Hen Semi


Hen Semi, also known as Abnormal Physiology Seminar, is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by TAGRO and is a remake of his earlier manga series,. Hen Semi has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Morning Two manga magazine since 2006. It has been adapted into an original video animation in 2010, as well as an anime television series in 2011.

Plot

Nanako falls in love with Komugi and she joins a seminar which he enrolls, but the seminar is an abnormal seminar. Sexual harassment-like assignments and eccentric classmates confuse her.

Characters

;Nanako Matsutaka
;Komugi Musashi
;Miwako Mizukoshi
;Anna Katō
;Yesterday Taguchi
;Makiko Gregory
;Hishiyasu Ichikawa
;Kenji Meshiya
;Yūji Horii

Media

Manga

Hentai Seiri Seminar appeared serially in 5 episodes in Wanimagazine's hentai manga magazine Comic Kairakuten, and it was contained on a collection of TAGRO's short stories in 2004 by Daitosha. Hen Semi was first serialized in Kondansha's seinen manga magazine Morning 2 in 2006. As of August 2011, 5 volumes have been released.

Original video animation

The first volume was released with the limited edition of volume four of the manga on July 23, 2010; and the second volume was released with the limited edition of volume five of the manga on March 23, 2011. The opening theme is "Maniaekirakira" by Nobuhiro Makino, Hitomi Mieno, and Kana Hanazawa and the ending theme is "Hen Rin Shan; Hen da yo. Rinsū no Ato ni Shanpū te" by Ataru Sumiyoshi, Hitomi Mieno, and Kana Hanazawa, Minoru Shiraishi, Norihisa Mori, Takashi Matsuyama.

Anime television series

In December 2010, an anime television series adaptation of Hen Semi was announced on Kodansha's website. Produced by Xebec under the direction of Takao Kato and scripts by Takamitsu Kōno, the series began its broadcast between April 3 to July 3, 2011, on MBS. The duration of the episodes is half of that of a regular anime episode: 12 minutes instead of 24 minutes.
The opening theme is a non-lyric song "Hen Zemi Hajimaru yo!" by Masaru Yokoyama and the ending theme is "Punctuation!" by Hajime Kikuchi, Hitomi Mieno, and Kana Hanazawa.

Internet radio show

A weekly internet radio show titled Hen Lab began airing on March 15, 2011, on Animate TV. It is co-hosted by Minoru Shiraishi, Norihisa Mori and Takashi Matsuyama.