Mitsuami no Kami-sama (みつあみの神様, lit. 'God with the Braided Pigtail Hair') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Kyō. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Jump X from August 2011 to May 2013, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. A 28-minute anime film produced by Production I.G, released internationally as Pigtails, premiered in Japan in October 2015.
| Mitsuami no Kami-sama | |
 Tankōbon volume cover | |
| みつあみの神様 | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Machiko Kyō |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Jump X |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 25, 2011 – May 10, 2013 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime film | |
| Pigtails | |
| Directed by | Yoshimi Itazu |
| Produced by | Keiko Matsushita |
| Written by | Miho Maruo |
| Music by | Ichiko Aoba |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | October 24, 2015 |
| Runtime | 28 minutes |
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Machiko Kyō, Mitsuami no Kami-sama was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Jump X from August 25, 2011,[1] to May 10, 2013.[2] Shueisha collected its chapters in a single tankōbon released on July 16, 2013.[3]
Film
A 28-minute anime film adaptation produced by Production I.G premiered on October 24, 2015.[4][5] It was released internationally under the title Pigtails.[6] The film had its Canadian premiere at the 20th Fantasia International Film Festival in July 2016.[7] Anime Limited released the film in the United Kingdom on a home video set titled Pigtails and Other Short Films (alongside Kick-Heart, Li'l Spider Girl, Drawer Hobs, and Oval × Over) on March 25, 2019.[8]
Reception
The manga won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's New Artist Prize in 2014.[9][10]
The film won the 2016 California Film Awards' Diamond Award in the Animated Film category.[11] It also won the North American Film Awards' Special Jury Award in 2017.[12]
See also
- Cocoon, another manga series by the same author
References
External links
- Official manga website at Jump X at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-03-18) (in Japanese)
- Official anime film website (in Japanese)
- Official anime film website at Production I.G
- Mitsuami no Kami-sama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia