Back Bokura ga Ita German Bokura ga Ita Spanish C'était nous French Bokura ga ita Italian 僕等がいた Japanese 우리들이 있었다 Korean Bokura ga Ita Portuguese Bokura ga Ita Russian Bokura ga Ita Turkish 我們的存在 Chinese
| We Were There | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:We_Were_There.jpg) The cover of the first Japanese manga volume as published by Shogakukan | |
| 僕等がいた (Bokura ga Ita) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuki Obata |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Flower Comics |
| Magazine | Betsucomi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | April 13, 2002 – February 13, 2012 |
| Volumes | 16 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kōichirō Sōtome (Chief) Akitaro Daichi |
| Produced by | Susumu Hieda Yasushi Ōshima Takuya Yui Fuyuna Iizuka (#1–14) Aya Kawamura (#15–26) Chikako Furuya (#15–26) |
| Written by | Mamiko Ikeda |
| Music by | Jun Abe Seiji Mutō |
| Studio | Artland |
| Original network | Chiba TV, KBS, Tokyo MX, TV Saitama, GBS, Kids Station, TrueVisions |
| Original run | July 3, 2006 – December 25, 2006 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Takahiro Miki |
| Written by | Tomoko Yoshida |
| Music by | Suguru Matsutani |
| Released | March 17, 2012 (Part 1) April 21, 2012 (Part 2) |
| Runtime | 100 minutes |
We Were There (Japanese: 僕等がいた, Hepburn: Bokura ga Ita) is a Japanese romance manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Obata. The story follows the relationship between Motoharu Yano and Nanami Takahashi, starting from their teenage years and continuing into their early twenties. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine from April 2002 to February 2012 and later collected into 16 bound volumes under the Flower Comics imprint. The manga is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media.
We Were There was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, produced by Artland and directed by Akitaro Daichi, which aired in Japan from July 3 to December 25, 2006. A two-part live-action film adaptation, starring Toma Ikuta and Yuriko Yoshitaka, and directed by Takahiro Miki, was released in Japan on March 17 and April 21, 2012, respectively.
In 2005, the series won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo manga category.