Bamboo blade

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Bamboo Blade ( Japanese バ ン ブ ー ブ レ ー ド , Bambū Burēdo ) is a manga drawn by Masahiro Totsuka and Aguri Igarashi , which was published from December 3, 2004 to September 3, 2010 in the Japanese his manga magazine Young Gangan and also in 14 edited volumes has been published. The series tells the story of the hapless Kendo teacher Toraji Ishida, who competes with his former classmate, who is now also a Kendo teacher. Always inferior to his women's team, he has strong female offspring with Tamaki Kawazoe.

Based on the manga, two manga spin-offs and an anime television series were created, which were broadcast from October 2, 2007 to April 2, 2008 on TV Tokyo . A novel for the series was published in February 2008. Another adaptation as a video game for the PlayStation Portable , バ ン ブ ー ブ レ ー ド ~ そ れ か ら の 挑 戦 ~ ( Bambū Burēdo: sorekara no chōsen ), was published on May 28, 2009.

Characters

Toraji Ishida ( 石田 虎 侍 , Ishida Toraji )

Also known as Kojirō , he is a kendō teacher who also teaches politics and economics at Muroe High School. Constantly gnawing on the hunger cloth, he drags himself from one wage payment to the next and often takes his students' meals. He gets the offer of a lifetime from his former classmate: a year's supply of sushi , if his female team should win a training competition against that of his older classmate. Since then, he has made every effort to get training in the club going. The only person (Yūji Nakata) who knows the true background of his ambition calls him "pathetic".

Tamaki Kawazoe ( 川 添 珠 姫 , Kawazoe Tamaki )

She is a very small student in the first year of high school, often referred to as Tama-chan . Although she has a huge talent for kendō, she does not see it as a hobby, but something that was trained at home. Her father runs a kendo dojo and she refuses to join the school club. Nevertheless, she visits the club for a short time to drive away a few harassing young people. She has an exaggerated sense of justice and fairness, which was sparked in her by the Tokusatsu television series Blade Braver (a series in the series). Despite her age, she remained a huge fan of anime and the tokusatsu. In the team of Kojirō, which she later joins, she takes on the role of the strongest fighter.

Kirino Chiba ( 千葉 紀 梨 乃 , Chiba Kirino )

Kirino is a sophomore student and captain of the Kendo team. As an extremely energetic and enthusiastic leader, she dreams of leading the team to the national competitions. Despite her relaxed manner, she takes care of the training and is the first to use Shinai while the others are still exhausted on the floor. It is also described as the heart of the team. A characteristic of her smile is a mouth shaped like a round 'W', which is based on the representation of a smiling cat.

Miyako Miyazaki ( 宮 崎 都 , Miyazaki Miyako )

Miyako is a first-year student who is called Miya-Miya by the other students . She is presented as a very beautiful and friendly girl who, to the amazement of many, is devoted to the short and fat Danjūrō. Behind her facade, however, hides a very dark and sadistic personality, which is indicated in the drawings by a dark aura surrounding her. In this state she is capable of anything and would give free rein to her anger if she were not immediately put back into her loving personality by someone through the reputation of her nickname.

Sayako Kuwahara ( 桑 原 鞘 子 , Kuwahara Sayako )

Like Kirino, she is a second-year student who is described as very fickle as she changes interests and goals very often. She attended the Kendo club during her first year, but kept disappearing suddenly. Kirino calls her Saya again and again , while the other team members address her like a man for fun and because of her size. In her free time she maintains one relationship after the other and repeatedly falls into lovesickness, which makes it difficult for others to drag her to events on time.

Satori Azuma ( 東 聡 莉 , Azuma Satori )

Satori visited is in the first year and joins the team as the fifth and last girl. She is very talented and will soon become the second strongest fighter behind Tamaki. In school, however, she is below average and could not improve despite leaving her former Kendo club.

Yūji Nakata ( 中 田 勇 次 , Nakata Yūji )

He is a nice and helpful first year student joining the club. He already gained experience in the lower school classes and has already won several prizes. During the plot, a romance with Tamaki seems to be developing, but it does not go beyond the beginnings.

