One-pound Gospel

One-pound Gospel
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sister Angela (above) and Kosaku Hatanaka (below)
1ポンドの福音
(Ichi-Pondo no Fukuin)
GenreRomance[1]
Manga
Written byRumiko Takahashi
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Young Sunday
English magazine
  • NA: Animerica (some chapters)
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 24, 1987December 21, 2006
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Directed byMakura Saki
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioStudio Gallop
Licensed by
ReleasedDecember 2, 1988
Runtime55 minutes
Television drama
Original networkNippon TV
Original run January 12, 2008 March 8, 2008
Episodes9

One-pound Gospel (Japanese: 1ポンドの福音, Hepburn: Ichi-Pondo no Fukuin) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday from July 1987 to December 2006, with its chapters collected into four tankōbon volumes. The story is a fusion of the sports (specifically, boxing) and romantic comedy genres.

Studio Gallop produced an anime original video animation adaptation in 1988. A live-action television drama adaptation starring Kazuya Kamenashi from KAT-TUN and Meisa Kuroki aired for nine episodes in 2008. Viz Media licensed and released the manga and OVA in North America.

  1. ^ "The Official Website for One♥Pound Gospel". Viz Media. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2017.