| A Polar Bear in Love | |
| Ja Kanji: | 恋するシロクマ |
| Ja Romaji: | Koisuru Shirokuma |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Koromo |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa |
| Publisher En: | Yen Press |
| Demographic: | Shōjo |
| Magazine: | Comico Monthly Comic Gene |
| Imprint: | Monthly Comic Gene Series |
| First: | December 2014 |
| Volumes: | 6 |
| Type: | OVA |
| Director: | Kazuya Ichikawa |
| Music: | Scenario Art |
| Runtime: | 5 mins. |
| Episodes: | 10 |
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is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Koromo. A Polar Bear in Love was first launched in Comico in December 2014 before being serialized in the monthly manga magazine Monthly Comic Gene beginning in June 2015.
A lost earless seal finds himself in the company of a polar bear. The polar bear falls in love with the seal, but the fearful seal constantly misinterprets his romantic advances as a strong desire to eat him.
A Polar Bear in Love is written and illustrated by Koromo. The manga was first launched on the manga app Comico in December 2014.[4] It was later serialized in the monthly magazine Monthly Comic Gene beginning in June 2015.[4] The chapters were later released in 4 bound volumes by Kadokawa under the Monthly Comic Gene Series imprint.
In 2017, Yen Press licensed the manga for distribution in English.[5]
An anime adaptation was announced in December 2016 as a theatrical short.[4] The film was written and directed by Kazuya Ichikawa, with Yō Yamada in charge of sound direction and Scenario Art providing the theme song.[6] The film was screened on March 4, 2017.[6]
Reviewers at Anime News Network praised the artwork, but had mixed opinions about the story's more serious moments.[7] The book came under scrutiny when parents in Orange County, California pushed to have the book banned. [8]