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| Glass Mask | |
 Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Maya Kitajima | |
| ガラスの仮面 (Garasu no Kamen) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romance, drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Suzue Miuchi |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| Magazine | Hana to Yume Bessatsu Hana to Yume (defunct) |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | January 1976 – (on hiatus since 2012) |
| Volumes | 49 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Gisaburō Sugii (Chief) Yūsaku Sakamoto Toshitaka Tsunoda |
| Produced by | Hidehiko Takei Masanobu Shimoda Tatsuya Ono |
| Music by | Kazuo Otani |
| Studio | Eiken |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | April 9, 1984 – September 27, 1984 |
| Episodes | 22 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Toshinori Nishimae Kazuhisa Imai Noboru Yagiyama |
| Produced by | Ryuichi Sato Satoko Uchiyama Keijo Miruta Katsunori Motonobu Motoi Sasaki (Assistant, season 1) Shinichiro Shirakura (Assistant, season 2) |
| Written by | Fumie Mizuhashi Miyuki Noyori Michiru Egashira |
| Music by | TEAM B'z |
| Studio | G・Company |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | 1997 – 1999 |
| Episodes | 23 + 1 special |
| Original video animation | |
| Glass no Kamen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Shoujo | |
| Directed by | Tsuneo Kobayashi |
| Written by | Nobuaki Kishima Yoshiyuki Suga Tomoko Konparu |
| Music by | Tamiya Terashima |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | December 16, 1998 – April 21, 1999 |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mamoru Hamatsu |
| Produced by | Shinsaku Hatta Tadahito Matsumoto |
| Written by | Toshimichi Saeki |
| Music by | Tamiya Terashima |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 5, 2005 – March 28, 2006 |
| Episodes | 51 |
Glass Mask (Japanese: ガラスの仮面, Hepburn: Garasu no Kamen) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialized in Hana to Yume from January 1976, and collected in 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012. The story has also been adapted into anime and a live-action television series. As of 2006, the collected volumes had sold 50 million copies in Japan, making it the second best-selling shōjo manga ever.[1]
After not publishing a new chapter of the story for more than two years, Miuchi re-launched Glass Mask in Hakusensha's Bessatsu Hana to Yume magazine in July 2008.[2] Miuchi announced in 2009 that she intended to end the series "soon",[3] however, it is currently on an extended hiatus, with the latest chapter released in October 2012.
- ^ "Historic Shōjo Manga Circulation Numbers". ComiPress. 2006-05-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
- ^ "Glass Mask Manga Classic to Relaunch in BetsuHana Mag". 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ "Glass Mask Manga's Miuchi Acknowledges End is Near". Anime News Network. September 8, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009.