| Akai Ito | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romance, Human Drama |
| Written by | Ritsuko Hanzawa, Chiho Watanabe |
| Directed by | Shosuke Murakami, Yasuhiro Kawamura |
| Ending theme | 366 Nichi by by HY |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Masayuki Sekiya, Yoshihiko Taneda, Aya Moriyasu |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Fuji TV |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fuji TV |
| Original run | December 6, 2008 – February 28, 2009 |
| External links | |
| official page | |
Akai Ito (赤い糸) is a popular mobile phone novel written by Mei about two soulmates - junior high school students Mei and Atsushi - who must overcome drugs, rape and attempted suicide in order to be together. The love story was an online hit in 2006 and later published as a series of five books which sold 1.8 million copies.