The Qwaser of Stigmata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
聖痕のクェイサー (Seikon no Kweisā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre | Action, Supernatural, Yuri[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by | Hiroyuki Yoshino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illustrated by | Kenetsu Satō | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Published by | Akita Shoten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
English publisher | Tokyopop (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magazine | Champion Red | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demographic | Seinen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original run | September 2006 – July 9, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volumes | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anime television series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by | Hiraku Kaneko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by | Makoto Uezu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music by | Tatsuya Kato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Studio | Hoods Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original network | MBS, Tokyo MX, CTC, TVS, tvk, AT-X (TV, censored), AnimeOne (webcast, uncensored) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original run | January 9, 2010 – June 19, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Episodes | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original video animation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Qwaser of Stigmata: Portrait of the Empress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by | Hiraku Kaneko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by | Shigeru Morita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music by | Tatsuya Kato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Studio | Hoods Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Released | October 20, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Runtime | 25 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Qwaser of Stigmata (Japanese: 聖痕のクェイサー, Hepburn: Seikon no Kueisā) is a Japanese manga series authored by Hiroyuki Yoshino featuring art by Kenetsu Satō. The series is notable for its violence, fan service, and the use of milk-like vital energy coming from women's breasts (referred to as Soma) as a central plot device. The manga series was published in Japan in the manga magazine Champion Red from 2006 to 2016, and the chapters collected into 24 tankōbon volumes. A 24-episode anime television series was produced with the same title as the manga series and broadcast in Japan on Biglobe in 2010. An OVA adaptation titled The Qwaser of Stigmata: Portrait of the Empress (聖痕のクェイサー: 女帝の肖像, Seikon no Kweisā: Jotei no Shōzō) was also produced and released on DVD with the manga series volume 10. A 12-episode second season was produced with the title The Qwaser of Stigmata II (聖痕のクェイサー II, Seikon no Kweisā Tsū) and was broadcast in Japan between April and June, 2011.[2]
Sentai Filmworks licensed both seasons and the OVA for digital distribution and home video release in North America, releasing English subtitled DVD sets in 2012 and 2013.[3]