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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
{{Infobox animanga/Header
|name = Medaka Box
| image = Medaka Box 1.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring Medaka Kurokami (left) and Zenkichi Hitoyoshi (right)
|image = Medaka Box 17.png
| ja_kanji = めだかボックス
|caption = Volume 17 ''[[tankōbon]]'' cover, featuring Medaka Kurokami (left) and Zenkichi Hitoyoshi (right)
|ja_kanji = めだかボックス
| ja_romaji = Medaka Bokkusu
| genre = {{ubl|[[Action fiction|Action]]<ref name="ANN-2012-04-09">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Medaka Box TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-09/crunchyroll-to-stream-medaka-box-tv-anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 12, 2019|date=April 9, 2012|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212111733/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-09/crunchyroll-to-stream-medaka-box-tv-anime|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Comedy]]<ref name="Sentai"/>|[[Supernatural fiction|Supernatural]]<ref name="Sentai">{{cite web|title=Medaka Box|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/medaka-box|publisher=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163238/http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/medaka-box|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
|ja_romaji = Medaka Bokkusu
|genre = {{ubl|[[Action fiction|Action]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Medaka Box TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-09/crunchyroll-to-stream-medaka-box-tv-anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 12, 2019|date=April 9, 2012}}</ref>|[[Comedy]]<ref name="Sentai"/>|[[Supernatural fiction|Supernatural]]<ref name="Sentai">{{cite web|title=MEDAKA BOX|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/medaka-box|publisher=Sentai Filmworks|access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type = manga
| type = manga
|author = [[Nisio Isin]]
| author = [[Nisio Isin]]
|illustrator = [[Akira Akatsuki]]
| illustrator = [[Akira Akatsuki]]
|publisher = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher = [[Shueisha]]
|demographic = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
|imprint = [[Jump Comics]]
| imprint = [[Jump Comics]]
|magazine = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
| magazine = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
|first = May 11, 2009
| first = May 11, 2009
|last = April 27, 2013
| last = April 27, 2013
|volumes = 22
| volumes = 22
|volume_list = List of Medaka Box chapters
| volume_list = List of Medaka Box chapters
}}
}}
{{collapsed infobox section begin}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
| type = tv series
|director = [[Shouji Saeki]]
| director = [[Shouji Saeki]]
|producer = {{ubl|Tomoyuki Saitō|Yoshikazu Beniya|Masazumi Katō|Yoshiyuki Itō|Tomoko Saitō}}
| producer = {{ubl|Tomoyuki Saitō|Yoshikazu Beniya|Masazumi Katō|Yoshiyuki Itō|Tomoko Saitō}}
|writer = Shouji Saeki
| writer = Shouji Saeki
|music = [[Tatsuya Kato]]
| music = [[Tatsuya Kato]]
|studio = [[Gainax]]
| studio = [[Gainax]]
|licensee = {{English anime licensee|AUS=Hanabee|NA= [[Sentai Filmworks]] }}
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|AUS=Hanabee|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]}}
|network = [[TV Tokyo]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TVA]], [[Television Osaka|TVO]], [[Niconico|Niconico Channel]], [[AT-X (company)|AT-X]]
| network = [[TV Tokyo]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TVA]], [[Television Osaka|TVO]]
|first = April 5, 2012
| first = April 5, 2012
|last = June 21, 2012
| last = December 27, 2012
|episodes = 12
| episodes = 24
|episode_list = List of Medaka Box episodes
| episode_list = List of Medaka Box episodes
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|title = Shousetsu Ban Medaka Box
| title = Shōsetsu-ban Medaka Box
|type = light novel
| type = light novel
|author = Nisio Isin
| author = Nisio Isin
|illustrator = Akira Akatsuki
| illustrator = Akira Akatsuki
|publisher = Shueisha
| publisher = Shueisha
|publisher_en =
| publisher_en =
|imprint = Jump J-Books
| imprint = Jump J-Books
|demographic = Male
| demographic = Male
|first = May 2, 2012
| first = May 2, 2012
|last = June 4, 2012
| last = June 4, 2012
|volumes = 2
| volumes = 2
|volume_list =
| volume_list =
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|title = Medaka Box Gaiden: Good Loser Kumagawa
| title = Medaka Box Gaiden: Good Loser Kumagawa
|type = light novel
| type = light novel
|author = Nisio Isin
| author = Nisio Isin
|illustrator = Akira Akatsuki
| illustrator = Akira Akatsuki
|publisher = Shueisha
| publisher = Shueisha
|publisher_en =
| publisher_en =
|imprint = Jump J-Books
| imprint = Jump J-Books
|demographic = Male
| demographic = Male
|first = October 10, 2012
| first = October 10, 2012
|last = November 12, 2012
| last = November 12, 2012
|volumes = 2
| volumes = 2
|volume_list =
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
|title = Medaka Box Abnormal
|director = Shouji Saeki
|producer = {{ubl|Tomoyuki Saitō|Yoshikazu Beniya|Masazumi Katō|Yoshiyuki Itō|Tomoko Saitō}}
|writer = Shouji Saeki
|music = Tatsuya Kato
|studio = Gainax
|licensee = {{English anime licensee|AUS=Hanabee|NA= Sentai Filmworks}}
|network = TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, Niconico Channel, AT-X
|first = October 11, 2012
|last = December 27, 2012
|episodes = 12
|episode_list = List of Medaka Box episodes#Medaka Box Abnormal
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|title = Medaka Box: Juvenile - Shousetsu-ban
| title = Medaka Box: Juvenile Shousetsu-ban
|type = light novel
| type = light novel
|author = Nisio Isin
| author = Nisio Isin
|illustrator = Akira Akatsuki
| illustrator = Akira Akatsuki
|publisher = Shueisha
| publisher = Shueisha
|publisher_en =
| publisher_en =
|imprint = Jump J-Books
| imprint = Jump J-Books
|demographic = Male
| demographic = Male
|published = October 4, 2013
| published = October 4, 2013
|volumes = 1
| volumes =
|volume_list =
| volume_list =
}}
}}
{{collapsed infobox section end}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Medaka Box'''''|めだかボックス|Medaka Bokkusu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written by [[Nisio Isin]] and illustrated by [[Akira Akatsuki]]. The series follows Medaka Kurokami, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, Kouki Akune and Mogana Kikaijima, who are the members of the student council, during their various adventures to honor suggestions presented by academy members in order to better the academy. ''Medaka Box'' was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[shōnen manga|''shōnen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' between May 2009 and April 2013, with its chapters collected in twenty-two ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes.
{{Nihongo|'''''Medaka Box'''''|めだかボックス|Medaka Bokkusu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written by [[Nisio Isin]] and illustrated by [[Akira Akatsuki]]. It was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' between May 2009 and April 2013, with its chapters collected in 22 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The series follows Medaka Kurokami, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, Kouki Akune and Mogana Kikaijima, who are the members of the student council, during their various adventures to honor suggestions presented by academy members in order to better the academy.


