Sketchbook is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Totan Kobako. First serialized in the April 2002 issue of Monthly Comic Blade, the individual chapters were collected and published by Mag Garden until June 2019. Chapters also appeared in Comic Blade Masamune. An animetelevision series adaptation, under the title Sketchbook ~full color's~, aired in Japan between October 2 and December 25, 2007. The story revolves around a group of high school students, mostly female, in the art club at their high school. The main character is a young, shy and quiet girl named Sora Kajiwara who goes through life at her own pace.
Plot
Sketchbook begins with Sora Kajiwara joining the art club of her unnamed Fukuoka high school, and goes on to chronicle her subsequent experiences and those of her fellow club members.
Sketchbook began as a four-panelmanga series written and illustrated by Totan Kobako. It was first serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine starting with the April 2002 issue. The manga has made additional appearances in another manga magazine published by Mag Garden named Comic Blade Masamune. An additional volume, Sketchbook Shucchōban, was published on January 10, 2006 as a collection of bonus material which initially appeared in Comic Blade Masamune. When Comic Blade ceased publication with the September 2014 issue, Sketchbook continued serialization in the online version of Comic Blade, in addition to a concurrent serialization in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden magazine with the October 2014 issue up until the July 2019 issue. The manga is published in Taiwan in Chinese by Tong Li Publishing.
Volume list
Anime
An anime television series adaptation, under the title Sketchbook ~full color's~, was animated at Hal Film Maker, written by Mari Okada, and directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike. The series aired 13 episodes in Japan between October 2 and December 25, 2007 on TV Tokyo. Four pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme is "Kaze Sagashi" by Natsumi Kiyoura which is used for most of the episodes, and the second opening theme used only for episode 12 is "Natsu no Kioku" by Natsumi Kiyoura. The first ending theme is "Sketchbook o Motta mama" by Yui Makino which is used for the first 12 episodes, and the second ending theme used for episode 13 is "Tanpopo Suisha" by Kana Hanazawa, Asuka Nakase, and Yui Makino. Other music used in the series is composed by Ken Muramatsu.
