Ballad of a Shinigami

Ballad of a Shinigami
English cover of the first light novel volume
しにがみのバラッド。
(Shinigami no Baraddo.)
GenreSupernatural[1]
Light novel
Written byK-Ske Hasegawa
Illustrated byNanakusa
Published byASCII Media Works
English publisher
MagazineDengeki hp (former)
Dengeki Bunko Magazine
DemographicMale
Original runJune 10, 2003April 10, 2009
Volumes12
Manga
Written byK-Ske Hasegawa
Illustrated byAsuka Izumi
Published byHakusensha
English publisher
MagazineLaLa, LaLa DX
DemographicShōjo
Original runMay 24, 2005February 10, 2007
Volumes3
Anime television series
Momo, Girl God of Death ~ Ballad of a Shinigami
Directed byTomomi Mochizuki
Produced byTatsuya Ishiguro
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byMoka
StudioGroup TAC, Ginga-ya
Licensed by
Original networkWOWOW
English network
Original run March 3, 2006 April 7, 2006
Episodes6
Television drama
Directed byKōtarō Terauchi
StudioTornado Film, SF Planning
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run January 9, 2007 March 27, 2007
Episodes12

Ballad of a Shinigami (しにがみのバラッド。, Shinigami no Baraddo.), subtitled Momo: The Girl God of Death, is a Japanese light novel series written by K-Ske Hasegawa, with illustrations by Nanakusa. The series includes twelve novels released between June 10, 2003 and April 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The novels were licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment for release in English with the first novel released in March 2008. The series revolves around Momo, a shinigami, and her familiar Daniel, a talking black cat, as they interfere with the world of the living.

A radio drama of the series aired on ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Taishō radio program between April and May 2005, and the recordings were collected into a drama CD released in June 2005. A manga adaptation by Asuka Izumi was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazines LaLa and LaLa DX between May 2005 and February 2007. A six-episode anime adaptation of the series produced by Group TAC aired between March and April 2006 on WOWOW satellite TV. Lastly, a TV drama which aired on TV Tokyo was produced between January and March 2007, containing twelve episodes.

  1. ^ "Ballad of a Shinigami (Light Novel)". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 20, 2019.