It received three light novel series, two series with two volumes and one with one volume between 2012 and 2013. It was adapted into a 12-episode [[anime]] television series that aired between April and June 2012. A second 12-episode season aired between October and December 2012.
It received three light novel series, two series with two volumes and one with one volume between 2012 and 2013. It was adapted into a 12-episode [[anime]] television series that aired between April and June 2012. A second 12-episode season aired between October and December 2012.


==Plot==
==Plot==
{{see also|List of Medaka Box characters}}
{{see also|List of Medaka Box characters{{!}}List of ''Medaka Box'' characters}}
The plot follows [[List of Medaka Box characters#Medaka Kurokami|Medaka Kurokami]], a charismatic and attractive first-year Hakoniwa Academy student who is elected Student Council President with 98% of the vote. She institutes a suggestion box, and with the help with her childhood friend [[List of Medaka Box characters#Zenkichi Hitoyoshi|Zenkichi Hitoyoshi]], addresses these requests in an unconventional manner. Over the course of the story, she distributes the student council leadership positions to other students such as [[List of Medaka Box characters#Kouki Akune|Kouki Akune]] and [[List of Medaka Box characters#Mogana Kikaijima|Mogana Kikaijima]].
The series follows [[List of Medaka Box characters#Medaka Kurokami|Medaka Kurokami]], a gifted, charismatic and attractive first-year Hakoniwa Academy student who is elected Student Council President with 98% of the vote. She institutes a suggestion box, and with the help of her childhood friend [[List of Medaka Box characters#Zenkichi Hitoyoshi|Zenkichi Hitoyoshi]], addresses these requests in an unconventional manner. Over the course of the story, she distributes the student council leadership positions to other students such as [[List of Medaka Box characters#Kouki Akune|Kouki Akune]] and [[List of Medaka Box characters#Mogana Kikaijima|Mogana Kikaijima]].


