Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora

Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora light novel volume 1 cover
半分の月がのぼる空
GenreDrama, romance
Light novel
Written byTsumugu Hashimoto
Illustrated byKeiji Yamamoto
Published byMediaWorks
ImprintDengeki Bunko
MagazineDengeki hp
DemographicMale
Original runOctober 10, 2003August 10, 2006
Volumes8
Manga
Written byB.Tarō
Published byMediaWorks
MagazineDengeki Comic Gao!
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 27, 2005November 27, 2006
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byYukihiro Matsushita
Produced byKenjirō Kawando (Animation)
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Written byKatsuhiko Takayama
Music byShinkichi Mitsumune
StudioGroup TAC
Licensed by
Original networkWOWOW
Original run January 12, 2006 February 23, 2006
Episodes6 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Directed byMasato Inbe
Akira Hibino
Mitsutaka Endō
Masatoshi Tōjō
Produced byMasaru Kariya
Takashi Izuhara
Written byYuriko Kodama
StudioMediaWorks
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 3, 2006 December 26, 2006
Episodes13
Live-action film
Directed byYoshihiro Fukagawa
Produced byHiroshi Kogure
Ryōsuke Mameoka
Yūichi Shibahara
Written byMasafumi Nishida
Music byMamiko Hirai
5to4
ReleasedApril 3, 2010 (2010-04-03)
Runtime119 minutes

Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (半分の月がのぼる空, lit. Sky with a Rising Half-Moon), subtitled looking up at the half-moon and also known as Hantsuki, is a Japanese romance light novel series written by Tsumugu Hashimoto and illustrated by Keiji Yamamoto centering on two hospitalized seventeen year olds and the love they begin to share. The series was originally serialized in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp and spanned eight volumes released between October 2003 and August 2006.

An anime series was adapted from the novels and aired in Japan on the WOWOW television network between January 12 and February 23, 2006 with six episodes. A manga series by B.Tarō was serialized in MediaWorks' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! between August 2005 and November 2006; two volumes were released. A set of five drama CDs were produced between October 2006 and August 2007 by Wayuta. A live-action drama of the series was aired on TV Tokyo between October and December 2006, and a live-action film premiered in Japanese theaters in April 2010.