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My Girlfriend's a Geek (腐女子彼女 Fujoshi Kanojo) is a Japanese light novel series in two volumes by Pentabu based on a popular blog[1] of the same name with 11 million[2] page views. A manga adaptation by Rize Shinba started serialization in 2007 and was published by Enterbrain under their B's LOG Comic imprint. A movie adaption was published in 2009 with My Geeky Girlfriend as the International English title.[3] Both the light novel and manga have been licensed for release by Yen Press.[4]
Story synopsis
The story is about the misadventures of a college student, who was falling in love with a pretty girl two years his senior, while in a part-time job, only to find out his girlfriend is a hard-core yaoi fangirl, and so his torment begins.
Media
Novels
The novels contains blog entries of the blog with the same name from 2005 to 2007.
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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01 | December 8, 2006[5] | ISBN:978-4-7577-3059-5 | September 28, 2010[6] | ISBN:978-0-7595-3171-0 |
02 | August 1, 2007[7] | ISBN:978-4-7577-3664-1 | March 29, 2011[8] | ISBN:978-0-7595-3172-7 |
Manga
In December 2007, Enterbrain published the first volume of the manga adaptation created by Rize Shinba in its B’s LOG Comics imprint. The fourth volume was released in April 2009. The manga has been translated into Chinese, German, English and French; in Germany, it is published as Akihabara Shōjo.[9]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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01 | December 1, 2007[10] | ISBN:978-4-7577-3899-7 | May 18, 2010[11] | ISBN:978-0-7595-3173-4 |
02 | March 31, 2008[12] | ISBN:978-4-7577-4111-9 | November 30, 2010[13] | ISBN:978-0-7595-3174-1 |
03 | November 1, 2008[14] | ISBN:978-4-7577-4531-5 | May 31, 2011[15] | ISBN:978-0-3161-7821-1 |
04 | April 1, 2009[16] | ISBN:978-4-7577-4811-8 | September 20, 2011[17] | ISBN:978-0-3161-7822-8 |
05 | March 1, 2010[18] | ISBN:978-4-0472-6379-6 | December 13, 2011[19] | ISBN:978-0-3161-7825-9 |
Film
The live action film was released in Japan's theaters in May 2009. It was directed by Atsushi Kaneshige, with screenplay written by Ei Katsuragi.
References
- ↑ "Fujoshi Kanojo at Pentabu's official website" (in Japanese). Pentabu. http://pentabutabu.blog35.fc2.com/.
- ↑ "Error: no
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specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. June 1, 2009. http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20090601mog00m200007000c.html. - ↑ "Fujoshi Kanojo at IMDb's official website". IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424056/releaseinfo#akas.
- ↑ "Yen Press: Books". Yen Press. http://www.yenpress.com/?page_id=4.
- ↑ (in Japanese)ASIN 4757730594.
- ↑ Pentabu (28 September 2010). My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 1 (Novel) [Paperback]. Yen Press. ISBN 978-0759531710.
- ↑ (in Japanese)ASIN 4757736649.
- ↑ Pentabu (29 March 2011). My Girlfriend's a Geek, Vol. 2 (novel) (My Girlfriend's a Geek (novel)) [Paperback]. Yen Press. ISBN 978-0759531727.
- ↑ "Akihabara Shōjo at EMA's (Egmont Manga & Anime) official website" (in German). Egmont Manga & Anime. http://www.manganet.de/product_info.php/info/p3042_akihabara_shojo,_bd_01.html.
- ↑ (in Japanese) 腐女子彼女。1 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]. ASIN 4757738994.
- ↑ Pentabu (18 May 2010). My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 1 (Manga) [Paperback]. Yen Press. ISBN 978-0759531734.
- ↑ (in Japanese) 腐女子彼女。 2 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]. ASIN 4757741111.
- ↑ Pentabu (30 November 2010). My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 2 (Manga) [Paperback]. Yen Press. ISBN 978-0759531741.
- ↑ (in Japanese) 腐女子彼女。 3 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]. ASIN 4757745311.
- ↑ Pentabu (31 May 2011). My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 3 (Manga) [Paperback]. Yen Press. ISBN 978-0316178211.
- ↑ (in Japanese) 腐女子彼女。 4 (B's LOG Comics) [コミック]. ASIN 4757748116.
- ↑ Pentabu (20 September 2011). My Girlfriend's A Geek, Vol. 4 (Manga) [Paperback]. Yen Press. ISBN 978-0316178228.
- ↑ (in Japanese) 腐女子彼女。 5 (B's LOG Comics) (B's-LOG COMICS) [コミック]. ASIN 4047263796.
- ↑ Pentabu (13 December 2011). My Girlfriend's a Geek, Vol. 5 (My Girlfriend's a Geek (manga)) [Paperback]. Yen Press. ISBN 978-0316178259.
External links
- the official blog webpage of Fujoshi Kanojo at Pentabu (in Japanese)
- Fujoshi Kanojo manga official webpage (in Japanese)
- official webpage of the movie (in Japanese)
- My Girlfriend's a Geek novel series page at Yen Press
- My Girlfriend's a Geek manga series page at Yen Press
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My Girlfriend's a Geek.
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