| Medaka Box | |
Cover of the Japanese edition of volume 1 published by Shueisha |
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| めだかボックス (Medaka Bokkusu) |
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| Genre | Action, School Life, Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Nisio Isin |
| Illustrated by | Akira Akatsuki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | May 2009 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 13 |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Shouji Saeki |
| Studio | Gainax |
| Original run | Spring 2012 – ongoing |
Medaka Box (めだかボックス Medaka Bokkusu) is a Japanese shonen manga written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki. The series follows the student council, originally Medaka Kurokami and Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, during their various adventures to honor suggestions, presented by academy members, in order to better the academy.
Medaka Box has been serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, published by Shueisha since May 2009. As of December 2011, Shueisha has compiled its chapters into 13 bound volumes. It will be adapted into an anime television series to be aired in Spring of 2012.[1][2]
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Medaka Kurokami, the recently elected Student Council President of Hakoniwa Academy, has instituted a suggestion box in order to collect suggestions and improvements from fellow academy students. Together with Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, she solves problems, from finding lost dogs to cleaning up club buildings and even fixing personalities. During the course of the series, Kouki Akune and Mogana Kikaijima are recruited to the Student Council to help improve the school.
Soon, the Student Council discovers the existence of the Flask Plan, supervised by the Hakoniwa Academy Chairman in order to experiment on students with supernatural abilities, dubbed as "Abnormals". The goal of the project is to find a way to mass produce Abnormal beings. However, once a method is found, the students of Hakoniwa Academy will be forced to endure the vicious tests which will result in the death of most of the students. After battling many foes, the Student Council are able to put a stop to the Flask Plan. However, the results of their success are short-lived with the immediate introduction of Misogi Kumagawa, a teenage boy with a powerful abnormality. Using a school rule, he threatens to usurp Medaka's Student Council with one of his own.
After the defeat of Kumagawa, two students who were sealed by Kumagawa's abilities are able to complete their transfer to Hakoniwa Academy. The two students contain multiple Abnormal powers and are called "Not Equals". They are intent on reviving the Flask Plan once Medaka graduates. Medaka and her Student Council, now with Kumagawa in its rankings, attempt to stop the project's revival by training five middle school students to be their successors; however the five are secretly aligned with the Not Equals. When the five students begin to admire and respect Medaka, Anshin'in, the leader of the Not Equals, reveals her true plan: to isolate Zenkichi from Medaka and arranging for him to usurp Medaka and assume her position as the main character of the story, thus completing the Flask Plan.
The manga series Medaka Box was written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki. Medaka Box is serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, published by Shueisha since May 2009. As of December 2011, Shueisha has compiled its chapters into thirteen bound volumes.
An anime adaptation of the manga, produced by Gainax has been announced by the series' creator and is scheduled to premiere in April 2012.[3][4]
The series is currently doing considerably well in sales and as of 2011 the series has reached a total of 3 million copies sold.[5]
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