Hey Pitan!

Hey Pitan! (Japanese: おいピータン!!, Hepburn: Oi Piitan!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Risa Itō. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from 1998 to 2018, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. A sequel, titled Hey Hey Pitan!, started in the same magazine in 2018.

Hey Pitan!
First tankōbon volume cover
おいピータン!! (Oi Piitan!!)
Manga
Written by	Risa Itō
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Kiss
Demographic	Josei
Original run	1998 – 2018
Volumes	17
Manga
Hey Hey Pitan!
Written by	Risa Itō
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Kiss
Demographic	Josei
Original run	24 March 2018 – present
Volumes	4

Hey Pitan! won the 29th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo manga category in 2005 and the 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Short Manga Prize in 2006.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Risa Itō, Hey Pitan! was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from 1998 to 2018.^[1] Kodansha collected its chapters in 17 tankōbon volumes; the first volume was released on 13 November 2000,^[2] and was re-released with a "revised edition" on 13 March 2003.^[3] The last volume was released on 13 March 2018.^[4]

A sequel, titled Hey Hey Pitan! (おいおいピータン!, Oi Oi Piitan!), started in the same magazine on 24 March 2018.^[5] Kodansha released the first tankōbon volume on 11 September 2020.^[6] As of 13 September 2022 four volumes have been released.^[7]

Reception

Hey Pitan! won the shōjo manga category of the 29th Kodansha Manga Award in 2005,^[8] and the Short Manga Prize at the 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2006.^[9]

References

1. 【マンガ】恐怖のカオス冷蔵庫と「一緒に片付けた」モノ《おいピータン！！人間学》. Gendai Business (in Japanese). Kodansha. 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
2. おいピータン！！（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
3. おいピータン！！［改訂版］（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
4. 伊藤理佐「おいピータン!!」最終17巻発売、大森さんの手旗信号メッセージPVも. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
5. 伊藤理佐「おいピータン!!」続編、大森さんと渡辺さんの結婚生活がKissで. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 24 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
6. 伊藤理佐「おいピータン!!」が新しい家族を迎えて帰ってきた、続編1巻発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
7. 【9月13日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
8. Macdonald, Christopher (12 May 2005). "Kodansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
9. Mays, Jonathan (11 May 2006). "Tezuka Cultural Award Winners". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Hey Pitan! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia