Sola (manga)

Sola
Sola manga volume 1 released in English by Broccoli Books featuring Matsuri (left) and Aono (right)
GenreRomance, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written byNaoki Hisaya
Illustrated byChako Abeno
Published byMediaWorks
English publisher
MagazineDengeki Daioh
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 21, 2006February 21, 2008
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byTomoki Kobayashi
Produced byOsamu Hosokawa
Shunji Inoue
Takayuki Nagatani
Tatsuya Ono
Tetsuro Satomi
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byHitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden)
StudioNomad
Licensed by
Original networkTV Aichi, Chiba TV, tvk, TVO, TV Saitama
English network
Original run April 7, 2007 June 30, 2007
Episodes13 + 2 OVA (List of episodes)

Sola is a Japanese work originally conceived by Naoki Hisaya (main writer of Kanon) with original character design by Naru Nanao (designer of D.C.: Da Capo).[2] It was first unveiled through the prologue of the manga featured in the Japanese manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on December 21, 2006, published by MediaWorks. The manga, which is illustrated by Chako Abeno, ended serialization on February 21, 2008. The manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Broccoli Books with the first volume being released in June 2008. A short drama CD which also served as a prologue to the series was released at Comiket 71 in December 2006, and a second drama CD was released in May 2008. An anime version aired in Japan between April and June 2007; the anime contained thirteen episodes, and two additional DVD-exclusive episodes followed. The anime was licensed by Bandai Entertainment for distribution in North America in a subtitle-only box set of all fifteen episodes. The title, Sola, is close in pronunciation to the Japanese word sora (, lit. "sky"). At the end of 2007, Japanese anime fans voted Sola as the best anime of the year.[3][4]

  1. ^ Koulikov, Mikhail (February 26, 2008). "Bandai Visual USA Confirms sola Release, DVD Details". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Anime's website with the Sola DVDs". Dot Anime (in Japanese). Bandai. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference best-of-2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ANN-best-of-2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).