The manga has been adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, which was broadcast on Fuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009.

The series ended on January 25, 2013, and was followed by a sequel called Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX in 2014.

[2] The manga has been adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama,[3] which was broadcast on Fuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009.

[6] The first volume of Mei-chan no Shitsuji was ranked the 36th best selling manga in Japan in the first half of 2009 with 334,536 copies sold from November 17, 2008, to May 17, 2009.

[16][17][18] All 10 episodes of Mei-chan no Shitsuji drama have been listed on the Japanese Anime TV rankings.