[Edit]K-On! (けいおん!,
Keion!?) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga started serialization in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine
Manga Time Kirara since the May 2007 issue, and also started a bimonthly serialization in Houbunsha's magazine
Manga Time Kirara Carat since the October 2008 issue. A thirteen-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between April and June 2009. An additional original video animation episode will be released in January 2010. The title of the series comes from the Japanese word for pop music,
keiongaku (軽音楽?, literally "light music").
K-On!'s story revolves around four Japanese high school girls who join their school's pop music club to try to save it from being abolished. However, they are the only members of the club, and at first Yui Hirasawa has no experience playing musical instruments or reading sheet music. Eventually, she learns how to be an excellent guitar player. The rest of the club helps her to buy a guitar, and they perform at the school festival.
The characters of
K-On! have surnames derived from members of the Japanese bands P-Model and The Pillows.
K-On! began as a four-panel comic-strip manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga started serialization in Houbunsha's
Manga Time Kirara manga magazine in the May 2007 issue sold on April 9, 2007. The manga has also appeared as a guest bimonthly serialization in
Manga Time Kirara's sister magazine
Manga Time Kirara Carat starting with the October 2008 issue sold on August 28, 2008. The first bound volume was released on April 26, 2008, and the second followed on February 26, 2009. There is also an anthology entitled
Minna de Untan!, which features several guest strips from various artists.
A thirteen-episode anime adaptation directed by Naoko Yamada, written by Reiko Yoshida, and produced by Kyoto Animation aired between April 3 and June 26, 2009 on TBS in Japan. The episodes began airing on subsequent networks at later dates which include BS-i, MBS, and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. The TBS airings are in 4:3 ratio, and the series began airing in widescreen on BS-TBS on April 25, 2009. Seven DVD and Blu-ray Disc compilation volumes will be released by Pony Canyon between July 29, 2009 and January 20, 2010. An additional original video animation episode will be released with the final DVD and BD volumes to be released on January 20, 2010.
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