Heibon Punch (manga)

Heibon Punch
	Manga volume 1 cover
平凡ポンチ; (Heibon Ponchi)
Genre	Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by	George Asakura
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Ikki Comix
Magazine	Monthly Ikki
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	March 25, 2003 – September 24, 2005
Volumes	4
Live-action film
Directed by	Sakichi Sato
Released	November 22, 2008
Runtime	105 minutes

Heibon Punch (Japanese: 平凡ポンチ, Hepburn: Heibon Ponchi, "Ordinary Punch") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Asakura. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki from 2003 to 2005, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Sakichi Sato, that premiered in Japan in November 2008

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by George Asakura, Heibon Punch was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki March 25, 2003,^[2] to September 24, 2005.^[a] Shogakukan collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from April 30, 2004,^[5] to June 30, 2006.^[6]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	April 30, 2004^[5]	4-09-188451-2
2	August 30, 2004^[7]	4-09-188452-0
3	July 29, 2005^[8]	4-09-188453-9
4	June 30, 2006^[6]	4-09-188324-9

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation, directed by Sakichi Sato, premiered in Japan on November 22, 2008.^[9]^[10]^[11] The film was released on DVD on March 25, 2009.^[12]

Notes

^ It finished in the magazine's November 2005 issue,^[3] released on September 24 of that same year.^[4]

References

^ 平凡ポンチ. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ 月刊ＩＫＫＩ 2003年5月号. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 15, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ "Last Up Date :: 2005.9.26". Jazze7 (in Japanese). September 26, 2005. Archived from the original on November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2024. 発売中のIKKI11月号にて「平凡ポンチ」最終回。
^ バックナンバー＞小学館 – 月刊ＩＫＫＩ. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 28, 2005. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^ ^a ^b 平凡ポンチ / 1. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b 平凡ポンチ / 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ 平凡ポンチ / 2. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ 平凡ポンチ / 3. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ 平凡ポンチ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
^ 平凡ポンチ. Cinematoday [ja] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ 平凡ポンチ (in Japanese). Japanese Film Database. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^ ジョージ朝倉フェアで祥伝社と小学館がタッグ（画像ギャラリー 5/5）. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 13, 2009. Archived from the original on April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

External links

Heibon Punch at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[5] It finished in the magazine's November 2005 issue,^[3] released on September 24 of that same year.^[4]

[1] 平凡ポンチ. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

[2] 月刊ＩＫＫＩ 2003年5月号. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 15, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

[3] "Last Up Date :: 2005.9.26". Jazze7 (in Japanese). September 26, 2005. Archived from the original on November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2024. 発売中のIKKI11月号にて「平凡ポンチ」最終回。

[4] バックナンバー＞小学館 – 月刊ＩＫＫＩ. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 28, 2005. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

[vol1-6] 平凡ポンチ / 1. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

[vol4-7] 平凡ポンチ / 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

[8] 平凡ポンチ / 2. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

[9] 平凡ポンチ / 3. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

[10] 平凡ポンチ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

[11] 平凡ポンチ. Cinematoday [ja] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

[12] 平凡ポンチ (in Japanese). Japanese Film Database. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

[13] ジョージ朝倉フェアで祥伝社と小学館がタッグ（画像ギャラリー 5/5）. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 13, 2009. Archived from the original on April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

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