The Student Council learns that the academy chairman intends to initiate the Flask Plan, a project to forcefully experiment on regular students, called Normals, in order to turn them into humans with superhuman abilities called Abnormals. The Student Council infiltrates the academy's secret lab and battles other students that are involved with the project.
The Student Council learns that the academy chairman intends to initiate the Flask Plan, a project to forcefully experiment on regular students, called Normals, in order to turn them into humans with superhuman abilities called Abnormals. The Student Council infiltrates the academy's secret lab and battles other students that are involved with the project.
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Shortly after, the Student Council are challenged to a tournament by Misogi Kumagawa who wishes to replace Medaka's Student Council with one of his own. After Kumagawa's defeat, two students are unsealed from his powers and complete their transfer to Hakoniwa Academy. The two are more powerful than Abnormals and are dubbed "Not Equals". Their leader, Anshin'in, threatens to restart the Flask Plan once Medaka graduates, forcing the Student Council to train their successors. However, Anshin'in's true plan is to have Zenkichi usurp Medaka's position as Student Council President. Zenkichi does so on the pretense of improving the student life and succeeds. He convinces Medaka to allow the Flask Plan for those who are willing.
Shortly after, the Student Council are challenged to a tournament by Misogi Kumagawa who wishes to replace Medaka's Student Council with one of his own. After Kumagawa's defeat, two students are unsealed from his powers and complete their transfer to Hakoniwa Academy. The two are more powerful than Abnormals and are dubbed "Not Equals". Their leader, Anshin'in, threatens to restart the Flask Plan once Medaka graduates, forcing the Student Council to train their successors. However, Anshin'in's true plan is to have Zenkichi usurp Medaka's position as Student Council President. Zenkichi does so on the pretense of improving the student life and succeeds. He convinces Medaka to allow the Flask Plan for those who are willing.


Relieved from her duties as president of the Student Council, Medaka soon becomes involved in a tournament to decide her husband. Medaka enters herself and becomes the victor, choosing to marry Zenkichi once they both graduate. Soon after, Zenkichi's close friend Hansode Shiranui leaves the academy. Medaka and Zenkichi discover she is to become the next host for Iihiko Shishime, a 5000-year-old being. Medaka defeats him and disappears after stopping the moon from crashing towards the Earth, just to reappear in time for the year-end ceremony. Following her return, Medaka decides to leave the academy and assume her father's place ahead of her family's business conglomerate, the Kurokami Group, just to later return as the new chairwoman. Ten years later, Zenkichi, has worked his way up the Kurokami Group, becoming a high-level employee before reuniting with her, with both promising to get married after another fight.
Relieved from her duties as president of the Student Council, Medaka soon becomes involved in a tournament to decide her husband. Medaka enters herself and becomes the victor, choosing to marry Zenkichi once they both graduate. Soon after, Zenkichi's close friend Hansode Shiranui leaves the academy. Medaka and Zenkichi discover she is to become the next host for Iihiko Shishime, a 5000-year-old being. Medaka defeats him and disappears after stopping the moon from crashing towards the Earth, just to reappear in time for the year-end ceremony. Following her return, Medaka decides to leave the academy and assume her father's place ahead of her family's business conglomerate, the Kurokami Group, just to later return as the new chairwoman. Ten years later, Zenkichi has worked his way up the Kurokami Group, becoming a high-level employee before reuniting with her, with both promising to get married after another fight.


