Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari

Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari (Japanese: 東京大学物語, lit. "Tokyo University Story") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa. In the story, high schooler Naoki Murakami (村上 直樹, Murakami Naoki) asks Haruka Mizuno (水野 遥, Mizuno Haruka) to date him. They date while both worry about their upcoming university entrance examinations.

Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
Cover of the third tankōbon volume, featuring Haruka Mizuno (left) and Naoki Murakami (right)
東京大学物語
(Tōkyō Daigaku Monogatari)
GenreRomance
Manga
Written byTatsuya Egawa
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original run1992 – 2001
Volumes34
Television drama
Directed byImai Kazuhisa
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run October 10, 1994 – December 19, 1994
Original video animation
Directed byJirō Fujimoto
Music byTooru Yukawa
StudioShinkūkan
Released2004
Runtime30 minutes per episode
Episodes2
Live-action film
Directed byTatsuya Egawa
Written byKoto Nagata
StudioSoft On Demand
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2006
Runtime105 minutes

A live action film of the same name directed by Tatsuya Egawa and based on his manga was released in February 2006. The screenplay was written by Kotoe Nagata, and the film, produced by the Soft On Demand studio, starred Yoko Mitsuya, Kei Tanaka, Kazuki Namioka, Sasa Handa, Fujiko, Naoko Watanabe and Takeshi Masu.[1][2]

Also a two-part OVA series was produced.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa, Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine from 1992 to 2001.[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in thirty-four tankōbon volumes, released from July 30, 1993,[4] to February 28, 2001.[5]

References
  1. "Trailer for Tatsuya Egawa's TOKYO UNIVERSITY STORY". twitchfilm.com. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  2. "Tôkyô Daigaku monogatari". IMDb. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  3. 人気コミック「東京大学物語」が初のアニメ化！ 2月24日に「函館向陽高校編」発売. Dengeki Online (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. January 15, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  4. 東京大学物語 / 1. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on March 23, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  5. 東京大学物語 / 34. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 11, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
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