Written by Kazuhiko Shimamoto Demographic Shōnen Volumes 16 Music by Eishi Segawa | Published by Shogakukan Original run 2007 – present Directed by Yūichi Fukuda Publisher Shogakukan | |
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Genres Coming-of-age story, Drama Magazine Weekly Young Sunday, Monthly Shōnen Sunday Similar Honō no Tenkōsei, Nobunaga Concerto, Mix, Kodoku No Gurume, A Chef of Nobunaga | ||
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Aoi Honō (アオイホノオ, lit. "Blue Blazes") is a Japanese coming-of-age manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It is a fictionalized account of his time as a student at the Osaka University of Arts, which he attended alongside Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Takami Akai. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama that aired in July 2014 and ended in October 2014.
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Cast
Reception
It received 23 points in the 3rd Manga Taishō, placing last among the ten nominees.
In February 2015, Asahi Shimbun announced that Aoi Honō was one of nine nominees for the nineteenth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Sales
Volume 2 sold 24,521 copies by 17 May 2009, volume 9 sold 20,415 copies by 18 November 2012, and volume 10 sold 17,068 copies by 16 June 2013.
References
Aoi Honō Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA