Space Brothers (manga)
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Space Brothers (Japanese: 宇宙兄弟, Hepburn: Uchū Kyōdai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chūya Koyama. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning since December 2007. A 99-episode anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from April 2012 to March 2014. The manga was also adapted into a live-action film that premiered in May 2012. An anime film, Space Brothers #0, premiered in August 2014.
Space Brothers | |
宇宙兄弟 (Uchū Kyōdai) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Chūya Koyama |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Morning KC |
Magazine | Morning |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 6, 2007 – present |
Volumes | 43 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Ayumu Watanabe |
Written by |
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Music by | Toshiyuki Watanabe |
Studio | A-1 Pictures |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NNS (YTV) |
Original run | April 1, 2012 – March 22, 2014 |
Episodes | 99 (List of episodes) |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Yoshitaka Mori |
Produced by | Kenzo Abe |
Written by | Mika Ohmori |
Music by | Takayuki Hattori |
Studio | Toho |
Released | May 5, 2012 (2012-05-05) |
Runtime | 129 minutes |
Anime film | |
Space Brothers #0 | |
Directed by | Ayumu Watanabe |
Written by | Chūya Koyama |
Music by | Toshiyuki Watanabe |
Studio | A-1 Pictures |
Licensed by |
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Released | August 9, 2014 |
Runtime | 90 minutes |
In 2011, Space Brothers won the general category at both, the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award and the 35th Kodansha Manga Award. By March 2022, the manga had 28 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.