This Art Club Has a Problem!


This Art Club Has a Problem! or Konobi for short, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Imigimuru. It focuses on the adventures of the members of Tsukimori Middle School's art club, where only Usami Mizuki cares about art at all. The president is always sleeping, while Uchimaki Subaru is only interested in painting his perfect 2D wife, frustrating Usami. The series has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine since October 2012. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Feel aired between July and September 2016.

Characters

Main characters

;Mizuki Usami
;Subaru Uchimaki
;Colette
;President
;Maria Imari
;Yumeko Tachibana

Others

;Nonoka
;Yukio Koyama
;Kaori Ayase
;Sayaka Honda
;Ryōko Kunigawa
;Moeka
;Shizuka
;Magical Ribbon
;Yurine Uchimaki

Media

Manga

This Art Club Has a Problem! is written and illustrated by Imigimuru. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine with the December 2012 issue, published on October 27, 2012. At Anime Expo 2023, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Anime

A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Feel aired between July 7 and September 22, 2016. The opening theme is "Starting Now!" by Nana Mizuki, and the ending theme is "Koisuru Zukei " by Sumire Uesaka. An insert song titled "Aozora Canvas" featured in episode five is sung by Ari Ozawa, Uesaka and Mizuki. Another insert song titled "Kokoro Palette " by Ozawa as Mizuki Usami is featured in episode 11. The series was released on six Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes between September 28, 2016, and February 22, 2017. The anime is licensed by Maiden Japan for streaming on Hidive and for an eventual Blu-ray release.
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