Loveless (manga)

Loveless
Cover of the first manga volume
ラブレス
(Raburesu)
GenreMystery, romance, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written byYun Kōga
Published byIchijinsha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Zero Sum
DemographicJosei
Original runMay 2002 – present
Volumes13 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byYū Kō
Produced byJunka Kobayashi
Kozue Kaneniwa
Yūko Kon
Yūji Matsukura
Schreck Hedwick
Written byYūji Kawahara
Music byMasanori Sasaji
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run April 7, 2005 June 30, 2005
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written byAya Natsui
Illustrated byYun Kōga
Published byIchijinsha
ImprintIchijinsha Bunko Iris
DemographicFemale
PublishedJuly 19, 2008

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]

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".

  1. ^ "The Official Website for Loveless". Viz Media. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
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