The Wallflower (manga)

The Wallflower
Cover of volume 1, featuring Kyohei
ヤマトナデシコ七変化
(Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byTomoko Hayakawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineBessatsu Friend
DemographicShōjo
Original runMarch 13, 2000January 13, 2015
Volumes36 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byShinichi Watanabe[2]
StudioNippon Animation[2]
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TV Aichi
Original run October 3, 2006 March 27, 2007
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Original networkTBS
Original run January 15, 2010 March 19, 2010
Episodes10

The Wallflower (Japanese: ヤマトナデシコ七変化, Hepburn: Yamato nadeshiko Shichi Henge, lit. "Perfect Girl Evolution") is a manga series written by Tomoko Hayakawa. The individual chapters have been serialized in Bessatsu Friend since 2000, and in 36 tankōbon volumes in Japan by Kodansha. The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga and in Singapore by Chuang Yi, under the name My Fair Lady. The series ended in January 2015 after 36 volumes.[3]

Nippon Animation adapted part of the manga series into a twenty-five episode anime series which aired on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi from October 3, 2006 through March 27, 2007.[2][4] The anime adaptation has been licensed for Region 1 release by A.D. Vision,[5] who paid $500,000.[6] In 2008, The WallFlower became one of over 30 ADV titles whose North American rights were transferred to Funimation Entertainment.[7]

  1. ^ Santos, Carlo (March 22, 2006). "The Wallflower GN 1-3". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Yamatonadeshiko Shichihenge". Newtype USA. Vol. 5, no. 11. November 2006. p. 19. ISSN 1541-4817.
  3. ^ "The Wallflower/Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge Manga to End in 3 More Chapters". Anime News Network. October 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "テレビ東京·あにてれ ヤマトナデシコ七変化" [Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge]. TV Tokyo. Retrieved March 9, 2008.
  5. ^ "ADV Acquires The Wallflower". Anime News Network. May 15, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2007.
  6. ^ "ADV Court Documents Reveal Amounts Paid for 29 Anime Titles". Anime News Network. January 30, 2012.
  7. ^ "Funimation Picks Up Over 30 Former AD Vision Titles". Anime News Network. July 4, 2008.