Lovely Muco

• Ja Kanji — いとしのムーコ • Ja Romaji — Itoshi no Mūko • Genre — * Comedy • Slice of life

• Type — manga • Author — Takayuki Mizushina • Publisher — Kodansha • Imprint — Evening KC • Magazine — Evening • First — 12 April 2011 • Last — 23 September 2020 • Volumes — 17

• Type — tv series • Title — Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! • Director — Takenori Mihara • Studio — Doga Kobo • Network — Fuji TV • First — 29 July 2013 • Last — 23 December 2013 • Episodes — 21

• Type — tv series • Title — Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! Season 2 • Director — Takenori Mihara • Studio — Doga Kobo • Network — BS Fuji • First — 27 April 2014 • Last — 5 October 2014 • Episodes — 22

• Type — tv series • Director — Romanov Higa • Studio — DLE • Network — TV Tokyo • First — 3 October 2015 • Last — 26 March 2016 • Episodes — 25

• Type — manga • Title — Daisuki! Itoshi no Muco • Author — Takayuki Mizushina • Publisher — Kodansha • Imprint — Evening KC • Magazine — Comic Days • First — 10 September 2023 • Volumes — 1

• Portal — yes Lovely Muco is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takayuki Mizushina. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from April 2011 to September 2020, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of Muco, the Shiba Inu of glassblower Komatsu-san.

• Muco • Hitomi Yoshida • The shiba-inu pet of Komatsu. • Komatsu-san • Shinichi Tanioka (Lovely Movie) / Satoshi Hino (TV anime) • A glassblower. • Ushikou-san • Mizuki Sano (Lovely Movie) / Junji Majima (TV anime) • A bar patron and friend of Komatsu. • Bōda-san • Taisei Kurata (Lovely Movie) / Keiji Fujiwara (TV anime) • A local barkeep. • Rena-chan • Sumire Uesaka • Bouda's daughter. • Shinohara-san • Kaori Nazuka • Love interest. • Mutō-sensei (Jūui-san) • Kazuhiro Watanabe (Lovely Movie) / Hiroki Takahashi (TV anime) • Tamaki-kun • Yū Kobayashi (TV anime)

Written and illustrated by Takayuki Mizushina, Lovely Muco was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from 12 April 2011 to 23 September 2020. Kodansha collected its chapters in 17 tankōbon volumes, released from 23 April 2012 to 23 November 2020. At Anime Expo 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English publication. A sequel manga, titled Daisuki! Itoshi no Muco, began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website began serialization on 10 September 2023. The first volume was released on 12 June 2024.

In 2013 and 2014, a short anime based on the manga by Doga Kobo was used as interstitials on the Fuji TV programme Non-Stop!. A separate anime series started airing on 3 October 2015.