Psychic School Wars

Psychic School Wars
1977 paperback edition cover
ねらわれた学園
GenreRomance, Science fiction
Novel
Written byTaku Mayumura
Published byKodansha
Published1973
Manga
Written byTaku Mayumura
Illustrated byTatsuru Ishikawa
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineNewtype Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 2012March 2013
Volumes2
Anime film
Directed byRyosuke Nakamura
Produced byAkiko Yodo
Fumi Teranishi
Hirofumi Kosuga
Keiichi Sotomura
Satoshi Hirayama
Written byRyosuke Nakamura
Yuko Naito
Music byShusei Murai
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
ReleasedOctober 2012 (2012-10) (Scotland Loves Animation)
10 November 2012 (Japan)
Runtime110 minutes

Nerawareta Gakuen (ねらわれた学園, Psychic School Wars; alternately translated as The Targeted School and The Messiah from the Future) is a 1973 Japanese science fiction novel written by Taku Mayumura. It has been adapted into four television dramas, respectively released in 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1997. Two live-action film adaptations were released in 1981 and 1997, the former of which was directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi and starred Hiroko Yakushimaru. In 2012, an anime film adaptation directed by Ryosuke Nakamura was produced by Sunrise and received comparisons to the works of Makoto Shinkai.