| The Flowers of Evil | |
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| 惡の華 (Aku no Hana) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shūzō Oshimi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | September 9, 2009 – May 9, 2014 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Nagahama |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Aki Itami |
| Music by | Hideyuki Fukasawa |
| Studio | Zexcs |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Animax, Tokyo MX, TVS, CTC, tvk, GTV, SUN, KBS |
| Original run | April 5, 2013 – June 29, 2013 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Noboru Iguchi |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Mari Okada |
| Music by | Yasuhiko Fukuda |
| Released | September 27, 2019 |
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The Flowers of Evil (Japanese: 惡の華, Hepburn: Aku no Hana) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shūzō Oshimi. It was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine between September 2009 and May 2014. The story follows a middle school student named Takao Kasuga who's forced into a "contract" by fellow student Sawa Nakamura, after being caught stealing the gym clothes of his crush Nanako Saeki, and the series of events afterwards that follow these three characters. The title of the manga comes from Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal.
An anime television series adaptation of the manga, produced by Zexcs, aired in Japan between April and June 2013. It was simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll. The anime was animated using rotoscoping techniques, causing some controversy among fans of the manga. A live-action film adaptation was released in September 2019.
In North America, the manga has been licensed for English language release by Vertical and the anime series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
- ^ "The Flowers of Evil". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ Webb, Charles (April 22, 2013). "Sentai Filmworks Bringing Rotoscoped 'Flowers of Evil' Anime To The U.S." MTV. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ Loo, Egan (August 5, 2012). "The Flowers of Evil Suspense Manga Gets Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2018.