Boyfriend
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
ボーイフレンド
(Bōifurendo)
GenreRomance
Manga
Written byFuyumi Soryo
Published byShogakukan
MagazineShōjo Comic
DemographicShōjo
Original runNovember 26, 1985 – April 23, 1988
Volumes10
Anime television film
Directed bySatoshi Dezaki
Written byKazumi Koide
StudioMagic Bus
Original networkTV Tokyo
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1992
Runtime114 minutes

Boyfriend (Japanese: ボーイフレンド, Hepburn: Bōifurendo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. The story focuses on the developing relationship between Masaki, a delinquent and former basketball star, and Kanako, a girl with a heart condition that forces her to repeat two years of school.

In 1987, Boyfriend received the 33rd Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.[1] On February 11, 1992, an anime adaptation produced by Magic Bus aired on TV Tokyo.[2] In 2008, the manga was posted on Yahoo! Comic Japan's website for free browsing, in order to celebrate Shōjo Comic magazine's 40th anniversary.[3]

Plot

Masaki Takatō is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed in another school which is notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at—basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Kanako Yūki may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with Masaki draws them together...

Characters

References

  1. ^ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者. Shogakukan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  2. ^ TVアニメ ボ～イ フレンド. AllCinema Movie & DVD Database (in Japanese). Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  3. ^ Loo, Egan (March 28, 2008). "Sho-Comi Mag Marks 40th Anniversary with Free Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 30, 2009.

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Works by Fuyumi Soryo
Works directed by Satoshi Dezaki
Sho-Comi
Shogakukan Manga Award – Shōjo
Magic Bus
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