From Kobe

• Name — From Kobe • Ja Kanji — 神戸在住 • Ja Romaji — Kōbe Zaijū

• Type — manga • Author — Kon Kimura • Publisher — Kodansha • Imprint — Afternoon KC • Magazine — Monthly Afternoon • First — 25 April 1998 • Last — 25 March 2006 • Volumes — 10

• Type — live film • Director — Mitsuhito Shiraha • Producer — * Tsuyoshi Shimada • Hiroyuki Takase • Writer — Mana Yasuda • Music — Takeshi Senoo • Studio — * Is.Field • Sun TV • Licensee — * Sun TV (television) • Is.Field (theatrical) • Released — 2015 1 17 • Runtime — * 77 minutes (television) • 96 minutes (theatrical)

• Portal — yes From Kobe is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kon Kimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from April 1998 to March 2006, with its chapters collected in 10 tankōbon volumes. A live action film adaptation was released for television and theatres in 2015.

Arriving from Tokyo, fine arts student Katsura Tatsuki observes daily life in Kobe while attending Kobe University; from its diverse array of characters inhabiting it, to its ongoing recovery from being hit by the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Rather than having an overarching plot, the manga is composed of self-contained, episodic stories.

• Katsura Tatsuki • Izumi Fujimoto • Yōji Hinata • Eiji Sugawara • Hiroko Izumi • Arisa Urahama • Takami Suzuki • Nagisa Matsunaga • Wakako Kanagi • Sayuri Yanagita • Ken Konishi • Takashi Matsuo • Kazuna Gōda • Misato Tanaka • Hyohei Hayasaka • Takashi Nishina • Sanae Tatsuki • Mire Aika • Mayumi Takeuchi • Keiko Takeshita

From Kobe was written and illustrated by Kon Kimura. It was originally a one-shot submitted for the Winter 1997 Afternoon Shiki Shō, where it won the Shiki Prize. It was later serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 25 April 1998, to 25 March 2006. Kodansha collected its chapters in 10 tankōbon volumes, released from 23 August 1999, to 23 January 2008.