==Media==
==Media==

===Manga===
===Manga===
{{Main|List of Medaka Box chapters}}
{{Main|List of Medaka Box chapters{{!}}List of ''Medaka Box'' chapters}}
''Medaka Box'' is written by [[Nisio Isin]] and illustrated by [[Akira Akatsuki]]. It was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' between May 11, 2009 and April 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプ次号の新連載「めだかボックス」は原作に西尾維新|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/15919|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|language=ja|date=April 27, 2009|access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-23/medaka-box-manga-ends-this-week|title=''Medaka Box'' Manga Ends|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 23, 2013|access-date=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/89638|title=「めだかボックス」最終回!夏発売のNEXT!に球磨川完結編|language=ja|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|date=April 27, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2013}}</ref> Shueisha collected its chapters in twenty-two ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, released from October 2, 2009 to September 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-874776-7|script-title=ja:めだかボックス 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 4, 2013|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870804-1|script-title=ja:めだかボックス 22|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 4, 2013|language=ja}}</ref>
Written by [[Nisio Isin]] and illustrated by [[Akira Akatsuki]], ''Medaka Box'' was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' between May 11, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプ次号の新連載「めだかボックス」は原作に西尾維新|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/15919|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|date=April 27, 2009|access-date=December 5, 2018|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205193609/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/15919|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 2009年 Vol. 24|url=http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/henshu/backnumber/2009/24.html|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514143717/http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/henshu/backnumber/2009/24.html|archive-date=May 14, 2009|language=ja}}</ref> and April 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-23/medaka-box-manga-ends-this-week|title=''Medaka Box'' Manga Ends|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 23, 2013|access-date=April 23, 2013|archive-date=April 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425074402/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-23/medaka-box-manga-ends-this-week|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「めだかボックス」最終回!夏発売のNEXT!に球磨川完結編|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/89638|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 12, 2013|language=ja|date=April 27, 2013|archive-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530165607/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/89638|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha collected its 192 individual chapters in twenty-two {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from October 2, 2009, to September 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-874776-7|script-title=ja:めだかボックス 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 4, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120110954/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/alert.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870804-1|script-title=ja:めだかボックス 22|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 4, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206103859/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870804-1}}</ref>


===Anime===
===Anime===
{{see also|List of Medaka Box episodes}}
{{see also|List of Medaka Box episodes{{!}}List of ''Medaka Box'' episodes}}
An anime adaptation of the manga produced by [[Gainax]] was announced by the series' creator in late 2011, and premiered on April 5, 2012.<ref name="ann1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-28/medaka-box-manga-gets-tv-anime|title=''Medaka Box'' Manga Gets TV Anime|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=September 28, 2011|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Medaka Box'' School Comedy Anime To Be Produced By Gainax|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-16/medaka-box-school-comedy-tv-anime-made-by-gainax|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 16, 2011|access-date=November 16, 2011}}</ref> The anime has been licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]], who released the anime in both digital and home video formats on September 2013.<ref name="ann2" /> A second season, titled {{Nihongo|'''''Medaka Box Abnormal'''''|めだかボックス アブノーマル|Medaka Bokkusu Abunōmaru}}, aired between October 11 and December 27, 2012.<ref name="ann2">{{cite web|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses ''Medaka Box'' TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-16/sentai-filmworks-licenses-medaka-box-tv-anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> Sentai Filmworks has also licensed the second season for digital and home video, which was released on January 21, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds ''Medaka Box Abnormal'' TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-28/sentai-filmworks-adds-medaka-box-abnormal-tv-anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Medaka Box Abnormal Complete Collection Blu-ray Anime Review|url=http://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/17/medaka-box-abnormal-complete-collection-blu-ray-anime-review/|publisher=The Fandom Post|date=January 17, 2014|access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 19–25|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-19-25|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=January 22, 2014}}</ref>
A 12-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation, produced by [[Gainax]],<ref name="ann1">{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-28/medaka-box-manga-gets-tv-anime|title=''Medaka Box'' Manga Gets TV Anime|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=September 28, 2011|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=September 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930115712/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-28/medaka-box-manga-gets-tv-anime|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=''Medaka Box'' School Comedy Anime To Be Produced By Gainax|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-16/medaka-box-school-comedy-tv-anime-made-by-gainax|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 16, 2011|access-date=November 16, 2011|archive-date=November 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117133033/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-16/medaka-box-school-comedy-tv-anime-made-by-gainax|url-status=live}}</ref> was broadcast on [[TV Tokyo]], [[TV Aichi]], and [[TV Osaka]] from April 5 to June 21, 2012;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「めだか」キャストに浪川大輔ら、5月に西尾維新小説も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/65196|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 20, 2023|language=ja|date=February 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:めだか ボックス|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/15646|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815010532/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/15646|archive-date=August 15, 2016|language=ja}}</ref> a second season, {{Nihongo|''Medaka Box Abnormal''|めだかボックス アブノーマル|Medaka Bokkusu Abunōmaru}}, was broadcast from October 11 to December 27 of that same year.<ref name="ann2">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses ''Medaka Box'' TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-16/sentai-filmworks-licenses-medaka-box-tv-anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419054941/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-16/sentai-filmworks-licenses-medaka-box-tv-anime|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:めだか ボックス アブノーマル|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18205|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816065932/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18205|archive-date=August 16, 2016|language=ja}}</ref>


