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:Takahiro is Misaki's 28-year-old brother and Usagi's long-time friend. He was the subject of Akihiko's affections for a long time, though he never seemed to notice as he is shown to be extremely naive. He is extremely caring towards his younger brother, who refers to him as "Niichan," even dropping out of school to support Misaki's studies after their parents died. Early in the series, he becomes engaged to and marries Kajiwara Manami. They soon move to [[Osaka]] due to his job, at which time Misaki goes to live with Usagi. |
:Takahiro is Misaki's 28-year-old brother and Usagi's long-time friend. He was the subject of Akihiko's affections for a long time, though he never seemed to notice as he is shown to be extremely naive. He is extremely caring towards his younger brother, who refers to him as "Niichan," even dropping out of school to support Misaki's studies after their parents died. Early in the series, he becomes engaged to and marries Kajiwara Manami. They soon move to [[Osaka]] due to his job, at which time Misaki goes to live with Usagi. |
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:In the [[List of Junjō Romantica episodes|anime]], Hiroki Kamijou (the ''uke'' of the Egoist couple) is 29-years-old, a long-time friend of Akihiko's, and an associate professor at the fictional Mitsuhashi University. He is a bit of a loner and is extremely passionate about classical Japanese literature, apparently having graduated at the top of his class. Hiroki initially loved Akihiko, his childhood friend. Six years prior to the main events of the story, he took advantage of Akihiko's unrequited love for Takahiro, convincing him to wear a blindfold as he pretended be Takahiro. Hiroki hoped that once Akihiko was intimate with him, his feelings would change, but Hiroki soon realized that he could never be with Akihiko as long as he was in love with Takahiro. He sympathizes with Akihiko, however, for just as Akihiko yearns for Takahiro, Hiroki pines for Akihiko. Soon afterwards, Hiroki would meet Nowaki Kusama, a student four years his junior who refers to him as "Hiro-san." Over the next six years, Hiroki and Nowaki fall in love with each other, but their personal dreams seem to get in the way of their being together. Their story arc focuses on their attempts to start over after Nowaki returns from his study abroad. |
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:In the series, he serves as an example of the [[tsundere]] character archetype: he has a bad temper and is feared among his students, who refer to him as "Devil Kamijou," though he is shown to be one who is actually quite shy and who becomes flustered easily. Misaki later makes a reference about his "difficult Japanese literature professor" later on while on a date with Akihiko. |
:In the series, he serves as an example of the [[tsundere]] character archetype: he has a bad temper and is feared among his students, who refer to him as "Devil Kamijou," though he is shown to be one who is actually quite shy and who becomes flustered easily. Misaki later makes a reference about his "difficult Japanese literature professor" later on while on a date with Akihiko. |
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Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance | |
![]() Cover of the first Japanese tankōbon volume | |
純情ロマンチカ (Junjō Romanchika) | |
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Genre | Yaoi, Comedy, Romance |
Manga | |
Written by | Shungiku Nakamura |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Asuka Ciel |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 2002 – present |
Volumes | 18 |
Anime television series | |
Junjou Romantica | |
Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
Music by | MOKA☆ |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Original network | TV Hokkaido |
Original run | April 10, 2008 – June 26, 2008 |
Episodes | 12 |
Anime television series | |
Junjou Romantica 2 | |
Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
Music by | MOKA☆ |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Original network | TV Hokkaido |
Original run | October 12, 2008 – December 27, 2008 |
Episodes | 12 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Released | December 20, 2012 |
Runtime | 25 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Junjou Romantica 3 | |
Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
Music by | MOKA☆ |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Original run | July 2015 – present |
Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance (Japanese: 純情ロマンチカ/ピュア ロマンス, Hepburn: Junjō Romanchika, lit. "Pure-Hearted Romantica"), stylized as Junjou Romantica ~Pure Romance~, is a yaoi series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on three storylines: the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and two other male couples that provide ongoing side stories ("Junjo Egoist" and "Junjo Terrorist"). It has expanded into several CD-dramas, a manga series running in Asuka Ciel, a light novel series titled "Junai Romantica" running in The Ruby magazine, and a 24-episode anime series. The third season of the anime was announced to be in production and is scheduled to air in July of 2015.
Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin-off to Junjou Romantica titled Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (lit. "The World's Greatest First Love") focusing on a shōjo manga editor and his first love, which was also animated by Studio Deen in 2011.
Characters
- Misaki Takahashi (高橋 美咲, Takahashi Misaki)
- Voiced by Takahiro Sakurai
- Misaki Takahashi (the uke of the Romantica couple) is the 18-year-old (19-years-old in episode 8 of the anime) little brother of Takahiro. At the start of the series, Misaki is about to sit for his college entrance examinations. His dream is to attend the fictional Mitsuhashi University, as that was the college his brother turned down in order to care for Misaki after their parents died. Although he seems childish and brash, Misaki is later revealed to be a person who is simply adamant on insisting against doing anything that might be troublesome for anyone else. This is due to the fact that he still blames himself for his parents' deaths (believing that if he had not asked them to hurry home, they would not have sped in the rain and crashed). Misaki and Usagi eventually begin a full-fledged relationship together which puzzles Misaki, who is not outwardly confident about his feelings towards the older man because of his narrow view of a typical relationship.
- Akihiko Usami (宇佐見 秋彦, Usami Akihiko)
- Voiced by Hikaru Hanada
- Akihiko Usami (the seme of the Romantica couple) is a 28-year-old popular author of fiction and erotic BL (Boys' Love) novels, as well as the youngest recipient of the distinguished Naomori Award. His nickname is "Usagi," which means "rabbit" in Japanese. A close friend of Misaki's older brother, Usagi initially serves as Misaki's tutor for his upcoming entrance exams. While his affections for Takahiro go unnoticed, he remains one of Takahiro's closest friends. Usagi is also revealed to be childhood friends with Hiroki; just as Usagi's affections for Takahiro goes unnoticed, however, Hiroki's early affections for Usagi also went without notice, though the two remain good friends. Shortly after meeting Misaki, he discovers that Takahiro has become engaged; seeing how upset this makes Misaki on Usagi's behalf, Usagi realizes that he loves the younger boy and, after Misaki moves in with him after Takahiro moves away, the two eventually become lovers.
- He makes a cameo appearance in the first episode of the anime adaptation of Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, the spin-off to Junjou Romantica. Ritsu Onodera, the central protagonist of that series, was Usagi's editor prior to transferring to Marukawa Publishing. In the anime, Misaki doesn't know that Usagi had a relationship with the professor Hiroki Kamijou.
- Haruhiko Usami (宇佐見 春彦, Usami Haruhiko)
- Voiced by Kōsuke Toriumi (adult) and Rina Sato (child)
- Haruhiko Usami is Akihiko's 30-year-old half-brother (they have different mothers). He is generally cold and disapproving towards his brother, though no one really knows why. After a brief appearance in the middle of the series, he begins proclaiming that he "loves" Misaki, but that was only after he found out how close he and Akihiko were. When he begins sending Misaki flowers and saying that he would take Misaki as his own, Akihiko claims that Haruhiko was "always trying to take [his] things."
- Takahiro Takahashi (高橋 孝浩, Takahashi Takahiro)
- Voiced by Kishō Taniyama
- Takahiro is Misaki's 28-year-old brother and Usagi's long-time friend. He was the subject of Akihiko's affections for a long time, though he never seemed to notice as he is shown to be extremely naive. He is extremely caring towards his younger brother, who refers to him as "Niichan," even dropping out of school to support Misaki's studies after their parents died. Early in the series, he becomes engaged to and marries Kajiwara Manami. They soon move to Osaka due to his job, at which time Misaki goes to live with Usagi.
