Emma appears on all the cover of the volumes of the manga series. From volume 3 of the manga on, Kaoru Mori hired a historical consultant, Rico Murakami, to ensure the historical accuracy of the manga. Murakami also became the historical consultant for the anime series. The main story of Emma serialization run in Enterbrain's Comic Beam was between the January 2002 and May 2006 issues, ending at 52 chapters, corresponding to the end of the seventh collected volume. The author has since been creating additional stories in the same setting, focusing on characters beyond Emma and William. These stories were serialized in Comic Beam as between the September 2006 and March 2008 issues, and are collected as additional volumes of Emma. Volume 8 in Japan was released in a special edition that included a DVD (). In September 2018, Yen Press announced the digital release of the manga. Other books Novelizations The novelisations are written by Saori Kumi, and based upon the original manga. Volume 1 (March 22, 2005) Volume 2 (October 29, 2005) Victorian Guide Emma Victorian Guide by Kaoru Mori and Rico Murakami (November 25, 2003) Animation guides Emma Animation Guide Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori and Rico Murakami (November 4, 2005) Emma Animation Guide Vol. 2 by Kaoru Mori and Rico Murakami (February 10, 2006) Emma Animation Guide Vol. 3 by Kaoru Mori and Rico Murakami (June 6, 2006) Anime The manga was adapted into a TV anime series, entitled , directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi, scripted by Mamiko Ikeda, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TBS. The first season of the anime series premiered between April 2 and June 18, 2005, across Japan on several UHF TV stations, BS-i and the CS TV network Animax, who have also later aired the series across its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, also translating and dubbing the series into English for its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and other regions. The Japanese title of the anime is written using a couple of kanji from before the adoption of simplified characters after the end of World War II, which reflects the usage of kanji in the time period the story is set in. In modern Japanese 英國戀物語 (Eikoku Koi Monogatari, lit. English Lovestory or Lovestory in England) would be written as 英国恋物語, the characters for country and love being replaced by their modern