Indian Summer

• Name — Indian Summer • Ja Kanji — こはるびより • Ja Romaji — Koharu Biyori • Genre — Comedy, sci-fi

• Type — manga • Author — Takehito Mizuki • Publisher — MediaWorks • Magazine — Dengeki Moeoh • First — May 18, 2001 • Last — October 26, 2011 • Volumes — 7

• Type — ova • Director — Takayuki Inagaki • Producer — * Takaya Ibira • Nobuhiro Nakayama • Shun Umezawa • Yasuhiro Mikami • Writer — Takashi Aoshima • Music — Takeshi Watanabe • Studio — Daume • First — October 14, 2007 • Last — April 2, 2008 • Episodes — 3 Indian Summer is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takehito Mizuki. The manga was serialised in MediaWorks's monthly Dengeki Daioh before MediaWorks moved the title to the quarterly Dengeki Moeoh. The manga was formerly licensed in English by ComicsOne and DrMaster.

• Yui is the female protagonist and Takaya's robot maid. Eri Kitamura • Takaya Murase is the male protagonist and Yui's owner. He has a maid fetish and is good at cooking and sewing. Takayuki Kondo • Minori Sumitomo likes Takaya and works as a maid in her dad's cafe, Cafe Cowbeya. Satomi Akesaka • Tetsushi Sumitomo is Minori's father and Cafe Cowbeya's owner. Kenta Miyake • Tenchou is the shop manager. Kaya Miyake • Ayumi Hagiwara Yuka Iguchi • Kanae Hagiwara is Ayumi's mother. Ryouka Yuzuki • Ran Midou is the younger sister of Sumire. Sayuri Yahagi • Sumire Midou is the older sister of Ran. Saori Hayami • Sakuya is Takaya's ultimate customized figurine. Ai Shimizu

Koharu Biyori is written and illustrated by Takehito Mizuki. The manga was serialised in MediaWorks's monthly Dengeki Daioh before MediaWorks moved the title to the quarterly Dengeki Moeoh. The manga is licensed in North America by ComicsOne. The English license was transferred to DrMaster after ComicsOne's collapse. As of February, 2009, MediaWorks has published four tankōbon of the manga. ComicsOne released the first volume of the manga on February 16, 2005. The manga is licensed in Taiwan by Ever Glory Publishing.

The manga was adapted into a three-episode original video animation by Doumu. The anime is licensed in the United States by Sentai Filmworks and distributed by ADV Films. However, with ADV being shut down, distribution was now handled by Section23 Films. It was also distributed in Russia by MC Entertainment. The episodes were released in Japan between October 14, 2007, and April 2, 2008. Geneon released 3 DVDs in Japan. The first DVD was released on November 21, 2007. The second DVD was released on February 8, 2008. The final DVD was released on April 2, 2008. The subtitled series was released on March 10, 2009, in the US, there is no English-dubbed version available. The original video animations use three pieces of theme music. "Apron dake wa Toranaide!" by Eri Kitamura is the series' opening theme, while "Love Song Kamo Shirenai" by Eri Kitamura and Satomi Akesaka is the ending theme for the first two episodes. "Hora, Attan Kanan Desu" by Eri Kitamura is the ending theme for the third episode.

On November 21, 2007, Geneon released an animation soundtrack CD for Koharu Biyori. Geneon released two Maniac CDs for Koharu Biyori. The first CD, Koharu Biyori Maniacs CD 1 was released on December 21, 2007. The second CD, Koharu Biyori Maniacs CD 2 was released on February 22, 2008. The songs are sung by the voice actors/actresses of the characters.