- Hiroki Kamijou (上條 弘樹, Kamijō Hiroki)
- Voiced by Kentarō Itō (adult) and Eri Kitamura (child)
- In the anime, Hiroki Kamijou (the uke of the Egoist couple) is 29-years-old, a long-time friend of Akihiko's, and an associate professor at the fictional Mitsuhashi University. He is a bit of a loner and is extremely passionate about classical Japanese literature, apparently having graduated at the top of his class. Hiroki initially loved Akihiko, his childhood friend. Six years prior to the main events of the story, he took advantage of Akihiko's unrequited love for Takahiro, convincing him to wear a blindfold as he pretended be Takahiro. Hiroki hoped that once Akihiko was intimate with him, his feelings would change, but Hiroki soon realized that he could never be with Akihiko as long as he was in love with Takahiro. He sympathizes with Akihiko, however, for just as Akihiko yearns for Takahiro, Hiroki pines for Akihiko. Soon afterwards, Hiroki would meet Nowaki Kusama, a student four years his junior who refers to him as "Hiro-san." Over the next six years, Hiroki and Nowaki fall in love with each other, but their personal dreams seem to get in the way of their being together. Their story arc focuses on their attempts to start over after Nowaki returns from his study abroad.
- In the series, he serves as an example of the tsundere character archetype: he has a bad temper and is feared among his students, who refer to him as "Devil Kamijou," though he is shown to be one who is actually quite shy and who becomes flustered easily. Misaki later makes a reference about his "difficult Japanese literature professor" later on while on a date with Akihiko.
- Nowaki Kusama (草間 野分, Kusama Nowaki)
- Voiced by Nobutoshi Canna (adult) and Ryoko Shiraishi (child)
- Orphaned as an infant, Nowaki Kusama (the seme of the Egoist couple) was abandoned at an orphanage during a heavy rain storm; as a result, he was named "Nowaki" ("typhoon" in Japanese) by the head of the orphanage, though elders seem to refer to him as "Wacchan." Six years before the main story, Nowaki first comes across Hiroki when he finds Hiroki crying about his unrequited feelings with Akihiko. After inviting him to spend the afternoon with him and his friends (the elders mentioned earlier), Nowaki goes on to insist that Hiroki become his tutor. Originally studying to become a social worker, he changes his mind and is currently in training to become a pediatrician. Kind, understanding, and patient, Nowaki shows these traits most often while he is around Hiroki. As Nowaki is four years younger than Hiroki, this fuels a desire in him to quickly catch up to Hiroki (mostly career-wise), as he believes Hiroki deserves someone who is his equal. He shows unrelenting devotion and love for Hiroki, never giving up on them even when Hiroki seems oblivious to it. Despite his age, Nowaki is actually much taller than Hiroki, a fact that initially irritated the older Hiroki.
- Yō Miyagi (宮城 庸, Miyagi Yō)
- Voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue
- In the anime, Yō Miyagi (the seme of the Terrorist couple) is a 35-year-old literature professor at Mitsuhashi University and co-worker of Kamijo Hiroki. He was once married, but is now divorced, though this is most likely due to his indifference toward feelings and emotions. Miyagi is often playful when it comes to teasing Hiroki, with whom he shares an office at the university, though his true character is seen to be far more serious due to an event from his past. He once tried to kiss Hiroki after noticing something was bothering him, but he was stopped at the last minute by Nowaki, who had come searching for Hiroki. Nevertheless, Miyagi seems to be supportive of Hiroki's relationship with Nowaki, stating that as long as Hiroki was happy, he would be happy for him. Miyagi's primary love interest in the series is introduced as Takatsuki Shinobu, his former brother-in-law who is several years his junior.
- Shinobu Takatsuki (高槻 忍, Takatsuki Shinobu)
- Voiced by Daisuke Kishio
- Shinobu Takatsuki (the uke of the Terrorist couple) is an 18-year-old high school student and the son of Mitsuhashi University's dean of literature. Shinobu believes it to be fate that he is in love with his former brother-in-law, Yo Miyagi, though would very much like Miyagi to take responsibility for Shinobu falling in love with him. He is often blunt and unreasonable, though he is shown to have a softer side.
