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Chobits (manga)

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Alternative title:
ちょびっツ (Japanese)
쵸비츠 (Korean)
Themes: robot girl
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: In the future, almost every person roams arounds with persocons, robots that look like humans and act (somewhat) like humans. However, poor Hideki, a cram student doesn't have the money for his own. He crosses a persocon in the garbage wrapped in bandages. Once he activates her, she only knows the word "Chii." As each day passes, Hideki finds out more about Chii's past and in turn Chii learns more about the world.
User Ratings: 1258 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 203 votes (Eng:77, dub:55, sub:54, edit.dub:5, ?:4, raw:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Swedish
1 German
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Excellent: 329 votes (Eng:142, sub:89, dub:68, ?:14, edit.dub:3, raw:1, others:12
4 Spanish
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Mandarin
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Swedish
1 Danish
)
 Very good: 325 votes (Eng:180, sub:60, dub:51, raw:5, ?:5, edit.dub:2, raw:2, others:20
5 French
3 Swedish
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French dubbed
2 Portuguese
2 Spanish
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 231 votes (Eng:136, sub:50, dub:27, ?:6, edit.dub:1, others:11
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French
1 Polish subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese
1 German
1 Spanish
1 Italian
)
 Decent: 85 votes (Eng:43, sub:17, dub:12, ?:7, raw:2, raw:1, others:3
2 German subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 So-so: 42 votes (Eng:27, sub:6, dub:3, ?:2, others:4
1 German
1 Russian
1 French
1 Portuguese
)
 Not really good: 10 votes (Eng:6, sub:1, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Weak: 19 votes (Eng:8, dub:5, sub:4, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Swedish
)
 Bad: 7 votes (Eng:3, dub:2, sub:1, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Awful: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2858 users, rank: #7 (of 6861)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.983 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6354, rank: #1341 (of 7707)
Weighted mean: 7.877 (Very good), rank: #1651 (of 7707) (seen all: 8.04 / seen some: 7.39 / won't finish: 5.15)
Bayesian estimate: 7.876 (Very good), rank: #689 (of 3515)
Number of tankoubon: 8
Number of pages: 190
Vintage:
2001
2002-11 to 2004-01 (Spain)
2002-12-03 to 2004-02-17 (France)
2004-12-03 to 2005-05-13 (México)
2005-06-01 to 2006-11-25 (Sweden)
Release dates: We have 60
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 4
Review:
Chobits (manga) (Jan 15, 2003)
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Artbook
    Chobits Art Book: Your Eyes Only (Artbook) 2007-12-04 (from $50.09)
eBook
    Chobits [Omnibus] (eBook 2) 2015-03-11
Graphic novel
    Chobits (GN 1) 2002-04-23 (from $14.16)
    Chobits (GN 2) 2002-07-23 (from $17.09)
    Chobits (GN 3) 2002-10-22 (from $1.99)
    Chobits (GN 4) 2003-02-11 (from $15.00)
    Chobits (GN 5) 2003-04-15 (from $3.70)
    Chobits (GN 6) 2003-06-10 (from $6.07)
    Chobits (GN 7) 2003-08-05 (from $2.35)
    Chobits (GN 8) 2003-10-07 (from $6.96)
    Chobits [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2010-01-20 (from $10.50)
    Chobits [Omnibus] (GN 2) 2010-10-12 (from $10.41)
    Chobits: 20th Anniversary Edition [Hardcover] (GN 1) 2020-08-11 (from $17.16)
    Chobits: 20th Anniversary Edition [Hardcover] (GN 2) 2020-10-20 (from $17.22)
    Chobits: 20th Anniversary Edition [Hardcover] (GN 3) 2021-02-16 (from $18.89)
    Chobits: 20th Anniversary Edition [Hardcover] (GN 4) 2021-06-15 (from $18.61)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Art Director:
Matthew Alford (Tokyopop)
Translation:
Shirley Kubo (Tokyopop; Tokyopop, Kodansha Comics)

