One-pound Gospel | |
1ポンドの福音 (Ichi-Pondo no Fukuin) | |
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Genre | Romance[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Rumiko Takahashi |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Weekly Young Sunday |
English magazine | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 24, 1987 – December 21, 2006 |
Volumes | 4 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Makura Saki |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | Studio Gallop |
Licensed by | |
Released | December 2, 1988 |
Runtime | 55 minutes |
Television drama | |
Original network | Nippon TV |
Original run | January 12, 2008 – March 8, 2008 |
Episodes | 9 |
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.