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Judo-bu Monogatari

Judo-bu Monogatari (柔道部物語) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Kobayashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1985 to 1991, with its chapters collected in 11 volumes. A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation was released in 1991. Another manga series created by Kobayashi and Olympic gold medalist judoka, Yuko Emoto, titled JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari, started in 2016.

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Written and illustrated by Makoto Kobayashi, Judo-bu Monogatari was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1985 to 1991.[2][3] Kodansha collected its chapters in 11 volumes, released from June 15, 1987,[4] to August 13, 1991.[5]

A related manga series, titled JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari (JJM 女子柔道部物語), with an original story by Yuko Emoto, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Women's Judo-61 kg gold medalist, featuring a female protagonist, started in Kodansha's Evening on August 9, 2016.[6][7]

Original video animation

A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation by Studio Deen was released on VHS from March 25 to June 25, 1991.[8][9][10]

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