The Kabocha Wine

The Kabocha Wine
Cover of the first manga volume
Theかぼちゃワイン
(The Kabocha Wain)
Manga
Written byMitsuru Miura
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run19811984
Volumes18
Manga
The Kabocha Wine — Sequel
Written byMitsuru Miura
Published bySeirindo
PublishedOctober 15, 2006
Volumes1
Manga
The Kabocha Wine — Another
Written byMitsuru Miura
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazinePlay Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 20, 20072009
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byKimio Yabuki
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run July 5, 1982 August 27, 1984
Episodes95 (List of episodes)
Anime film
The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari
Directed byKimio Yabuki
Produced byChiaki Imada
Music byOsamu Shooji
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedJuly 14, 1984
Runtime24 minutes
Live-action film
The Kabocha Wine - Another
Directed byHitoshi Ishikawa
ReleasedOctober 26, 2007
Runtime78 minutes

The Kabocha Wine (Japanese: Theかぼちゃワイン, Hepburn: The Kabocha Wain, lit.'The Pumpkin Wine') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1981 to 1984. The Kabocha Wine received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[1]

The sequel to the manga, The Kabocha Wine — Sequel (The かぼちゃワイン sequel, lit.'The Pumpkin Wine — Sequel') is a one-shot manga published by Seirindo on October 15, 2006.[2]

The third series of the manga, The Kabocha Wine — Another (The♥かぼちゃワインAnother, lit.'The Pumpkin Wine — Another') is published by Akita Shoten.[3]

It has been adapted into a 95 episode anime series by Toei Animation.[4]

The sequel to the anime was in the form of an animated movie, called The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari (Theかぼちゃワイン ニタの愛情物語, The Pumpkin Wine: Nita's Love Story), which was released on July 14, 1984, by Toei Animation.[5]

On October 26, 2007, wint released a DVD for the live-action movie adaptation of the third manga series, called The Kabocha Wine — Another (The かぼちゃワインAnother, lit.'The Pumpkin Wine — Another'). Directed by Hitoshi Ishikawa, the movie starred Yoko Kumada.[6]

  1. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  2. ^ Theかぼちゃワインsequel (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. ASIN 4792603978.
  3. ^ "The♥かぼちゃワインAnother 第1巻" (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Theかぼちゃワイン (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  5. ^ "Theかぼちゃワイン ニタの愛情物語(1984)". allcinema.net. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  6. ^ "The Kabocha Wine Another". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved April 3, 2009.