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My Girlfriend's a Geek 
Cover of the first My Girlfriend's a Geek light novel腐女子彼女。
(Fujoshi Kanojo.)Genre Comedy, Romance, Slice of life Light novel Written by Pentabu Published by Enterbrain English publisher 
Yen PressOriginal run December 8, 2006 – August 1, 2007 Volumes 2 Manga Written by Pentabu Illustrated by Rize Shinba Published by Enterbrain English publisher Yen PressDemographic Shōjo Magazine B's LOG Comics Original run December 1, 2007 – March 1, 2010 Volumes 5 Live-action film Directed by Atsushi Kaneshige Produced by Enterbrain Written by Ei Katsuragi Released May 2, 2009 Fujoshi Kanojo (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] pageviews. A manga adaptation by Rize Shinba started serialization in 2007 and was published by Enterbrain under their B’s LOG Comics imprint. A movie adaption was 2009 published 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]
Contents
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.
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[5].
Film
The TV drama was released in May 2009. It was directed by Atsushi Kaneshige and with screenplay written by Ei Katsuragi.
References
- ^ "Fujoshi Kanojo at Pentabu's official website" (in Japanese). Pentabu. http://pentabutabu.blog35.fc2.com/. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ^ "大東俊介：映画「腐女子彼女。」に主演 間口広く何でも吸収したい 「執事喫茶」も体験" (in Japanese). Mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun. June 1, 2009. http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20090601mog00m200007000c.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Fujoshi Kanojo at IMDB's official website". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424056/releaseinfo#akas. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ^ "Yen Press: Books". Yen Press. http://www.yenpress.com/?page_id=4. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
- ^ "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. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
External links
- the official blog webpage of Fujoshi Kanojo at Pentabu (Japanese)
- Fujoshi Kanojo manga official webpage (Japanese)
- official webpage of the movie (Japanese)
- My Girlfriend's a Geek (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- My Girlfriend's a Geek novel series page at Yen Press
- My Girlfriend's a Geek manga series page at Yen Press
Categories:- Light novels
- Manga series
- Japanese films
- 2009 television films
- Otaku
- Internet memes
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- Yen Press titles
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