Durarara !!
| Durarara !! | |
|---|---|
| Original title | デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! |
| transcription | Dyurarara !! |
 | |
| genre | Action , mystery |
| Light novel | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Ryogo Narita |
| illustrator | Suzuhito Yasuda |
| publishing company |
Media Works (until 2008) ASCII Media Works |
| First publication | April 10, 2004 - January 10, 2014 |
| expenditure | 13 |
| Light novel | |
| title | Durarara !! SH |
| Original title | デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! SH |
| transcription | Dyurarara !! SH |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Ryogo Narita |
| illustrator | Suzuhito Yasuda |
| publishing company | ASCII Media Works |
| First publication | April 10, 2014 - ... |
| expenditure | 3+ |
| Manga | |
| title | Durarara !! Durarara !! Saika-hen Durarara !! Kōkinzoku-hen |
| Original title | デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! 罪 歌 編 デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! 黄巾賊 編 |
| transcription | Dyurarara !! Dyurarara !! Saika-hen Dyurarara !! Kōkinzoku-hen |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Ryogo Narita |
| Illustrator | Akiyo Satorigi |
| publishing company | Square Enix |
| magazine | Gekkan GFantasy |
| First publication | April 18, 2009 - ... |
| expenditure | 4 + 3 + |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2010 |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 + 2 bonus episodes |
| Director | Takahiro Ōmori |
| music | Makoto Yoshimori |
| First broadcast | January 8 - June 25, 2010 on MBS |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Durarara !! × 2 Durarara !! × 2 Shō Durarara !! × 2 Ten Durarara !! × 2 Ketsu |
| Original title | デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! × 2 デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! × 2 承 デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! × 2 転 デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! × 2 結 |
| transcription | Dyurarara !! × 2 Dyurarara !! × 2 Shō Dyurarara !! × 2 Ten Dyurarara !! × 2 Ketsu |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2015 |
| Studio | Shuka |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 36 in 3 seasons |
| Director | Takahiro Ōmori |
| music | Makoto Yoshimori |
| First broadcast | January 10 - March 28, 2015 (Shō) July 4 - September 26, 2015 (Ten) January 9, 2016 - March 26, 2016 (Ketsu) on Tokyo MX , Gunma TV , Tochigi TV |
Durarara !! ( jap. デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! , Dyurarara !! ) is a light novel series by the Japanese author Ryōgo Narita . The first volume in the series was published by Media Works in April 2004 under the imprint Dengeki Bunko and was later continued in the ASCII Media Works merger . The book series was adapted as both a manga and an anime television series.
action
The young Mikado Ryūgamine ( 竜 ヶ 峰 帝 人 ) lived for a long time only in the small town in which he was born and could not even come to class trips. With his start in high school he would like to participate in the exciting life of a big city and accepts the invitation of his childhood friend Masaomi Kida ( 紀 田 正 臣 ) to a school in Ikebukuro . Masaomi shows his friend the city and introduces him to some of his friends; and finally he warns of people and gangs that Mikado should better avoid. These include the violent Shizuo Heiwajima ( 平和 島 静 雄 ), the information seller Izaya Orihara ( 折 原 臨 也 ), and a mysterious gang called Dollars . On his first day, he also manages to glimpse an urban legend: a headless motorcyclist who works as a courier for the underground of Ikebukuro.
The motorcyclist lives with Shinra Kishitani ( 岸 谷 新 羅 ), a doctor who works for the criminal in Ikebukuro. Twenty years ago the Dullahan named Celty Sturluson came to Japan from Ireland in search of her lost head. She hopes to get more information about her head, which she can feel in her vicinity while carrying out the tasks for the Tokyo underworld. She met her roommate, who is interested in her being but also in her as a woman, on her trip when he was still a child.
