Hipira
Also recorded as Hipira: The Little Vampire · Hipira-kun
Hipira
- Creator
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Date
- 2009
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- comedy anime and manga
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Key facts
• Ja Kanji — ヒピラくん • Ja Romaji — Hipira-kun • Genre — Comedy, Supernatural
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• Type — manga • Author — Katsuhiro Otomo • Illustrator — Shinji Kimura • Publisher — Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha Ltd. • Published — September 2002 • Volumes — 1
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• Type — tv series • Director — Shinji Kimura • Music — Conisch • Studio — Sunrise • Network — NHK BS-2 • First — December 21, 2009 • Last — December 25, 2009 • Episodes — 12 Hipira: The Little Vampire is a manga-style story book written by Katsuhiro Otomo and illustrated by Shinji Kimura. The manga is licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics. The manga was adapted into an anime and broadcast on NHK BS-2 from December 21–25, 2009.
Manga
Manga
Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha Ltd. released the manga in September 2002. The manga is licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics, which released the manga on August 24, 2005. Casterman released the manga on October 17, 2007.
Anime
Anime
The manga was adapted into an anime and broadcast on NHK BS-2's BS Fuyu Yasumi Anime Tokusen program for five consecutive days starting from December 21, 2009. The anime featured Yumiko Kobayashi as Hipira, Sayaka Ohara as Soul, Bin Shimada as Chōrō, Chihiro Suzuki as Georuge and Ayumi Fujimura as Erena.
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Hipira is associated with Japan.
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Reception
Newtype USA magazine commends Shinji Kimura's artwork saying that his illustrations are both "creepy and cute".
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- 1.ja:ヒピラくん (大型本).
- 2.New Dark Horse Manga. Anime News Network. 2004-07-24.
- 3.Dark Horse Comics. Hipira.
- 4.Manga Sanctuary. Hipira Vol.1 (Casterman) - Manga Sanctuary.
- 5.Otomo's Hipira: The Little Vampire Book Gets TV Anime (Updated). Anime News Network. 2009-12-10.
- 6.Dark Horse Comics. Review: Hipira: The Little Vampire. April 2005.
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