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Reborn!
The cover of the first volume of the official English manga release
GenreAction, Comedy, Mafia, Supernatural
Manga
Written byAkira Amano
Published byJapan Shueisha
MagazineJapan Weekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 4 2004 – ongoing
Volumes21 (List of volumes)
Anime
Directed byKenichi Imaizumi
StudioArtland
Released October 7 2006 – ongoing
Manga
Katekyō Hitman Reborn!: Hidden Bullet
Written byHideaki Koyasu
Illustrated byAkira Amano
Published byShueisha
PublishedTong Li Comics
Volumes2
Related works

Reborn!, known in Japan as Katekyō Hitman Reborn! (家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN!, Katekyō Hittoman REBORN!, which would literally be Katei Kyōshi Hittoman Reborn! and translated as Home Tutor Hitman Reborn!), is an ongoing Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Amano. The plot revolves around the life of a young boy named Tsunayoshi Sawada, who finds out that he is the next in line to become the boss of the most powerful Mafia organization, the Vongola Famiglia. As such, the Vongola's most powerful hitman, a gun-toting infant named Reborn, is sent to tutor "Tsuna" on how to become a respectable boss.

The individual manga chapters are serialized in Japan in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with twenty-one volumes released currently. Viz Media licensed the series for an English language release in North America, shortening the series name to Reborn!. Viz is serializing the chapters in their Shonen Jump Advanced manga anthology and began releasing the tankōbon volumes in October 2006.[1]

Plot

The Reborn! story revolves around a boy named Tsunayoshi "Tsuna" Sawada, who is chosen to become the Vongola Family's boss due to him being the great-great-great grandson of the first Vongola boss, who had moved to Japan from Italy during his time. Also, the other candidates for the position of the head of the Vongola Family died. For these reasons, Tsuna is the only remaining heir. As such, Timoteo a.k.a. "Vongola IX," the current head of the family, sends Reborn, an infant hitman from Italy, to train Tsuna. Tsuna then unwillingly undergoes training from Reborn.

Tsuna goes through many predicaments in his progress of becoming the Vongola boss including fighting against escaped Mafia convicts, a rival group of Vongola assassins claiming the right for their boss to be the true Vongola boss,rival families aiming to destroy the Vongola Family, and a new family in the future that nearly decimates the Vongola. Through his experiences, Tsuna unconsciously becomes stronger and more confident, which ultimately makes him better suited as the Vongola Family's boss, although he continues to reject his mafia inheritance.

Reborn's main method of teaching Tsuna is the "Dying Will Bullet" ("Deathperation Shot" in Viz Media's translation of the manga), which will make the person be "reborn" with a stronger self intent on fulfilling his dying will.

Characters

A collage of the series characters.
Main article: List of Reborn! characters
  • Tsunayoshi "Tsuna" Sawada (沢田綱吉/ツナ, Sawada Tsunayoshi/Tsuna) is a junior-high student and the Vongola Family's mob-boss-in-training. Tsuna was recruited because he is the great-great-great grandson of the first Vongola boss, who had moved to Japan a long time ago. Before Reborn finds Tsuna, he is known as "No Good Tsuna" (ダメツナ, Dame Tsuna) for his poor grades, bad luck, and lack of athleticism. When Reborn shoots him with the Dying Will Bullet, he is revived as a powerful mostly-naked warrior with a flame on his forehead.
  • Reborn (リボーン, Ribōn) is the infant hitman who drags Tsuna into becoming a mob boss and becomes his home tutor. The current head of the Vongola family sent Reborn to train Tsuna. He is Vongola IX's most trusted hitman. Despite being a mere one year old infant, he behaves as a seasoned mafioso.
  • Hayato Gokudera (獄寺 隼人, Gokudera Hayato) is a transfer student from Italy that is placed in Tsuna's class. He wishes to become Tsuna's right-hand man, going to extremes trying to protect and impress him. He is a dynamite expert nicknamed "Smokin' Bomb Hayato" Sumōkin Bomu Hayato (スモーキン・ボム 隼人), and keeps various explosives hidden on his person, using those explosives liberally by lighting them with a cigarette held in his mouth.
  • Takeshi Yamamoto (山本 武, Yamamoto Takeshi) is Tsuna's classmate and the popular baseball star of the school. He becomes friends with Tsuna, and Reborn tries to recruit him into the Vongola Famiglia. He hardly takes anything seriously, and is often "tricked" by Reborn because he thinks that everything they do is a "game". He thinks the various weapons and dangerous objects he sees Reborn and others use on a regular basis are just really advanced kids' toys.
  • Ryohei Sasagawa (笹川 了平, Sasagawa Ryōhei) is Kyoko's older brother who is obsessed with boxing. He is the third to take the Dying Will Shot, but it has no effect on him since he always lives "to the limit," and is thus in Dying Will Mode constantly. He wants to recruit Tsuna to the boxing club and in response, Reborn wants to recruit him into the family.
  • Kyoya Hibari (雲雀 恭弥, Hibari Kyōya) is the leader of the Discipline Committee, or Prefects, who all happen to be a group of delinquents loyal to Kyoya. As a violent delinquent himself, he uses his status to harass others. Due to Hibari's abilities, Reborn takes an interest in him, planning to have him join the Vongola Famiglia, however, upon his first meeting with Reborn, Hibari only takes interest in the infant himself, impressed by the latter's strength.

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Reborn! chapters

Written and drawn by Akira Amano, the Reborn manga has been serialized in Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump since April 4, 2004 and it is still ongoing.[2] The individual chapters are also published in collected volumes by Shueisha, with the first volume having been released on October 4, 2004,[3] and as of June 4, 2008, twenty-one volumes have been released.[4] The series has been licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media. Viz serializes the chapters in their monthly manga anthology Shonen Jump Advanced and has also released them in volumes. The first volume was released on October 3, 2006[5] and as of April 1, 2008, seven volumes have been released.[6]

An official character book titled "Katekyō Hitman Reborn! Official Character Book Vongola 77" was released on October 4, 2007 in Japan. It is based on the manga and covers the 77 incidents that happened since Reborn arrived at the Sawada household. The book also reveals profiles of major characters including birthdays and favorites. Short side stories not shown in the manga are also included, along with free color posters drawn by the author Akira.[7]

Anime

Cover of Reborn! Bullet 1 DVD.
Main article: List of Reborn! episodes

The series has been adapted into an anime series, and is produced by Artland and directed by Kenichi Imaizumi. It first aired on October 7, 2006 on the Japanese network TV Tokyo.[8] Though the anime series has not been licensed for distribution outside of Japan, Funimation, on behalf of Japan's d-rights production company, exercised a power of attorney to remove fansubbed episodes of the Reborn! anime from the internet. Thus, to prevent copyright infringement, cease and desist notices were sent to fansub groups who were subtitling the series.[9]

As of September 15, 2008, a total of nineteen DVD volumes have been released in Japan by Pony Canyon,[10] with another three scheduled to have consecutive monthly releases this year.[11][12][13] The DVDs have secondary volume titles: the first eight volumes are "Bullets" which contains the first thirty-three episodes; the next eight are "Battles", and contains episodes 34 to 65; volumes seventeen and eighteen are "Daily Chapters", containing episodes 66 to 73; and starting from volume nineteen, they are referred to as the "Burn" volumes.[10]

Soundtracks

All of the Reborn! music was composed by Toshihiko Sahashi.[14] Each theme music has been released into a single or album by their corresponding performers.[15] Two Reborn! OSTs (Original Soundtracks) have been released; the first soundtrack, Katekyō Hitman Reborn! Target 1 OST, was released in Japan on December 20, 2006;[16] the second, Katekyō Hitman Reborn! Target 2 OST, was released in Japan on April 18, 2007.[17] Most of the Japanese voice actors of the series have performed a song; all of them were gathered in a cd called Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Character Soshutsuen Album Bongorefamiry Sotojo - Shinukidekatare! Soshiteutae!, which contains ten tracks.[18]

Video games

Main article: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (video game)

Characters from Reborn! made special appearances in Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS.

