Grenadier (manga)

Grenadier
Second tankōbon volume cover, featuring Rushuna Tendō (front), Mikan Kurenai (right), and Yajirō Kojima (back)
グレネーダー
(Gurenēdā)
Genre
Manga
Written bySōsuke Kaise
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 26, 2002March 26, 2005
Volumes7
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Kōjina
Produced by
Written byAkira Okeya
Music byYasunori Iwasaki
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkWowow
Original run October 15, 2004 January 14, 2005
Episodes12

Grenadier (Japanese: グレネーダー, Hepburn: Gurenēdā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Kaise. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace from April 2002 to March 2005, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga was initially licensed by Tokyopop and released in print from 2006 to 2008. It was later licensed for digital release by Viz Media and released in 2015.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Studio Live and Group TAC, and directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, was broadcast on Wowow from October 2004 to January 2005. The series was licensed in North America by Media Blasters.

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