The anime has been licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]], who released the anime in both digital and home video formats in September 2013.<ref name="ann2" /> Sentai Filmworks has also licensed the second season for digital and home video, which was released on January 21, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds ''Medaka Box Abnormal'' TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-28/sentai-filmworks-adds-medaka-box-abnormal-tv-anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=September 28, 2012|archive-date=September 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930234628/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-28/sentai-filmworks-adds-medaka-box-abnormal-tv-anime|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Medaka Box Abnormal Complete Collection Blu-ray Anime Review|url=http://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/17/medaka-box-abnormal-complete-collection-blu-ray-anime-review/|publisher=The Fandom Post|date=January 17, 2014|access-date=January 17, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203081216/https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/17/medaka-box-abnormal-complete-collection-blu-ray-anime-review/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 19–25|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-19-25|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122052946/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-19-25|url-status=live}}</ref> Both season were streamed by [[Crunchyroll]];<ref name="ANN-2012-04-09"/> after the acquisition of Crunchyroll by [[Sony Pictures Television]], ''Medaka Box'', among several Sentai Filmworks titles, was dropped from the Crunchyroll streaming service on March 31, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cardine|first=Kyle|title=Food Wars, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and More Are Leaving Crunchyroll|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/24/food-wars-is-it-wrong-to-pick-up-girls-in-a-dungeon-and-more-are-leaving-crunchyroll|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 3, 2023|date=March 24, 2022|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325082132/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/24/food-wars-is-it-wrong-to-pick-up-girls-in-a-dungeon-and-more-are-leaving-crunchyroll|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Light novel===

In May 2012, a spin-off light novel called ''Shousetsu Ban Medaka Box'' was released by Shueisha under the imprint Jump J-Books with Nisio Isin as the author and Akira Akatsuki as the illustrator, with the novel ending in june of the same year with two volumes. In October 2012 under the same publisher, imprint and creative team, a prequel called ''Medaka Box Gaiden: Good Loser Kumagawa'' was launched, with the second and last volume launching in november. Lastly, another prequel called ''Medaka Box: Juvenile - Shousetsu-ban'' launched with the same publisher, imprint and creative team in October 2013 but this time with a unique volume.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703300-7|title = 集英社の本 公式}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703280-2|title = 集英社の本 公式}}</ref>
===Light novels===
Three light novel works, also written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki, have been released by Shueisha under their Jump J-Books imprint. A two-volume [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] light novel series, titled {{Nihongo|''Shōsetsu-ban Medaka Box''|小説版めだかボックス}}, was released on May 2 and June 4, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:小説版めだかボックス (上)|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703261-1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105124832/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703261-1|archive-date=November 5, 2015|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:小説版めだかボックス (下)|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703264-2|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105124837/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703264-2|archive-date=November 5, 2015|language=ja}}</ref> A second two-volume spin-off novel series, titled {{Nihongo|''Medaka Box Gaiden: Good Loser Kumagawa''|めだかボックス外伝 グッドルーザー球磨川}}, was released on October 10 and November 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:めだかボックス外伝 グッドルーザー球磨川 小説版【上】|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703278-9|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023031433/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703278-9|archive-date=October 23, 2017|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:めだかボックス外伝 グッドルーザー球磨川 小説版【下】|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703280-2|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023022236/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703280-2|archive-date=October 23, 2017|language=ja}}</ref> A prequel light novel, titled ''{{Nihongo|Medaka Box: Juvenile – Shousetsu-ban''|めだかボックス ジュブナイル 小説版}}, was released on October 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:めだかボックス ジュブナイル 小説版|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703300-7|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105125100/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703300-7|archive-date=November 5, 2015|language=ja}}</ref>


