Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku
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is a Japanese manga
by Mari Ozawa
serialized in Kiss
from 1993 to 1999. It won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award
for shōjo manga and it was adapted into a 2-episode live-action television drama in 1996.
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
by Mari Ozawa
Mari Ozawa
is a Japanese josei manga artist who writes primarily for Kiss and Young You. She won the 1995 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku.-Works:*Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku...
serialized in Kiss
Kiss (magazine)
is a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Kodansha, with a circulation of over 140,000. It was first published in 1992 as a monthly magazine Monthly Kiss....
from 1993 to 1999. It won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the...
for shōjo manga and it was adapted into a 2-episode live-action television drama in 1996.