Nichijou

Nichijou
First volume cover
日常 (Nichijō)
Genre	Slice of life[1] Surreal comedy[2]
Manga
Written by	Keiichi Arawi
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: JManga (former) Vertical (vol. 1–10) Kodansha USA (vol. 11–)
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Ace Comptiq
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 2006 – present
Volumes	11
Original video animation
Nichijou Episode 0
Directed by	Tatsuya Ishihara
Produced by	Atsushi Itō Hideaki Hatta
Written by	Jukki Hanada
Music by	Yūji Nomi
Studio	Kyoto Animation
Licensed by	Crunchyroll[a]
Released	March 12, 2011
Runtime	24 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Tatsuya Ishihara
Produced by	Atsushi Itō Hideaki Hatta
Written by	Jukki Hanada
Music by	Yūji Nomi
Studio	Kyoto Animation
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	TV Aichi, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, TBS, KBS, Tokyo MX, MRO, FBC
Original run	April 3, 2011 – September 25, 2011
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Video game
Nichijou: Uchuujin
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	July 28, 2011
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Nichijou (Japanese: 日常, Hepburn: Nichijō, lit. "Everyday Life") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shōnen Ace, and was also serialized in Comptiq between the March 2007 and July 2008 issues. Kadokawa Shoten later published all chapters of the series' initial run in ten tankōbon volumes from July 2007 to December 2015. After a six-year hiatus, the manga began serialization again in 2021.^[3]

Set in Gunma Prefecture, Nichijou is populated by an ensemble set of characters, featuring moments from their everyday lives which alternate between the mundane and the strange, without strong focus on a narrative. A 26-episode anime television series directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and produced by Kyoto Animation was broadcast on independent television stations from April 3 to September 21, 2011, after an earlier original video animation (OVA) was released in March. The series was known in English as My Ordinary Life. A PlayStation Portable game by Vridge and Kadokawa Shoten was released on July 28, 2011, entitled Nichijou: Uchuujin.^[4]

The manga and anime series were initially licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment in July 2011, but both releases were cancelled due to the company's downsizing. The manga series was later licensed for publication in English by Vertical, with the first volume released in March 2016. Funimation released the anime in North America with subtitles on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on February 7, 2017. An English dub was later created for the Blu-ray re-release on July 23, 2019. Madman Entertainment licensed the anime series in 2011 for Australian and New Zealand distribution, releasing the DVDs in April and May 2013.

The anime adaptation initially received reserved praise from Western critics, who commended the animation quality but found it lacking in consistent humor and substance. Retrospective reviews, however, have since given the series high critical acclaim for its heart and surreal comedy, with critic Nick Creamer deeming it among the "finest anime comedies of all time".^[5]

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