My Girlfriend's a Geek
| My Girlfriend's a Geek | |
 Cover of the first My Girlfriend's a Geek light novel | |
| 腐女子彼女。 (Fujoshi Kanojo.) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Romance, Slice of life |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Pentabu |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| English publisher | |
| Original run | December 8, 2006 – August 1, 2007 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Pentabu |
| Illustrated by | Rize Shinba |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | B's LOG Comics |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | December 1, 2007 – March 1, 2010 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Atsushi Kaneshige |
| Produced by | Enterbrain |
| Written by | Ei Katsuragi |
| Released | May 2, 2009 |
My Girlfriend's a Geek (腐女子彼女。, Fujoshi Kanojo.) is a Japanese light novel series in two volumes by Pentabu based on a popular blog[1] of the same name with 11 million[2] page views. A manga adaptation by Rize Shinba started serialization in 2007 and was published by Enterbrain under their B's LOG Comics imprint. A movie adaption was published in 2009 with My Geeky Girlfriend as the International English title.[3] Both the light novel and manga have been licensed for release by Yen Press.[4]
Story synopsis
The story is about the misadventures of a college student, who was falling in love with a pretty girl two years his senior, while in a part-time job, only to find out his girlfriend is a hard-core yaoi fangirl, and so his torment begins.
Media
Novels
The novels contains blog entries of the blog with the same name from 2005 to 2007.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | December 8, 2006[5] | 978-4-7577-3059-5 | September 28, 2010[6] | 978-0-7595-3171-0 |
| 02 | August 1, 2007[7] | 978-4-7577-3664-1 | March 29, 2011[8] | 978-0-7595-3172-7 |
Manga
In December 2007, Enterbrain published the first volume of the manga adaptation created by Rize Shinba in its B’s LOG Comics imprint. The fourth volume was released in April 2009. The manga has been translated into Chinese, German, English and French; in Germany, it is published as Akihabara Shōjo.[9]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | December 1, 2007[10] | 978-4-7577-3899-7 | May 18, 2010[11] | 978-0-7595-3173-4 |
| 02 | March 31, 2008[12] | 978-4-7577-4111-9 | November 30, 2010[13] | 978-0-7595-3174-1 |
| 03 | November 1, 2008[14] | 978-4-7577-4531-5 | May 31, 2011[15] | 978-0-3161-7821-1 |
| 04 | April 1, 2009[16] | 978-4-7577-4811-8 | September 20, 2011[17] | 978-0-3161-7822-8 |
| 05 | March 1, 2010[18] | 978-4-0472-6379-6 | December 13, 2011[19] | 978-0-3161-7825-9 |
Film
The live action film was released in Japan's theaters in May 2009. It was directed by Atsushi Kaneshige, with screenplay written by Ei Katsuragi.
References
- ^ "Fujoshi Kanojo at Pentabu's official website" (in Japanese). Pentabu. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ^ 大東俊介：映画「腐女子彼女。」に主演 間口広く何でも吸収したい 「執事喫茶」も体験. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). June 1, 2009. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Fujoshi Kanojo at IMDb's official website". IMDb. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ^ "Yen Press: Books". Yen Press. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
- ^ 腐女子彼女。 [単行本] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 1 (Novel) [Paperback]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ 腐女子彼女。パート2 [単行本（ソフトカバー）] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "My Girlfriend's a Geek, Vol. 2 (novel) (My Girlfriend's a Geek (novel)) [Paperback]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Akihabara Shōjo at EMA's (Egmont Manga & Anime) official website" (in German). Egmont Manga & Anime. Archived from the original on 2009-05-31. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ^ "腐女子彼女。1 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 1 (Manga) [Paperback]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "腐女子彼女。 2 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 2 (Manga) [Paperback]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "腐女子彼女。 3 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 3 (Manga) [Paperback]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "腐女子彼女。 4 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 4 (Manga) [Paperback]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "腐女子彼女。 5 (B's LOG Comics) (B's-LOG COMICS) [コミック]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "My Girlfriend's a Geek, Vol. 5 (My Girlfriend's a Geek (manga)) [Paperback]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
External links
- the official blog webpage of Fujoshi Kanojo at Pentabu (in Japanese)
- Fujoshi Kanojo manga official webpage[permanent dead link] (in Japanese)
- official webpage of the movie (in Japanese)
- My Girlfriend's a Geek (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- My Girlfriend's a Geek novel series page at Yen Press
- My Girlfriend's a Geek manga series page at Yen Press
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