Moyashimon

Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture
もやしもん; (Moyashimon)
Genre	Comedy, Educational
Manga
Written by	Masayuki Ishikawa
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Del Rey Manga (discontinued)
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Evening, Morning two
Original run	July 20, 2004 – January 22, 2014
Volumes	13 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Yūichirō Yano
Written by	Natsuko Takahashi
Music by	Naoki Satō
Studio	Shirogumi; Telecom Animation Film
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run	October 12, 2007 – December 21, 2007
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run	July 8, 2010 – September 16, 2010
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Moyasimon Returns
Directed by	Yūichirō Yano
Music by	Takefumi Haketa
Studio	Shirogumi; Telecom Animation Film
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run	July 5, 2012 – September 13, 2012
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)

Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, in Japan also known as Moyashimon (もやしもん), is a manga series created by Masayuki Ishikawa. It won the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Grand Prize and the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.^[1]

It is said that the setting is based on Tokyo University of Agriculture. However, the author has said that it is just any agricultural college, and is unrelated to a real university.