"Chobit" redirects here. For the manga by Akira Toriyama, see Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater.
Chobits
Volume 1 tankōbon cover, featuring Chi
ちょびっツ (Chobittsu)
Genre
Romantic comedy[1][2]
Science fiction[2]
Manga
Written by
Clamp
Published by
Kodansha
English publisher
AUS:Madman Entertainment (expired)
NA:Kodansha Comics
Imprint
Young Magazine KC
Magazine
Weekly Young Magazine
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
September 2000 – October 2002
Volumes
8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Morio Asaka
Produced by
Tatsuya Ono
Yuichi Sekido
Tetsuo Genshō
Music by
Keitarō Takanami
Studio
Madhouse
Licensed by
AUS:Madman Entertainment
NA:Geneon Entertainment (expired) Crunchyroll
UK:MVM Films (expired)
Original network
TBS
English network
SEA:Animax Asia
US:Funimation Channel
Original run
2 April 2002 – 24 September 2002
Episodes
27 + OVA (List of episodes)
Chobits (Japanese: ちょびっツ, Hepburn: Chobittsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the Japanese manga collective Clamp. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from September 2000 to October 2002, with its chapters collected in eight bound volumes.
Chobits was adapted as a 26-episode-long anime television series broadcast on TBS from April to September 2002. In addition, it has spawned two video games as well as various merchandise such as figurines, collectable cards, calendars, and artbooks.
The series tells the story of Hideki Motosuwa, a college student who finds an abandoned persocom (パソコン, PasoKon), or personal computer (パーソナルコンピュータ pāsonaru konpyūta) with an anthro-human form, which he names "Chi" after the only word it initially can speak. As the series progresses, they explore the mysteries of Chi's origin together and questions about the relationship between human beings and computers. The manga is set in the same universe as Angelic Layer, taking place a few years after the events of that story, and like Angelic Layer, it explores the relationship between humans and electronic devices shaped like human beings. Chobits branches off as a crossover into many other stories in different ways, such as Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic and Kobato.
In North America, the manga was licensed for an English-language release by Tokyopop in 2002 and was re-released by Dark Horse Comics in 2009 and later, Kodansha Comics in 2020. The anime series was licensed by Geneon in 2002 and re-licensed by Funimation in 2010.
^Kimlinger, Carl (August 11, 2011). "Chobits DVD Complete Box Set [Classic] - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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