Kobato.
| Kobato. | |
Cover of Kobato. volume 1 as published by Kadokawa Shoten, featuring Kobato Hanato and Ioryogi
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| こばと。 | |
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| Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Clamp |
| Published by |
Shogakukan (former) Kadokawa Shoten (current) |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine |
Monthly Sunday Gene-X (2005) (formerly) Newtype (2006 - 2011) |
| Original run | 2005 – 2011 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mitsuyuki Masuhara |
| Written by |
Michiko Yokote Nanase Ohkawa |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NHK-BS2 |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 6, 2009 – March 23, 2010 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Kobato. (Japanese: こばと。?) is a manga series by Clamp which premiered in Monthly Sunday Gene-X in January 2005. Seven chapters were released under the title of Kobato. (Kari) (こばと。(仮) Kobato. ("Temporary title")?), but the series was put on hiatus in late 2005. It returned to publication in Newtype magazine's November 2007 Japanese edition; the story has subsequently been restarted at an earlier point in the original timeline. The story features a mysterious young girl, Kobato Hanato, who works in a local kindergarten.
The first volume of the manga was released by Kadokawa Shoten on December 26, 2007, and they have subsequently released the entire series in English.
Kobato is a sweet, perky, cute yet naïve girl who has a contract: to go to a certain place, she must fill a mysterious bottle with people's "healed hearts" to do so. However, the restriction is that she must finish before the four seasons end. As Kobato attempts to fulfill her mission, she is accompanied by Ioryogi, a spirit in the form of a dog plushie. Because Ioryogi is responsible for a punishment that has been applied to him and his friends from the spiritual world, he must guide Kobato and ensure that she succeeds her mission, so that he and his friends might return to their true forms.
Authored by Clamp, the Kobato. manga was first serialized in the Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday Gene-X magazine. In 2006 The series' was then moved to the Newtype by the company Kadokawa Shoten. The manga ended serialization in the August 2011 issue from Newtype published in July 2011. Kadokawa released the first tankōbon volumes from the series on December 26, 2007. On April 4, 2007, Newtype USA announced a special agreement with manga powerhouse Clamp to exclusively serialize Kobato., in the pages of the magazine.Kobato began its serial run in the June 2007 issue of Newtype USA, and was to continue its exclusive serialization through the May 2008 issue, comprising 12 installments in total. However Newtype USA ceased publication with the February 2008 issue, having serialised 9 of the 12 installments.
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