Loveless (manga)

Loveless
Cover of the first manga volume
ラブレス (Raburesu)
Genre	Mystery, romance, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written by	Yun Kōga
Published by	Ichijinsha
English publisher	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Tokyopop (former) Viz Media
Magazine	Monthly Comic Zero Sum
Demographic	Josei
Original run	May 2002 – present
Volumes	13 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Yū Kō
Produced by	Junka Kobayashi Kozue Kaneniwa Yūko Kon Yūji Matsukura Schreck Hedwick
Written by	Yūji Kawahara
Music by	Masanori Sasaji
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Media Blasters
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	April 7, 2005 – June 30, 2005
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written by	Aya Natsui
Illustrated by	Yun Kōga
Published by	Ichijinsha
Imprint	Ichijinsha Bunko Iris
Demographic	Female
Published	July 19, 2008

Loveless (Japanese: ラブレス, Hepburn: Raburesu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yun Kōga. It is serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in thirteen tankōbon as of July 2017. Kōga plans to end the manga at fifteen volumes.^[2]

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation was made by J.C. Staff, broadcast in a post-midnight slot on TV Asahi and ABC from April 2005 to June 2005. The anime series was licensed and released in the US by Media Blasters in a set of 3 DVDs in early 2006.

The most immediately noticeable aspect of the story is that many characters are kemonomimi—cat-like features (in this case, ears and tails) are universal from birth, so there are as many catboys, including the protagonist, as there are catgirls. People in the Loveless universe lose their animal features when they lose their virginity. Those who no longer have animal features are differentiated by society as "adults".