- Keiichi Sumi (角 圭一, Sumi Keiichi)
- Voiced by Isshin Chiba
- A senior college student at Mitsuhashi University and Misaki's friend, Keiichi Sumi is a very mysterious young man; while it is usually hard to tell whether he is being serious or not, he is not viewed as a bad person. The son of famous novelist Ryouichi Sumi, Keiichi is also a member of the university's Onsen Research Group (ORG) which have been known for generations as makers of Japan's most terrifying haunted house. He is first introduced trying to lure Misaki away from Akihiko, fueling Akihiko to intervene. Afterwards, once Akihiko and Misaki admit their feelings for one another, Keiichi frequently creates problems between the two, suggesting to Misaki at one point that there might be something between Akihiko and Aikawa (as she had a key to his apartment). He later reveals that he was merely using Misaki to get closer to his true object of affections, Akihiko; despite this, the two remain close friends, showing that he does care for Misaki.
- Ryūichirō Isaka (井坂 龍一郎, Isaka Ryūichirō)
- Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Ryūichirō Isaka (the uke of the Mistake couple) is the 32-year-old senior managing director of Marukawa Publishing and a childhood friend of Haruhiko. He and his assistant Asahina are the main characters of the short comics released with the DVDs, "Junjou Mistake," which takes place ten years before the main Romantica storyline. Isaka initially aspired to become a novelist, though he eventually found his true talent in finding future best-sellers.
- In the anime adaptation, he first appears interrupting Akihiko and Misaki while they are on a date. Isaka later appears in the spin-off series Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, which centers around the relationship between Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano at Marukawa Publishing.
- Kaoru Asahina (朝比奈 薫, Asahina Kaoru)
- Voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu
- Kaoru Asahina (the seme of the Mistake couple) is Ryūichiro's assistant who came to work for the Isaka family when they helped the his family out of a bad situation. Originally intended to be Isaka's playmate, he ended up becoming something more of a caretaker.
- Eri Aikawa (相川 絵理, Aikawa Eri)
- Voiced by Noriko Namiki
- Eri Aikawa is Akihiko's editor, as well as a friend to both him and Misaki. She is roughly the same age as Akihiko and is constantly pushing him to finish his work on time. On the exterior, she seems like a kind and nice-mannered person, but when Akihiko does not hand in his manuscripts on time, she is famous for freaking out and even, on one occasion, attacking him. A fan of Akihiko's work, as Misaki notes that Aikawa sometimes acts like a fan girl when she is around Akihiko and Misaki; in fact, Akihiko reveals that many scenes from his novels are Aikawa's own personal requests, a fact that seemed to surprise Misaki.
- Fuyuhiko Usami (宇佐見 冬彦, Usami Fuyuhiko)
- Voiced by Jūrōta Kosugi
- The father of Akihiko ("Usagi") and Haruhiko, as well as uncle to Kaoruko, Fuyuhiko Usami loves both of his sons equally and wants what is best for both of them. However, he is known to become quite ruthless in his need to accomplish that. Like his youngest son, Akihiko, he is very fond of bears and enjoys the art of woodcarving. He owns a successful business and is often seen carrying rubber ducks. It is briefly mentioned by Akihiko that Fuyuhiko was adopted.
- Kaoruko Usami (宇佐見 薫子, Usami Kaoruko)
- Voiced by Mizuki Nana
- Kaoruko Usami is Akihiko's cousin on his mother's side (though she has the same last name as Akihiko's father). Akihiko did mention once that his father was adopted, so it is possible that Akihiko's mother is a blood relative of the Usami family, including Kaoruko Usami. A 20-year-old aspiring pâtissier (pastry chef), Kaoruko came to Japan after she was told her parents had fallen ill; however, this is revealed to be a trick on the part of her uncle Fuyuhiko, who wished for her to marry Haruhiko in an effort order to separate him from Misaki. As time progresses, however, Kaoruko claims to love Misaki, as she has the "same taste" as Akihiko.
