Set in Victorian London at the end of the 19th century, Emma is the story of a housemaid who falls in love with a member of the gentry.

The author and illustrator of the manga, Kaoru Mori, is a self-professed Anglophile,[2] and attempted to recreate 1895 London with meticulous detail.

[4] Written and illustrated by Kaoru Mori, Emma was serialized in Enterbrain's seinen manga magazine Comic Beam from the January 2002 to the May 2006 issues.

[18] In North America, the manga was first licensed by CMX Comics,[19] which released ten volumes from September 20, 2006,[20] to December 8, 2009.

[21] In October 2014, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the manga,[22] and released in five omnibus edition volumes from May 19, 2015,[23] to August 23, 2016.

[40] The series' depiction of Victorian England was accurate, with locations such as London's King's Cross station, The Crystal Palace, Covent Garden, Mudie's Lending Library and such vehicles and applications of the era, such as Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage, recreated in meticulous detail.

A "String Quartet Version" of "Silhouette of a Breeze" was the BGM used when introducing the show's sponsors at the beginning and end of each episode.