Bocchi the Rock!

Bocchi the Rock!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Hitori Gotō
ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！
(Botchi Za Rokku!)
Genre
Manga
Written byAki Hamazi
Published byHoubunsha
English publisher
MagazineManga Time Kirara Max
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 19, 2017 – present
Volumes7
Anime television series
Directed byKeiichirō Saitō
Written byErika Yoshida
Music byTomoki Kikuya
StudioCloverWorks
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, GTV, GYT, MRT, MBS, RKB, AT-X, Wowow
English network
Original run October 9, 2022 – December 25, 2022
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Bocchi the Rock! Side Story: Kikuri Hiroi's Heavy-Drinking Diary
Written byAki Hamazi
Illustrated byKumichou
Published byHoubunsha
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineComic Fuz
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 9, 2023 – present
Volumes3
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Bocchi the Rock! (Japanese: ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！, Hepburn: Botchi Za Rokku!) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Aki Hamazi. It has been serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Max since December 2017. Its chapters have been collected in seven tankōbon volumes as of October 2024. A spin-off manga series, titled Bocchi the Rock! Side Story: Kikuri Hiroi's Heavy-Drinking Diary, began publication in July 2023.

An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks aired from October to December 2022. Both the manga and the anime received widespread acclaim for the animation, writing, voice acting, comedy, characters, music, and exploration of social anxiety.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Music was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "BOCCHI THE ROCK!". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.