To Love-Ru

Manga

To Love-Ru began as a manga series written by Saki Hasemi with illustrations by Kentaro Yabuki. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump between April 24, 2006 and August 31, 2009. The chapters were collected into 18 tankōbon volumes were published by Shueisha in Japan between November 11, 2006 and April 2, 2010.^[2][3] A sequel manga, To Love-Ru Darkness (To LOVEる -とらぶる- ダークネス, To LOVEru -Toraburu- -Dākunesu-), was serialized between October 4, 2010 and March 4, 2017 in Jump Square.^[4][5] Shueisha published 18 volumes for Darkness in Japan from March 4, 2011 to April 4, 2017.^[6][7] Additionally, two bonus chapters were published in the May and June 2017 issues of Jump Square.^[5]

Both manga series are licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment who will release them in print and digital formats. To Love-Ru will be published in two-in-one omnibus volumes, and To Love-Ru Darkness will be released as single volumes. Both manga series were originally starting publication in October 2017,^[8] but were later delayed to December 2017.

Drama CD

A drama CD for To Love-Ru was released on February 29, 2008 with an original story, featuring the voice cast later used in the anime, along with character songs.

Anime

An anime series adaptation produced by Xebec and directed by Takao Kato aired in Japan between April 4 and September 26, 2008, and contains twenty-six episodes. The anime uses characters and general themes from the original manga, it captures various chapters and events from the manga in no specific order. The anime's opening theme is "Forever We Can Make It!" by Thyme, the first ending theme for episodes one through thirteen is "Lucky Tune" (ラッキーチューン, Rakkī Chūn), and the second ending theme is "Kiss no Yukue" (kiss の行方); both are sung by Anna. The anime is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and distributed by Section23 Films. The complete collection part one containing the first half-season was released on December 15, 2009. Following the release of part two on February 16, 2010, the series began playing on the Anime Network in March 2010.^[9] Sentai released the series on Blu-ray Disc in March 2014.

Three original video animation (OVA) episodes produced by Xebec and directed by Takao Kato were shipped starting on April 3, 2009 with pre-ordered copies of the manga's 13th, 14th and 15th volumes.^[10] An additional three OVA episodes were released with the bundled version of the 16th, 17th and 18th volumes.^[11] The opening theme for the OVAs is "Yatte Koi Daisuki" and the ending theme is "Apple panic"; both songs are by Haruka Tomatsu and Sayuri Yahagi. A second season of the anime titled Motto To Love-Ru (もっとTo LOVEる -とらぶる-, More To Love-Ru -trouble-)^[12] produced by Xebec and directed by Atsushi Ōtsuki aired 12 episodes between October 6 and December 22, 2010. The opening theme for the second season is "Loop-the-Loop" by Kotoko and the ending theme is "Baby Baby Love" by Tomatsu. Sentai Filmworks have also licensed the second season and released the complete series set on DVD on April 3, 2012;^[13][14] the Blu-ray set was released on May 27, 2014.^[15]

Five OVA episodes of To Love-Ru Darkness were produced by Xebec and released with the limited editions of the manga's 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th volumes on DVD on August 17, 2012,^[16] December 19, 2012,^[17] August 19, 2013, and December 4, 2013,^[18] respectively. A twelve-episode anime television series adaptation was also produced by Xebec and directed by Atsushi Ōtsuki.^[19] The opening theme for To Love-Ru Darkness is "Rakuen Project" (楽園PROJECT) by Ray and the ending theme is "Foul Play ni Kurari" (ファールプレーにくらり) by Kanon Wakeshima. Sentai Filmworks released To Love-Ru Darkness on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on July 15, 2014.^[20][21] A second season of To-Love Ru Darkness, called To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd aired in Japan between July 7 and October 29, 2015.^[22] The opening theme is "secret arms" by Ray while the ending theme is "Gardens" by Mami Kawada.^[23] Three OVA episodes of To-Love Ru Darkness 2nd were produced by Xebec between January 4 and December 2, 2016. A fourth OVA episode to commemorate the 10th anniversary of To Love-Ru was released on November 2, 2017 with a book titled To Love-Ru Chronicles.^[24]

Video games

Five To Love-Ru video games have been released.^[25] The first is a 2D and 3D visual novel on the Nintendo DS entitled To Love-Ru: Exciting Outdoor School Version (To LOVEる-とらぶる- ワクワク! 林間学校編, To Love-Ru -Toraburu- Waku Waku! Rinkangakkō-hen) which was released on August 28, 2008.^[25] The second is a 2D adventure visual novel on the PlayStation Portable entitled To Love-Ru: Exciting Beach School Version (To LOVEる-とらぶる- ドキドキ! 臨海学校編, To Love-Ru -Toraburu- Doki Doki! Rinkaigakkō-hen) which was released on October 2, 2008.^[26] A third game, titled To Love-Ru Trouble Darkness: Battle Ecstasy, was released on May 22, 2014 for the PlayStation Vita. It was developed by FuRyu, the developer of Unchained Blades.^[27][28] Lala appears as a support character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory VS. A smartphone game titled To Love-Ru Darkness: Idol Revolution was released on March 19, 2014;^[29] the game was later added to the website DMM.com on May 13, 2015.^[30] A game titled To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness: True Princess, was released on November 5, 2015 for the PlayStation Vita.^[22]