Otherside Picnic

Otherside Picnic
First novel volume cover, featuring Toriko Nishina (left) and Sorawo Kamikoshi (right)
裏世界ピクニック (Ura Sekai Pikunikku)
Genre	Adventure, science fiction, yuri[1]
Novel series
Written by	Iori Miyazawa
Illustrated by	shirakaba
Published by	Hayakawa Publishing
English publisher	NA: J-Novel Club
Imprint	Hayakawa Bunko JA
Demographic	Male
Original run	February 23, 2017 – present
Volumes	9
Manga
Written by	Iori Miyazawa
Illustrated by	Eita Mizuno
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Square Enix
Imprint	Gangan Comics
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	February 10, 2018 – present
Volumes	13
Anime television series
Directed by	Takuya Satō
Produced by	Shouta Watase Yasutaka Kimura Mitsutoshi Ogura Rikimaru Mizoguchi Ryuuji Abe Tomoyuki Oowada Tsuyoshi Aida Nobuhito Hayashi Youhei Kikuchi Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Written by	Takuya Satō
Music by	Takeshi Watanabe
Studio	Liden Films Felix Film
Licensed by	Crunchyroll (streaming) SA/SEA: Medialink
Original network	AT-X, JAITS (Tokyo MX, SUN), BS11
Original run	January 4, 2021 – March 22, 2021
Episodes	12
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Otherside Picnic (Japanese: 裏世界ピクニック, Hepburn: Ura Sekai Pikunikku) is a Japanese yuri science fiction novel series written by Iori Miyazawa and illustrated by shirakaba, inspired by the novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Hayakawa Publishing have released nine volumes of the series since February 2017. A manga adaptation with art by Eita Mizuno has been serialized since February 2018 via Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan, and has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. The novels are licensed in North America by J-Novel Club, while the manga is licensed by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films and Felix Film aired from January to March 2021.