Dear Brother

Dear Brother
Cover of the first manga volume
おにいさまへ… (Oniisama e...)
Genre	Drama, slice of life
Manga
Written by	Riyoko Ikeda
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	March 17, 1974 – September 22, 1974
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Produced by	Hirotaka Matsumoto Masakazu Shioura
Written by	Hideo Takayashiki Tomoko Konparu
Music by	Kentarō Haneda
Studio	Tezuka Productions
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Original network	NHK-BS2
Original run	July 14, 1991 – May 31, 1992
Episodes	39 (List of episodes)
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Dear Brother (Japanese: おにいさまへ…, Hepburn: Oniisama e...) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was adapted into an anime series that aired on the channel NHK-BS2 from July 14, 1991, to May 31, 1992.

The series originally started out as a manga in the early to mid-1970s. The story is about a 16-year-old girl, Nanako Misonoo (御苑生奈々子, Misonoo Nanako), who attends a prestigious academy and deals with life as a high school student via writing letters to her "brother". The manga has been translated into French, Italian and Polish. The series spans 39 anime episodes and three manga volumes, ending when Nanako is eighteen.