Glass Mask

Glass Mask
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Maya Kitajima
ガラスの仮面
(Garasu no Kamen)
GenreRomance, drama
Manga
Written bySuzue Miuchi
Published byHakusensha
MagazineHana to Yume
Bessatsu Hana to Yume (defunct)
DemographicShōjo
Original runJanuary 1976(on hiatus since 2012)
Volumes49
Anime television series
Directed byGisaburō Sugii (Chief)
Yūsaku Sakamoto
Toshitaka Tsunoda
Produced byHidehiko Takei
Masanobu Shimoda
Tatsuya Ono
Music byKazuo Otani
StudioEiken
Licensed by
Original networkNTV
Original run April 9, 1984 September 27, 1984
Episodes22
Television drama
Directed byToshinori Nishimae
Kazuhisa Imai
Noboru Yagiyama
Produced byRyuichi Sato
Satoko Uchiyama
Keijo Miruta
Katsunori Motonobu
Motoi Sasaki (Assistant, season 1)
Shinichiro Shirakura (Assistant, season 2)
Written byFumie Mizuhashi
Miyuki Noyori
Michiru Egashira
Music byTEAM B'z
StudioG・Company
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run 1997 1999
Episodes23 + 1 special
Original video animation
Glass no Kamen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Shoujo
Directed byTsuneo Kobayashi
Written byNobuaki Kishima
Yoshiyuki Suga
Tomoko Konparu
Music byTamiya Terashima
StudioTMS Entertainment
Released December 16, 1998 April 21, 1999
Runtime48 minutes
Episodes3
Anime television series
Directed byMamoru Hamatsu
Produced byShinsaku Hatta
Tadahito Matsumoto
Written byToshimichi Saeki
Music byTamiya Terashima
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 5, 2005 March 28, 2006
Episodes51

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.

  1. ^ "Historic Shōjo Manga Circulation Numbers". ComiPress. 2006-05-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  2. ^ "Glass Mask Manga Classic to Relaunch in BetsuHana Mag". 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  3. ^ "Glass Mask Manga's Miuchi Acknowledges End is Near". Anime News Network. September 8, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009.