In his class, Mikado is elected speaker, along with the reserved girl Anri Sonohara ( 園 原 杏 里 ). Soon Masaomi and Mikado see their classmate being threatened by some girls and a supposed member of the dollars. When they want to intervene, Izaya is added, then more dollars and finally Shizuo, so that it degenerates into a fight - also because Shizuo hates Izaya and doesn't want to see him in Ikebukuro. His hatred is based not only on his general dislike, but on the fact that Izaya once accused him of a crime and Shizuo lost his job as a barman. Nevertheless, he still wears his bar outfit every day, even if he now works as a bodyguard for the debt collector Tom. Shizuo is extremely strong because his body cannot control his strength. Although he often injured himself as a child, he became more and more resilient.
Masaomi is curious about what is behind the dollars, but finds out little about them. The group has no hierarchy and apparently all members do what they feel like doing. Masaomi's friends also receive an invitation while they are rescuing an illegal immigrant they know from human traffickers. Not long afterwards the rumor got around that the dollars save people from kidnapping. Namie Yagiri works in the company that commissions these kidnappings and carries out experiments and operations on them. Her brother Seiji Yagiri has been obsessed with the family-owned head of a dullahan since childhood. One day when he disappears with his head, Namie Yagiri finds her brother with the head and the slain student Mika Harima, who has been chasing Seiji. With the Dullahan's head on his body, Seiji finally wants to live out his love. But he is still unreliable with his obsession and puts the company's machinations at risk. In addition, Namie is no less obsessed with her brother and jealous of his love.
When Mika Harima and Seiji meet Celty, who recognizes her head on her, Mika panics and flees. By chance she meets Mikado and takes refuge with him. When he comes home the next day, Mika has disappeared and he is attacked by Yagiri's henchmen who are looking for Mika. But Izaya and Celty, also looking for Mika, help him. To outsmart Yagiri, Mikado reveals that he is the founder of the dollars. Initially created out of boredom in his small town over the Internet, they would have become independent. Now he is calling everyone together for the first time - where he also orders Yagiri. Without an attack, the overwhelming power of hundreds of people will panic. Seiji also appears and demands his sweetheart back. He learns that Mika is not actually wearing Celty's head, but has only been operated on to look like that. Seiji should finally break away from the Dullahan head. Now he agrees to a relationship with Mika, who loves him even though he wanted to kill her because she at least reminds him of his great love. Since Celty noticed all this, she now knows that Shinra, who performed the operation on Mika, has known where her head is for a long time. She confronts him and he defends himself by saying that he is afraid of losing her if she achieves her goal. She has led a full life for the past few years, even without her head. Celty forgives Shinra, even if she doesn't completely leave her uncertainty of not having her head back.
Meanwhile, Mikado, who doesn't tell his classmates about his role in the dollars and the events around him, confesses his love to Sonohara.
Origin and publications
The light novel series Durarara !! is written by Ryōgo Narita and uses illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda . The book series was published by the Japanese publisher Media Works since April 10, 2004 . Issues published after April 2008 were published by ASCII Media Works , the company that resulted from the merger of Media Works and ASCII . In both cases the issues of the not yet completed series were published under the imprint Dengeki Bunko . The 13th and final volume was released on January 10, 2014, with the series on April 10, 2014 with Durarara !! SH received a sequel, of which three volumes have been published so far (as of July 2015).
