Kotaro Lives Alone
Kotaro Lives Alone is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mami Tsumura. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Superior from March 2015 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in ten volumes. A ten-episode television drama was broadcast on TV Asahi in 2021.
A ten-episode original net animation series adaptation was produced by Liden Films and premiered in March 2022 on Netflix.
Premise
Kotaro Satо̄, a 4-year-old boy living on his own, moves into the apartment 203, next door to Shin Karino, a manga artist.
Characters
;Kotaro Satō
;Shin Karino
;Isamu Tamaru
;Mizuki Akitomo
;Ayano Kobayashi
;Aota
;Ryōta
;Tōko Futaba
;Takuya
;Sumire Takei
;Tonosaman
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Mami Tsumura, Kotaro Lives Alone was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Superior from March 13, 2015, to June 9, 2023. Shogakukan collected its chapters in ten individual volumes, released from December 28, 2015, to August 30, 2023.
Drama
A 10-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Asahi from April 24 to June 26, 2021.
Anime
In September 2021, an original net animation anime adaptation was announced. The series is animated by Liden Films and directed by Tomoe Makino, with story composition by Hiroshi Satо̄, character designs by Tomomi Kimura, and music composed by Yūya Mori. It premiered worldwide on Netflix on March 10, 2022.
Reception
By September 2021, the manga had over 1.4 million copies in circulation; it had over 1.7 million copies in circulation by June 2022. In 2018, Kotaro Lives Alone, alongside La La La, won the Electronic Manga Award in the Boys' Category.