Break of Dawn (Japanese: ぼくらのよあけ, Hepburn: Bokura no Yoake; lit. 'Our Dawn') is a Japanese manga series by Tetsuya Imai. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from January to October 2011, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. An anime film adaptation by Zero-G premiered in Japan in October 2022.
Contents
Characters
Yūma Sawatari (沢渡 悠真, Sawatari Yūma)
Voiced by: Hana Sugisaki
Nanako (ナナコ)
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki
Shingo Kishi (岸 真悟, Kishi Shingo)
Voiced by: Natsumi Fujiwara
Ginnosuke Tadokoro (田所 銀之介, Tadokoro Ginnosuke)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kaori Kawai (河合 花香, Kawai Kaori)
Voiced by: Inori Minase
Wako Kishi (岸 わこ, Kishi Wako)
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
The February Dawn (二月の黎明号, Nigatsu no Reimei-gō)
Voiced by: Romi Park
Haruka Sawatari (沢渡 はるか, Sawatari Haruka)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Ryō Sawatari (沢渡 遼, Sawatari Ryō)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Yoshitatsu Kawai (河合 義達, Kawai Yoshitatsu)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
Mifuyu Kishi (岸 みふゆ, Kishi Mifuyu)
Voiced by: Natsuko Yokosawa
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Tetsuya Imai, Break of Dawn was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from January 25 to October 25, 2011. Kodansha collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released respectively on June 23 and November 22, 2011.
In July 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for an English print release. One omnibus volume compiling the two original volumes was released on February 14, 2023, for both digital and print.
Anime film
In March 2022, it was announced that an anime film adaptation was in production. The film was produced by Zero-G and directed by Tomoyuki Kurokawa, with Dai Satō writing the scripts, Pomodorosa designing the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama composing the music. It premiered in Japan on October 21, 2022. The film's theme song, "Itsushika" (Before You Know It), is performed by Daichi Miura.