Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eri Takenashi. The manga was serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Rex magazine from the January 2006 issue to the September 2017 issue. A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired between October and December 2008 in Japan. An original video animation episode was released in May 2009. Bandai Entertainment licensed the manga and anime series, including the OVA.
Characters
Main characters
;Jin Mikuriya;Tsugumi Aoba
;Zange
;Hakua Suzushiro
Art club members
;Daitetsu Hibiki;Meguru Akiba
;Shino Ōkouchi
;Takako Kimura
Others
;Reiri Suzushiro;Ozma
;Shouhou Hinoue
Media
Manga
Kannagi began as a manga series written and illustrated by Eri Takenashi and began serialization in the inaugural January 2006 issue of Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex sold on December 9, 2005. The manga went on a hiatus in December 2008 after Takenashi developed a subarachnoid hemorrhage in November 2008. The manga resumed with the September 2011 issue of Comic Rex on July 27, 2011, but due to ongoing concerns for her health, Takenashi warned in June 2011 that the series' publishing schedule would be irregular, though her goal was for a bi-monthly release. The series concluded in the September 2017 issue of Comic Rex released on July 27, 2017.The first tankōbon volume was released on August 9, 2006, under Ichijinsha's Rex Comics imprint; as of July 27, 2016, 11 volumes have been released in Japan. Bandai Entertainment licensed the manga for distribution in North America. However, after publishing the first three volumes in the series, further releases were halted in 2012 as a result of Bandai Entertainment's restructuring.
A spin-off manga titled Kanpachi: Crazy Seriola Dumerili written and illustrated by Takenashi's brother Shinichi Yuhki was serialized from March 9, 2010, to March 26, 2016, in Comic Rex. The first volume was released on October 27, 2010; as of June 27, 2013, five volumes have been released.