Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nami Sano. The manga follows a high school student named Sakamoto, who has a reputation for being the "coolest" person among the entire student body. The series has been licensed for an English release by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired between April 8 to July 5, 2016.
Plot
The story is centered around the incredibly popular Sakamoto: a flawless boy genius who is well liked by fellow students and most of the faculty in the high school for his coolness. Despite the strange situations he often finds himself in, typically consisting of pranks set up by the envious male population of the school, Sakamoto always manages to emerge in absolute perfection and as a result makes himself seem even cooler.Media
The series debuted in 2011, before beginning regular serialization in Enterbrain's Fellows! magazine on April 14, 2012. The series ended its serialization on December 14, 2015.The series is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment, who released the first volume in August 2015.
Volumes
The series was collected into four tankōbon volumes.Anime
It was announced in the final volume of the manga that the series would get an anime television series adaptation. It aired between April 8 and July 1, 2016, on TBS and later on CBC, MBS, BS-TBS and TBS Channel 1. The anime was animated by Studio Deen and written and directed by Shinji Takamatsu, with music composed by Yasuhiko Fukuda, character designs by Atsuko Nakajima and art direction by Masatoshi Muto. The opening theme was "COOLEST" by CustomiZ and ending theme was "Nakushita Hibi ni Sayonara" by Suneohair.The series was simulcast by Crunchyroll. Following a one-week delay due to coverage of the 2016 earthquake in Kumamoto, the thirteenth episode was not aired as part of the television broadcast. The episode was later streamed by Crunchyroll on September 27, 2016, and will be included with the series' fifth Blu-ray/DVD volume on October 26, 2016. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for release in North America. After the acquisition of Crunchyroll by Sony Pictures Television, Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto, among several Sentai Filmworks titles, was dropped from the Crunchyroll streaming service on March 31, 2022, before Sentai lost the license to the series a year later.
Reception
It won the 2013 Comic Natalie Grand Prize. Volume 1 was also number one on the Book of the Year list of Male-Oriented Comics from January to June, 2013 by Da Vinci magazine.As of November 24, 2013, volume 1 has sold 930,716 copies and volume 2, 397,213. Volume 1 was the 19th best-selling manga volume in the period of November 19, 2012 to May 19, 2013 and the 27th from November 19, 2012, to November 17, 2013. Volume 2 reached the number one place on the Oricon weekly manga chart in the week of November 11 to 17, 2013. Volume 3 has sold 626,823 copies as of January 18, 2015.