Durarara !! :
- Vol. 1: ISBN 4-8402-2646-6 , April 10, 2004
- Vol. 2: ISBN 4-8402-3000-5 , March 10, 2005
- Vol. 3: ISBN 4-8402-3516-3 , August 10, 2006
- Vol. 4: ISBN 978-4-8402-4186-1 , March 10, 2008
- Vol. 5: ISBN 978-4-04-867595-6 , March 10, 2009
- Vol. 6: ISBN 978-4-04-867905-3 , July 10, 2009
- Vol. 7: ISBN 978-4-04-868276-3 , January 10, 2010
- Vol. 8: ISBN 978-4-04-868599-3 , June 10, 2010
- Vol. 9: ISBN 978-4-04-870274-4 , February 10, 2011
- Vol. 10: ISBN 978-4-04-870729-9 , August 10, 2011
- Vol. 11: ISBN 978-4-04-886562-3 , May 10, 2012
- Vol. 12: ISBN 978-4-04-891746-9 , June 7, 2013
- Vol. 13: ISBN 978-4-04-866217-8 , January 10, 2014
Durarara !! SH :
- Vol. 1: ISBN 978-4-04-866486-8 , April 10, 2014
- Vol. 2: ISBN 978-4-04-869008-9 , October 10, 2014
- Vol. 3: ISBN 978-4-04-869169-7 , January 10, 2015
In July 2010 the extra volume Durarara was released !! no Subete ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! ノ 全 テ ; ISBN 978-4-04-868793-5 ), in August 2014 the spin-off Durarara !! Gaiden ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! 外 伝 ; ISBN 978-4-04-866830-9 ) and The Sunset, With Izaya Orihara ( 折 原 臨 也 と 、 夕 焼 け を ; ISBN 978-4-04-865243-8 ) in July 2015.
The light novel was licensed in the US by Yen Press and is due to appear in July 2015.
Adaptations
Manga
Based on the plot written by Ryōgo Narita, Akiyo Satorigi draws a manga series of the same name . It was published from issue 7/2009 (June 18, 2009) to 5/2011 (April 18, 2011) within the magazine Gekkan GFantasy , which is published by Square Enix and summarized in four anthologies ( Tankōbon ) from December 2009 to June 2011 has been.
From issue 10/2011 (September 18, 2011) to 2/2013 (January 18, 2013) the sequel Durarara was running !! Saika-hen ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! 罪 歌 編 ), which also appeared in three edited volumes.
The latest sequel is Durarara !! Kōkinzoku-hen ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! 巾 賊 編 ), which has been published since issue 5/2013 (April 18, 2013).
The first series was published in German by Egmont Manga from October 2017 to April 2018 with all four volumes. An English version of the first two series has been published by Yen Press since January 2012 .
In addition, the anthology manga Durarara !! Anthology Comic Duralove !! ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! ア ン ソ ロ ジ ー コ ミ ッ ク デ ュ ラ ラ ブ !! , Dyurarara !! Ansorojī Komikku Durarabu !! ), which contained short stories of various mangaka.
Anime
Durarara !!
Based on the series of novels, the animation studio Brain's Base produced an anime television series directed by Takahiro Ōmori . The main author was Noboru Takagi . The character design was created by Takahiro Kishida based on the original drawing by Suzuhito Yasuda, and Akira Itō was the artistic director , while Akira Takata directed the animation. Depending on the episode, the story is told from the perspective of another character over and over again, and the narrative threads gradually weave into a whole.
The series started on January 8, 2010 after midnight and thus on the previous television day on MBS , where it ran with 24 episodes until June 25, 2010. The stations TBS and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting began a few days later also with the broadcast. At the same time, the series with English subtitles was also offered as a stream on Crunchyroll . The later Blu-Ray and DVD releases contained two additional episodes 12.5 and 25.
In Europe, the series was licensed by Beez Entertainment and will be distributed by Al! Ve from January 2011 with German subtitles. In Germany, Peppermint Anime acquired the license. The first part is due to appear in German dubbed version in March 2016.
Durarara !! × 2
On March 16, 2014, the sequel Durarara !! × 2 was announced for the annual Dengeki Game Festival in the Tokyo district of Akihabara . With this one will also switch to the new animation studio Studio Shuka with the same production staff. The sequel should consist of several seasons which should appear every six months : Durarara !! × 2 Shō ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! × 2 承 ) from January 2015, Durarara !! × 2 Ten ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! × 2 転 ) from July 2015 and Durarara !! × 2 Ketsu ( デ ュ ラ ラ ラ !! × 2 結 ) from January 2016 (for naming see Ki-Shō-Ten-Ketsu ).
