Hozuki's Coolheadedness

Hozuki's Coolheadedness
Cover of the first Japanese volume
鬼灯の冷徹
(Hōzuki no Reitetsu)
Genre
Manga
Written byNatsumi Eguchi [ja]
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 3, 2011January 9, 2020
Volumes31 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byHiro Kaburaki (season 1)
Kazuhiro Yoneda (season 2)
Written byMidori Gotō
Music byTomisiro
StudioWit Studio (season 1)
Studio Deen (season 2)
Licensed by
Original networkMBS (season 1)
Tokyo MX (season 2)
English network
Original run January 10, 2014[a] July 1, 2018[b]
Episodes39 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed byHiro Kaburaki (#1–3; Chief #4)
Kazuhiro Yoneda (#4–7)
Written byMidori Gotō
Music byTomisiro
StudioWit Studio (#1–3)
Studio Deen (#4)
Pine Jam (#5–7)
Released February 23, 2015 September 23, 2020
Episodes7 (List of episodes)
Manga
Hōzuki no Reitetsu: Shiro no Ashiato
Written byMonaka Shiba
Published byKodansha
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runDecember 1, 2015April 3, 2020
Volumes5 (List of volumes)

Hozuki's Coolheadedness (Japanese: 鬼灯の冷徹, Hepburn: Hōzuki no Reitetsu) is a Japanese manga series that was written and illustrated by Natsumi Eguchi [ja]. The plot revolves around Hozuki, a demon who works for the King and Head Judge of Hell. Kodansha serialized the manga in the magazine Morning between March 2011 and January 2020, and chapters were collected in thirty-one tankōbon volumes.

The manga was adapted into a television anime series; Wit Studio produced the first season in 2014, and Studio Deen was responsible for a second season in 2017–2018. Wit Studio also produced three original animation DVDs (OADs) in 2015, while Studio Deen produced one OAD in 2017, and Pine Jam produced three more OVAs in 2019 and 2020. Crunchyroll made the first season of Hozuki's Coolheadedness available to English-speaking audiences via streaming and Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for release on DVD. Sentai acquired the second season and released it on home media and through the streaming website Hidive.

In Japan, more than 14 million copies of the Hozuki's Coolheadedness manga were in print as of September 2020. The manga and both seasons of the anime have been included at various times in weekly top-ten best-selling lists in their respective media in Japan. The first season of the anime has been well-received by English-language reviewers, and was chosen as one of the best anime of 2014. The manga received the 52nd Seiun Sci-Fi Award for Best Comic in 2021.

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