Cheer Boys!!

Cheer Boys!!
チア男子!! (Chia Danshi!!)
Genre	Sports (cheerleading)
Novel
Written by	Ryō Asai
Published by	Shueisha
Published	October 5, 2010
Manga
Cheer Danshi!!
Written by	Ryō Asai
Illustrated by	Ayaka Matsumoto
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Cookie
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	June 25, 2011 – March 26, 2013
Volumes	4
Manga
Cheer Danshi!! GO BREAKERS
Written by	Ryō Asai
Illustrated by	Ken'ichi Kondō
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Shōnen Jump+
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 5, 2016 – November 8, 2016
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Ai Yoshimura
Written by	Reiko Yoshida
Music by	TAKAROT
Studio	Brain's Base
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Funimation
Original network	KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Tokyo MX
Original run	July 5, 2016 – September 27, 2016
Episodes	12 + 2 OVA

Cheer Boys!! (Japanese: チア男子!!, Hepburn: Chia Danshi!!) is a Japanese novel written by Ryō Asai, first published on October 5, 2010, by Shueisha. It follows the members of a university's all-male cheerleading squad. The novel is loosely based on the real-life men's cheerleading team "Shockers" from Waseda University.^[1] The series was also adapted as a manga by Kenichi Kondō for the Shōnen Jump+ app starting on April 5, 2016. An anime adaptation started airing on July 5, 2016. It is directed by Ai Yoshimura and written by Reiko Yoshida for the studio Brain's Base.^[2] A live action film directed by Hiroki Kazama was released on May 10, 2019.^[3][4]