Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan
Japanese manga series
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Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan (ふしぎねこのきゅーちゃん, Fushigi Neko no Kyū-chan) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Sasami Nitori. It was serialized on Kodansha's Twi4 Twitter account and Saizensen website from January 2018 to December 2022.
| Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ふしぎねこのきゅーちゃん (Fushigi Neko no Kyū-chan) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, slice of life[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Sasami Nitori |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Seikaisha Comics |
| Magazine | Saizensen |
| Original run | January 30, 2018 – December 2, 2022 |
| Volumes | 8 |
Premise
A young man named Hinata takes in Kyuu-chan, an abandoned cat who walks on two legs. The series focuses on the two as they adjust to life with each other.
Characters
- Aoi Hinata (日向葵, Hinata Aoi)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Tamaru[2]
- Kyuu-chan (きゅーちゃん)
- Voiced by: Riho Sugiyama[2]
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Sasami Nitori, Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan was serialized on Kodansha's Twi4 Twitter account and Saizensen website from January 30, 2018, to December 2, 2022.[3][4] Its chapters were compiled into eight tankōbon volumes from August 11, 2018, to October 7, 2022.[5][6] The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.[7]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 11, 2018[5] | 978-4-06-512661-5 | March 9, 2021[8] | 978-1-64505-857-1 |
| 2 | December 12, 2018[9] | 978-4-06-514201-1 | May 18, 2021[10] | 978-1-64505-945-5 |
| 3 | April 12, 2019[11] | 978-4-06-515438-0 | October 12, 2021[12] | 978-1-64827-306-3 |
| 4 | October 12, 2019[13] | 978-4-06-517205-6 | January 25, 2022[14] | 978-1-64827-476-3 |
| 5 | January 14, 2020[15] | 978-4-06-518535-3 | May 10, 2022[16] | 978-1-63858-239-7 |
| 6 | June 12, 2020[17] | 978-4-06-520180-0 | July 26, 2022[18] | 978-1-63858-390-5 |
| 7 | November 11, 2020[19] | 978-4-06-521657-6 | December 20, 2022[20] | 978-1-63858-806-1 |
| 8 | October 7, 2022[6] | 978-4-06-529718-6 | August 1, 2023[21] | 978-1-68579-584-9 |
Other
On July 7, 2020, in commemoration of Seikaisha's 10th anniversary, a collaboration between it and anime studio MAPPA was announced. The collaboration was a YouTube channel called "Manimani TV". The channel's content consisted of voice comic adaptations of the series with sound direction by Ryōsuke Naya, and voice acting from Atsushi Tamaru and Riho Sugiyama.[2]
Reception
In 2018, the series was nominated for the 4th Next Manga Awards in the web category and was ranked 9th.[22]
In 2021, the School Library Journal listed the first volume among its Top 10 Manga of 2021.[23]