Kujibiki Unbalance

Kujibiki♥Unbalance, also referred to as Kujibiki "Heart" Unbalance in order to differentiate it from its original incarnation, is a 12-episode Fall 2006 anime series created by Shimoku Kio. It originated within Genshiken, Kio's primary work, as the metafictional Kujibiki Unbalance, a manga series which the characters could read, watch, and discuss on a regular basis. At the same time, it was an homage to, as well as a parody of, the many clichés of contemporary manga and anime. That version was also made into a 3-episode OVA in 2004, ostensibly as episodes 1, 21, and 25 of the 26-episode anime watched by the characters of Genshiken. The 2006 version is, however, substantially different from the incarnation originally presented within Genshiken, featuring redesigned characters and a new plot line. A manga adaptation of this version, drawn by noted dojinshi artist Keito Koume, was serialized in Afternoon magazine from April 2007 to December 2007; the second and final volume was released on 28 December 2007.