is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

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. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

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'' from December 2009 to August 2022, and has been collected in twenty-nine ''

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'' volumes. An

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television series adaptation produced by

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aired from April 3 to June 19, 2021, on the

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programming block.

Characters

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Media

Manga

The

is written and illustrated by

. The series was serialized in Kodansha's ''

'' from December 5, 2009, to August 5, 2022. Kodansha has compiled its chapters into individual ''

'' volumes. The first volume was published on October 15, 2010. As of December 16, 2021, twenty-nine volumes have been released. An

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with the first three volumes released in Japan on March 17, 2021.

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is publishing the manga digitally in North America.

Volume list

Anime

television series adaptation was announced in the September issue of ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' on August 6, 2020. The series is animated by

and directed by Hiroaki Akagi, with Kan'ichi Katō handling series composition, and Jiro Mashima designing the characters. The

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will supervise the music in the anime. The two opening theme songs "Blizzard" and "Ginsekai" (Silver World) was performed by Burnout Syndromes, while the ending theme song "Kono Yume ga Sameru Made" (Until I Wake From Dreaming) was performed by

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and the

. The series aired from April 3 to June 19, 2021, on the

programming block on MBS, TBS, and

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. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Southeast Asia. Mighty Media has licensed the series in Southeast Asian territories.

Episode list

Reception

''Those Snow White Notes'' was nominated for the 4th

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, and it was ranked third in the 2012 ''

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'' Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey. It also won the 36th

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in the '' shōnen'' category and an Excellence Award at the 16th

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Awards. The series was nominated for the 23rd

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Curren ...

in 2019. Volume 9 has sold 70,223 copies as of October 20, 2013.

Notes

References

External links

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