Morita, Minoki Nemoto, Hiroshi Ikezoe |
| Produced by | Mitsunori Morita, Ryoichi Sato, Seiko Uchiyama |
| Written by | Kusumoto Hiromi, Harumi Mori |
| Music by | Yukiyo Nakamura |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | October 14, 1996 – December 16, 1996 |
| Episodes | 9 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamazaki |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Original network | TBS |
| Original run | April 4, 2008 – September 25, 2008 |
| Episodes | 25 |
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A drama CD series was released in 2005–2006 and a 25-episode anime adaptation aired in 2008. In an interview, the author's widower, Shigeru Nishikawa, revealed that the manga's intended finale was to be conceptualized in the anime for the first time. Scripts regarding the plot of the anime closely followed the author's planned ending.
On January 27, 2009, Digital Manga Publishing issued a press release announcing the acquisition of the license to publish Itazura na Kiss in English. They published the series in 12 omnibus editions; the first two were scheduled for November 2009 and March 2010, respectively. The last two volumes were available in their Akadot Retail store. The manga is also available through Amazon Kindle and BookWalker.
The series was recently adapted into three live-action films.