Jyu-Oh-Sei
Jyu-Oh-Sei (Japanese: 獣王星, Hepburn: Jū Ō Sei, lit. "Planet of the Beast King") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. The manga was first serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa in December 1993. Several chapters of the series were serialized in Hakusensha's other bi-monthly shōjo manga magazine, Melody. The chapters released were then collected into five tankōbon volumes and later re-released into three kanzenban volumes. It was licensed and released in English in North America by Tokyopop, with translations by Yuya Otake and English adaptation by Clint Bickham.
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Cover art of the first Jyu-Oh-Sei tankōbon | |
| 獣王星 (Jū Ō Sei) | |
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| Genre | Science fiction, romance, Tragedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Natsumi Itsuki |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
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| Magazine | LaLa, Melody |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | December 1993 – January 2003 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
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| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Hajime Mizoguchi |
| Studio | Bones |
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| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
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| Original run | April 13, 2006 – June 22, 2006 |
| Episodes | 11 |
An 11-episode anime adaptation was animated by Bones and premiered on April 13, 2006 in Japan as part of Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. On May 2, 2009, the series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel.
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