Houseki No Kuni

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About

Houseki No Kuni (known as Land of the Lustrous in English) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Haruko Ichikawa and published by Kodansha. In 2017, it was adapted into an anime written by Toshiya Ono and directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku.

History

Houseki No Kuni is written and illustrated by Haruko Ichikawa.^[1] The first volume was published on October 25th, 2012 and eight volumes have been released as of December 29th, 2017. The story follows a group of genderless jewels that take the form of human beings. The main character, Phosphophyllite, is considered a lowly jewel among her peers and befriends Cinnabar, a wiser gem, and the story follows their developing friendship. Also, the jewels are at war with a group called the Lunarians. A fan translation of Houseki No Kuni is available on Mangapark.^[2] The an official translation of the first volume into English was published on on June 27th, 2017.

Anime

In July of 2013, a promotional video for an anime of the series was released.^[3] At the time, no official anime was announced. Four years later, an anime series was produced by Orange and ran between October 7th and December 23rd of 2017 (theme song shown below).

Reception

The anime series was well-received, and holds a rating of 8.49/10 on MyAnimeList.^[4] Anime blogger rabujoi^[5] praised the series' 3D CGI animation style. Chibi Reviews reviewed the first few episodes of the show on October 23rd, 2017, gaining over 12,000 views (shown below). YouTuber Zeria reviewed the anime on December 12th, gaining over 73,000 views. They also praised the show's art-style, which has not always been successfully implemented in other anime.

Fandom

The show has a fan-driven Wikia page^[6] and a page on TV Tropes.^[7] On DeviantArt,^[8] there are currently 883 results of fan art found when searching "Houseki No Kuni." There are also many examples of fan art on Tumblr^[9] as well.