Saint Young Men

Saint Young Men
	Cover of first volume as published by Kodansha
聖☆おにいさん; (Seinto Oniisan)
Genre	Comedy; Slice of life;
Manga
Written by	Hikaru Nakamura
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA;
Magazine	Morning Two [ja]
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 22, 2006 – present
Volumes	21
Original animation DVD
Directed by	Noriko Takao
Produced by	Hideharu Gomi; Reo Kurosu;
Written by	Rika Nezu
Music by	Keiichi Suzuki; Ryōmei Shirai;
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Released	December 3, 2012 – August 23, 2013
Runtime	15–26 minutes
Episodes	2
Anime film
Directed by	Mamoru Kanbe (Chief); Noriko Takao;
Produced by	Tomonori Ochikoshi; Masayuki Haryu; Yoshihiro Furusawa; Reo Kurosu; Akiko Yodo; Genki Kawamura; Hideharu Gomi;
Written by	Rika Nezu
Music by	Keiichi Suzuki; Ryōmei Shirai;
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Released	May 10, 2013
Runtime	90 minutes
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Saint Young Men (Japanese: 聖(セイント)☆おにいさん, Hepburn: Seinto Oniisan) is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura. Its plot involves Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, who are living as roommates in an apartment in Tokyo. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the monthly seinen manga magazine Morning Two [ja] since September 2006, with chapters collected in twenty-one tankōbon volumes as of March 2024. Kodansha USA has been publishing the series in English in an omnibus edition since December 2019. A-1 Pictures adapted the manga series into two original animation DVDs (OADs) and an anime film which was released on May 10, 2013. It also inspired a ten-episode live-action web series in 2018.

In Japan, the Saint Young Men manga has sold over 16 million copies. Individual volumes of the series have frequently appeared on lists of the weekly and annual best-seller manga in Japan. It received a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2009 and was nominated for a Manga Taishō Award in the same year. It was also nominated for Best Comic at the 2012 Angoulême International Comics Festival. Its film adaptation has been well received by the Japanese public.

^ Ressler, Karen (March 22, 2013). "Gen Hoshino to Perform Saint Young Men Film's Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
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[1] Ressler, Karen (March 22, 2013). "Gen Hoshino to Perform Saint Young Men Film's Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

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