Rozen Maiden

Rozen Maiden
The shinsōban edition of Rozen Maiden volume 5 featuring Shinku
ローゼンメイデン
(Rōzen Meiden)
Genre
Manga
Written byPeach-Pit
Published byGentosha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Birz
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 12, 2002May 30, 2007
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKou Matsuo
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byShinkichi Mitsumune
StudioNomad
Licensed by
Original networkTBS, BS-i, RKB, MBS, Kids Station
English network
Original run October 7, 2004 December 23, 2004
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Rozen Maiden: Träumend
Directed byKou Matsuo
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byShinkichi Mitsumune
StudioNomad
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
  • UK: MVM Films
Original networkTBS, BS-i, CBC, MBS, Kids Station
English network
  • NA: Anime Network
Original run October 20, 2005 January 26, 2006
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre
Directed byKou Matsuo
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byShinkichi Mitsumune
StudioNomad
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
  • UK: MVM Films
Original networkTBS
English network
  • NA: Anime Network
Original run December 22, 2006 December 23, 2006
Episodes2 (List of episodes)
Manga
Rozen MaidenKK
Written byPeach-Pit
Published byShueisha
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 17, 2008January 23, 2014
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Rozen Maiden: Dolls Talk
Written byPeach-Pit
Illustrated byHaru Karuki
Published byShueisha
MagazineRibon
DemographicShōjo
Original runDecember 1, 2011April 3, 2014
Volumes3 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen
Directed byShinichi Omata[a]
Written byTomomi Mochizuki
Music byShinkichi Mitsumune
StudioStudio Deen
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
  • UK: MVM Entertainment
Original networkTBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS
English network
  • NA: Anime Network
Original run July 4, 2013 September 26, 2013
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
Manga
Rozen Maiden 0 -Zero-
Written byPeach-Pit
Published byShueisha
MagazineUltra Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 19, 2016March 19, 2019
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
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Rozen Maiden (Japanese: ローゼンメイデン, Hepburn: Rōzen Meiden) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Peach-Pit. It was serialized in Monthly Comic Birz between the September 2002 and July 2007 issues. The individual chapters were collected and released into eight tankōbon volumes by Gentosha. The eight volumes were localized to North America by Tokyopop between March 2003 and June 2007. The story follows Jun Sakurada, a middle school student who withdrew from society after suffering persecutions from his classmates. Following his withdrawal, he is chosen to become the master to a Rozen Maiden named Shinku. Rozen Maidens are seven sentient porcelain dolls who compete against each other to become a perfect doll dubbed as Alice.

Rozen Maiden received a sequel under the series' katakana title. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump between April 2008 and January 2014. Rozen Maiden has spun off anthology manga and novel stories, art books, and four anime series; the four anime series are titled Rozen Maiden, Rozen Maiden: Träumend, Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre, and Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen. Tokyo Broadcasting System were the producers for the anime with Nomad as the animation studio for the first three series and Studio Deen for Zurückspulen. The anime adaptions resulted in several audio disc releases and three video games.

In 2007, Geneon Entertainment USA licensed the first two anime series for North American release and had later signed Funimation on as a distributor, after shutting down in September 2007. In 2011, Sentai Filmworks acquired both seasons as well as the third series; they made the three series available for streaming on Anime Network. Crunchyroll later acquired streaming rights to the first two series. For the fourth series, Sentai Filmworks had acquired the license for digital and home video release, while Crunchyroll acquired streaming rights.

Tokyopop's volumes of Rozen Maiden have appeared on ICv2's monthly top one-hundred selling graphic novels. Reviews towards the manga were generally positive with reviewers praising balance in drama and comedy. For the anime, reception towards the first series was mixed while Träumend was mostly negative.

  1. ^ 「ローゼンメイデン」新アニメは今夏放送!BD-BOXも発売. Natalie (in Japanese). March 28, 2013. Archived from the original on March 31, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Rozen Maiden". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2018.


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