Date A Live

Date A Live
First volume cover (art by Tsunako), feat. Tohka Yatogami
デート・ア・ライブ
(Dēto A Raibu)
Genre
Light novel
Written byKōshi Tachibana
Illustrated byTsunako
Published byFujimi Shobo
English publisher
ImprintFujimi Fantasia Bunko
MagazineDragon Magazine
DemographicMale
Original runMarch 19, 2011March 19, 2020
Volumes22 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Keitaro Motonaga (I–III)
  • Jun Nakagawa (IV–V)
Produced by
List
    • Satoshi Motonaga (I)
    • Chiaki Kurakane (I–III)
    • Noritomo Isogai (III)
    • Daisuke Iwasaki (III)
    • Seiichi Kawashima (III)
    • Yuuji Matsukura (III)
    • Mitsuhiro Ogata (III)
    • Mieko Tsuruta (III)
    • Yuuji Oosato (III)
    • Hisanori Numano (III)
    • Hiroyasu Taniguchi (III, V)
    • Joutarou Ishigami (IV)
    • Shunichi Uemaru (IV)
    • Naruki Fukaya (IV)
    • Li Yang (IV)
    • Yuu Kanemaru (IV–V)
    • Masakatsu Umeda (IV–V)
    • Junichi Takagi (IV–V)
    • Taiyou Matsuda (IV–V)
    • Aya Iizuka (V)
Written by
Music byGo Sakabe
Studio
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, GBS, TVS, SUN, TVQ, Chiba TV, TwellV, MTV
Original run April 6, 2013 June 26, 2024
Episodes58 + 2 OVAs (List of episodes)
Light novel
Date A Live Encore
Written byKoushi Tachibana
Illustrated byTsunako
Published byFujimi Shobo
ImprintFujimi Fantasia Bunko
MagazineDragon Magazine
DemographicMale
Original runMay 18, 2013May 20, 2022
Volumes11 (List of volumes)
Media franchise
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Date A Live (Japanese: デート・ア・ライブ, Hepburn: Dēto A Raibu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. Fujimi Shobo published 22 volumes from March 2011 to March 2020 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. Yen Press holds the license to publish the light novel in English.

Five manga were published by Kadokawa Shoten and Fujimi Shobo in Monthly Shōnen Ace and Monthly Dragon Age. An anime television series adaptation produced by AIC Plus+ aired between April and June 2013. A second season by Production IMS aired between April and June 2014. An original anime film, Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement, was released in August 2015. A spin-off light novel series, Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet, began publication in March 2017. A third season by J.C.Staff aired between January and March 2019. A fourth season by Geek Toys aired from April to June 2022. A fifth season aired from April to June 2024.

  1. ^ Martin, Theron (September 8, 2014). "Date A Live BD+DVD 1–4 – Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Iori Nomizu Sings Date A Live Anime's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. February 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018. The Flying Dog website has revealed that Iori Nomizu will perform the ending theme song "Save the World" for the anime adaptation of Koushi Tachibana's Date A Live science-fiction romantic comedy light novel series.
  3. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (October 21, 2017). ""Date A Live" New Anime Series Confirmed to be in the Works". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.