Maestro
- Name
- Maestro
- Creator
- Akira Sasō
- Publisher
- Futabasha
- Language
- Japanese
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• Name — Maestro • Ja Kanji — マエストロ • Ja Romaji — Maesutoro • Genre — Music, slice of life
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• Type — manga • Author — Akira Sasō • Publisher — Futabasha • Magazine — Manga Action Futabasha Web Magazine (website) • First — 2003 • Last — 2007 • Volumes — 3
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• Type — live film • Title — Maestro! マエストロ! • Director — Shōtarō Kobayashi • Writer — Satoko Okudera • Released — 2015 1 31 Maestro is a Japanese music slice of life seinen manga series written and illustrated by Akira Sasō. It was published by Futabasha, with serialization from 2003 to 2007, first on the manga magazine Manga Action and later on the website Futabasha Web Magazine. It was compiled in three volumes published between 2004 and 2008. It was adapted into a live action drama film titled Maestro!, directed by Shōtarō Kobayashi and released on January 31, 2015.
Characters
Characters
• Tendō (Toshiyuki Nishida) • Kōsaka (Tori Matsuzaka) • (miwa)
Volumes
Volumes
• 1 (July 17, 2004) • 2 (January 27, 2007) • 3 (March 28, 2008)
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Reception
It won an Excellence Prize in the Manga Division at the 12th Japan Media Arts Awards. It was also nominated for the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
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- 1.Maestro vo. manga-news.com.
- 2.Live-Action Maestro Film's Teaser Video Streamed. Anime News Network. August 22, 2014.
- 3.Stingray. allcinema.net.
- 4.Maestro jp Vol.1. manga-news.com.
- 5.Maestro jp Vol.2. manga-news.com.
- 6.Maestro jp Vol.3. manga-news.com.
- 7.Tsumiki no Ie, Piano Forest, Kaiba Win Media Arts Awards. Anime News Network. December 10, 2008.
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