| Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl | |
 The first volume of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, published by Seven Seas Entertainment, featuring Tomari (left), Hazumu (center), and Yasuna (right) | |
| かしまし ～ガール・ミーツ・ガール～ (Kashimashi ~Gāru Mītsu Gāru~) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Satoru Akahori |
| Illustrated by | Yukimaru Katsura |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 2004 – May 2007 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Mako Komao |
| Illustrated by | Yukimaru Katsura |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | January 10, 2006 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Nobuaki Nakanishi |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Studio | Studio Hibari |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | January 11, 2006 – March 29, 2006 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Video game | |
| Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl The First Summer Story | |
| Developer | Vridge |
| Publisher | Marvelous Interactive |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Released | March 30, 2006 (original) November 16, 2006 (re-release) |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Nobuaki Nakanishi |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Studio | Studio Hibari |
| Licensed by |
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| Released | October 27, 2006 |
| Runtime | 27 minutes |
Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl (かしまし ～ガール・ミーツ・ガール～, Kashimashi ~Gāru Mītsu Gāru~) is a Japanese yuri manga series written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura. The manga was originally serialized in Dengeki Daioh between the July 2004 and May 2007 issues, and later published in five bound volumes by MediaWorks from January 2005 to May 2007. The story focuses on Hazumu Osaragi, a normal, albeit effeminate high school boy who is killed when an alien spaceship crash lands on him, only to be restored to health as a girl. This results in a same-sex love triangle that Hazumu finds herself in with two of her best female friends.
A single light novel written by Mako Komao and illustrated by the manga's artist was published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko imprint in January 2006. The manga series was adapted into a twelve-episode anime television series plus a single original video animation (OVA) sequel by Studio Hibari. The anime aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between January and March 2006; the OVA was released in October 2006. A visual novel was created based on the series for the PlayStation 2 and was released in March 2006. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga series for English-language publication in North America and released the five volumes between December 2006 and March 2008. Media Blasters licensed the anime series, including the OVA, and released three DVD volumes between June and October 2007 with English-subtitles. Media Blasters re-released the anime with an English dub.
The manga has been given positive reviews by the popular anime and manga magazine Newtype USA, and at the online resources Anime News Network and IGN. The first manga volume was Newtype USA's Book of the Month for December 2006, and Newtype's noted Seven Seas Entertainment's "fan-focused" translation without an effort to localize the humor for the mainstream American market. In July 2007, Kashimashi was Seven Seas Entertainment's best-selling title. The anime has been likened to Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½, though only as far as the gender-swaps themes. Critics of the anime praised the down to earth characters, and the generally great animation quality with its soft and detailed art style.
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