Durarara !! × 2 Shō ran with 12 episodes from January 10th to March 28th, 2015 first on Tokyo MX, Gunma TV and Tochigi TV, as well as with an offset on BS11, Mainichi Hōsō and CBC. As with its predecessor, Crunchyroll will simulcast this series with English subtitles in North and South America and the British Isles.
Durarara !! × 2 Ten ran from July 4 to September 29, 2015 and Durarara !! × 2 Ketsu from January 9, 2016 to March 26, 2016, each with 12 episodes on the same channels and also on Crunchyroll.
In 2015, a 25-minute original video animation for the series was also released in Japan under the title Durarara !! × 2 Ten Gaiden !?
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Celty Sturluson | Miyuki Sawashiro | Franca Orlia |
| Mikado Ryugamine | Toshiyuki Toyonaga | Christian Pointer |
| Masaomi Kida | Mamoru Miyano | Amadeus Strobl |
| Anri Sonohara | Kana Hanazawa | Arlette Stanschus |
| Izaya Orihara | Hiroshi Kamiya | René Dawn-Claude |
| Shizuo Heiwajima | Daisuke Ono | Jaron Lowenberg |
| Shinra Kishitani | Jun Fukuyama | Henning Nöhren |
music
Makoto Yoshimori composed the music for the anime . The soundtrack alternates between free jazz , hip-hop and classical sounds . The opening credits for the first series are Uragiri no Yūyake ( 裏 切 り の 夕 焼 け ) by Theater Brook and Complication ( コ ン プ リ ケ イ シ ョ ン ) by Rookiez is Punk'd . The songs Trust Me by Yūya Matsushita and Butterfly by On / Off were used for the two end credits . The 6th episode also features the song rain tears , sung by Saki Fujita . The songs rose to positions 12 and 11 or 10 and 15 on the Oricon charts.
Makoto Yoshimori was also engaged as a composer for the second series. They preloads are:
- Headhunt from Okamoto's
- day you laugh by Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Stepping 'out of flow
the end titles are:
- Never Say Ever by ThreeLights Down Kings
- Exit from Revalcy
- Joker ni Yoroshiku ( ジ ョ ー カ ー に 宜 し く ) by Penguin Research
In addition, the songs little world and rain tears by Saki Fujita were recorded during the episodes .
reception
The story of the "sporadic melange of mystery and city thriller loosened up by humorous passages" initially seemed confused, according to the German magazine Animania on the anime. The story in changing perspectives and the many characters contribute to this. Ultimately, however, the series manages to interest the viewer anyway and to reveal the plot piece by piece. It is "staged in an exciting and stylish manner", with "well staged action scenes", "sometimes wacky" musical accompaniment and an experimental but not strenuous visual implementation. The animations are fluid and the backgrounds are of a high quality and lavishly designed.
The volumes of the first manga sold around 130,000 each in Japan, the volumes of the Seika series thereafter each sold over 24,000 times.
Web links
- Official website of the anime (Japanese)
- MBS Official Website for the Anime (Japanese)
- Anime News Network about the anime (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ New licenses for the new year! In: Yen Press. January 9, 2015, accessed January 10, 2015 .
- ↑ DURARARA !! story by Ryohgo Narita, characters by Suzuhito Yasuda, art by Akiyo Satorigi. In: Yen Press. Retrieved February 21, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Animania 04–05 / 2010, pp. 50–52.
- ↑ Durarara !! (OmU). (No longer available online.) Al! Ve, archived from the original on July 22, 2011 ; Retrieved December 12, 2010 . 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.
- ↑ Durarara !! gets second season. Japaniac, accessed March 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Crunchyroll Adds "DURARARA !! X 2" Anime to Winter Lineup. In: Crunchyroll. January 9, 2015, accessed January 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 10-16. Anime News Network, January 19, 2011, accessed October 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, March 25-31. Anime News Network, April 3, 2013, accessed October 17, 2017 .
