Eromanga Sensei

Eromanga Sensei (Japanese: エロマンガ先生, lit. "Erotic Manga Author") is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. ASCII Media Works has published ten volumes in the series under its Dengeki Bunko imprint since December 2013. A manga adaptation illustrated by Rin began serialization in Dengeki Daioh in May 2014. An anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from April to June 2017.

Plot
The story centers around high school student Masamune Izumi who loves writing light novels. Having no artistic skill himself, Masamune always gets his novels illustrated by an anonymous partner using the pen name "Eromanga", who is known for drawing questionably perverted images despite being extremely reliable. In addition to balancing his passion and school, Masamune is also stuck with taking care of his only family member—his younger step-sister Sagiri Izumi. A hikikomori by nature, Sagiri shut herself in her room for over a year and constantly bosses Masamune around despite his attempts to get her to leave her room. However, when Masamune inadvertently discovers that his anonymous partner has been Sagiri all along, their sibling relationship quickly leaps to new levels of excitement, especially when a beautiful, female, best-selling shōjo manga author enters the fray.

Main

 * Masamune Izumi (和泉 正宗, Izumi Masamune)
 * Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
 * The protagonist of the series, he is a 15-year old first-year high school student. When he was in junior high school, he won an award for writing a light novel series. He later writes a series known as Silverwolf of Reincarnation and hires an anonymous illustrator named "Eromanga", but discovers that Eromanga is his own step sister Sagiri.


 * Sagiri Izumi (和泉 紗霧, Izumi Sagiri)
 * Voiced by: Akane Fujita
 * The heroine of the series and the titular Eromanga Sensei, she is a 12-year-old first-year junior high school student. She is a hikikomori who never leaves her room, even to eat, instead relying on her step brother to bring food to her room. She later starts inviting her brother into her room and opens up more to the world, even venturing outside the boundaries of her room. Even though Masamune and several other people know that she is "Eromanga Sensei", she always stalls the conversation by saying she does not know someone of that name. According to her blog, the pen name is derived from the name of an island and does not have any relationship with any ecchi manga. In the anime, Sagiri's illustrations are drawn by Tiv.


 * Elf Yamada (山田エルフ, Yamada Erufu)
 * Voiced by: Minami Takahashi
 * Elf is a 14-year-old popular light novel author who has sold over 2 million copies. She starts living next door to Masamune and is famed for dressing in a lolita style. She has shown to have developed romantic feelings for Masamune and has confessed to him. Elf Yamada is her pen name. Her real name is Emily Granger (エミリー・グレンジャー, Emirī Gurenjā).


 * Muramasa Senju (千寿 ムラマサ, Senju Muramasa)
 * Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi
 * Muramasa is a successful light novel writer who has sold over 14.5 million copies of her novel series. She is a fan of Masamune's Silverwolf of Reincarnation series, So she gets upset after he ends the series. She tried to stop him from writing romantic comedy series but admitted defeat after losing to him in the Light Novel Tenkaichi Butōkai (ラノベ天下一武闘会, Ranobe Tenkaichi Butōkai)competition. She is in love with Masamune, but he rejects her after she confesses her feelings to him. Muramasa Senju is her pen name. Her real name is Hana Umezono (梅園 花, Umezono Hana).


 * Megumi Jinno (神野 めぐみ, Jinno Megumi)
 * Voiced by: Ibuki Kido
 * Megumi is a classmate of Sagiri, and a former amateur model. While initially believed to be a perverted girl, however, Megumi is actually quite innocent, and just pretends to be experienced about relationships and the opposite sex in order to make herself look "cool".


 * Tomoe Takasago (高砂 智恵, Takasago Tomoe)
 * Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa
 * Tomoe is a friend of Masamune whose family runs a local bookstore, Takasago Shoten (たかさご書店).


 * Kunimitsu Shidō (獅童 国光, Shidō Kunimitsu)
 * Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
 * Shidō is one of the participants of the Light Novel Tenkaichi Butōkai competition, but he lost the event since Masamune won first place and he only won second place. He thinks that Masamune is gay.

Supporting

 * Ayame Kagurazaka (神楽坂 あやめ, Kagurazaka Ayame)
 * Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu
 * Kagurazaka is Masamune's and Muramasa's executive editor.


 * Chris Yamada (山田 クリス, Yamada Kurisu)
 * Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita
 * Chris is Elf's older brother and her executive editor.

Light novels
The light novels are written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. The series is published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint, and the first volume was released on December 10, 2013. Twelve volumes have been released as of November 2019.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Rin began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine on May 27, 2014. The manga has been compiled into ten tankōbonvolumes since November 10, 2014. Dark Horse Comics licensed the series in North America. In July 2020, the manga became one of seven titles to be removed from Books Kinokuniya in Australia for claims of promoting child pornography. A spin off manga focusing on the character Elf Yamada began serialization in the September issue of Dengeki Daioh on July 27, 2018.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation is directed by Ryohei Takeshita, written by Tatsuya Takahashi, and produced by Shinichiro Kashiwada and Aniplex, featuring animation by the studio A-1 Pictures. The anime aired from April 9 to June 25, 2017. Two original video animation episodes were scheduled to be released in 2018 but were pushed back to January 16, 2019. The opening theme is "Hitorigoto" (ヒトリゴト, Soliloquy) by ClariS, and the ending theme is "Adrenaline!!!" by TrySail, with episode 8 featuring "Natsuiro Koi Hanabi" (夏色恋花火, The Summer Colored Fireworks of Love) by Akane Fujita. Aniplex of America has licensed the series in North America.