Kobato

Kobato
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kobato Hanato and Ioryogi
こばと。
GenreFantasy[1]
Manga
Written byClamp
Published by
English publisher
Magazine
  • Monthly Sunday Gene-X
  • (December 18, 2004 – August 19, 2005)
  • Newtype
  • (October 10, 2006 – July 8, 2011)
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 18, 2004July 8, 2011
Volumes6 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuyuki Masuhara
Written by
Music byTakeshi Hama
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkNHK-BS2[2]
English network
Original run October 6, 2009 March 23, 2010
Episodes24 (List of episodes)

Kobato (こばと。) is a Japanese manga series by Clamp. It was first published in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from December 2004 to August 2005, under the title Kobato (kari). It was later serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine from October 2006 to July 2011. Its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes. The story features a mysterious young girl, Kobato Hanato, who works in a local kindergarten. In North America, the manga was first published by Newtype USA and later licensed by Yen Press. A 24-episode anime television series adaptation by Madhouse was broadcast from October 2009 to March 2010.

  1. ^ "CLAMP's Kobato Manga to End in July". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "お知らせ/TVアニメ「こばと。」公式サイト". kobato.tv (in Japanese). August 10, 2009. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009.