Dororon Enma-kun

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Dororon Enma-kun
Original title ド ロ ロ ン え ん 魔 く ん
transcription Dororon Enma-kun
genre Adventure, comedy, mystery, horror
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Go Nagai
publishing company Shogakukan
magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
First publication September 30, 1973 - March 31, 1974
expenditure 3
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1973
Studio Tōei animation
length 25 minutes
Episodes 25th
First broadcast Oct. 4, 1973 - March 28, 1974 on Fuji TV
synchronization
Anime television series
title Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera
Original title ド ロ ロ ン え ん 魔 く ん メ ～ ラ め ら
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2011
Studio Brain's Base
length 25 minutes
Episodes 12
Director Yoshitomo Yonetani
music Keiichi Suzuki , moonriders
First broadcast April 7, 2011 - June 23, 2011 on MBS
synchronization
Offshoot
► Kikōshi Enma (2006)

Dororon Enma-kun ( Japanese. ド ロ ロ ン え ん 魔 く ん ) is a series of manga series and animes , conceived by the Japanese illustrator Gō Nagai , the first work of which was published in 1973. In 2006, the offshoot Kikōshi Enma was created , which is aimed at an older audience and in which the characters are no longer children, but adults.

content

Some of the demons on earth do not follow the rules that hell gives them, but plan to overthrow the king of the underworld. The latter then sends his nephew Enma ( え ん 魔 ) to solve the problem. Enma teams up with Yukiko ( 雪 子 姫 ), daughter of the Snow Princess, and the Kappa Kapaeru ( カ パ エ ル ). Together they find shelter with the primary school student and Mangafan Tsutomu ( ツ ト ム ) and hunt down the renegade demons. Enma's magical hat Chappoji ( シ ャ ポ ー じ い ) helps them with this , but he often also gives dangerous advice.

Manga publications

The first manga appeared in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday of the publishing house Shōgakukan, aimed at a young male audience, from September 30, 1973 to March 31, 1974. The series was initially published in three volumes. Various new editions followed, later also in two volumes, and finally a version as an e-book . At the same time as the original series, especially from October 1973, nine other series appeared in the publisher's magazines aimed at children. These were also written by Go Nagai, but with one exception not drawn by him. Tsutomu Oyamada drew five of the series, Tadashi Makimura , Ken Ishikawa , Yoshimi Hamada and Mitsuru Hiruta one each.

In 1978, Enma Jigoku was the first manga in the series, written and drawn by Go Nagai. It was published by the publisher Asahi Sonorama in its magazine Manga Shōnen . Doki Doki followed in 1992 and 1993 ! Enma-kun drawn by Koichi Hagane. This was published again by Shogakukan, in Coro Coro Comic magazine . From December 2000 to June 2001, Sanwa Publishing published the Dororon Enbi-chan series in Monthly YoungMan magazine. In July 2010, published in Business Jump of Shueisha Dororon Enma-kun Gaiden: Enma vs by Masaki Segawa. The last manga to date was Shururun Yukiko Hime-chan feat. Dororon Enma-kun , which in Young Ace of Shoten Kadokawa appeared and was drawn by Sae Amatsu.

In 2006 the offshoot Kikōshi Enma was also published , also written and drawn by Go Nagai, which is aimed at an older audience.

Animes

A first anime version of the manga came on Japanese television almost at the same time as the manga was released on October 4, 1973. The broadcast of the series on Fuji TV ended on March 28, 1974. The series was directed by Kimio Yabuki , Keisuke Morishita, Takeshi Shirato, Fusahito Nagaki, Tomoharu Katsumata and Tetsu Dezaki on Tōei Animation , screenplay written by Masaki Tsuji, Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Tadaaki Yamazaki. The character design was done by Takeshi Shirado and the artistic director was Toshio Fukumoto.

In 2006, a new anime was released under the title Kikōshi Enma ( 鬼 公子 炎魔 ) as a four-part original video animation based on the manga offshoot from the same year. In the production of Studio Brain's Base led Mamoru Kanbe Director.

A remake of the old anime series came on Japanese television in 2011. The 12 episode series was produced at Brains Base, directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani . The scripts were written by Hiroaki Kitajima and Yoshitomo Yonetani, Takahiro Kimura was in charge of character design and Takashi Nakamura was the artistic director. It was first broadcast from April 7, 2011 to June 23, 2011 on MBS . With a delay of one to several days, broadcasts on AT-X , TBS , TV Aichi and TVQ followed .

Voice actor

role Japanese voice ( seiyū ) 1973 Japanese voice 2011
Enma-kun Masako Nozawa Kappei Yamaguchi
Yukiko Hime Sumie Sakai Mamiko Noto
Kapaeru Kaneta Kimotsuki Takehito Koyasu
Tsutomu Takako Kondo Rumi Shishido
Chappoji Jumpei Takiguchi Minoru Inaba

music

The opening title of the first anime, Dororon Enma-kun , and the closing song Be Careful of Ghosts were sung by Chika Nakayama and composed by Asei Kobayashi. The opening credits of the new anime series were underlaid with the song Tama Mera Mera Icchō Celsius! ( 魂 メ ラ め ら 一 兆 ℃! ) By Masaaki Endō and the Moon Riders. The end credits for the new series are:

  • Minna Kutabaru Sā Sā Sā ( み ん な く た ば る サ ァ サ ァ サ ァ ) from the Moon Riders, featuring yoko
  • Jidai ( 時代 ) by Mamiko Noto and Ayako Kawasumi
  • Mata Au Hi Made ( ま た 逢 う 日 ま で ) by Mamiko Noto and Ayako Kawasumi

The music for the 2011 anime series is by Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 1-933330-10-4 , p. 159. (English)
  2. ↑ ド ロ ロ ン え ん 魔 く ん. eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd., accessed July 20, 2014 (Japanese).

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