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Paradise Kiss (manga)

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Alternative title:
Paradis Kyss (Swedish)
ParaKiss (Japanese)
パラキス (Japanese)
パラダイス・キス (Japanese)
天國之吻 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: romance
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: To live up to the demands of an overbearing mother, high school senior Yukari has always been a student first and person later. But then she is spotted by a group of fashion school students who decide she's the perfect model for their new clothes line. Soon she is skipping school to hang out with a groups of (crazy) kids working hard to make their dreams a reality and before too long Yukari decides to find out if she can do the same.
Ratings: 349 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 85 votes (Eng:34, sub:24, dub:19, raw:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:3
1 Polish
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Portuguese
)
 Excellent: 108 votes (Eng:60, sub:23, dub:21, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 French
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 81 votes (Eng:47, sub:19, dub:7, ?:3, others:5
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French
1 Polish
1 German
1 Spanish
)
 Good: 44 votes (Eng:28, sub:11, ?:2, raw:1, dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 12 votes (Eng:5, sub:4, dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:4, Eng:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Korean
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (Eng:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 826 s, rank: #81 (of 6966)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.364 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6083, rank: #463 (of 7832)
Weighted mean: 8.295 (Very good+), rank: #637 (of 7832) (seen all: 8.56 / seen some: 7.45 / won't finish: 4.63)
Bayesian estimate: 8.288 (Very good+), rank: #149 (of 3540)
Number of tankoubon: 5
Number of pages: 184
Vintage: 2000-04
Release dates: We have 20
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 10-16 (Jan 12, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 1-7 (Dec 4, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 3-9 (Mar 5, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 9-15 (Dec 11, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 23-29 (Sep 25, 2012)
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Japanese Box Office, June 18-19 (Jun 23, 2011)
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Japanese Box Office, June 4-5 (Jun 12, 2011)
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Paradise Kiss, Mardock Scramble, Gon Promos Streamed (Nov 1, 2010)
Paradise Kiss Manga Gets Live-Action Film Green-Lit (Aug 21, 2010)
Minister Arai Regrets Aide Listing Manga as Expenses (Jun 15, 2010)
Fox in Talks for Live-Action Japanese Paradise Kiss Film (May 17, 2009)
Paradise Kiss Anime (Mar 22, 2005)
AX 2002: TOKYOPOP (Jul 6, 2002)
Tokyopop Commits to Unflopped Manga (Jan 29, 2002)
February Manga Releases (Dec 5, 2001)
December Releases (Sep 30, 2001)
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Graphic novel
    Paradise Kiss - Part 1 (GN 1) 2012-09-25 (from $40.00)
    Paradise Kiss - Part 2 (GN 2) 2012-12-04 (from $50.00)
    Paradise Kiss - Part 3 (GN 3) 2013-03-05 (from $48.16)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 1) 2002-05-21 (from $13.49)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 2) 2002-08-13 (from $29.99)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 3) 2002-10-15 (from $9.74)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 4) 2003-01-14 (from $39.94)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 5) 2004-03-09
    Paradise Kiss - 20th Anniversary Edition (GN 1-5) 2019-12-03 (from $25.31)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Ai Yazawa
Publisher: Shodensha
Serialized In: Zipper
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matt Alford (Vol 1-2)
Translation:
Shirley Kubo (Vol 4-5, Tokyopop)

Adaptation:
Paul Morrissey (Vol 1)
Associate Editor:
Vivian Chow (vol 1)
Brand Manager: Kimberly Bird
Editing:
Paul Morrissey (vol 1)
Editorial Director: Jeremy Ross (Vol 1-2)
Graphic Design:
Thea Willis (vol 1)
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney (Vol 1-2)
Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro (Vol 1-2)
Production manager:
Joaquin E. Reyes (Vol 2)
Production Specialist: Dolly Chan (vol 1)
Publisher: Stu Levy
Retouch & Lettering:
Yoohae Yang (Vol 5, Tokyopop)
Senior Editor:
Julie Taylor
VP of Production: Ron Klamert (Vol 1-2)
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by:
Vertical (2012)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Editorial Ivréa (Argentina; España)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga
German cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Publisher: Comics Factory
Russian cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Aleksandra Watanuki
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Waneko
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Eliana Celestino (Panini)
Publisher:
Panini Comics (2021)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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