===Video game===
===Video game===
Medaka Kurokami appears as a playable character in the ''Jump'' crossover fighting game ''[[J-Stars Victory VS]]'', with Kumagawa appearing as a support character.<ref>{{cite web|title=Medaka Box Joins Shonen Jump Crossover Game J-Stars Victory Vs.|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-02/medaka-box-joins-shonen-jump-crossover-game-j-stars-victory-vs|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2013-10-02|access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref>
Medaka Kurokami appears as a playable character in the ''Jump'' crossover fighting game ''[[J-Stars Victory VS]]'', with Kumagawa appearing as a support character.<ref>{{cite web|title=Medaka Box Joins Shonen Jump Crossover Game J-Stars Victory Vs.|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-02/medaka-box-joins-shonen-jump-crossover-game-j-stars-victory-vs|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2013-10-02|access-date=2013-10-02|archive-date=April 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402203043/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-02/medaka-box-joins-shonen-jump-crossover-game-j-stars-victory-vs|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
As of 2013, the series has reached a total of 5 million copies sold.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://mantan-web.jp/2013/04/27/20130426dog00m200056000c.html|title=めだかボックス : 西尾維新原作の人気マンガついに完結 4年の歴史に幕|date=April 27, 2013|access-date=November 22, 2014|work=Mantan Web}}</ref>
By 2013, the series had over 5 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mantan-web.jp/2013/04/27/20130426dog00m200056000c.html|script-title=ja:めだかボックス : 西尾維新原作の人気マンガついに完結 4年の歴史に幕|date=April 27, 2013|access-date=November 22, 2014|work=Mantan Web|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819222308/http://mantan-web.jp/2013/04/27/20130426dog00m200056000c.html}}</ref>


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Medaka Box
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Medaka Kurokami (left) and Zenkichi Hitoyoshi (right)
めだかボックス
(Medaka Bokkusu)
Genre
Manga
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byAkira Akatsuki
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 11, 2009April 27, 2013
Volumes22 (List of volumes)
Further information
Anime television series
Directed byShouji Saeki
Produced by
  • Tomoyuki Saitō
  • Yoshikazu Beniya
  • Masazumi Katō
  • Yoshiyuki Itō
  • Tomoko Saitō
Written byShouji Saeki
Music byTatsuya Kato
StudioGainax
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVA, TVO
Original run April 5, 2012 December 27, 2012
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Shōsetsu-ban Medaka Box
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byAkira Akatsuki
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump J-Books
DemographicMale
Original runMay 2, 2012June 4, 2012
Volumes2
Light novel
Medaka Box Gaiden: Good Loser Kumagawa
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byAkira Akatsuki
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump J-Books
DemographicMale
Original runOctober 10, 2012November 12, 2012
Volumes2
Light novel
Medaka Box: Juvenile – Shousetsu-ban
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byAkira Akatsuki
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump J-Books
DemographicMale
PublishedOctober 4, 2013
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Medaka Box (Japanese: めだかボックス, Hepburn: Medaka Bokkusu) is a Japanese manga series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump between May 2009 and April 2013, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Medaka Kurokami, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, Kouki Akune and Mogana Kikaijima, who are the members of the student council, during their various adventures to honor suggestions presented by academy members in order to better the academy.

It received three light novel series, two series with two volumes and one with one volume between 2012 and 2013. It was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series that aired between April and June 2012. A second 12-episode season aired between October and December 2012.

Plot

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The series follows Medaka Kurokami, a gifted, charismatic and attractive first-year Hakoniwa Academy student who is elected Student Council President with 98% of the vote. She institutes a suggestion box, and with the help of her childhood friend Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, addresses these requests in an unconventional manner. Over the course of the story, she distributes the student council leadership positions to other students such as Kouki Akune and Mogana Kikaijima.

