The official website of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine has announced that Karuho Shiina's shoujo manga Kimi ni Todoke will end in the December issue of the magazine, to be released on November 13.
Kimi ni Todoke began its serialization in 2005 as a prologue one-shot, and currently has 29 compiled volumes in print, with latest published on July 25. The manga won the 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo Manga, and was nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho Award in 2008. Two anime adaptations by Production I.G aired in Fall 2009 and Winter 2011, and ran for 25 episodes and 12 episodes, respectively. A live-action movie premiered in Japan in September 2010. A novel adaptation by Kanae Shimokawa has been published since 2007. Kanako Shirai launched a second novel adaptation under the Shueisha Mirai Bunko imprint in 2011.
VIZ Media has licensed the manga for North American release, and published the 27th compiled volume on September 5. Both anime seasons were also license by NIS America, Inc. for North American distribution.
Source: Comic Natalie
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