Asobi ni Iku yo!

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Asobi ni Iku yo!
Original title あ そ び に い く ヨ!
transcription Asobi ni Iku yo!
Asobi ni Iku yo! Logo.png
Logo of the anime
genre Science fiction , romantic comedy
Light novel
country JapanJapan Japan
author Okina Kamino
illustrator Hōden Eizō (1–14), NishiEda (15–20)
publishing company Media Factory
First publication October 2003 - February 25, 2015
expenditure 20th
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
Illustrator 888
publishing company Media Factory
magazine Comic Alive
First publication August 2006 - June 27, 2014
expenditure 10
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2010
Studio AIC Plus +
length 23 minutes
Episodes 12
Director Yōichi Ueda
music Tomoki Kikuya
First broadcast July 11th - September 26th 2010 on MBS
Original video animation
title Asobi ni Iku yo! OVA Special: OVA de Asobi ni Kimashita !!
Original title あ そ び に い く ヨ! お ー ぶ い え ー す ぺ し ゃ る お ー ぶ い え ー ー で あ そ び に き ま し た‼
transcription Asobi ni Iku yo! Ō Bui Ē Supesharu: Ō Bui Ē de Asobi ni Kimashita !!
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2011
Studio AIC Plus +
length 30 minutes
Episodes 1
Director Yōichi Ueda
music Tomoki Kikuya
synchronization

Asobi ni Iku yo! ( jap. あ そ び に い く ヨ! , dt. "Let's go play!; We'll visit [you]!") is a light novel series written by Okina Kamino and illustrated by Hōden Eizō . The series was published by Media Factorys Imprint MF Bunko J from 2003 to 2015 . Based on the novel, an adaptation Asobi ni Iku yo! as a manga from 888 in 2006 and an eponymous anime television series in 2010 animated by AIC Plus + directed by Yōichi Ueda . A computer game, a series of radio plays and numerous accompanying material were also released.

action

scenario

In the world of Asobi ni Iku yo! Several extraterrestrial races and some human groups are at the center of various conflicts. The extraterrestrials are shown human-like with animal ears ( kemonomimi ) and tails and also technologically far superior. In particular, the alien races of Catia and Dogisia are in conflict.

The Catia ( キ ャ ー テ ィ ア , Kyātia ) are nekomimi and they are represented accordingly with the characteristics of cats. Their form of representation is explained in the work with the fact that they should be the evolutionary further development of cats. Accordingly, they also have various peculiarities of cats. For example, they cannot eat hot food, cannot swim and have their heat annually. Due to the change in their gene pool, they are very attractive, they age much more slowly and have a life expectancy of 200–300 years. The gender ratio is 30 women to 1 man. They have not waged a war for over 70,000 years and have had stable conditions, as a result of which their society genetically and culturally stagnated, so that as a countermeasure they began to establish diplomatic contact with other peoples.

The opposite pole is the Dogisia ( ド ギ ー シ ュ ア , Dogīshua ), also known as "dog people" ( 犬 の 人 ). They are evolutionarily derived from dogs. You are enemies of the Catia. Since they broke a taboo, a superior people forbade them from leaving their home planet and from further contact with other peoples. Since then, they have been pulling the strings in the background and manipulating the Americans and the allied Japanese on earth via the Barunmū. As a symbol of their determination and still bellicose, they cut their own tail off.

The Barunmū ( バ ル ン ム ウ ), also known as "bird men" ( 鳥 の 人 ), are another breed. Descending from birds, they look like angels. As a strategically aligned people they are good at cunning and trickery, which leads them to intervene in the conflict in order to be able to take advantage of it themselves.

