Rozen Maiden is a manga series by Peach-Pit and was serialized in Gentosha's Monthly Comic Birz between issues September 2002 and July 2007. It has been adapted into a radio drama and an anime. The series follows middle school student Jun Sakurada who has withdrawn from society after being persecuted by his classmates. He is then chosen to become the master of the sentient bisque doll Shinku, one of the seven Rozen Maiden set who must compete with her sisters in order to become a perfected doll dubbed as Alice.

Gentosha compiled the individual chapters into eight volumes released between March 2003 and June 2007. These volumes were later recompiled into seven shinsōban volumes by Shueisha and released between April 2008 and November 2008. Tokyopop localized Gentosha's tankōbon volumes in English for North America and released them between May 2006 and May 2008. Tokyopop's translations were distributed in Australasia by Madman Entertainment. The series has also been localized in languages such as Chinese, French, and Italian.

In March 2008, Peach-Pit published a one-shot titled in the 16th issue of Weekly Young Jump. In the following issue, a serialization for Rozen Maiden was announced. Serialization began in Weekly Young Jumps 20th issue in 2008. The second series was published under the katakana for Rozen Maiden (). The series has been localized in other languages such as Italian, French, and Chinese.

Two spin-off anthology series were created based on the second series. The first spin-off is is created by Haru Karuki. It began serialization in Ribons January 2012 issue. The second spin-off is by Choboraunyopomi. It began serialization in Miracle Jump issue 12 released on December 27, 2012. Peach-Pit has also published a one-shot in the October 2013 issue of Ribon which focuses on the Rozen Maiden's past.

A prequel to the original series set in Taishō era Japan called Rozen Maiden 0 -Zero- (ローゼンメイデン0－ゼロー) was published by Peach Pit in Ultra Jump magazine from 2016 to 2019.

Volume list First series Tankōbon

Shinsōban VolumeChaptersRelease dateISBNRef.Volume 1Prologue 1 & 2Phase 1–4April 25, 2008Volume 2Phase 5–11May 26, 2008Volume 3Phase 12–18June 26, 2008Volume 4Phase 19–23ExtraJuly 25, 2008Volume 5Phase 24–30August 26, 2008Volume 6Phase 31–36September 26, 2008Volume 7Phase 37–43November 28, 2008

Second series

Dolls Talk

Zero

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