Million Doll | |
Cover of the first tankobon volume released by Earth Star Entertainment
|
|
ミリオンドール (Mirion Dōru) |
|
---|---|
Manga | |
Written by | Ai |
Published by | Comic Smart (webcomic) Earth Star Entertainment (print) |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | Earth Star Comics |
Magazine |
Ganma (webcomic) Comic Earth Star (print) |
Original run | December 11, 2013 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Keiichiro Kawaguchi |
Written by | Momoko Murakami |
Studio | Asahi Production |
Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, AT-X |
Original run | July 6, 2015 – September 21, 2015 |
Episodes | 11 |
Million Doll (ミリオンドール? Mirion Dōru) is a Japanese web manga written and illustrated by Ai. It began serialization on Comic Smart's free manga website Ganma in December 2013. An anime television series adaptation by Asahi Production premiered in Japan in July 2015.
Sūko is an idol-loving shut-in who uses the power of the internet to make relatively unknown idols popular. Ryū-san, on the other hand, is a passionate idol otaku who always attends performances by whoever his favorite artist of the moment is. Sūko uses her prowess to popularise the local idol group, Itorio, while Ryū-san focuses his support on the underground idol, Mariko. The competitiveness of these two otakus to promote their respective idols to stardom changes their careers forever.
Million Doll began as a web manga written and illustrated by Ai. It was first serialized on Comic Smart's free manga website Ganma with its first chapter being published in December 2013.Comic Earth Star published the first two tankōbon volumes on June 26, 2015.
An anime adaptation produced by Asahi Production was announced in the March 2015 issue of Newtype magazine. The adaptation is directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi and written by Momoko Murakami, with a series premiere on July 6, 2015.