Asura Cryin'

Asura Cryin'
Cover of the first light novel cover featuring Misao Minakami.
アスラクライン (Asura Kurain)
Genre	Action, supernatural[1]
Light novel
Written by	Gakuto Mikumo
Illustrated by	Nao Watanuki
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	July 10, 2005 – February 10, 2010
Volumes	14
Manga
Written by	Gakuto Mikumo
Illustrated by	Ryō Akizuki
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	September 27, 2008 – September 27, 2010
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Keizō Kusakawa
Written by	Katsuhiko Koide (season 1) Deko Akao (season 2)
Music by	Mitsutaka Tajiri
Studio	Seven Arcs
Licensed by	BI: MVM Entertainment NA: Maiden Japan
Original network	AT-X
Original run	April 2, 2009 – December 24, 2009
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)

Asura Cryin' (アスラクライン, Asura Kurain) is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo, with illustrations by Nao Watanuki. The novel series began on July 10, 2005, with fourteen volumes currently published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Ryō Akizuki premiered in ASCII Media Works' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on September 27, 2008, and an anime adaptation began airing in Japan in April 2009.^[2][3]