Tora dora!!

Toradora! (とらドラ!?) is a Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The series includes ten novels released between March 10, 2006 and March 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko label.[1] A spin-off light novel series was also created, aptly titled Toradora Spin-off!; the first volume was released on May 10, 2007. A manga adaptation by Zekkyō started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! on July 27, 2007, formally published by MediaWorks. The manga ended serialization in Dengeki Comic Gao! on January 27, 2008, but continued serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on March 21, 2008.[2]

An Internet radio show started in September 2008 hosted by Animate TV. An anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between October 2008 and March 2009.[3] A visual novel based on the series will be produced by Namco Bandai Games playable on the PlayStation Portable and will be released in April 2009.[4] The title Toradora! is derived from the names of the two main characters Taiga Aisaka and Ryūji Takasu. "Taiga" sounds like "tiger" in English, and tiger in Japanese is tora (とら?). "Ryūji" literally means "son of dragon" in Japanese, and a transcription of dragon into Japanese is doragon (ドラゴン?).