Lychee Light Club

• Name — Lychee Light Club • Ja Kanji — ライチ☆光クラブ • Ja Romaji — Raichi☆Hikari Kurabu • Genre — * Dark fantasy • Horror comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Usamaru Furuya • Publisher — Ohta Publishing • Magazine — Manga Erotics F • First — May 7, 2005 • Last — May 3, 2006 • Volumes — 1

• Type — manga • Title — Bokurano Hikari Club • Author — Usamaru Furuya • Publisher — Ohta Publishing • Magazine — pocopoco • First — April 15, 2011 • Last — March 15, 2012 • Volumes — 2

• Type — tv series • Title — Litchi DE Hikari Club • Director — Masahiro Takata • Producer — Chihiro Nagai • Writer — Motoichi Adachi • Music — Hakuei • Studio — Kachidoki Studio • Network — Tokyo MX • First — October 2, 2012 • Last — November 20, 2012 • Episodes — 8 Lychee Light Club, also commonly known as Litchi Hikari Club, is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Usamaru Furuya and based on a play of the same name. It was serialized in Ohta Publishing's Manga Erotics F magazine between May 2005 and May 2006. A prequel to the original story, Our Light Club, was serialized in Ohta Publishing's online pocopoco magazine between April 2011 and March 2012. A comedic anime adaptation aired between October and November 2012 on Tokyo MX. The series' visuals and style inspired the formation of a rock band in 2011. Four stage plays have also been performed, in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2025, and a live-action film was released in 2016.

The story centers around a nine-member club of middle school boys called the Light Club, in their endeavor to create a robot in order to abduct beautiful girls. As the club uses increasingly depraved methods to reach their goal, the original leader, Tamiya, tries to reclaim his position after he becomes unhappy with the way the new leader, Zera, runs the club.

Written and illustrated by Usamaru Furuya, Lychee Light Club is loosely based upon a 1985 play of the same name directed by Norimizu Ameya for the theatrical group Tokyo Grand Guignol. It premiered in Ohta Publishing's Manga Erotics F magazine on May 7, 2005, and finished serialization on May 3, 2006. A single tankōbon volume was published by Ohta on June 21, 2006, and later digitally released on November 6, 2008. At the 2010 Comic-Con, Vertical announced that it had licensed it for an English-language translation in North America. Vertical published its paperback edition on April 26, 2011. A prequel to the original story that unveils the past of the club members was announced in January 2011. Called Bokurano☆Hikari Kurabu, it was serialized in Ohta Publishing's online pocopoco magazine between April 15, 2011, and March 15, 2012. The first volume is referred to as Our Light Club Before: Grade Schoolers Volume, while the second volume is referred to as Our Light Club After: Middle Schoolers Volume.

In August 2012, the franchise official site announced an anime adaptation titled Litchi DE Hikari Club to premiere in October. Consisting of eight comedy shorts, it was broadcast on Tokyo MX from October 2 to November 20, 2012. It was directed by Masahiro Takata, screenplayed by Motoichi Adachi, and produced by Chihiro Nagai under Kachidoki Studio. A DVD compilation was released by Cammot on December 26, 2012. The series was made available online by Crunchyroll in the English-speaking regions of North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

In January 2011, a stage adaptation was announced, although the cast was only announced in August 2012. Directed and written by Junko Emoto, the play ran from December 14 to 25, 2012 at Kinokuniya Hall in Tokyo. A second adaptation was announced in September 2013 and kept most of the cast, except for Rin Honoka who was replaced by Aimi Satsukawa as Kanon. It was also directed and written by Emoto and ran at AiiA Theater Tokyo from December 16 to 24, 2013. Another play, this time directed by Masahiko Kawahara and written by Maruichirō Maruo, ran at 2.5 AiiA Theater Tokyo between December 18 and 27, 2015. The 2012–2013 run had Ryo Kimura as its protagonist, Zera, and Tomoya Nakamura took the role for the 2015 version. TC Entertainment released the first play in DVD format on April 26, 2013, while the 2015 play's DVD was released on April 27, 2016.

Rock band Penicillin's vocalist Hakuei, who composed the music for the anime, created a musical act after the manga to express Lychee Light Clubs world through music. lit. "The Emperor of Ruins" was the first song released by the group as both a standard ringtone and a full-length ringtone as a standard ringtone and full-length ringtone on January 1, 2011. This and five more songs were released in the mini album titled lit. Elagabalus's Dream" on December 21, 2011. Their first live performance was at Tokyo Kinema Club on December 30, 2011, and it was released in DVD format on June 26, 2012, under the title of Haikyo no Oto Gakkai. A split album containing six tracks performed along with the band Machine, Rendez-vous, was released on July 25, 2012. On December 12, 2012, they released their first full album, the eleven-track Grand Guignol and the compilation album -2011~2012 Complete Best- "Reimei". They performed again at Tokyo Kinema Club, this time along with Machine, on December 30, 2012, and its DVD, Haikyo no Kyōen: Aube, was released on March 21, 2013. A mini album, Hikari no Tei Kuni, was released on December 11, 2013, and was followed by a tour from December 25, 2013, to January 26, 2014. The first performance of this tour, at AiiA Theater Tokyo, was released into a live DVD on March 27, 2014. The release of the mini album titled Kikikaikai on August 13, 2014, led them to have a tour from August 24 to 30. On July 26, 2015, the band started a tour to promote the album Jesus Christ Hyperstar—released on July 29 —that lasted until August 8.