| Moonlight Mile | |
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| Genre | Science fiction[1] |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Yasuo Ohtagaki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 7, 2000 – present |
| Volumes | 24 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Iku Suzuki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Akinori Endō |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | Studio Hibari |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Wowow |
| Original run | February 4, 2007 – December 13, 2007 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Moonlight Mile (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuo Ohtagaki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from December 2000 to November 2011, when the manga entered a ten-year hiatus. It resumed publication on Pixiv in December 2021. A 26-episode anime television series by Studio Hibari was broadcast on Wowow for two seasons in 2007.
The story follows a pair of mountain climbers who decide to become astronauts. Yasuo Ohtagaki says, in the preview special of the anime, that his goal in writing the story was to create a realistic space drama that features the political elements involved in modern space missions. Ken Noguchi, a professional mountain climber, provided inspiration to the creators of Moonlight Mile for their depictions of ascending Mount Everest.[2]
- ^ Sherman, Jennifer (February 21, 2012). "Moonlight Mile Creator Featured on English NHK World TV Show". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ Yasuo Ohtagaki, Ken Noguchi (2007). Moonlight Mile Interview Special! (Television special). Japan: WOWOW.