Manga Life
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Tae Sano. The manga was originally published in the March 2007 issue of Takeshobo's "Manga Life" magazine, and later moved to Takeshobo's "Manga Life Momo" and "Manga Club" magazines. The first "tankōbon" volume was released in January 2009; as of December 2014, nine volumes have been published. An original video animation by Studio Gram was bundled with volume three of the manga in February 2011, with an extended version released separately in March 2011. An anime television series, instead animated by Seven, aired in Japan on KBS Kyoto between July and December 2011.