Bokurano
| Bokurano | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ぼ く ら の |
| transcription | Bokurano |
| genre | Science fiction, drama |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Mohiro Kitoh |
| publishing company | Shogakukan |
| magazine | Ikki |
| First publication | November 25, 2003 - June 25, 2009 |
| expenditure | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2007 |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Director | Hiroyuki Morita |
| music | Yūji Mino |
| First broadcast | April 9 - September 26, 2007 on Sun TV , TV Kanagawa |
Bokurano ( Japanese ぼ く ら の , eng. "Our") is a manga by the Japanese illustrator Mohiro Kitoh , which was printed from 2003 to 2009 as a series in the monthly manga magazine Ikki .
A 24-episode anime series of the same name based on the manga was broadcast on Japanese television in 2007. The latter was produced by the Gonzo drawing studio under the direction of Hiroyuki Morita . Furthermore, a light novel series written by Renji Ōki called Bokurano: Alternative was published in 2009 , which tells a modified story, but which Kitoh himself also influenced.
action
During a stay in a summer camp, fifteen children find a secluded cave by the sea. Here you will find a variety of computers and electronic devices. Finally, the owner turns up, a man who introduces himself as "Kokopelli". Kokopelli claims to be programming a game in which a giant robot defends the earth against alien invaders. He urges the children to test the game and agree to a “contract”. All but one of the children decide to sign the contract. The next moment, however, they all wake up on the beach outside the cave and believe that they have only been dreaming.
The following night, two gigantic robots suddenly appear on the beach. A small, flying creature named Koemushi ( コ エ ム シ ) appears in front of the children and explains that he is their advisor from now on. Koemushi teleports the children into the cockpit of one of the two robots, where Kokopelli is already located. This controls the robot and defeats the other. He explains to the children how to control the robot, which is done solely by their thoughts. After the opponent is defeated, Kokopelli says that the children are now on their own and teleports them back to the beach. One of the children hears him muttering, "I'm sorry."
In the following chapters the struggles of the different children against the enemy robots are described one after the other. The focus is always on the current pilot, whose everyday life and background story are described during the fight.
Takashi Waku ( 和 久 隆 ) is the first pilot of the robot, which the children now call Zearth ( ジ ア ー ス , shiāsu ). After winning his fight, he is accidentally pushed by Jun Ushiro ( 宇 白 順 ), another child, and falls over a cliff into the sea. The second pilot, Masaru Kodaka ( 小 高 勝 ) also wins his fight, but loses his father in the process. Before he is able to really grasp this, he too dies for no apparent cause. Koemushi explains to the other children that the robot is powered by the life force of its pilot. Because of this, anyone who has ever controlled the robot inevitably dies.
The next pilots, Daiichi Yamura ( 矢 村 大一 ) and Mako Nakarai ( 半 井 摩 子 ), also die immediately after they have won. Isao Kako ( 加 古 功 ), who would be the next pilot's turn, is too afraid of death and refuses to control the robot. To prevent defeat in battle, Chizuru Honda ( 本田 千 鶴 ) steps in and kills Isao. So she becomes the next pilot and defeats the enemy robot. Before that, however, she wants to take revenge on a teacher who raped her and made her pregnant. Only her sister prevents her from killing him. After fighting the enemy robot, both she and her unborn child die.
During Kunihiko Moji's ( 門 司 邦彦 ) fight it turns out that the opposing robot is also controlled by humans, but they obviously come from a parallel universe. Koemushi explains to the children that if you fail in combat, the pilot's universe will be wiped out. According to him, this is the real point of robot fighting.
publication
Manga
Bokurano was written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh . The first chapter was established in December 2003 monthly His - magazine Ikki issue 1/2004 (25 November 2003) published, where all of the following chapters were published by the end of the series on the 25th June 2009 (issue 8/2009). From June 2004 to December 2009 the chapters were summarized in 11 edited volumes ( Tankōbon ).
