| Psychic Squad | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring (from left to right) Aoi Nogami, Kaoru Akashi and Shiho Sannomiya | |
| 絶対可憐チルドレン (Zettai Karen Chirudoren) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takashi Shiina |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 13, 2005 – July 14, 2021 |
| Volumes | 63 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keiichiro Kawaguchi |
| Written by | Satoru Nishizono |
| Music by | Kōtarō Nakagawa |
| Studio | SynergySP |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 6, 2008 – March 29, 2009 |
| Episodes | 51 + OVA |
| Light novel | |
| Zettai Karen Children the Novels "B.A.B.E.L. Hōkai" | |
| Written by | Gakuto Mikumo |
| Illustrated by | Takashi Shiina |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Gagaga Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | May 20, 2008 |
| Video game | |
| Zettai Karen Children DS: Dai-4 no Children | |
| Developer | HuneX |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Genre | Simulation RPG |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
| Released | September 4, 2008 |
| Spin-off | |
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Psychic Squad, known in Japan as Zettai Karen Children (Japanese: 絶対可憐チルドレン, Hepburn: Zettai Karen Chirudoren, lit. 'Absolutely Lovely Children'), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2005 to July 2021, with its chapters collected in 63 tankōbon volumes. It is the story about three young problem girls with outstanding psychic powers and a young man with no special powers at all tasked to guide them properly while dealing with all the commotions they cause, including their obvious infatuation with him.
A 51-episode anime television series produced by SynergySP was broadcast from April 2008 to March 2009, and had a special original video animation (OVA) released in July 2010. A 12-episode spin-off focused on main antagonist Kyōsuke Hyōbu, titled Unlimited Psychic Squad, and produced by Manglobe, was broadcast from January to March 2013.
By July 2012, the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation. In 2022, Psychic Squad received the 53rd Seiun Award for Best Comic.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 5, 2018). "Zettai Karen Children Manga Returns on August 23". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
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