Lament of the Lamb
| Lament of the Lamb | |
Cover from volume 1 of the English release of Lament of the Lamb | |
| 羊のうた (Hitsuji no Uta) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kei Toume |
| Published by | Gentosha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Comic Birz |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | November 25, 1995 – September 30, 2002 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Written by | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Music by | Ken Miyazawa |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Released | May 25, 2003 – February 25, 2004 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
| Episodes | 4 |
Lament of the Lamb (Japanese: 羊のうた, Hepburn: Hitsuji no Uta; lit. "Song of the Sheep"), alternatively titled The Lament of a Lamb or Sheep's Song, is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kei Toume. It follows Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. It was adapted into a live action film in 2002 directed by Junji Hanado, a three-part Drama CD in 2002–03, and an anime OVA series in 2003–04.
The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop, and in Russia by Comics Factory.