The Student Council learns that the academy chairman intends to initiate the Flask Plan, a project to forcefully experiment on regular students, called Normals, in order to turn them into humans with superhuman abilities called Abnormals. The Student Council infiltrates the academy's secret lab and battles other students that are involved with the project.

Shortly after, the Student Council are challenged to a tournament by Misogi Kumagawa who wishes to replace Medaka's Student Council with one of his own. After Kumagawa's defeat, two students are unsealed from his powers and complete their transfer to Hakoniwa Academy. The two are more powerful than Abnormals and are dubbed "Not Equals". Their leader, Anshin'in, threatens to restart the Flask Plan once Medaka graduates, forcing the Student Council to train their successors. However, Anshin'in's true plan is to have Zenkichi usurp Medaka's position as Student Council President. Zenkichi does so on the pretense of improving the student life and succeeds. He convinces Medaka to allow the Flask Plan for those who are willing.

Relieved from her duties as president of the Student Council, Medaka soon becomes involved in a tournament to decide her husband. Medaka enters herself and becomes the victor, choosing to marry Zenkichi once they both graduate. Soon after, Zenkichi's close friend Hansode Shiranui leaves the academy. Medaka and Zenkichi discover she is to become the next host for Iihiko Shishime, a 5000-year-old being. Medaka defeats him and disappears after stopping the moon from crashing towards the Earth, just to reappear in time for the year-end ceremony. Following her return, Medaka decides to leave the academy and assume her father's place ahead of her family's business conglomerate, the Kurokami Group, just to later return as the new chairwoman. Ten years later, Zenkichi has worked his way up the Kurokami Group, becoming a high-level employee before reuniting with her, with both promising to get married after another fight.

Media

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Manga

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Written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki, Medaka Box was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump between May 11, 2009,[3][4] and April 27, 2013.[5][6] Shueisha collected its 192 individual chapters in twenty-two tankōbon volumes, released from October 2, 2009, to September 4, 2013.[7][8]

Anime

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A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Gainax,[9][10] was broadcast on TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, and TV Osaka from April 5 to June 21, 2012;[11][12] a second season, Medaka Box Abnormal (めだかボックス アブノーマル, Medaka Bokkusu Abunōmaru), was broadcast from October 11 to December 27 of that same year.[13][14]

The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks, who released the anime in both digital and home video formats in September 2013.[13] Sentai Filmworks has also licensed the second season for digital and home video, which was released on January 21, 2014.[15][16][17] Both season were streamed by Crunchyroll;[1] after the acquisition of Crunchyroll by Sony Pictures Television, Medaka Box, among several Sentai Filmworks titles, was dropped from the Crunchyroll streaming service on March 31, 2022.[18]

Light novels

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Three light novel works, also written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki, have been released by Shueisha under their Jump J-Books imprint. A two-volume spin-off light novel series, titled Shōsetsu-ban Medaka Box (小説版めだかボックス), was released on May 2 and June 4, 2012.[19][20] A second two-volume spin-off novel series, titled Medaka Box Gaiden: Good Loser Kumagawa (めだかボックス外伝 グッドルーザー球磨川), was released on October 10 and November 19, 2012.[21][22] A prequel light novel, titled Medaka Box: Juvenile – Shousetsu-ban (めだかボックス ジュブナイル 小説版), was released on October 4, 2013.[23]

Video game

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Medaka Kurokami appears as a playable character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory VS, with Kumagawa appearing as a support character.[24]

Reception

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By 2013, the series had over 5 million copies in circulation.[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 9, 2012). "Crunchyroll to Stream Medaka Box TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Medaka Box". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  3. ^ ジャンプ次号の新連載「めだかボックス」は原作に西尾維新. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 27, 2009. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  4. ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ 2009年 Vol. 24 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009.
  5. ^ "Medaka Box Manga Ends". Anime News Network. April 23, 2013. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  6. ^ 「めだかボックス」最終回!夏発売のNEXT!に球磨川完結編. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 27, 2013. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  7. ^ めだかボックス 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  8. ^ めだかボックス 22 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  9. ^ Loo, Egan (September 28, 2011). "Medaka Box Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  10. ^ Loo, Egan (November 16, 2011). "Medaka Box School Comedy Anime To Be Produced By Gainax". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
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