Sweet Blue Flowers

Sweet Blue Flowers
Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Akira (left) and Fumi (right).
青い花 (Aoi Hana)
Genre	Coming-of-age[1] Romance[2] Yuri[3]
Manga
Written by	Takako Shimura
Published by	Ohta Publishing
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Magazine	Manga Erotics F
Original run	November 2004 – July 2013
Volumes	8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Ken'ichi Kasai
Produced by	Toshiaki Asaka Yūji Matsukura Kōji Yamamoto Aya Saitō
Written by	Fumihiko Takayama
Music by	Takefumi Haketa
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	NA: Right Stuf Inc.
Original network	Fuji TV (Noise)
Original run	July 2, 2009 – September 10, 2009
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)

Sweet Blue Flowers (Japanese: 青い花, Hepburn: Aoi Hana, lit. "Blue Flower") is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. It was serialized between November 2004 and July 2013 in Ohta Publishing's manga magazine Manga Erotics F, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The story focuses on Fumi Manjōme, a lesbian high school girl, and her close childhood friend Akira Okudaira, who tries to keep her friends happy through difficult times.

An 11-episode anime television series produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Ken'ichi Kasai aired between July and September 2009 on Fuji TV. An Internet radio show to promote the anime was produced between June and October 2009 on HiBiKi Radio Station hosted by Ai Takabe and Yūko Gibu, who voiced Fumi and Akira in the anime, respectively. The manga was licensed in North America by Viz Media. The anime was licensed by Right Stuf Inc.