The manga was licensed by Viz Media for the North American region. As of July 23, 2009, the English version of the manga has been published on the Ikki English version website . The first anthology was published in the USA on February 16, 2010.
Licensing also took place for sales in France, Italy, South Korea and Taiwan.
In January 2008 the Shogakukan publishing house also published the Bokurano Official Book ( ISBN 978-4-09-188399-5 )
Anime
Based on the manga, Gonzo produced an anime television series called Bokurano under the direction of Hiroyuki Morita . This has 24 episodes and was first broadcast weekly from April 9 to September 26, 2007 after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) on the Japanese TV channels Sun TV and TV Kanagawa , but also on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi , as well as AT at the same time -X .
Between July 25, 2008 and March 26, 2008, all episodes appeared in Japan on a total of eight DVDs.
It is noticeable that the anime is increasingly detached from the plot of the manga, especially in the later episodes. Hiroyuki Morita justifies this in a blog entry as a result of his strong aversion to the later plot of the manga, in which a large number of the main characters die. In a conversation Kitoh gave him a free hand to change the story according to his ideas as long as he does not insert implausible plot turns.
The soundtrack for the series was written by Yūji Nomi . The opening title song Uninstall ( ア ン イ ン ス ト ー ル , aninsutōru ) and the closing songs Little Bird and Vermillion come from Chiaki Ishikawa .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Kokopelli | Hiroki Tochi |
| Takashi Waku | Daisuke Sakaguchi |
| Masaru Kodaka | Sōichirō Hoshi |
| Daiichi Yamura | Tomokazu Sugita |
| Mako Nakarai | Yuka Iguchi |
| Isao Kako | Yoshinori Fujita |
| Chizuru Honda | Ao Takahashi |
| Kunihiko Moji | Kōki Miyata |
| Maki Ano | Kumiko Higa |
| Yōsuke Kirie | Shintaro Asanuma |
| Takami Komoda | Mamiko Noto |
| Aiko Tokosumi | Yui Makino |
| Kanji Yoshikawa | Kenji Nojima |
| Kana Ushiro | Kana Asumi |
| Yōko Machi | Yūko Sanpei |
Light novel
In June 2009, five volumes of the light novel Bokurano: Alternative (Japanese ぼ く ら の 〜alternative〜 ) by Renji Ōki were published . This tells an alternative course of action based on the manga. In doing so, she introduces new characters, which, however, just like parts of the plot, were created with the help of Mohiro Kitoh.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bokurano Manga Ends in Japan's Ikki Magazine ( English ) Anime News Network . June 26, 2009. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ↑ Viz Adds Bokurano & I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow Manga ( English ) Anime News Network . May 22, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ Bokurano, notre enjeu. Asuka, accessed February 23, 2014 (French).
- ^ Autore> Mohiro Kitoh. Kappa Edizioni , archived from the original on January 14, 2010 ; Retrieved February 23, 2014 (Italian).
- ↑ (만화) 지 어스 11: Zearth. Daum Communications, accessed February 23, 2014 (Korean).
- ↑ 地球 防衛 少年． 鬼頭 莫 宏. (No longer available online.) Ever Glory Publishing , archived from the original on February 23, 2012 ; Retrieved February 23, 2014 (Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 小学 館 ： コ ミ ッ ク 『ぼ く ら の BOKURANO OFFICIAL BOOK 』 ( Japanese ) Shogakukan . Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ↑ a b ぼ く ら の ： ア ニ メ 版 公式 サ イト ( Japanese ) Gonzo . Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ↑ ぼ く ら の ： ア ニ メ 版 公式 サ イ ト ( Japanese ) Gonzo . Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ↑ Bokurano Helmer Changes Story Due to Dislike of Manga . Retrieved June 14, 2007.
- ↑ 小学 館 ： コ ミ ッ ク 『ぼ く ら の ～ alternative ～ 1』 ( Japanese ) Shogakukan . Retrieved July 20, 2009.
Web links
- Official website for the manga by Ikki (Japanese)
- Official website for the anime of Gonzo (Japanese)
- Bokurano in the Internet Movie Database (English)