Sawako
is a Japanese "shōjo" romance manga by Karuho Shiina. It was published by Shueisha in "Bessatsu Margaret" from 2005 to 2017 and collected in 30 "tankōbon" volumes. In 2008, it won the Best Shōjo Manga award in the 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Award. The series was also nominated for the first Manga Taisho awards in 2008. Two anime adaptations of "Kimi ni Todoke" were aired in Japan, produced by Production I.G. The second season of the anime was announced in Betsuma Magazine, began airing in Japan on January 4, 2011 and lasted for 12 episodes. A live action film adaptation was released in 2010 starring Mikako Tabe and Haruma Miura.