Cyborg Kuro-chan
Cyborg Kuro-chan ( Japanese サ イ ボ ー グ ク ロ ち ゃ ん ) is a manga by the Japanese artist Naoki Yokōchi . He was also known as anime - TV series implemented.
The work can be assigned to the genres of science fiction and comedy and is about a cyborg tomcat who fights against a world conqueror.
action
The tomcat Kuro-chan lives with a senile old couple whom he often has to remind them to feed. One day, however, he is seriously injured in an accident and is taken by Dr. Go kidnaps him and turns him into a heavily armed cyborg . Now Kuro-chan is supposed to be part of a cyborg cat army for Dr. Go conquer the world. The stubborn tomcat doesn't want to give in to this and fights his way free.
Now he has to keep going against Dr. Go and his cyborgs fight, because he wants him back and still wants to conquer the world. That's why he sets the cat M-1 on his neck. In addition, Kuro has to look after his masters to protect them from the consequences of the fighting and them from the inadequacies caused by their senility. Often Tokyo or larger parts of Japan are destroyed.
Concept and style
The series consists of several shorter episode stories, each completed. The common thread of Dr. Go's attempts to conquer the world. Other mangas, cartoons and films are often parodied, such as Dragonball , Gundam , The Peanuts , Moby Dick or Indiana Jones . The series itself is also parodied.
The drawing style is very atypical for manga . Its flatness, broad lines and geometrical forms make it look very simple. The action is shown with many speed lines .
Manga
The manga by Naoki Yokochi was published in February 1998 in the manga magazine Comic BomBom published by Kodansha in Japan. The individual chapters were later published in eleven anthologies ( Tankōbon ).
The manga was published in French by Pika Édition . In German, the first three volumes of the series were first in the magazine Manga power of the publishing house Egmont Manga and Anime published. The manga was later published in paperback format. After the seventh volume, the publication was discontinued. The German translation is by Josef Shanel.
Anime
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cyborg Kuro-chan |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 1999 |
| length | 12 minutes |
| Episodes | 66 |
| genre | Science fiction , comedy |
| idea | Naoki Yokouchi |
| First broadcast | October 2, 1999 - January 6, 2001 on TV Tokyo |
1999 was Anime - television series produced to manga, which included 66 episodes and 2 October 1999 to 6 January 2001 TV Tokyo aired in Japan.
The series was broadcast in English by Animax in South and Southeast Asia. Televisa Canal 5 aired the anime in Mexico, Italia 1, Italia Teen Television and Hiro in Italy, and ABC-5 and IBC-13 in the Philippines . In 2006 the series was broadcast in the Middle East by Spacetoon.
synchronization
| role | Japanese voice actor ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Kuro-chan | Chika Sakamoto |
| Dr. Mantaro Takeshi | Tohru Furusawa |
| Mii-kun | Chiharu Tezuka |
| Nana | Hiromi Tsunakake |
music
The opening credits Guru Guru Kuro-chan comes from Lady Q, the credits are Positive Vibration by Sister-K and Para Para Kuro-chan by Kyuu.
reception
According to the Internet magazine AnimePro, the manga contains a lot of fun and action, but little plot. Melindy Hetfeld from Splashcomics describes the drawing style as taking some getting used to and unusual for mangas. At the beginning there is hardly any action. Due to the wacky humor and the drawings, the manga doesn't get boring and is very entertaining. There is a lot of situational humor and slapstick and later a plot also develops in the individual stories.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c AnimePro about the manga, by Christian Heß
- ↑ a b c Splashcomics about the 1st volume, by Malindy Hetfeld
- ↑ a b c Splashcomics about the 2nd volume, by Malindy Hetfeld
- ↑ a b Splashcomics on Volume 3, by Malindy Hetfeld
Web links
- Anime News Network about the manga and television series (English)