Level E (レベルE?) is a science fiction manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi. The plot follows an alien prince who crash lands on Earth and begins living with a high school student. Along with its short length and more realistic art style, the story of
Level E focuses much more heavily on humor than Togashi's more famous
shōnen series
YuYu Hakusho and
Hunter × Hunter.
Level E was originally serialized in the Japanese Shueisha magazine
Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1995 to 1997 for a total of 16 chapters. These chapters have since been collected into three volumes, as well as two magazine-style books. An anime adaptation of
Level E is currently being produced by Studio Pierrot and David Production and is to begin airing on TV Tokyo in early 2011.
Earth has been populated by thousands of aliens from all over the galaxy. While all the other aliens are aware of their presence, it is a secret only from the Earthlings. Baka, the prince of the planet Dogra, crash lands on Earth and loses his memory. He forcibly moves in with Tsutsui Yukitata, a first year high school student who had just moved out on his own. The normal life he once knew is quickly pulled away as he becomes the target of the prince's torment.
When the decision was made to serialize
Level E, author Yoshihiro Togashi had only created the first chapter. Because the story involved the protagonist as an alien changing each chapter, he titled the manga "Alien Crises". He quickly changed it to its final name after being told the former title was too explicit. After renting a videotape called "Level 4", he affirmed to himself that he should name the series using the first English language letter of the word "alien". He was informed that the first letter was "A" and not "E", but he replied that he always associated the term with
E.T..
The
Level E manga began its serialization in the 42nd issue of Shueisha magazine
Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan. A total of sixteen chapters were collected into three volumes (
tankōbon) altogether. The first was released on March 4, 1996, the second on October 3, 1996, and the third on May 1, 1997. In addition,
Level E was re-released as part of the
Shueisha Jump Remix series of magazine-style books, with two volumes being released in 2009.
Source:
Wikipedia 
