Sketchbook (manga)

Sketchbook
Cover of the first manga volume
スケッチブック
(Suketchibukku)
GenreComedy,[1] iyashikei[2]
Manga
Written byTotan Kobako
Published byMag Garden
Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 2002June 2019
Volumes14 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Sketchbook ~full color's~
Directed byYoshimasa Hiraike
Written byMari Okada
Music byKen Muramatsu
StudioHal Film Maker
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 2, 2007 December 25, 2007
Episodes13 (List of episodes)

Sketchbook (スケッチブック, Suketchibukku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Totan Kobako. First serialized in the April 2002 issue of Monthly Comic Blade, the individual chapters were collected and published by Mag Garden until June 2019. Chapters also appeared in Comic Blade Masamune. An anime television series adaptation, under the title Sketchbook ~full color's~, aired in Japan between October 2 and December 25, 2007. The story revolves around a group of high school students, mostly female, in the art club at their high school. The main character is a young, shy and quiet girl named Sora Kajiwara who goes through life at her own pace.

  1. ^ Mertz, Joanne (March 2, 2012). "Sketchbook Comedy Manga Inspires Side Story". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Oppliger, John (November 8, 2007). "Ask John: What Are Iyashikei Anime?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2021.