- Mizuki Shiiba (椎葉 水樹, Shiiba Mizuki)
- Mizuki is Akihiko's 25-year-old cousin from his father's side of the family. He has returned from America to visit Akihiko, freeloading off of his cousin while living in Akihiko's apartment. While he is shown to be quite attached to Akihiko, he comes off as cold and hostile toward Misaki; this is later revealed to be due to his feelings for Kaoruko.
- Shinnosuke Tōdō (藤堂 進之介, Tōdō Shinnosuke)
- Shinnosuke is Misaki's friend and classmate. He is attending Mitsuhashi University as a law student with aspirations of becoming a police officer in the future. He is also a member of the Kendo club. He met Misaki when he picked up The☆Kan phone strap that Misaki had dropped and the two easily bond over their shared love for The☆Kan manga. He only appears in the manga.
- Kyō Ijuuin (伊集院 響, Ijuuin Kyō)
- Voiced by Hozumi Gōda
- Kyō Ijuuin is the creator of Misaki's favorite manga, The☆Kan. Whenever the deadline for his next manga installment is near, he becomes incredibly pessimistic. According to Isaka, it is disputed as to whether The☆Kan is in first or second place in terms of sales at Marukawa Publishing. Misaki first met him at Marukawa when Kyō was in one of his pre-deadline funks, with Misaki giving him the motivation to continue by telling him how much his work meant to him. Later on, Misaki was selected in a lottery to meet him again for an autograph signing. Kyō is a bachelor who, when cleaned up, is shown to be a considerably attractive man. The majority of his fans are said to be women.
- Shinoda (篠田, Shinoda)
- A real estate agent, Shinoda met Hiroki while trying to get him to sign a real estate contract. He and Hiroki had a short romantic relationship while Hiroki was dealing with his feelings for Akihiko. He appears very briefly and only in the manga.
- Tanaka (田中, Tanaka)
- Voiced by Kenta Miyake
- Tanaka is the butler for the Usami household, often mistakenly called "Sebastian" by Misaki. (This is a joke based on the Japanese pop-culture stereotype of "Sebastian" as a typical name for a butler.)
Media
Manga
Written by Shungiku Nakamura, Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance began serialization in Asuka Ciel in 2002. The individual chapters have been compiled into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten. The first volume was released on June 2, 2003;[1] as of May 1, 2012, 15 volumes have been released.[2]
The series was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Blu Manga, an imprint of Tokyopop, until Tokyopop's closure in May 2011.[3] As of April 2011, 12 English volumes have been released.[4] An attempt to gauge relative sales of manga titles by online vendors (based on publicly available "bestseller" listings) suggests that Junjo Romantica was the best-selling yaoi manga series of 2008 among online vendors.[5] Volume 10 was #6 in the manga category of the New York Times "Graphic Books" weekly bestseller list for July 11, 2009,[6] and volume 12 was #4 on the same list for September 10, 2010.[7]
Volume listing
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | June 2, 2003[1] | 978-4-04-853606-6 | October, 2006[4] | 978-1-5981-6719-7 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | |
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2 | November 27, 2003[8] | 978-4-04-853702-4 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | February, 2007[4] | 978-1-59816-720-7 | |
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3 | May 28, 2004[9] | 978-4-04-853748-2 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | June, 2007[4] | 978-1-59816-721-4 | |
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4 | October 28, 2004[10] | 978-4-04-853778-4 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | October, 2007[4] | 978-1-59816-722-1 | |
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5 | April 27, 2005[11] | 978-4-04-853848-9 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | February, 2008[4] | 978-1-59816-723-8 | |
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6 | October 28, 2005[12] | 978-4-04-853907-8 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | June, 2008[4] | 978-1-59816-724-5 | |
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7 | May 1, 2006[13] | 978-4-04-853953-1 | September, 2008[4] | 978-1-4278-0218-7 | |
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8 | February 1, 2007[14] | 978-4-04-854072-8 | January, 2009[4] | 978-1-4278-0707-6 | |
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9 | November 1, 2007[15] | 978-4-04-854137-4 | April, 2009 | 978-1-4278-1284-1 | |
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10 | April 1, 2008[16] | 978-4-04-854162-6 | July, 2009 | 978-1-4278-1521-7 | |
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11 | December 1, 2008[17] | 978-4-04-854270-8 | December, 2009 | 978-1-4278-1704-4 | |
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12 | September 1, 2009[18] | 978-4-04-854362-0 | August, 2010 | 978-1-4278-1789-1 | |
