is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in

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's manga magazine ' from February 2017 to November 2018, with its chapters collected into two volumes. An

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film adaptation by

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premiered in Japan in October 2023. The series won the Excellence Award at the 25th

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in 2022.

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Characters

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store'' was serialized in

's ' magazine from February 17, 2017, to November 16, 2018. Two volumes were published on November 30, 2017, and October 30, 2020. In March 2024,

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announced that it had licensed the series for English publication; the two volumes were released on August 13 and December 10.

Volumes

Anime film

film adaptation was announced on April 25, 2023. It is produced by

and directed by , with the screenplay written by Satomi Ooshima, character designs handled by Chiyo Morita, who also served as chief animation director, and music composed by

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. The film held its world premiere at the

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on June 12, 2023. It was then released in Japan on October 20 of the same year by

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. performed the theme song "Gift".

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screened the film in North American theaters on September 11, 2024, under the title ''The Concierge''.

Reception

''The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store'' ranked fourth in ''Freestyle'' magazine's "The Best Manga 2019 Kono Manga o Yome!" list, tying with '' Areyo Hoshikuzu'' and ''Sore wa Tada no Senpai no Chinko''; it ranked 14th in the 2021 list. The series won the Excellence Award in the manga division of the 25th

in 2022. The anime film adaptation won the Silver Audience Award for Best Animated Feature at the 27th

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