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Sand Chronicles (manga)

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Alternative title:
La clessidra - Ricordi d'amore (Italian)
Le Sablier (French)
Reloj de Arena (Spanish)
Suna-dokei (Japanese)
Sunadokei - Die Sanduhr (German)
Sunadokei - O Relógio de Areia (Portuguese)
砂時計 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Plot Summary: For the first twelve years of her life, Ann Uekusa was just a typical girl living in Tokyo with her loving parents. When her father's business begins to fail, however, things begin to change. Her parents divorce and Ann and her mother, Miwako, are forced to move to the small, country town in Shimane to live with her grandparents. Being at the cusp of her teenage years provides its own type of problems, but Ann finds her life is filled with more pressing difficulties as she is forced to adjust to a family falling apart. Ann is not completely on her own though. Besides her strong-willed grandmother, Ann befriends Daigo Kitamura, a country boy who becomes her best friend, despite her having beaten the crap out of him on their first meeting. Along with Fuji and Shika, the children of the town's most prominent citizens, the four of them develop an unique friendship, with all the typical and atypical bumps and bruises that go along with teenage relationships.
User Ratings: 99 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (Eng:9, sub:4, ?:1)
 Excellent: 27 votes (Eng:15, dub:7, sub:5)
 Very good: 23 votes (Eng:21, ?:1, sub:1)
 Good: 17 votes (Eng:15, dub:1, sub:1)
 Decent: 9 votes (Eng:7, sub:2)
 So-so: 5 votes (Eng:3, sub:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 278 users, rank: #315 (of 6736)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.818 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7943, rank: #1533 (of 7468)
Weighted mean: 7.696 (Very good−), rank: #1993 (of 7468) (seen all: 8.44 / seen some: 7.47 / won't finish: 5.73)
Bayesian estimate: 7.696 (Very good−), rank: #1065 (of 3489)
Number of tankoubon: 10
Vintage:
2003-04 to 2005-10 (serialized in Betsucomi)
2007-07-03 (North America - serializing in Shojo Beat)
Release dates: We have 52
Reviews:
Sand Chronicles GN 6 (Aug 8, 2009)
Sand Chronicles GN 3-5 (Jun 3, 2009)
Sand Chronicles GN 1-2 (Aug 6, 2008)
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Japanese Box Office: May 24–25, May 31–June 1 (Jun 3, 2008)
Japanese Box Office: May 17–18 (May 20, 2008)
Japanese Box Office: May 10–11 (May 18, 2008)
Japanese Box Office: May 3–4 (May 11, 2008)
Japanese Box Office: April 26–27 (May 5, 2008)
Viz Media (Dec 8, 2007)
Sand Chronicles to be Adapted into Live-Action Film (Oct 23, 2007)
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Graphic novel
    Sand Chronicles (GN 1) 2008-01-01 (from $8.99)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 2) 2008-05-06 (from $3.86)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 3) 2008-09-02 (from $8.99)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 4) 2009-01-06 (from $9.14)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 5) 2009-05-05 (from $7.99)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 6) 2009-09-01 (from $13.50)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 7) 2010-01-05 (from $7.99)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 8) 2010-05-04 (from $7.99)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 9) 2010-09-07 (from $9.99)
    Sand Chronicles (GN 10) 2011-01-04 (from $7.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Hinako Ashihara
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Viz Media
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
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Publisher: Kana
French cast
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Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Claudia Baglini
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
German staff
German cast
Translation: Burkhard Höfler
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Karen Kazumi Hayashida
Publisher:
Panini (Brazil)
Planet Manga
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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