Loveless (manga)
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Loveless (Japanese: ラブレス, Hepburn: Raburesu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yun Kōga. It is serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in thirteen tankōbon as of July 2017. Kōga plans to end the manga at fifteen volumes.[2]
Loveless | |
ラブレス (Raburesu) | |
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Genre | Mystery, romance, supernatural[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Yun Kōga |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Zero Sum |
Demographic | Josei |
Original run | May 2002 – present |
Volumes | 13 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yū Kō |
Produced by | Junka Kobayashi Kozue Kaneniwa Yūko Kon Yūji Matsukura Schreck Hedwick |
Written by | Yūji Kawahara |
Music by | Masanori Sasaji |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Asahi |
Original run | April 7, 2005 – June 30, 2005 |
Episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
Light novel | |
Written by | Aya Natsui |
Illustrated by | Yun Kōga |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
Imprint | Ichijinsha Bunko Iris |
Demographic | Female |
Published | July 19, 2008 |
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation was made by J.C. Staff, broadcast in a post-midnight slot on TV Asahi and ABC from April 2005 to June 2005. The anime series was licensed and released in the US by Media Blasters in a set of 3 DVDs in early 2006.
The most immediately noticeable aspect of the story is that many characters are kemonomimi—cat-like features (in this case, ears and tails) are universal from birth, so there are as many catboys, including the protagonist, as there are catgirls. People in the Loveless universe lose their animal features when they lose their virginity. Those who no longer have animal features are differentiated by society as "adults".