Prison School ("監獄学園 (プリズンスクール) " Purizun Sukūru) is a comedy manga series written and illustrated by HIRAMOTO Akira. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine on February 7, 2011, with the first tankōbon volume published on June 6, 2011 and 18 volumes published as of September 24, 2015. Yen Press has licensed official translation of the manga series in North America, and has published one volume in a two-in-one omnibus format. In August 2014, on the wrap of volume 14, an anime adaptation was announced for July 2015 with the first season airing for 12 episodes. A live-action adaptation for MBS and TBS has been announced with director Noboru Iguchi and production studio ROBOT for October 2015. The manga won an a award in Kodansha's Best General Manga category at the 37th Ko