Despre Nana

Nana has been adapted into an anime series, directed by Morio Asaka and animated by the studio Madhouse. The first opening and third ending songs are sung by Anna Tsuchiya for the band Black Stones as Nana Osaki, and Olivia sings the second opening and first and second endings for the band Trapnest as Reira Serizawa. The first DVD release was on 2006-07-07. The anime series was intended to be equal to the manga and it was adapted until the 12th tankoubon to avoid original anime fillers. Accordly to Junko Koseki (editor of Nana in Shueisha) and Masao Maruyama (president of Madhouse) a second season is probably going to be aired once the manga series is finished.

Theme songs

* Openings

1. "Rose" by Anna inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES)
2. "Wish" by OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST)
3. "Lucy" by Anna inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES)

* Endings

1. "a little pain" by OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST)
2. "Starless Night" by OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST)
3. "Kuroi Namida" (黒い涙) by Anna inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES)
4. "Winter sleep" by OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST)
5. "stand by me" by Anna inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES)

* Inserts

1. "Zero" by Anna inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES) (First played in Episode 4, also played in episodes 5, 10, 19, 30, and 39).
2. "Recorded Butterflies" by OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST) (First played in Episode 18, also played in episodes 22 and 27).
3. "Shadow of Love" by OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST) (Instrumental version first played in Episode 32, also played in episodes 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, and 44. Vocal version first played in Episode 45)

CD releases

As with the film Nana, the anime helped promote two artists, Olivia and Anna Tsuchiya. In addition to their respective singles, there have also been several albums released for the anime. These releases did not fare as well as the film-related releases.

* Olivia inspired by Reira (Trapnest) - "Olivia inspired by Reira (Trapnest)" (February 28, 2007) (#22)
* Anna Tsuchiya inspired by Nana (Black Stones) - "Anna Tsuchiya inspired by Nana (Black Stones)" (February 28, 2007) (#16)
* Anna Tsuchiya inspired by Nana (Black Stones) / Olivia inspired by Reira (Trapnest) - "Nana Best" (March 21, 2007)

There are currently two soundtracks for the anime series - Nana 707 soundtracks and Nana 7to8 soundtrack. Nana 707 is literally a soundtrack. It consists of 44 tracks, 43 of which are background music heard in the series. Track 44 is a song.

Two versions of Nana 707 were released - a limited edition which comes in the form of a hardcover book containing stills from the series plus 7 postcards, and a regular version.

The official soundtrack for the anime series, Nana Best, was released March 21, 2007. This soundtrack consists of 14 tracks that are the songs featured in the anime. The first press limited edition version comes in deluxe packaging with a DVD featuring special Nana anime video material.