Nana Osaki
Lead vocalist of the punk band Black Stones and one of the two Nanas.
Ai Yazawa created the manga Nana, which centers on a punk band and prominently features the brand Vivienne Westwood.[1] Due to Yazawa's illness, the manga's run in Cookie magazine ended after 84 chapters and went on an indefinite hiatus starting in 2009.[2][3] The first of two live-action films featured Mika Nakashima portraying Nana Osaki.[4]
How it changed
Yazawa originally wanted to draw a story about a rockabilly band in the early 1990s, but for Nana she chose a punk band instead.[1] The manga first appeared as a two-part prologue in 1999 in Cookie magazine, then began regular serialization in May 2000.[5] Sentai Filmworks re-licensed the series in 2021 and released it on Blu-ray in 2022.[6] Viz Media obtained the English-language license for Nana in North America, and the manga appeared in Shojo Beat from its first issue in July 2005 through the August 2007 issue.[7][8][9]
From April 5, 2006, to March 28, 2007, Nippon TV broadcast the anime, which covered material up to the initial chapter of volume 12.[10][11] Konami released a PlayStation 2 game based on the series on March 17, 2005, and later produced titles for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS platforms.[12]
What the maker and period sources say
The same article noted that Viz Pictures planned theatrical releases for Nana in early 2008 and Nana 2 in spring 2008.[13] Anime News Network reported in June 2009 that Cookie magazine announced the series was on hold due to Yazawa's sudden illness, with no return scheduled.[3] That report also mentioned that Nana had previously been on hiatus from June to November 2007 while Yazawa recovered from another illness.[3] A June 2007 Anime News Network article stated that Nana had been part of Shojo Beat since the magazine's premiere issue, but would be replaced by Honey and Clover after August.[9]
A 2007 Comic Book Bin article reported that the initial film earned over 4 billion yen at the Japanese box office and remained in the top 10 for multiple weeks.[13]
References
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kawayuka, Yomiuri Shimbun, August 4, 2022; Kawayuka, Yomiuri Shimbun, August 4, 2022; Kawayuka, Yomiuri Shimbun, August 4, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shueisha; Loo, "Nana's Ai Yazawa Puts Manga on Hold Due to Illness", Anime News Network, June 26, 2009; Loo, "Nana Manga Creator Ai Yazawa Returns from Hospital", Anime News Network, May 30, 2010; Nippon Television, July 21, 2022 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Loo, "Nana's Ai Yazawa Puts Manga on Hold Due to Illness", Anime News Network, June 26, 2009. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "VIZ Pictures Brings Shojo to the Movies", Comic Book Bin, November 2, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mangapedia; Shueisha; Shueisha; "Topics", Shueisha; Mangapedia; Shueisha; Loo, "Nana's Ai Yazawa Puts Manga on Hold Due to Illness", Anime News Network, June 26, 2009; Shueisha; Shueisha; Mangapedia; Comic Natalie, January 26, 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Viz Media Licenses Five Top Animated Series to Funimation Channel for US Television Launch", Anime News Network, April 16, 2009; "Acclaimed Anime Series Nana Coming to Sentai", Sentai Filmworks, January 26, 2021; Sherman, "Sentai Licenses Nana TV Anime", Anime News Network, January 27, 2021; Hazra, "Hidive Streams Nana Anime", Anime News Network, April 19, 2021; Mateo, "North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 20–26", Anime News Network, February 22, 2022; Mateo, "North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 15–21", Anime News Network, en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Macdonald, "Shojo Beat Details", Anime News Network, February 8, 2005; Loo, "Vz's Shonen Jump Shojo Beat Shake-up", Anime News Network, June 1, 2007; "Nana, Vol. 1", Viz Media; "Nana, Vol. 21", Viz Media; Cayanan, "Viz Media Simultaneously Releases Shogakukan Manga Titles in New VIZ Manga App", Anime News Network, May 9, 2023; Hodgkins, "Viz Media Reveals 16 New Physical, Digital Releases for Fall 2025 Including Phantom Busters, Maid to Shine, More", Anime News Network, January 24, 2025; "Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 1", Viz Media ( en.wikipedia.org
- Macdonald, "Shojo Beat Details", Anime News Network, February 8, 2005. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Loo, "Vz's Shonen Jump Shojo Beat Shake-up", Anime News Network, June 1, 2007. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nippon TV; Nippon TV; Nippon TV (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Termina el anime de Nana", Mision Tokyo, April 2, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nana (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nana", Media Arts Database; Media Arts Database; Media Arts Database (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "VIZ Pictures Brings Shojo to the Movies", Comic Book Bin, November 2, 2007. facts only, no text reused. comicbookbin.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Nana (manga) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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