D.N.Angel

D.N.Angel (stylized as D•N•ANGEL) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in November 1997. After two extended hiatuses the series concluded in 2021. Kadokawa Shoten has collected the individual chapters and published them in 15 tankōbon and 5 e-books. The manga series was previously licensed for English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop who had released 13 volumes of the series up until 2011. A sequel manga, titled DDNAngels, began serializing in Asuka in November 2024. The story follows an average middle schooler named Daisuke Niwa, who, upon being rejected by his crush, unexpectedly awakens his phantom thief alter ego Dark Mousy. He then realizes that the transformation he undergoes is an inherited trait shared by all the males in his family, and that his mission is to collect and purify the stolen pieces of art of which Dark seeks to maintain from evil. Xebec adapted the manga into a 26-episode anime series which aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April to September 2003. The anime was later adapted into second two volume manga series, a PlayStation 2 video game, and a series of drama CDs.