Rascal Does Not Dream

Rascal Does Not Dream
The cover of the first volume Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, featuring Mai Sakurajima
青春ブタ野郎
(Seishun Buta Yarō)
Genre
Light novel
Written byHajime Kamoshida
Illustrated byKēji Mizoguchi
Published byASCII Media Works
English publisher
ImprintDengeki Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runApril 10, 2014October 10, 2024
Volumes15
Manga
Written byHajime Kamoshida
Illustrated by
  • Tsugumi Nanamiya
  • Tsukumo Asakusa[2]
  • Tsukako Akina[3]
  • Akuro Yoshibe[4]
  • Eranto[5]
Published byASCII Media Works
English publisher
MagazineDengeki G's Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 1, 2015 – present
Volumes11
Anime television series
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Directed bySōichi Masui
Produced by
  • Ayako Yokoyama
  • Yūichirō Kurokawa
Written byMasahiro Yokotani
Music byFox Capture Plan
StudioCloverWorks
Licensed by
Original networkABC, Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, Mētele, AT-X
English network
Original run October 4, 2018 December 27, 2018
Episodes13
Anime film
Anime television series
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus
Original run 2025 scheduled

Rascal Does Not Dream,[a][6] known in Japan as Seishun Buta Yarō (Japanese: 青春ブタ野郎, Rascal, lit. "Teenage Pig") or AoButa (青ブタ), is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published fifteen volumes from April 2014 to October 2024 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.

A manga adaptation with art by Tsugumi Nanamiya has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki G's Comic since December 2015. An anime television series adaptation of the first five volumes by CloverWorks, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, aired from October to December 2018. An anime film adapting volumes six and seven, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, premiered in June 2019. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, a second film adapting volume eight, premiered in June 2023. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, a third film adapting volume nine, premiered in December 2023. An anime television series adaptation of the University Student Arc, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, is set to premiere in 2025.

  1. ^ a b "Aniplex of America Adds Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai and DAKAICHI – I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - to Fall 2018 Anime Line-Up". Anime News Network. September 22, 2018. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2018. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai takes a supernatural look into the complexities of growing up in the modern age through a psychophysiological phenomenon known as the "puberty syndrome".
  2. ^ 『青春ブタ野郎はプチデビル後輩の夢を見ない』のコミカライズが決定 青春ブタ野郎シリーズのコミカライズ第2弾. Light Novel News [ja] (in Japanese). March 4, 2018. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. ^ 『青春ブタ野郎はロジカルウィッチの夢を見ない』のコミカライズ連載が開始. Light Novel News [ja] (in Japanese). August 2, 2020. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  4. ^ 『青春ブタ野郎はおるすばん妹の夢を見ない』のコミカライズ連載が開始. Light Novel News [ja] (in Japanese). May 17, 2023. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  5. ^ 『青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない』のコミカライズ連載が開始. Light Novel News [ja] (in Japanese). May 16, 2023. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rascal Does Not Dream (light novel) | Novels | Yen Press". yenpress.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023.


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