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Pandora Hearts (stylized as PandoraHearts) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from May 2006 to March 2015, with its chapters collected in 24 tankōbon volumes.
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Reminiscent of a broken toy box, the mystical Abyss is a terrifying realm home to monstrous creatures called Chains. Most believe it to be only a fairy tale, used to scare children who misbehave. Oz Vessalius, the cheerful and mischievous heir of the noble Vessalius family, is one such individual—until, at his Coming-of-Age Ceremony, the mysterious...
The Abyss (アヴィス Avisu) is the most important element of Pandora Hearts. It is central to the narrative of the series, embodying the very universethat it operates on and acting as the origin for everything and everyone within. It is the core of all the conflict that unfolds around it, the catalyst for all events in the story, and the purpose upon which all is built. It manifests as a dimension parallel to the material world where the story takes place. All Chains are born from the Abyss, as is...
Chains (チェイン, Chein) are a species of organisms born from the Abyss and its twisted, warped power, each possessing a range of otherworldly powers and abilities far beyond that of regular humans. Chains' existences are unstable and tenuous when they leave their home dimension of the Abyss and enter the material world. To stabilize their existences, they search for humans to become their Contractors and serve as a conduit for their powers. In exchange for this, Chains will often offer their pot...
Contractors (契(けい) 約(やく) 者(しゃ) , Keiyakusha) are humans who have formed Contracts with Chains, a species of creatures born from the Abyss. Chains possess otherworldly powers and abilities far beyond any regular human's capabilities, and Contracting with them grants people access to those powers. In exchange, Chains whose existences become unstable and tenuous in the material worldget to have their existences stabilized when Contracted to a human. A majority of the significant characters are C...
Manga
1. Main Article: List of Volumes (Pandora Hearts) Pandora Hearts is written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki and serialized in Square Enix's monthly shōnen magazine GFantasy from June 2006 to April 2015. There are a total of one hundred four chapters collected into twenty-four volumes. The series was first licensed in English by Broccoli Books but was dropped. It was then picked up by Yen Press and serialized in Yen Plus beginning from the June 2009 issue. Yen Press began the English serializ...
Anime
1. Main Article: Pandora Hearts (Anime) Pandora Heartsis an anime television series adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. Under director Takao Kato, studio XEBEC produced an animation with music featured by Yuki Kajiura and themes by Savage Genius and FictionJunction. The series premiered on April 3, 2009 and ran until September 25, 2009, consisting of 25 episodes. The series was broadcast on TBS, BS-TBS, CBC and MBS during its initial run. On February 11, 2010, NI...
Guide Books
1. Main Article: List of Guide Books and Art Books (Pandora Hearts) Pandora Heartshas had three guide books to the manga published and one guide book to the anime. The first guide book was released in March 2009, the second guide book was released in July 2012, and the third and final guide book was released on June 2015. The anime's guide book was released in September 2009 simultaneously with the first art book. None of the guide books have been released in English as of yet.
Art Books
1. Main Article: List of Guide Books and Art Books (Pandora Hearts) Pandora Hearts has had two art books published throughout its time, the first in September 2009 simultaneously with the anime's guide book and the second in June 2015. It features illustrations, sketches, and concept art from the series, from Mochizuki's previous one-shot work Crimson-Shell, from light novel series Rolan the Forgotten King, and various other GFantasy and Gangan Joker series by other artists. The second art bo...
Light Novels
1. Main Article: List of Light Novels (Pandora Hearts) Pandora Hearts ~Caucus Race~ is a set of three light novels written by Shinobu Wakamiya and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. Each light novel is a collection of loosely connected short stories featuring the characters of Pandora Hearts, for the most part set in between major story arcs within the main manga. It began serialization by Square Enix in March 2011 with the release of the first light novel, and ended in May 2013 with the release o...
Soundtracks
1. Main Article: List of Soundtracks (Pandora Hearts) The first anime opening theme was released as a maxi-single, "Parallel Hearts," on April 29, 2009 under the Victor Entertainment label. The opening theme single performed by FictionJunction included "Parallel Hearts" and "Hitomi No Chikara" in both vocal and instrumental versions, with lyrics, compositions and arrangements made by Yuki Kajiura, and peaked at 20th on the Oricon singles charts. The first ending theme "Maze" was released on J...
Drama CD
1. Main Article: List of Drama CDs (Pandora Hearts) A drama CD entitled Pandora Hearts Drama CD was released on December 21, 2007 under the Frontier Works label.
Volume 8 of Pandora Hearts was ranked 21st on the Tohan charts between March 24 and 30, 2009, 19th between March 31 and April 6, 2009, and 1st between July 27 and August 2.
Pandora Hearts is an anime television series adaptation based on the manga series of the same name by written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It is directed by Takao Kato under the studio XEBEC. The series debuted on April 2, 2009, through the Japanese TV networks TBS and BS-TBS.
#Episode TitleOriginal Air Date01"Innocent Calm" Transliteration: " Tsumi ...April 2, 2009 (2009-04-02) [1]02"Tempest of Conviction" Transliteration: ...April 9, 2009 (2009-04-09) [2]03"Prisoner & Alichino" Transliteration: " ...April 16, 2009 (2009-04-16) [3]04"Rendezvous" Transliteration: " Asahikage ...April 23, 2009 (2009-04-23) [4]Pandora Hearts: With Junko Minagawa, Yukari Tamura, Akira Ishida, Kana Hanazawa. Oz Vessalius leads a wealthy and privileged life as the heir to the Vessalius estate, but things change when he is drawn into an eternal prison known as Abyss.
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Looking for information on the anime Pandora Hearts? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. To young Oz Vessalius, heir to the Vessalius Duke House, the perilous world called the Abyss is nothing more than a folktale used to scare misbehaving children.
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Spring 2009. 3.889 out of 5 from 17,697 votes. Rank #1,631. Screenshots. On the eve of nobleman Oz Bezarius's fifteenth birthday, he and his loved ones gather to celebrate in a coming-of-age ceremony.
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May 18, 2006 · Pandora Hearts was published in English by Yen Press from December 15, 2009, to March 22, 2016, and again in 12 omnibus volumes in a complete box set titled PandoraBox. It was also released in French by Ki-oon from July 1, 2010, to April 14, 2016; in German by Carlsen from March 18, 2011, to June 2016; in Spanish by Norma Editorial from March ...
