High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is an episode listing for the Japanese animated television series NANA, based on the manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. The series primarily centers around the lives of two young women and the drama they both experience as they settle into Tokyo, Japan. The first episode aired to a 6.2% audience share in Japan. The series has been licensed for a North American release by Viz Media, which they first announced at San Diego Comic-Con International 2007. The series was first available in North America on the Funimation Channel. A dubbed version was later added to iTunes. The first eleven episodes were released subtitled on Hulu prior to a DVD release. The first English DVD box set was released on September 8, 2009; the second on November 24, 2009.