action

Based on this scenario, the student Kio Kakazu ( 嘉 和 騎 央 , Kakazu Kio ) is introduced, who meets the extraterrestrial Elis ( エ リ ス , Erisu , a name allusion to "collar") at a larger family celebration . To his astonishment, nobody seems to be surprised about her appearance as Nekomimi , since all of the guests are obviously too drunk. When he nervously tries to start a conversation with her, he accidentally takes a sip of alcohol, which he cannot take at all. So he wakes up in his bed the next morning. But he's not alone in this. Elis has also settled with him. This embarrasses him both when she wakes up freely, as well as when visiting his neighbor and friend Manami Kinjō ( 金 武 城 真 奈 美 , Kinjō Manami ). Finally, his teacher Maki Itokazu ( 糸 嘉州 マ キ , Itokazu Maki ) joins them and also pays him a visit. Having become aware of Elis, they finally gain the certain knowledge that she really is an alien, a scout of Catia, who is supposed to collect more information about the earth and its culture. Both Manami and Maki then leave Kio's home to report the incident to their superiors. Manami is secretly a member of the CIA, for which her father also works. Accordingly, it is equipped with numerous listening devices and should keep an eye on both Kio and Elis. Meanwhile, Maki belongs to the terrorist science fiction fan sect Beautiful Contact , which is dedicated to the first contact with aliens, but feels that Elis is too little alien and therefore unworthy and wants to eliminate her accordingly. At the same time, Kio's school friend and hired killer Aoi Futaba ( 双 葉 ア オ イ , Futaba Aoi ) is introduced, who as Akuen Momiji ( 悪 縁 紅葉 , dt. "'Ominous fate' Momiji") or Akuun Momiji ( 悪 運 紅葉 , dt. ", Outrageous luck; difficult fate 'Momiji') is known. She works for a special department of the Japanese immigration service and is assigned to kill Elis.

A race for Elis breaks out, which the CIA, which is controlled in the background by the Dogisia, can finally win for itself. Meanwhile, Kio can rely on the support of his uncle, who is not at all irritated despite the topic. During the kidnapping, however, Kio recognizes Manami's wristwatch and can subsequently elicit the admission that she works for the CIA and that Elis is being held prisoner at Kadena Air Base . During the rescue operation, however, his friends Manami, Maki and Aoi, who should actually be his enemies, stand up against the will of their superiors. Among other things, they manage to escape thanks to the greatly underestimated skills of Elis. When the next day calm seems to have returned, they receive unexpected visitors. The mother ship of the Catia has revealed itself to the public and landed on earth. The reason given by the visiting Catia was a majority vote within the people, as Eli's reports about the excellent taste of yakiniku had piqued their interest. Kio's house then becomes a temporary Catia embassy ( キ ャ ー テ ィ ア 大使館 , Kyātia taishikan ) with Elis as ambassador.

Later, the 12-year-old Antonia Lirimonie Norfedras Papanorgas Arecroteles Cnorses Morfenoss, who comes from a wealthy family and has about 10% of the world's wealth, who out of boredom a Nekomimi cult called Koneko no Ashiura ( 子 猫 の 足 裏 , “kitten -Paw bottom ") - also known as the Nekomimi religious community ( 猫 耳 教 団 , nekomimi kyōdan ) - which then becomes one of the most important allies of the Catia on earth.

Origin and publications

The light novel series Asobi ni Iku yo! is written by the Japanese author Okina Kamino . Up to and including volume 14, the illustrations of the books were drawn by Hōden Eizō , from volume 15 by NishiEda. Published the series of Media Factory under the imprint MF Bunko J . 20 volumes were published from October 2003 to February 25, 2015:

