Sweet Blue Flowers

Sweet Blue Flowers
Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Akira (left) and Fumi (right).
青い花
(Aoi Hana)
Genre
Manga
Written byTakako Shimura
Published byOhta Publishing
English publisher
MagazineManga Erotics F
Original runNovember 2004July 2013
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKen'ichi Kasai
Produced by
  • Toshiaki Asaka
  • Yūji Matsukura
  • Kōji Yamamoto
  • Aya Saitō
Written byFumihiko Takayama
Music byTakefumi Haketa
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV (Noise)
Original run July 2, 2009 September 10, 2009
Episodes11 (List of episodes)

Sweet Blue Flowers (Japanese: 青い花, Hepburn: Aoi Hana, lit. "Blue Flower") is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. It was serialized between November 2004 and July 2013 in Ohta Publishing's manga magazine Manga Erotics F, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The story focuses on Fumi Manjōme, a lesbian high school girl, and her close childhood friend Akira Okudaira, who tries to keep her friends happy through difficult times.

An 11-episode anime television series produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Ken'ichi Kasai aired between July and September 2009 on Fuji TV. An Internet radio show to promote the anime was produced between June and October 2009 on HiBiKi Radio Station hosted by Ai Takabe and Yūko Gibu, who voiced Fumi and Akira in the anime, respectively. The manga was licensed in North America by Viz Media. The anime was licensed by Right Stuf Inc.

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