The Adventures of Lobri (manga)

The Adventures Of Lobri is a Japanese manga created in 2003 by Yui Ishida for CoroCoro Comic. The manga was successful and it received 6 video games, a TV series, 2 films, and clothing goods.

History
In 2002, the first concepts and ideas were produced of the manga, the first issue was printed on April 17th 2003. Since then, 183 issues were printed for 7 years in total.

On November 2nd 2010, it was announced the manga series would come to an end, which many people were dissapointed about its end. The 183th issue was published that day.

After countless petitions and emails, in 2012 the manga was rebooted with character redesigns and a new story arc, which was unexpected by fans. To this day, the manga is still being produced.

In 2020, an anime series based off the reboot manga began production that year, which released in February 2021. It was successful, with a 4.2 star rating.

On December 5th 2022, a short film based off the original 2003 manga was announced, which is set to premiere on April 17th 2023 to commerate the manga's 20th anniversary. A special episode of the anime series was released featuring the 2003 characters scrapped in the reboot making guest appearances, including characters like Mizu, Lalabri and Vioret.