  • Vol. 01: Asobi ni Iku yo! ( あ そ び に い く ヨ! ), October 31, 2003, ISBN 4-8401-0861-7
  • Vol. 02: Sakusenmei “Un'yā-kun” ( 作 戦 名 『う に ゃ ー く ん』 ), February 29, 2004, ISBN 4-8401-1035-2
  • Vol. 03: Tanoshii Neko no Tsukaikata ( た の し い ね こ の つ か い か た ), May 31, 2004, ISBN 4-8401-1090-5
  • Vol. 04: Yamete Tomete no Uchūsen ( や め て と め て の う ち ゅ う せ ん ), August 31, 2004, ISBN 4-8401-1135-9
  • Vol. 05: Konekotachi no Gakuensai ( 仔 猫 た ち の が く え ん さ い ), November 30, 2004, ISBN 4-8401-1174-X
  • Vol. 06: Gyakushiu no Beautiful Contact ( ぎ ゃ く し う の ビ ュ ー テ ィ フ ル ・ コ ン タ ク ト ), April 30, 2005, ISBN 4-8401-1252-5
  • Vol. 07: Tottemo Atsui no Catia Ship ( と っ て も あ つ い の キ ャ ー テ ィ ア シ ッ プ ), August 31, 2005, ISBN 4-8401-1408-0
  • Vol. 08: Valentine's Day no Ohikkoshi ( バ レ ン タ イ ン デ ー の お ひ っ こ し ), December 31, 2005, ISBN 4-8401-1469-2
  • Vol. 09: Neko to Minna no Iroiro to ( ね こ と み ん な の い ろ い ろ と ), September 30, 2006, ISBN 4-8401-1597-4
  • Vol. 10: Warui Koto Shimashi? ( わ る い こ と し ま し? ), May 31, 2007, ISBN 978-4-8401-1844-6
  • Vol. 11: Konekotachi no Ginkō Gōtō ( こ ね こ た ち の ぎ ん こ ー ご ー と ー ), May 31, 2008, ISBN 978-4-8401-2310-5
  • Vol. 12: Koneko Tadaima Shissōchiu ( 仔 猫 た だ い ま し っ そ う ち う ), March 31, 2009, ISBN 978-4-8401-2486-7
  • Vol. 13: Okāshan ni Aimashi ka? ( お か ー し ゃ ん に あ い ま し か? ), January 31, 2010, ISBN 978-4-8401-3161-2
  • Vol. 14: Kamisama Soko ni Orarimashi ka? ( か み さ ま そ こ に お ら り ま し か? ), July 31, 2010, ISBN 978-4-8401-3429-3
  • Vol. 15: New Tonikaku Kekkon Shiyau! ( あ ね う え と に か く け っ こ ん し や う! ), March 31, 2012, ISBN 978-4-8401-4527-5
  • Vol. 16: Anata mo Koko ni Ite Hoshī ( あ な た も こ こ に い て ほ し ー ), October 31, 2012, ISBN 978-4-8401-4817-7
  • Vol. 17: Koneko to Natsu to Heikō Sekai ( こ ね こ と な つ と へ い こ ー ー せ か い ), February 28, 2013, ISBN 978-4-8401-4994-5
  • Vol. 18: Konekotachi no Big Journey ( 〜 こ ね こ た ち の び っ ぐ ・ じ ゃ ー に ぃ 〜 ), December 31, 2013, ISBN 978-4-0406-6160-5
  • Vol. 19: Tori no Hito Futatabi ( 〜 と り の ひ と ふ た た び 〜 ), December 31, 2014, ISBN 978-4-04-067309-7
  • Vol. 20: Soshite Koneko wa Asobi ni Iku yo? ( 〜 そ し て こ ね こ は あ そ び に い く よ? 〜 ), February 25, 2015, ISBN 978-4-04-067401-8

Adaptations

radio play

Based on the individual volumes of the novel, a series of radio plays was created , which reproduces the content of the first four volumes on four CDs. The first CD was released on February 22nd, 2006 (GNCA-1071). It was followed by three further publications on April 26, 2006 (GNCA-1072), July 5, 2006 (GNCA-1073) and August 24, 2007 (GNCA-1074), all of which were titled like the corresponding volume of the original. Since the radio play series was produced four years before the anime, completely different speakers ( seiyū ) were used. Information on the speakers can be found in the Synchronization section .

computer game

On July 27, 2006, the Ren'ai adventure Asobi ni Iku yo! - Chikyū Pinch no Kon'yaku Sengen ( あ そ び に い く ヨ! 〜 ち き ゅ う ぴ ん ち の こ ん や や く せ ん げ ん 〜 ) released for PlayStation 2 . This tells an original story that does not appear in the books, but makes use of the speakers and songs from the radio play. The game was published by Idea Factory.

