Ultra Maniac

Ultra Maniac  

Description

From Viz:
At first glance, Nina Sakura seems like a typical teenage girl, but she's actually a transfer student from a witch school in another dimension! Now enrolled at a middle school in Japan, Nina is hoping to improve her grades, make some friends, and practice love spells on her unsuspecting new classmates.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

ウルトラマニアック
恋爱小魔女
戀愛小魔女
UltraManiac
UruMani

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Aku Tenshi
Cabbit
Chokoreto no Onigiri
Genesis
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Latest Release(s)

v.3 c.12 by Genesis (1585d ago)
v.1-5 by SaD (1588d ago)
v.3 c.11 by Genesis (1802d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin

5 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chp 1
Ends at Vol 3, Chp 15

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User Rating

Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (307 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.77 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 24th 2010, 12:19am PST

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Genre

Comedy  Fantasy  Romance  School Life  Shoujo Supernatural 
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ULTRA MANIAC

ULTRA MANIAC

Ultra Maniac is a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The romantic comedy series features seventh-grader Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom. The series premiered in Shueisha's Ribon manga magazine in February 2002 and ran until January 2004. It was also published in five collected volumes by Shueisha. Viz Media licensed and released an English translation of the series in North America.

The series was adapted into a 20-minute anime OVA, released August 6, 2002. Later, it was also adapted into a 26-episode anime television series. Both were produced by Ashi Productions and Animax. The anime series premiered on May 20, 2003 in Japan on Animax, and was later licensed for Region 1 distribution by Geneon Entertainment.

For more information, see the Wikipedia article on the subject.

Anime : Ultra Maniac TV

	Title	Ultra Maniac TV
	Japanese Title	ウルトラマニアック
	Official Site	-
	Category	TV
	Total Episodes	26
	Genres	Comedy, Magic, Romance, School Life
	Year Published	2003
	Release Date	2003-05-17 ∼ 2003-11-11
	Broadcaster	-
	Studio	Shueisha
	US Distribution	Geneon Entertainment
	User Rating	8.5/10.0 (48 reviews)  (top 200: # 132)  (Statistic)
	Updated	Fri, 16 May 2008 06:42:03 -0400

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Ultra Maniac (2002) Anime Ultra Maniac (2002) Manga >> Ultra Maniac TV (2003) Anime Description Hideo Middle School eighth-grader Ayu Tateishi, as a member of the tennis club, is of course a cool girl who is popular among the girls in the school. Actually, she's an ordinary girl pretending to be cool, because Kachi-kun of the baseball team likes her. She is adored by the transfer student Nina Sakura. Nina actually has a huge secret!? Because she is a young witch who transferred from the magic kingdom. She's a real witch which a magic computer and a magical treasure box. But this magic always causes big problems!! Now back to the boys. Of course there's Tetsushi Kachi, the up and coming ace of the baseball team, who is very popular among the girls, and his best friend, the calm and quiet member of the tennis club, Hiroki Tsujiai, and many others. This story is a school love comedy set at Hideo Middle School, starring the cool beauty Ayu, the young witch Nina, the baseball team's Kachi-kun, and the tennis team's Tsujiai-kun. Also, there are original characters that Yoshizumi-sensei designed specifically for the anime, so please look forward to it! *** thanks to Risa and Riku Harada for description and translation *** Crew, Cast, and Characters Role Person Animation Fujii Maki (藤井まき), Sugiyama Toyomi (杉山東夜美) Author Yoshizumi Wataru (吉住渉) Design Shimokasa Miho (下笠美穂) Director Masaki Sinichi (政木伸一), Takahashi Kazuhiro (高橋和博) Script Ikeda Mamiko (池田眞美子), Komparu Tomoko (金春智子), Maruo Miho (丸尾みほ) Character Seiyuu (Voice Talent) Sakura Nina    Kanda Akemi (神田 朱未)    Tateishi Ayu    Horie Yui (堀江 由衣)    Tetsushi Kachi    Kamiya Hiroshi (神谷 浩史)    Tsujiai Hiroki    Chiba Susumu (千葉 進歩)

Ultra Maniac page.

Ultra Maniac page.

Ultra Maniac (also known as UruMani or sometimes romanized as Ultramaniac) is the latest manga by YOSHIZUMI Wataru, and started its publication in the magazineRibon since its February 2002 issue, ending in the January 2004 issue. It was also adapted into an anime TV series during summer 2003.

Continuing with screwball school-comedy, cool student Ayu meets not-so-bright-but-very-cute magician Nina. Yup, you read that right! Poor Ayu's life is changed when Nina and her weird computer with magic downloaded from internet enter the equation!

Please use the following index for accessing the different sections in this page. Also, please, do not use any part of this page other than for personal use without my consent, thanks! :) (Coments, corrections and messages are always welcome.)

NEWS!! Ultra Maniac anime has been picked up by Geneon for its NA release!

NEWS:
Yoshizumi's new manga will start in Ribon #11 (on sale 02.oct)!

    

	What kind of manga would you like Yoshizumi-sensei to do next? Fantasy /Adventure!     20% Dramatic Romance     31% Slapstick HumorRomance     34% Something notschool related     10% Other     05% Vote! (opens new window)		Story Introducion Characters  (29/May) Manga Synopsis Manga Translations  (29/May) Image Gallery Anime Information Reader's Polls  (29/May) ISBN Information Where to Buy

STORY INTRODUCTION:

(Contains spoilers for the first two volumes)  Ayu is one of the coolest students at her school. She is smart, studious, sporty and has just the right ammount of untouchable quality to make her a friend of everybody. Her male counterpart is Kaji-kun: warm, happy, friendly and a memeber of the baseball club. No wonder Ayu's got a crush on him!One day, Ayu sees a new student, Nina, crying and looking for something. After Ayu helps her find it, Nina decides to show her gratitude in the best way she knows, magic! Nina turns out to be a student from the Magic Kingdom and is currently "studing aboard" in Ayu's school!  After Ayu is convinced about Nina's claims of magic, Nina keeps on trying to help her with her magic... and making a pretty big mess out of it! ^^ Finally Nina decides to settle her aspirations for Ayu's happiness into trying to help her and Kaji-kun become a couple. However she gets more than she bargained for when she discovers Kaji-kun is a very defferent person in private. Nina doesn't know how to tell Ayu, and at the same time... could it be that she is falling for Kaji herself?! To complicate matters, a childhook friend of Nina, Yuta, appears decided to make some trouble... YOSHIZUMI Wataru is back at her best with just the right ammount comedy and drama! Fans of "Mintna Bokura" will like this title, and so will all who like a healthy dose of humor and fantasy with their romantic plots.

ISBN Information:

These numbers come in handy when ordering the collected volumes or tankoubon from your local Japanese bookstore :)

Vol.1: ISBN4-08-856393-X (390yen w/o tax) [cover]
Vol.2: ISBN4-08-856431-6 (390yen w/o tax) [cover]
Vol.3: ISBN4-08-856467-7 (390yen w/o tax) [cover]
Vol.4: ISBN4-08-856507-X (390yen w/o tax) [cover]
Vol.5: ISBN4-08-856535-5 (390yen w/o tax) [cover]
(first press contains stickers page)
[ 5 volumes total ]

All images © copyright Yoshizumi Wataru, Shueisha (except backgrounds).