Hipira

Hipira: The Little Vampire (ヒピラくん, Hipira-kun) is a manga-style story book written by Katsuhiro Otomo and illustrated by Shinji Kimura. The manga is licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics. The manga was adapted into an anime and broadcast on NHK BS-2 from December 21–25, 2009.

Hipira
The cover of Hipira
ヒピラくん (Hipira-kun)
Genre	Comedy, Supernatural
Manga
Written by	Katsuhiro Otomo
Illustrated by	Shinji Kimura
Published by	Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha Ltd.
English publisher	US: Dark Horse Comics
Published	September 2002
Volumes	1
Anime television series
Directed by	Shinji Kimura
Music by	Conisch
Studio	Sunrise
Original network	NHK BS-2
Original run	December 21, 2009 – December 25, 2009
Episodes	12

Media

Manga

Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha Ltd. released the manga in September 2002.^[1] The manga is licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics,^[2] which released the manga on August 24, 2005.^[3] Casterman released the manga on October 17, 2007.^[4]

Anime

The manga was adapted into an anime and broadcast on NHK BS-2's BS Fuyu Yasumi Anime Tokusen program for five consecutive days starting from December 21, 2009.^[5] The anime featured Yumiko Kobayashi as Hipira, Sayaka Ohara as Soul, Bin Shimada as Chōrō, Chihiro Suzuki as Georuge and Ayumi Fujimura as Erena.^[5]

Reception

Newtype USA magazine commends Shinji Kimura's artwork saying that his illustrations are both "creepy and cute".^[6]