Horikoshi: A Tale of Love

Horikoshi: A Tale of Love (Japanese: 堀越 愛と幸せの物語, Hepburn: Horikoshi: Ai no Monogatari), is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryotaro Sekizawa, with illustrations provided by Natsuki Tanihara. It was published by Kodansha starting on March 14, 1997. It is the first light novel series to be written by Sekizawa and his first work he didn't illustrate himself. The series follows a hapless Horikoshi High School boy named Naoki Miyashita, who is diagnosed with ADHD and fairly antisocial until one night when he befriends Katsumi Hino, who is considered to be the princess of the class he takes, and slowly, a romance blossoms between them as they try to deal with their own internal struggles and fears along with various events happening in their lives. The series was originally published in the US by Viz Media before the publishing rights were assumed by Kodansha USA.

In addition to the light novel series, a manga adaptation of the series, also written by Sekizawa, was published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine starting in 1999. In 2006, an animated film adaptation called A Midnight Rose was produced by River Road Entertainment, Double Features Films and Mandate Pictures and released by The Weinstein Company and Destination Films, with Sekizawa serving as a writer and producer for it.

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Characters
Naoki Miyashita (宮下直樹, Miyashita Naoki) Voiced by: Michael Angarano (film); Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese, film)

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Katsumi Hino (日野克己, Hino Katsumi) Voiced by: Hilary Duff (film); Yukari Tamura (Japanese)

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Light novels
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Manga series
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Film
Main article: A Midnight Rose

A film adaptation based off the novels, called A Midnight Rose, was released in 2006. It was co-produced and co-written by Ryotaro Sekizawa, with Munenori Nawa serving as the director. David Auburn and Robert Nelson Jacobs co-wrote the movie with Sekizawa, while the film's animation was produced by Feel and was additionally produced and financed by Bill Pohlad of River Road Entertainment, Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg of Double Features Films and Joseph Drake and Nathan Kahane of Mandate Pictures, the latter of which also handled the distribution sales. Michael Angarano and Hilary Duff provided the voices of Naoki and Katsumi, respectively, with Dermot Mulroney, Shia LaBeouf and Dennis Hopper also providing a few voices. After a premiere at Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2006, the film was picked up for distribution by The Weinstein Company and Destination Films and was released on May 12, 2006. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed a worldwide total of $82.4 million against a budget of $11 million.