Manga

Based on the light novel series, the manga series of the same name Asobi ni Iku yo! . It is only roughly based on the template and deviates from it in terms of content. Likewise, new characters have been introduced in the series written and drawn by Mangaka 888 , so that these are further and further removed from the original story. The manga was published from August 2006 (issue 10/2006) to 27 June 2014 (issue 8/2014) in the magazine Comic Alive , which, like the book series, is published by Media Factory . The individual chapters were also summarized in 10 anthologies ( Tankōbon ):

Anime

In 2010, the Japanese animation studio AIC Plus + adapted the light novel series as an anime television series. The implementation was announced in a reprint of the book series in March 2009. The announcement was again officially confirmed within the same month in the Gekkan Comic Alive magazine . About a year passed before the series was animated under the direction of Yōichi Ueda . The artistic direction was taken over by Hiroshi Katō. The design of the characters was revised by Noriko Morijima based on the novel and he also took over the management of the animation as a draftsman.

The series was broadcast shortly after midnight from July 11 to September 26, 2010 (and thus on the previous television day ) on MBS and half an hour later on TV Kanagawa . A few days later, AT-X , Chiba TV , Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting , TV Aichi, and TV Saitama also began broadcasting. At the same time, the series was streamed on Crunchyroll under the title Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky in an English subtitled version.

Episodes 3 to 8 each contained a prologue before the actual opening credits, in which the opening credits of well-known non-Japanese series were parodied. These in turn were Spaceship Enterprise , Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century , Cobra, Take Over , Charlie's Angels , Witch in Love, and Starsky & Hutch .

The series was released from September 15, 2010 to February 16, 2011 on 6 DVDs and Blu-rays .

On June 15, 2011 the OVA Asobi ni Iku yo! OVA Special: OVA de Asobi ni Kimashita !! ( あ そ び に い く ヨ! お ー ぶ い え ー す ぺ し ゃ る お ー ぶ い え ー で あ そ び に き き ま し た‼ , ~! Ō Bui Ē Supesharu: Ō Bui Ē ~ ) published.

music

From episode 3, Now loading ... SKY !! used, texted by Aki Hata , composed by Nijine and sung by Sphere . The two previous episodes had no opening credits, or the opening credits were only shown at the end of episode 2.

Several tracks were used as the end titles in alternating order, which appeared under the names of the roles. These were Kokoro no Madobe nite ( 心 の 窓 辺 に て ) from “Futaba Aoi (Hanazawa Kana)” for episodes 1, 5 and 8, Omoide ga Jama o Suru ( 想 い 出 が ジ ャ マ を す る ) from “Kinjō Manami (Tomatsu Haruka ) ”For episodes 3, 6 and 10, Happy Sunshine from“ Elis (Itō Kanae) ”for episodes 4, 7 and 11, Oira wa Sabishii Spaceman ( お い ら は 淋 し い ス ペ ー ス マ ン ) from“ Rauri ( Chihara Minori ) ”for the episode 9 and Smile Peace ( ス マ イ ル ☆ ピ ー ス ) from "Elis (Itō Kanae), Kinjō Manami (Tomatsu Haruka), Futaba Aoi (Hanazawa Kana)" for the last episode. With the exception of Oira wa Sabishii Spaceman , the text and composition are by rino ( CooRie ), while the composition of Omoide ga Jama o Suru is by Yū Tamura. The first three tracks also appeared on a single each, which reached lower places in the Oricon Top 100.

Oira wa Sabishii Spaceman ( お い ら は 淋 し い ス ペ ー ス マ ン ) is a cover version of the closing title from the Captain Future New Years special Kirei naru Taiyōkei Race from December 31, 1978. The piece was played in episode 9 in addition to the credits several times within the episode, too in a sung version of almost all leading and supporting roles in the series.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
radio play Anime
Kio Kakazu Yūko Sampei Mutsumi Tamura
Elis Ayako Kawasumi Kanae Ito
Manami Kinjō Megumi Toyoguchi Haruka Tomatsu
Aoi Futaba Mamiko Noto Kana Hanazawa
Maki Itokazu Saeko Chiba Hiromi Hirata
Chaika Reiko Takagi Minako Kotobuki
Jensu Akeno Watanabe Yui Horie
Antonia Ayaka Saitō Iori Nomizu

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Asobi ni Iku yo! Light Novels Have Anime in the Works (Updated). Anime News Network, March 9, 2009, accessed July 18, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Sasameki Koto Yuri Manga Gets TV Anime Green-Lit. Anime News Network, March 17, 2009, accessed July 18, 2010 .

Web links

Commons : Asobi ni iku yo!  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files