Kounodori: Dr. Stork
Kounodori: Dr. Stork (コウノドリ, Kōnodori) is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Yū Suzunoki. It is serialized in Weekly Morning magazine published by Kodansha since July 26, 2012.[1][2] It has 27 volumes compiling the chapters released as of July 2019. The manga won Best General Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards. Kodansha USA have licensed the manga for a North American digital release as Kounodori: Dr. Stork.[3]
Kounodori: Dr. Stork | |
Cover of the first volume | |
コウノドリ (Kōnodori) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Yū Suzunoki |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Weekly Morning |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 26, 2012 – May 7, 2020 |
Volumes | 31 |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Nobuhiro Doi Fuminori Kaneko |
Written by | Mutsumi Yamamoto |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | October 16, 2015 – December 18, 2015 |
Episodes | 10 |
Television drama | |
Kounodori (2017 series) | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | October 13, 2017 – December 22, 2017 |
Episodes | 11 |
A TV Drama adaptation aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 16 to December 18, 2015.[4] It was followed by a second series from October 13 to December 21, 2017.[5]
On March 2020, it was announced that Kounodori: Dr. Stork entered its final arc.[6] The manga finished on May 7, 2020.[7]
Characters
- Sakura Kōnodori[2] (played by Gou Ayano)
- Kae Shimoya (played by Mayu Matsuoka)
- Rumiko Komatsu (played by Yō Yoshida)
- Ryo Shirakawa (played by Kentaro Sakaguchi)
- Hiroshi Kase (played by Yusuke Hirayama)
- Mayumi Kadota (played by Nana Seino)
- Takuya Funakoshi (played by Akinaga Toyomoto)
- Director Osawa (played by Kazuyuki Asano)
- Sachiko Mukai (played by Noriko Eguchi)
- Megumi Arai (played by Sayaka Yamaguchi)
- Haruki Shinomiya (played by Gen Hoshino)
- Takayuki Imahashi (played by Nao Ōmori)
- Hiroyuki Nagai (played by Shun Oguri)
- Goro Akanishi (played by Hio Miyazawa
Volumes
- 1 (June 21, 2013)[8]
- 2 (September 20, 2013)[8]
- 3 (December 20, 2013)[8]
- 4 (March 20, 2014)[8]
- 5 (June 23, 2014)[8]
- 6 (September 22, 2014)[8]
- 7 (December 22, 2014)[8]
- 8 (March 23, 2015)[8]
- 9 (June 23, 2015)[8]
- 10 (September 23, 2015)[8]
- 11 (October 23, 2015)[8]
- 12 (November 23, 2015)[8]
- 13 (March 23, 2016)[8]
- 14 (June 23, 2016)[8]
- 15 (September 23, 2016)[8]
- 16 (December 22, 2016)[8]
- 17 (March 23, 2017)[8]
- 18 (June 23, 2017)[8]
- 19 (September 22, 2017)[8]
- 20 (October 23, 2017)[8]
- 21 (November 22, 2017)[8]
- 22 (May 23, 2018)[8]
- 23 (June 22, 2018)[8]
- 24 (September 21, 2018)[8]
- 25 (December 21, 2018)[8]
- 26 (March 23, 2019)[8]
- 27 (June 21, 2019)[8]
- 28 (September 20, 2019)[9]
- 29 (December 23, 2019)[10]
- 30 (March 23, 2020)[11]
- 31 (June 23, 2020)[12]
- 32 (October 23, 2020)[13]
Reception
Volume 6 reached the 22nd place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of September 28, 2014, had sold 43,198 copies;[14] volume 7 reached the 31st place and, as of December 28, 2014, had sold 47,885 copies;[15] volume 8 reached the 15th place and, as of March 29, 2015, had sold 48,477 copies.[16]
The manga won Best General Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards.[17] It was number 35 on the 15th Book of the Year list by Da Vinci magazine in 2014.[18] It was also nominated for Best General Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.[2]
References
- モーニングで医療ドラマが集中連載、産婦人科の現場描く. Natalie (in Japanese). July 26, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- "39th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- "Kodansha Comics to Release Kounodori, Hotaru no Hikari, Kin Kyori Renai Manga Digitally". Anime News Network. July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-10/medical-manga-konodori-gets-live-action-show-starring-gou-ayano/.91475
- http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2017/06/kounodori-to-come-back-with-a-new-season-in-october
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 20, 2020). "Kounodori: Dr. Stork Manga Enters Final Arc". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 22, 2020). "Kounodori: Dr. Stork Manga Ends on May 7". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- コウノドリの一覧. morning.moae.jp (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000325220
- https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000327516
- https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000338759
- https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000342516
- https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000344392
- "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 22–28". Anime News Network. October 2, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 22–28". Anime News Network. January 5, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 23–29". Anime News Network. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- "Kodansha Manga Awards Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- "Attack on Titan Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Ranking for 2nd Year". Anime News Network. December 8, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
External links
- Kounodori: Dr. Stork on morning.moae.jp (in Japanese)
- Kounodori: Dr. Stork at Anime News Network's encyclopedia