Romeo × Juliet

Romeo × Juliet
Cover art of the first Japanese DVD volume, featuring the anime's title characters
ロミオ×ジュリエット
(Romio to Jurietto)
GenreRomance
Created byWilliam Shakespeare
Anime television series
Directed byFumitoshi Oizaki
Produced by
  • Daisuke Gomi
  • Yoshihiro Iwasa
  • Tsutomu Kojima
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byHitoshi Sakimoto
StudioGonzo
Licensed by
Original networkCBC, TBS, KBS Kyōto, SUN-TV
English network
Original run April 4, 2007 September 26, 2007
Episodes24
Manga
Written byReiko Yoshida
Illustrated byHiroki Harada
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Asuka
DemographicShōjo
Original run20072009
Volumes2

Romeo × Juliet (ロミオ×ジュリエット, Romio to Jurietto) is a Japanese anime television series, loosely based on William Shakespeare's classical play, Romeo and Juliet, along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearean plays. Though the anime borrows mostly from Shakespeare's story, the manga adaptation differs extensively from the original. Romeo × Juliet was broadcast in Japan on Chubu-Nippon from April to September 2007.