Adaptation:
Jake Forbes (Vol. 1-5, 7-8; Tokyopop)
Additional Translation:
Haruko Hashimoto (Kodansha Comics)
Kevin Steinbach (Kodansha Comics)
Tiff Ferentini (Kodansha Comics)
Associate Editor:
Eric Althoff (vol. 1) 
Paul Morrissey (Vol. 7; Tokyopop)
Robert Coyner (Vol. 1; Tokyopop)
Stephanie Donnelly (Vol. 1; Tokyopop)
Trisha Kunimoto (vol. 1) 
Copy Editing:
Amy Kaemon (vol. 4)  (Vol. 4; Tokyopop)
Bryce Coleman (vol. 5)  (Vol. 5; Tokyopop)
Paul Morrissey (Vol. 3, 6, 8; Tokyopop)
Cover Design: Phil Balsman (Kodansha Comics)
Cover Layout:
Anna Kernbaum (Vol. 2, 7-8; Tokyopop)
Design: Monalisa J. de Asis (Vol. 8; Tokyopop)
Editing:
Jake Forbes (Vol. 1, 6, 8; Tokyopop)
Robert Coyner (vol. 1) 
Stephanie Donnelly (vol. 1) 
Tiff Ferentini (Kodansha Comics)
Editorial Director:
Jeremy Ross (Vol. 1-2, 5-8; Tokyopop)
Graphic Design:
Anna Kernbaum (vol. 1) 
Fawn Lau (Vol. 3; Tokyopop)
Jeremy Canceko (vol. 3) 
Kyle Plummer 
Layout: Jake Forbes (Vol. 8; Tokyopop)
Lettering:
Anna Kernbaum (Vol. 1, 5; Tokyopop)
Christine Holmes (Vol. 6-7; Tokyopop)
Jake Forbes (Vol. 8; Tokyopop)
Kyle Plummer (Vol. 2; Tokyopop)
Michael Martin (Kodansha Comics)
Tim Law (vol. 4)  (Vol. 4; Tokyopop)
Managing Editor:
Jill Freshney (Vol. 2, 6-8; Tokyopop)
President:
John Parker (Tokyopop)
Production Coordination:
Antonio DePietro (Vol. 1-2, 6-8; Tokyopop)
Production manager:
Fred Lui (vol. 1) 
Jennifer Miller (Tokyopop)
Joaquin E. Reyes (vol. 2) 
Mario M. Rodriguez (vol. 3) 
Production Specialist:
Dolly Chan (vol. 1)  (Vol. 1; Tokyopop)
Publisher: Stuart Levy (Tokyopop)
Retouch:
Anna Kernbaum (vol. 4)  (Vol. 1, 4-5; Tokyopop)
Christine Holmes (Vol. 6-7; Tokyopop)
Kyle Plummer (Vol. 2; Tokyopop)
Monalisa J. de Asis (Vol. 8; Tokyopop)
Retouch & Lettering:
Anna Kernbaum (vol. 5) 
Chirstine Holmes 
Fawn Lau (vol. 3) 
Senior Editor:
Jake Forbes (Vol. 2-5, 7; Tokyopop)
VP of Manufacturing:
Ron Klamert (Vol. 1-2, 5-6; Tokyopop)
VP of Production:
Ron Klamert (Tokyopop)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Dark Horse Comics
Kodansha Comics (20th Anniversary Hardcover)
Tokyopop
French staff
French companies
Translation: Reyda Seddiki
Licensed by: Pika Édition
Publisher: Pika Édition
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Translation: María Ferrer (Spain)

Operations Manager: Enrique Espinosa (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Publishing Director: Carlos Francisco Jiménez (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Responsible Editor: Teresa Ponce Torres (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Translation All Vol.: Brenda Nava (Grupo Editorial Vid)
(none)
Spanish companies
Licensed by: Utopia Editorial (Argentina)
Publisher:
Grupo Editorial Vid (México)
Norma Editorial (España)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Norma Editorial)
Italian staff
Italian companies
Translation: Vanna Vinci
Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics
Serialized In: Express
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
Translation: Costa Caspary
Publisher: Egmont Manga & Anime (Egmont Manga and Anime)
Serialized: Manga Power
German cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Rafal Rzepka
(none)
Polish companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Arnaldo Oka (both editions)
Distributor: JBGroup
Publisher: JBC
Portuguese cast
(none)
Swedish cast
Swedish staff
(none)
Swedish companies

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