Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō
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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō (Japanese: ヨコハマ買い出し紀行) (English: Yokohama Shopping Log)[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine from June 1994 to February 2006, with a concluding postscript episode in July 2006, and collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. Parts of the story were adapted as two original video animation (OVA) anime series of two episodes each, where the latter one is titled Quiet Country Cafe.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō | |
ヨコハマ買い出し紀行 | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Hitoshi Ashinano |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Afternoon KC |
Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | June 1994 – February 2006 |
Volumes | 14 (List of volumes) |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Takashi Annō |
Produced by |
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Music by | Gontiti |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Released | 21 May 1998 – 2 December 1998 |
Runtime | 28 minutes each |
Episodes | 2 |
Original video animation | |
Quiet Country Cafe | |
Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
Produced by | Naomi Sudō |
Written by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
Music by | Choro Club |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Released | 18 December 2002 – 5 March 2003 |
Runtime | 32 minutes each |
Episodes | 2 |
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The series depicts the daily life of an android who runs a coffee shop some time after the Earth's ecology has collapsed. It is noted for its spare pen-and-ink drawing style, as well as its calm, meticulously paced stories and engaging characters.[3] Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō won the 2007 Seiun Award for best science-fiction comic.