A Perfect Day for Love Letters (Japanese: 恋文日和, Hepburn: Koibumi Biyori) is a Japanese manga short story series written and illustrated by George Asakura. Each story depicts a relationship that revolves around the use of love letters. The stories were originally published by Kodansha in the shōjo (aimed at teenage girls) manga magazine Bessatsu Friend, and collected in two bound volumes. A Perfect Day for Love Letters received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga along with Oi Piitan!! by Risa Itou in 2005.[1] A live action film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 4, 2004.[2] It was also adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2014.[3]
| A Perfect Day for Love Letters | |
 Cover of the first volume of A Perfect Day for Love Letters as published by Kodansha | |
| 恋文日和 (Koibumi Biyori) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | George Asakura |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Published | 2001 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Live-action film | |
| Released |
|
| Runtime | 111 minutes |
| Television drama | |
| Studio | Koibumi Biyori Production Committee NTV AX-ON Studio Blue LDH Japan |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | January 7, 2014 – March 11, 2014 |
| Episodes | 10 |
Manga
editIn Japan, Kodansha published both tankōbon volumes in March 2001 (ISBN 978-4-06-341229-1 and ISBN 978-4-06-341230-7).[4][5] The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga.[6] The first published in June 2005 (ISBN 978-0-345-48266-2) and the second in November 2005 (ISBN 978-0-345-48267-9).[7]
Reception
editAnime News Network's Carlo Santos criticizes the manga for its characters quirks for being annoying and "occasional clutter layout". However, he complimented the manga for "true-to-life characters".[8] Mania.com's Mike Dungan criticises George Asakura's artwork as "coarse". However he commends the manga for "building the tension just right" in each of the individual stories.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Kodansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. 2005-05-12. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ 恋文日和. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-15.
- ^ "A Perfect Day for Love Letters Manga Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
- ^ 恋文日和 (1) (講談社コミックスフレンドB) (in Japanese). ASIN 4063412296.
- ^ 恋文日和―ラブレターをめぐるオムニバス集 (2) (講談社コミックスフレンドB (1230)) (in Japanese). ASIN 406341230X.
- ^ "New Del Rey Manga". Anime News Network. 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ "Catalog: A Perfect Day for Love Letters 1 - A Perfect Day for Love Letters 2". Del Rey Manga. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ Santos, Carlo (April 26, 2006). "A Perfect Day for Love Letters G.novel 2". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ Dungan, Mike (June 12, 2006). "A Perfect Day for Love Letters (aka: Koifumi-biyori) Vol. #01". Mania.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-20.
External links
edit- Official Del Rey website
- Official NTV website
- A Perfect Day for Love Letters (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- A Perfect Day for Love Letters at IMDb
