| The Kabocha Wine | |
 Cover of the first manga volume | |
| Theかぼちゃワイン (The Kabocha Wain) | |
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| Genre | Romantic Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Miura |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 1981 –1984 |
| Volumes | 18(List of volumes) |
| Manga | |
| The Kabocha Wine — Sequel | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Miura |
| Published by | Seirindo |
| Published | October 15, 2006 |
| Volumes | 1(List of volumes) |
| Manga | |
| The Kabocha Wine — Another | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Miura |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Play Comic |
| Original run | June 20, 2007 –2009 |
| Volumes | 6(List of volumes) |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kimio Yabuki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Original run | July 5, 1982 – August 27, 1984 |
| Episodes | 95(List of episodes) |
| Anime film | |
| The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari | |
| Directed by | Kimio Yabuki |
| Produced by | Chiaki Imada |
| Music by | Osamu Shooji |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | July 14, 1984 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Live-action film | |
| The Kabocha Wine - Another | |
| Directed by | Hitoshi Ishikawa |
| Released | October 26, 2007 |
| Runtime | 78 minutes |
The Kabocha Wine (Japanese:Theかぼちゃワイン,Hepburn:The Kabocha Wain;lit. 'The Pumpkin Wine') is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated byMitsuru Miura. It was serialized inKodansha'sWeekly Shōnen Magazine from 1981 to 1984.The Kabocha Wine received the 1983Kodansha Manga Award for theshōnen category.[1]
The sequel to the manga,The Kabocha Wine — Sequel (The かぼちゃワイン sequel;lit. 'The Pumpkin Wine — Sequel') is a one-shot manga published by Seirindo on October 15, 2006.[2]
The third series of the manga,The Kabocha Wine — Another (The♥かぼちゃワインAnother;lit. 'The Pumpkin Wine — Another') is published byAkita Shoten.[3]
It has been adapted into a 95-episodeanime series byToei Animation.[4]
The sequel to the anime was in the form of ananimated movie, calledThe Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari (Ｔｈｅかぼちゃワイン ニタの愛情物語,The Pumpkin Wine: Nita's Love Story), which was released on July 14, 1984, byToei Animation.[5]
On October 26, 2007, wint released a DVD for the live-action movie adaptation of the third manga series, calledThe Kabocha Wine — Another (The かぼちゃワインAnother;lit. 'The Pumpkin Wine — Another'). Directed by Hitoshi Ishikawa, the movie starredYoko Kumada.[6]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 15, 1981[7] | 4-06-172748-6 |
| 2 | June 18, 1981[8] | 4-06-172753-2 |
| 3 | September 17, 1981[9] | 4-06-172776-1 |
| 4 | November 18, 1981[10] | 4-06-172789-3 |
| 5 | January 18, 1982[11] | 4-06-172805-9 |
| 6 | March 16, 1982[12] | 4-06-172814-8 |
| 7 | June 16, 1982[13] | 4-06-172834-2 |
| 8 | July 16, 1982[14] | 4-06-172846-6 |
| 9 | October 15, 1982[15] | 4-06-172858-X |
| 10 | December 15, 1982[16] | 4-06-172868-7 |
| 11 | March 17, 1983[17] | 4-06-172879-2 |
| 12 | May 16, 1983[18] | 4-06-172894-6 |
| 13 | July 15, 1983[19] | 4-06-172908-X |
| 14 | October 14, 1983[20] | 4-06-172924-1 |
| 15 | January 13, 1984[21] | 4-06-172940-3 |
| 16 | March 15, 1984[22] | 4-06-172953-5 |
| 17 | May 15, 1984[23] | 4-06-172967-5 |
| 18 | September 14, 1984[24] | 4-06-172981-0 |
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 2006[25] | 4-7926-0397-8 |
The third series of the manga is published byAkita Shoten.[3] As of August 2009,Akita Shoten has published sixtankōbon of the manga.[26]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 20, 2007[3] | 978-4-253-25091-7 |
| 2 | December 20, 2007[27] | 978-4-253-25092-4 |
| 3 | April 18, 2008[28] | 978-4-253-25093-1 |
| 4 | August 20, 2008[29] | 978-4-253-25094-8 |
| 5 | January 20, 2009[30] | 978-4-253-25095-5 |
| 6 | August 20, 2009[26] | 978-4-253-25096-2 |
Toei Animation broadcast the 95 episodes ofThe Kabocha Wine onTV Asahi between July 5, 1982, and August 27, 1984.[4][31] The anime was also broadcast in French by Mangas andTF1.[32] It was also broadcast in Italy onEuropa 7 andItalia 7.[33]
The anime uses three pieces of theme music. "L is Lovely" (Ｌはラブリー,L Wa Raburii) byKumiko Kaori is the opening theme for the entire series. "The Nature of Aoba Shunsuke" (青葉春介、ザ・根性,Aoba Shunsuke The Konjou) byToshio Furukawa is the first ending theme, while "Pumpkin Night" (パンプキン・ナイト,Panpukin Naito) byToshio Furukawa andKeiko Yokozawa is the second ending theme for the anime.[4]
On September 27, 2006, wint released the first DVD box set forThe Kabocha Wine. The box set contains the first 48 episodes over 8 DVDs, each with 6 episodes.[34] On November 29, 2006, wint released the second DVD box set forThe Kabocha Wine. The second DVD box contains eight DVDs spanning the episodes 49 to 95.[35]
On March 21, 2007,Columbia Music Entertainment released an animation CD forThe Kabocha Wine, calledThe Kabocha Wine Ongakushu. The songs were sung by Osamu Shouji.[36]
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