Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Cover of the first volume of manga.
メイちゃんの執事 (Mei-chan no Shitsuji)
Manga
Written by	Riko Miyagi
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	November 21, 2006 –January 25, 2013
Volumes	20
Manga
Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX
Written by	Riko Miyagi
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	September 5, 2014 – present
Volumes	13
Television drama
Directed by	Junichi Ishikawa Takao Kinoshita Hidenori Jōhō Kazuyuki Iwata
Produced by	Fumi Hashimoto
Written by	Kazunao Furuya
Music by	Shin Kōno Yū Takami
Studio	Fuji TV Kyodo Television
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	January 13, 2009 – March 17, 2009
Episodes	10

Mei-chan no Shitsuji (メイちゃんの執事, "Mei-chan's Butler") is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated by Riko Miyagi. The manga was serialized inShueisha'sMargaret magazine. The manga is licensed and published in Chinese in Taiwan byTong Li Publishing. The manga has been adapted into a live-actionJapanese television drama, which was broadcast onFuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009.

Mei-chan no Shitsuji is written and illustrated by Riko Miyagi. The manga is serialised inShueisha'sMargaret magazine. The individual chapters have been collected into 20tankōbon by Shueisha. The series ended on January 25, 2013, and was followed by a sequel calledMei-chan no Shitsuji DX in 2014.^[1] The manga is licensed and published in Taiwan byTong Li Publishing.^[2]

The manga has been adapted into a live-actionJapanese television drama,^[3] which was broadcast onFuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009.^[4] TheRegion 2 DVD Box set for the series was released on June 17, 2009.^[5]

TheMei-chan no Shitsuji series was ranked 6th best selling manga series in Japan in the first half of 2009 with an estimated 2,580,155 copies sold between November 17, 2008, to May 17, 2009.^[6] The first volume ofMei-chan no Shitsuji was ranked the 36th best selling manga in Japan in the first half of 2009 with 334,536 copies sold from November 17, 2008, to May 17, 2009.^[7] TheMei-chan no Shitsuji series was ranked 7th best-selling manga series in 2009 with 3,076,659 copies sold.^[8] The first volume was ranked 12th on the Tohan charts between January 13 and 19, 2009.^[9] It was ranked 12th again between January 27 and February 2, 2009,^[10] and was ranked 10th between February 10 and 16, 2009.^[11] The second volume was ranked 13th between January 13 and 19, 2009.^[9] The third volume was ranked 19th.^[9] The fourth volume was ranked 37th.^[9] The fifth volume was ranked 24th.^[9] The sixth volume was ranked 25th.^[9] The seventh volume was ranked 23rd and 30th.^[9][12] The ninth volume was ranked 1st, 5th and 16th.^[13][14][15] The tenth volume was ranked 2nd, 14th and 30th.^[16][17][18]

All 10 episodes ofMei-chan no Shitsuji drama have been listed on the Japanese Anime TV rankings.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]} The DVD box for the drama series was ranked the second best selling DVD between June 8–14, 2009, with 11,170 copies sold.^[29]Mei-chan no Shitsuji was awarded two prizes at the 60th Japanese Drama Academy Awards on April 22, 2009.Mei-chan no Shitsuji was awarded best drama andTakeru Satoh was awarded best supporting actor.^[30]

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