So far, there have been four games based solely on the series: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! DS – Shinuki Max! Vongola Carnival!!, and three fighting games named Katekyo Hitman Reborn Flame Rumble. Another game titled Hitman Reborn! Dream Hyper Battle for the PlayStation 2 and Wii has been released. The PS2 version debuted in Japan on August 30, 2007, and the Wii version debuted in January 10, 2008.[19][20]

In December, the Reborn! collectible card game was released in Japan.

Radio

Starting from September 10, '07, after the recording of the episode for the following week, there is a radio show called ReboRaji! ~Bucchake Ring Tournament~ (リボラジ！～ぶっちゃけリング争奪戦～, riboraji! ~bucchake ringu soudatsusen~). The hosts for the radio are Hidekazu Ichinose (the voice for Hayato Gokudera), Suguru Inoue (the voice for Takeshi Yamamoto), and Rika Ishibashi (as the assistant).[21] The show has brought in guests starting from the tenth episode. It has also hosted live audiences for the show during the Christmas break in '07, and also a couple of episodes near the end in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo. The last episode of ~Bucchake Ring Tournament~ was aired on June 30, '08. However, they restarted the radio show on July 21, '08.

The current radio show name is ReboRaji! Bucchake Namimori Dong☆Dong (リボラジ！ぶっちゃけ 並盛Dong☆Dong, riboraji! bucchake namimori don don). The hosts are Hidekazu Ichinose (the voice for Hayato Gokudera), Suguru Inoue (the voice for Takeshi Yamamoto), and Toshinobu Iida (the voice for Mukuro Rokudo).

Novel

So far,Tong Li Comicshas published two light novels of the series of Reborn!,and both have been released by Shueisha. The author's Hideaki Koyasu while Akira Amano's the illustrator of two novels. The first novel, Hidden Bullet: Mukuro's Illusions, tells how the character Mukuro Rokudo took over Kokuyo High, and was released on March 12, 2007.[22] The second one, which recaps the main event of is the mystery of XANXUS, was released on February 4, 2008.[23]

Reception

The Reborn manga has been highly popular in Japan; as of 2007, the series ranked as the tenth best seller series of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.[24] During its second release week, the volume twenty of the manga ranked as the third best seller comic in Japan.[25]

References

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  2. ^ "Reborn! (manga)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  3. ^ "家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN！／1｜天野　明｜ジャンプコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  4. ^ "家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN！／20｜天野　明｜ジャンプコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
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  6. ^ "VIZ Media . products - Reborn!, Vol. 7". Viz Media. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
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  8. ^ "Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  9. ^ "3 Titles' Fansubs Pulled on Behalf of Japan's d-rights (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
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  12. ^ "家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN!未来編【3】" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  13. ^ "家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN! 未来編【Burn.4】" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  14. ^ "Toshihiko Sahashi". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
  15. ^ "REBORN! GOODS COM - CD". reborngoods.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  16. ^ "TV Tokyo-kei Anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Hyoteki". CDJapan. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  17. ^ "TV Tokyo-kei Anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Hyoteki 2". CDJapan. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  18. ^ "Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Character Soshutsuen Album Bongorefamiry Sotojo - Shinukidekatare! Soshiteutae!". CDJapan. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  19. ^ "Shōnen Jump scans confirm PS2 game date". jeux-france.com. Retrieved 2008-02-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "Hitman Reborn ! Wii : une vidéo" (in French). jeux-france.com. Retrieved 2008-02-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ "Official net radio site". anime-reborn.com. Retrieved 2008-03-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN！｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  23. ^ "家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN！隠し弾2　X－炎 ｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  24. ^ "Comipress News article on "The Rise and Fall of Weekly Shōnen Jump"". comipress.com. 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2008-06-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  25. ^ "Japanese comic ranking June 10-16". Anime News Network. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-19.

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