the alias Makura Saki, it was released on December 2, 1988. The OVA was released by Viz Media on subtitled VHS in 1995. Unlike the manga, Angela is two years older than Kosaku and has a red scooter. A live-action television adaptation of the manga aired on Nippon TV from January 12 to March 8, 2008. The nine-episode series stars KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya as Hatanaka Kosaku and Meisa Kuroki as Sister Angela. It was released in a DVD box set on September 3, 2008. A CD containing the music used in the drama was released on February 27, 2008 as One Pound Gospel Original Soundtrack. Reception Shaenon K. Garrity, writing for Anime News Network, stated that despite the unlikely combination of boxing and Catholicism in a situational comedy, Takahashi makes it work. She also called the action scenes "realistic" with proper boxing terminology. Garrity suspected the author was paying tribute to Mitsuru Adachi with the sports comedy and believes that One-pound Gospel appeals to fans of Takahashi's older "slapstick" works, as opposed to her new dramatic works. References External links One-Pound Gospel at Viz Media Official website One-Pound Gospel at Furinkan.com 1988 anime OVAs 2008 Japanese television series debuts 2008 Japanese television series endings Boxing in anime and manga Fictional boxers Gallop (studio) Japanese television dramas based on manga Nippon TV dramas Romance anime and manga Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Viz Media anime Viz Media manga Works by Rumiko Takahashi