Kyō no Go no Ni (今日の5の2)

Kyō no Go no Ni (今日の5の2)

Alternative title:
今日の5の2, Kyō no Go no Ni?, "Today's 5's 2", "Today, in Class 5-2"

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Slice of life story

Manga
Written by: Koharu Sakuraba
Published by: Kodansha
Demographic: Seinen
Magazine: Bessatsu Young Magazine
Original run: 2002 – 2003
Volumes: 1

Original video animation
Directed by: Makoto Sokuza
Written by: Miki Okitsu
Studio: Shinkūkan
Released: March 24, 2006 - March 21, 2007
Runtime: 114 mins
Episodes: 4 + 1 Special (List of episodes)

TV anime
Directed by: Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
Written by: Takamitsu Kouno
Studio: Xebec
Network: TV Tokyo Network Stations
Original run: October 5, 2008 – December 28, 2008
Episodes: 13 (List of episodes)

Original video animation
Directed by: Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
Written by: Takamitsu Kouno
Studio: Xebec

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Kyō no Go no Ni is the debut Japanese seinen manga series created by Koharu Sakuraba, the author of Minami-ke. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Young Magazine from 2002 to 2003, and the twenty-two chapters were later collected together in a single bound volume along with two extra chapters and published on November 11, 2003 by Kodansha. The main premise of Kyō no Go no Ni is the school life of the fifth grade class 5-2, focusing on an elementary-school boy named Ryōta Satō.

In 2006, Shinkūkan produced a four-episode original video adaptation (OVA) directed by Makoto Sokuza. The OVAs contain a special audio track in which the female characters' voices are replaced by members of the idol unit Sweet Kiss and were released in two versions: original and special edit. Xebec produced a thirteen episode anime adaptation directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa, unrelated to the OVAs. It first began airing on TV Tokyo between October 5, 2008 and December 28, 2008. Kodansha has announced that Xebec will be adapting an OVA version of the anime in 2009, directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa, featuring the same cast as the anime.