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13 | July 1, 2010[19] | 978-4-04-854489-4 | - | - Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length | |
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14 | May 1, 2011[20] | 978-4-04-854628-7 | - | - Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length | |
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15 | May 1, 2012[2] | 978-4-04-120226-5 | - | - Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length | |
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16 | December 19, 2012 | 978-4-04-120269-2 | - | - Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length | |
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17 | August 30, 2013 | 978-4041208632 | - | - Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length | |
18 | July 31, 2014 | 978-4041018934 | - | - Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length |
Anime
Studio Deen produced an anime adaptation based around the manga series. Premiering in Japan on TV Hokkaido on April 10, 2008, the series' first season ran for twelve episodes until its conclusion on June 26, 2008. A second season premiered on the same channel on October 12, 2008, it also ended after twelve episodes. On March 28, 2012, a new anime adaptation of Junjo Romantica was announced to be in the works, which has been revealed as an OVA to be released with the limited edition Volume 16 on December 20, 2012.[21] On August 29, 2013, it was announced that more anime for the series is in production.[22] On July 30, 2014, it was confirmed that the series had been green-lit for a third season,[23] which will premiere in July 2015.[24]
The anime series is licensed for release in North America by Kadokawa Pictures USA; Season 1 was released on May 4, 2010.[25] The series has not been dubbed for English audiences, but released in Japanese with English subtitles. Per their website, they may be releasing the series under the name "Romantica: Pure Love". Anime OVA in bundled with volume 16 is released on December 20, 2012.
Reception
Junjo Romantica became the first yaoi (boys' love) title to enter the New York Times Manga Best Seller list when it debuted in week 28.[26] According to Oricon and DVD sales data from Animesuki, the first DVD for the Junjō Romantica anime adaptation was released on July 25, 2008 and it became a hit, selling 8,406 copies in its first week.[citation needed] It is currently the fourth best selling debut DVD for an anime series of 2008, just after Gundam 00, Macross Frontier and Aria the Origination.[citation needed] It continued to dwell on the Oricon anime DVD charts for the second week charting on the top 5 with total sales for the first DVD at 10,986 copies.[citation needed] With those sales, it is currently ranked at number 1 for the shōjo category on DVD sales for the year 2008. According to Oricon sales for the past 5 years, it is the best selling BL (Boys Love) anime so far and has performed the best on the charts.[citation needed]
The second season's DVD sales have performed extremely well as well, selling an average of 7,000 to 8,000 copies, which makes it one of the most profitable anime series of the year. It is constantly ranked very high on Amazon Japan for the DVD category as well. Fan reviews and the responses were positive.[citation needed]
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- ^ "2008: Top 300 Series of 2008". Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Gustines, George Gene (July 17, 2009). "Graphic Books Best Seller List: July 11". New York Times ArtsBeat Blog. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "Graphic Books Best Seller List". New York Times. September 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ^ 純情ロマンチカ 第2巻 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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- ^ "Junjō Romantica Boys-Love Manga Has More Anime in the Works". Anime News Network. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
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- ^ "Kadokawa USA Announces Six New Licenses (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ Aoki, Deb (July 17, 2009). "NY Times Manga Bestsellers: Boys Love Manga Breaks Into Top 10". About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
External links
- Official Blu Manga Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance manga website
- Official Junjō Romantica anime site Template:Ja icon
- Official Italian Junjō Romantica site Template:It icon
- Official Studio Deen Junjo Romantica anime site Template:Ja icon
- Official MX TV Junjō Romantica 2 anime site Template:Ja icon
- Official English Junjo Romantica site
- Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Junjo Romanchika at IMDb
- [*http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-16/junjo-romantica-boys-love-anime-season-3-date-cast-staff-revealed/.86021
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