Danjūrō ​​Eiga ( 栄 花 段 十 朗 , Eiga Danjūrō )

Danjūrō, also known as Dan-kun , is a short, fat student in the first year and the friend of Miyako, who is much taller than him and doesn't seem to suit him at all. Despite initial inspiration to want to join a ping-pong club, he ends up after discovering that there is no such club at the school in the kendō club. When asked if he might know another member for the club, to everyone's astonishment he brought Miyako with him as his girlfriend and is the real reason Miyako got involved in the sport in the first place.

Origin and publications

The manga , written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi , was published from December 3, 2004 to September 3, 2010 in his manga magazine Young Gangan . The total of 117 chapters were also summarized in fourteen tankōbon editions published by Square Enix . Together with the 7th manga volume, a fan book was published on December 25, 2007 with the title BAMBOO BLADE フ ァ ン ブ ッ ク7.5 and together with the last volume on November 25, 2010 another fan book with the title BAMBOO BLADE フ ァ ン ブ ッ ク (祝) .

In the United States , the manga was licensed from Yen Press in 2008 and published in full in both Yen Plus magazine and fourteen edited volumes. In France the manga is published by Editions Ki-oon ; all fourteen volumes were published between September 2009 and October 2011.

Anime

Television series
Original title バ ン ブ ー ブ レ ー ド
Bamboo Blade
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2007
Episodes 26 in 1 season
idea Masahiro Totsuka
First broadcast October 2, 2007 - April 2, 2008 on TV Tokyo
synchronization

AIC ASTA adapted the manga into a 26-episode anime television series that was shown in Japan from October 2, 2007 to April 2, 2008 on TV Tokyo .

The series was licensed by Funimation for the US market in 2009 and published in the form of two collection boxes and a complete edition. In the UK, the series appeared on Manga Entertainment.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Toraji Ishida Katsuyuki Konishi
Tamaki Kawazoe Ryō Hirohashi
Kirino Chiba Megumi Toyoguchi
Miyako Miyazaki Hoko Kuwashima
Sayako Kuwahara Sachiko Kojima
Satori Azuma Rina Sato
Yūji Nakata Daisuke Sakaguchi
Danjūrō ​​Eiga Akira Ishida

reception

In Impact magazine , Andrez Bergen described the series from AIC ASTA as a surprise that it was actually not. So follow Bamboo Blade instead of boys abrackernde high school students a special kendo team. The studio is said to have previously delivered an anime called Gun × Sword in which a woman stole the show from the other characters.

Bamboo Blade B

A spin-off of the manga with the title Bamboo Blade B appears from December 2008 to probably November 12, 2013 in the Shōnen magazine Shōnen Gagan . This is also written by Masahiro Totsuka and drawn by Neko Sutajio . Eleven anthologies had been published by May 2013.

The main role in this manga is played by the twelve-year-old Yū Ōkido, who, like Tamaki, is also an otaku . Although the tall Yū has practiced kendo almost every day for several years with Ken, a younger friend from elementary school, she does not like this sport. When she entered middle school, she turned down offers from classmates and teachers to join a sports club and instead chose the housekeeping course with her friend Nana. Via the older student Ozawa, who visits two clubs, Yū nevertheless comes to the girls 'kendo club, which runs the risk of merging with the boys' club.

Bamboo Blade C.

Another spin-off of the manga, titled Bamboo Blade C is from 25 May 2013 for his magazine Monthly Big Gangan published. This is also written by Masahiro Totsuka, but drawn by Jingu Takao .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of the PSP video game ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Japanese) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.acgateway.com
  2. ↑ Bamboo Blade Manga to End on September 3. Anime News Network , August 20, 2010, accessed August 20, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Yen Press Announces Titles to Run in Anthology Mag. Anime News Network , April 19, 2008, accessed February 12, 2009 .
  4. ^ Funimation Acquires Bamboo Blade, Druaga, Dragonaut. Anime News Network , February 14, 2009, accessed February 24, 2009 .
  5. ↑ Andrez Bergen: Japanime . In: Impact . June 2008.
  6. ↑ Bamboo Blade B Manga to End in November. Anime News Network , October 8, 2013, accessed October 9, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Bamboo Blade C Manga About High School Kendō Girls to Launch in May. Anime News Network , April 25, 2013, accessed October 9, 2013 .

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