Kisshō Tennyo | |
Cover of the first volume
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吉祥天女 | |
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Genre | mystery/horror |
Manga | |
Written by | Akimi Yoshida |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Magazine | Betsucomi |
Original run | February 1983 – June 1984 |
Volumes | 4 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Ataru Oikawa |
Written by | Ataru Oikawa |
Studio | Blue Planet |
Released | 30 June 2007 |
Runtime | 116 minutes |
Kisshō Tennyo (Japanese: 吉祥天女?) is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Betsucomi between February 1983 and June 1984 and collected in four bound volumes.Kisshō Tennyo received the 1984 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.
The main character, Sayoko Hanou, is implied to be a descendant (or possibly avatar) of the goddess Kisshō Tennyo.
On 30 June 2007, Blue Planet released Kisshō Tennyo live-action movie. It was directed by Ataru Oikawa.
On December 21, 2007, Happinet Pictures released a DVD for the film version of Kisshō Tennyo.
The individual chapters of the manga were collected in four tankōbon volumes released between October 1983 and October 1984. The series was re-released by Shogakukan in February 1995 in a two-volume kanzenban edition.