Bokura ga Ita
| Bokura ga Ita | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 僕 等 が い た |
| transcription | Bokura ga Ita |
 | |
| genre | Romance, shōjo |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Yūki Obata |
| publishing company | Shogakukan |
| magazine | Betsucomi |
| First publication | April 13, 2002 - February 13, 2012 |
| expenditure | 16 |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2006 |
| Studio | Artland |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 26th |
| Director | Akitarō Daichi |
| music | Jun Abe, Seiji Mutō |
| First broadcast | 4th July - 26th December 2006 on KBS Kyōto |
Bokura ga Ita ( Japanese 僕 等 が い た , eng. "We were there") was a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Yūki Obata that appeared from 2002 to 2012 . The approximately 1700-page manga, which was also implemented as an anime television series, is aimed at young girls, so it can be assigned to the Shōjo genre.
action
Nanami Takahashi is starting high school. There she meets some new friends and hears about the mysterious Motoharu Yano, who is said to be a crush. She doesn't think much of it herself, but asks her bench neighbor Yuri Yamamoto, who was once in the same class as Motoharu, what she thinks of Motoharu. She replies that she hates him.
Nanami meets him and at first doesn't like him at all because he keeps poking her and making her look ridiculous. Still, she is intrigued by Motoharu and its contradicting behavior. On the one hand he upsets her, on the other hand she finds his smile irresistible. She falls in love with him, but doesn't know if he'll reciprocate her feelings. She learns that Motoharu had a relationship with Yuri's sister who was fatally in a car accident. Little by little they get closer and Nanami learns that Motoharu detests infidelity more than anything in the world.
The two eventually become a couple, but the love between high school students seems more complicated than it first appeared. Often the relationship between the two is put to the test. On the one hand there is the pronounced jealousy of Yano because his ex-girlfriend had cheated on him. In addition, Yano doesn't seem to have completely forgotten his ex-girlfriend.
Publications
Bokura ga Ita appeared in Japan chapter by chapter in the manga magazine Betsucomi from issue 5/2002 (April 13, 2002) to 3/2012 (February 13, 2012), in which Mayumi Yokoyamas Galism and Hinako Ashiharas Sunadokei - The hourglass were released. The publishing house Shogakukan brought out these individual chapters in a total of 16 anthologies ( Tankōbon ).
In German laid Egmont Manga & Anime the anthologies completely from December 2006 to February 2013.
Success and Awards
The first nine volumes sold approximately 4.8 million copies in Japan through May 2006.
In 2005 the manga received the Shōgakukan Manga Prize in the Shōjo category.
Anime
The animation studio Artland produced a 26-part anime series based on the manga. Directed by Akitaro Daichi . The series comprises the content of the first eight volumes.
The first broadcast took place from July 4 to December 26, 2006 on KBS Kyōto , and with up to three weeks offset also on Gifu Hōsō , Tokyo MX , Chiba TV , TV Saitama , Hokkaidō Hōsō , Kids Station and TV Niigata .
Web links
- Official website of the Betsucomi magazine on the manga (Japanese)
- Anime Official Website (Japanese)
- Official website of EMA for the German manga version
- Manga and Anime in Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historic Shoujo Manga Circulation Numbers , ComiPress, May 24, 2006