Kodomo no Omocha, shortened to Kodocha, is a manga series by Miho Obana, helped periodically by her sister, Kaori Obana. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. In the year 2007, At the American Anime Awards the anime was nominated for best comedy anime. The series was adapted as an OVA and later as an anime television series. In 2002, the manga was published in North America in English by Tokyopop as Kodocha: Sana's Stage. In 2006, Tokyopop lost the license to the manga, leaving it out of print. In 2005, The first half of the anime series was licensed for North American distribution by FUNimation and has been released on DVD; the second half remains in limbo.