Karada Sagashi

Karada Sagashi (カラダ探し) is a Japanese manga series written by Welzard and illustrated by Katsutoshi Murase. The series is based on a cell phone novel of the same name by Welzard. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from September 2014 to December 2017.

Karada Sagashi
First tankōbon volume cover
カラダ探し
Genre	Horror[1]
Manga
Written by	Welzard
Illustrated by	Katsutoshi Murase
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Shōnen Jump+
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	September 26, 2014 – December 8, 2017
Volumes	17
Original net animation
Released	July 31, 2017 – August 11, 2017
Runtime	3 minutes
Episodes	10
Manga
Karada Sagashi Kai
Written by	Welzard
Illustrated by	Katsutoshi Murase
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Shōnen Jump+
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 5, 2018 – January 25, 2019
Volumes	5
Manga
Karada Sagashi I
Written by	Harumi Doki
Illustrated by	Katsutoshi Murase
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Shōnen Jump+
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	September 24, 2022 – March 11, 2023
Volumes	3
Live-action film
Directed by	Eiichirō Hasumi
Written by	Harumi Doki
Music by	Yugo Kanno
Studio	Warner Bros. Japan
Released	October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)

A 10-episode original net animation adaptation aired on Production I.G's Tate Anime app between July and August 2017. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in 2022.

Characters

Asuka Morisaki

Voiced by: Kana Asumi^[2]

Takahiro Ise

Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi^[2]

Haruka Mikami

Voiced by: Tamaki Orie^[3]

The Red Person

Voiced by: Aimi Tanaka^[3]

Rumiko Hiiragi

Voiced by: Reina Aoyama^[3]

Shōta Uranishi

Voiced by: Koutaro Nishiyama^[3]

Rie Naruto

Voiced by: Madoka Asahina^[3]

Kenji Sugimoto

Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara^[3]

School Announcer

Voiced by: Aoi Koga^[3]

Media

Manga

Written by Welzard and illustrated by Katsutoshi Murase, Karada Sagashi was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from September 26, 2014 to December 8, 2017.^[4][5] The series is based on a cell phone novel of the same name written by Welzard.^[6] Its chapters were collected into seventeen tankōbon volumes from February 4, 2015 to February 2, 2018.^[7][8]

A spin-off manga, titled Karada Sagashi Kai, was serialized on Shōnen Jump+ from January 5, 2018 to January 25, 2019.^[5][9] The spin-off's chapters were collected into five tankōbon volumes from April 4, 2018 to March 4, 2019.^[10][11]

A manga adaptation of the live-action film, titled Karada Sagashi I, was serialized on Shōnen Jump+ from September 24, 2022 to March 11, 2023.^[12][13] The adaptation's chapters were collected into three tankōbon volumes from November 4, 2022 to April 4, 2023.^[14][15]

Karada Sagashi

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	February 4, 2015[7]	978-4-08-880291-6
2	April 3, 2015[16]	978-4-08-880347-0
3	July 3, 2015[17]	978-4-08-880424-8
4	September 4, 2015[18]	978-4-08-880455-2
5	December 4, 2015[19]	978-4-08-880547-4
6	February 4, 2016[20]	978-4-08-880614-3
7	April 4, 2016[21]	978-4-08-880662-4
8	June 3, 2016[22]	978-4-08-880702-7
9	August 4, 2016[23]	978-4-08-880767-6
10	November 4, 2016[24]	978-4-08-880817-8
11	December 31, 2016[25]	978-4-08-880895-6
12	March 3, 2017[26]	978-4-08-881035-5
13	May 2, 2017[27]	978-4-08-881085-0
14	August 4, 2017[28]	978-4-08-881131-4
15	October 4, 2017[29]	978-4-08-881244-1
16	December 4, 2017[30]	978-4-08-881299-1
17	February 2, 2018[8]	978-4-08-881351-6

Karada Sagashi Kai

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	April 4, 2018[10]	978-4-08-881484-1
2	July 4, 2018[31]	978-4-08-881527-5
3	October 4, 2018[32]	978-4-08-881599-2
4	December 4, 2018[33]	978-4-08-881687-6
5	March 4, 2019[11]	978-4-08-881789-7

Karada Sagashi I

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	November 4, 2022[14]	978-4-08-883309-5
2	February 3, 2023[34]	978-4-08-883408-5
3	April 4, 2023[15]	978-4-08-883472-6

Anime

An original net animation adaptation was announced on April 28, 2017.^[1] Ten episodes were aired on Production I.G's Tate Anime app from July 31 to August 11, 2017.^[35]

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation was announced on August 27, 2021. The film is produced by Warner Bros. Japan, directed by Eiichirō Hasumi, with scripts by Harumi Doki, music composed by Yugo Kanno, and stars Kanna Hashimoto as Asuka Morisaki.^[36] It premiered in Japanese theaters on October 14, 2022.^[37]