<Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> February 1, 2014 (2014 - 02 - 01) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anime and Manga portal </Td> </Tr> <P> Haganai (は が ない), short for Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (僕 は 友達 が 少ない, literally "I Don't Have Many Friends"), is a Japanese light novel series written by Yomi Hirasaka, illustrated by Buriki, and published by Media Factory . It has been given several manga adaptations; the first incarnation, its title and basic plot unchanged, began serialization in 2010; it was written and illustrated by Itachi and published in Monthly Comic Alive . A retelling of the series, written by Misaki Harukawa and illustrated by Shuichi Taguchi and called Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai+ was published in Jump SQ. 19 . A 12 - episode anime adaptation by AIC Build aired in Japan between October and December 2011 . An original video animation episode was released on September 26, 2012 . A second anime season, Haganai NEXT, aired between January and March 2013 . A live - action film adaptation was released on February 1, 2014 . </P> <P> Yomi Hirasaka had been working on Light Novel Club (ラノベ 部, Ranobe - bu), which consisted of short stories about everyday life . In developing Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, or Haganai for short, Hirasaka contrasts the main characters as opposites of the ones in the Light Novel Club which had good relationships to begin with . Hirasaka drew influences from personal experience: "This novel is a story about myself who also had few friends, bad communication skills, negative thinking, lacking life experiences and useless delusional habits ." Hirasaka also considers the setting of the stories to be less restrictive . The anime was directed by Hisashi Saito, who had previously directed the fan service romantic comedy Heaven's Lost Property . Hirasaka noted that Itachi's portrayal of the characters in the manga are "all so cute" and "their faces are full of life", especially the expressions of the heroines Yozora and Sena . </P>

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