is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kon Kimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine from April 1998 to March 2006, with its chapters collected in 10 volumes. A live action film adaptation was released for television and theatres in 2015.
Arriving from Tokyo, fine arts student Katsura Tatsuki observes daily life in Kobe while attending Kobe University; from its diverse array of characters inhabiting it, to its ongoing recovery from being hit by the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Rather than having an overarching plot, the manga is composed of self-contained, episodic stories.
From Kobe was written and illustrated by Kon Kimura. The series ran in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 25 April 1998, to 25 March 2006. Kodansha collected its chapters in 10 volumes, released from 20 August 1999, to 23 January 2008.
A live action film and television special adaptation was announced in June 2014, with the special to air on Sun TV on 17 January 2015, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, and the film to release in theatres "in spring 2015 or later." In October of that same year, it was announced that both the television special and film will release in the same day on 17 January 2015. The film, titled was distributed theatrically in Japan by .
The film was directed by and written by . It was shot on location in Kobe and its surrounding region.