Ro-Kyu-Bu!

Ro-Kyu-Bu!
Cover of the first light novel featuring Tomoka Minato
ロウきゅーぶ! (Rōkyū Bu)
Genre	Comedy, sports (basketball)[1]
Light novel
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Tinkle
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Magazine	Dengeki Bunko Magazine
Demographic	Male
Original run	February 10, 2009 – July 10, 2015
Volumes	15
Manga
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Yūki Takami
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki G's Magazine Dengeki G's Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	October 2010 – present
Volumes	7
Manga
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Yonkoma
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Futaba Miwa
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki Moeoh
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 2011 – present
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Keizō Kusakawa
Produced by	Satoshi Fujita Jun Fukuda Atsushi Wada
Written by	Michiko Itō
Music by	Takeshi Watanabe
Studio	Project No.9 Studio Blanc
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	AT-X, KBS Kyoto, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, Sun TV, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, Teletama
English network	US: Anime Network
Original run	July 1, 2011 – September 24, 2011
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Video game
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	October 27, 2011
Manga
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Halftime
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Yūki Takami
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki G's Festival! Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	October 26, 2012 – present
Volumes	1
Video game
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Himitsu no Otoshimono
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	June 20, 2013
Original animation DVD
Ro-Kyu-Bu!: Tomoka no Ichigo Sundae
Directed by	Keizō Kusakawa (Chief) Shinsuke Yanagi
Produced by	Satoshi Fujita Jun Fukuda Atsushi Wada Nobuhiro Nakayama
Written by	Michiko Itō
Music by	Takeshi Watanabe
Studio	Project No.9
Released	June 20, 2013
Runtime	25 minutes
Anime television series
Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS
Directed by	Keizō Kusakawa (Chief) Shinsuke Yanagi
Produced by	Satoshi Fujita Jun Fukuda Atsushi Wada Nobuhiro Nakayama
Written by	Michiko Itō
Music by	Takeshi Watanabe
Studio	Project No.9
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, BS11
Original run	July 5, 2013 – September 27, 2013
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Video game
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Naisho no Shutter Chance
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Vita
Released	March 27, 2014

Ro-Kyu-Bu! (Japanese: ロウきゅーぶ!, Hepburn: Rōkyū Bu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama and illustrated by Tinkle. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels between February 2009 to July 2015. The series follows a high school freshman Subaru Hasegawa who becomes the coach of a grade school's girls' basketball team after his own basketball club is disbanded for a year due to a scandal. Three manga adaptations and three PlayStation Portable visual novel games were produced. A 12-episode anime television series, animated by Project No.9 and Studio Blanc, aired between July and September 2011. A 12-episode second season titled Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS, animated solely by Project No.9, aired between July and September 2013.