It
| It | |
|---|---|
| Original title | IT |
| genre | Drama , action , comedy , science fiction |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Satol Yuiga |
| publishing company | Square Enix |
| magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| First publication | 1997-2005 |
| expenditure | 16 |
| Anime television series | |
| title | E'S OTHERWISE |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2003 |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| length | 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 26th |
| Director | Masami Shimoda |
| music | Kazunori Miyake, Shigen Momoi |
| First broadcast | April 1, 2003 - September 23, 2003 on TV Tokyo |
It's a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Satol Yuiga that appeared in Japan from 1997 to 2005. The manga was adapted as an anime and light novel and translated into several languages. The anime was released under the title E's Otherwise .
The work is about the struggle between powerful organizations and supernaturally gifted people in the near future and can be classified into the likes of drama , action , comedy and science fiction .
content
At the end of the 21st century, states no longer wage wars against each other, but large corporations have gained a lot of influence and people with supernatural abilities, esper , are being hunted down. The Ashram company, controlled by Eiji Sagimiya, takes in the Esper and trains them in order to then abuse them for their own purposes.
The boy Kai Kudō lives as an Esper at the Ashram, as does his sister Hikaru, who is seriously ill. He believes they are being used by the Ashram to help police against terrorists. But during a mission in the city of Geld, the civilian population is bombed and a colleague is killed in the fight, his other comrades-in-arms leave him behind. So Kai learns that he was only abused by the Ashram. So he stays with the girl Asuka and her guardian Yūki and joins a group around the arranger who are fighting against Ashram.
publication
The manga appeared from 1997 to 2005 in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly GFantasy of the Enix publishing house , since 2003 Square Enix. The individual chapters were also published in 16 edited volumes .
An English version is published by Broccoli , an Italian version by Star Comics and a Chinese version by Tong Li in Taiwan. The manga was published in German by Carlsen Comics from July 2008 to August 2011 .
Adaptations
Light novel
In Japan, two light novels appeared on the manga , both written by Satol Yuiga. E's The Time to Baptisma was released on February 26, 1999. On January 27, 2000, the band E's Unknown Kingdom followed .
radio play
Square Enix released three radio play CDs on the manga. These were published in Japan from September 1999 to September 2003.
Anime
In 2003 Studio Pierrot produced a 26-part anime television series based on the manga, directed by Masami Shimoda . The character design was created by Takehiro Hamatsu and the artistic direction was taken over by Takafumi Nima . The series was broadcast from April 1, 2003 to September 23, 2003 by the Japanese broadcaster TV Tokyo .
The Anime Network aired the anime in English, and ADV Films released it in the US and Germany. From March to November 2007, all episodes were released in German on six DVDs.
synchronization
The German dubbing was done by Elektrofilm.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Kai Kudo | Yūki Tai | Nico Sablik |
| Shen-Lon Belvedere | Masako Ozawa | Konrad Bösherz |
| Maria | Akiko Hiramatsu | Giuliana Jakobeit |
| Eiji Sagimiya | Akimitsu Takase | Peter Flechtner |
music
The music of the anime was composed by Kazunori Miyake and Shigen Momoi. The opening title Jōhō comes from Suitei-Shojo, the closing song is tonight / midnight by chicochair.
reception
According to Splashcomics, the manga is primarily aimed at female audiences. The work is reminiscent of X 1999 or Seraphic Feather , which were written around the same time. The illustration is appealing.
Valerie Ponell from HR sees the plot in the tradition of X-Men , which offers narrative claim and a typical hero, but also causes some confusion at the beginning. It's “a new, well-thought-out, and promising science fiction manga series that should appeal to youngsters and adults alike. Even after the first two of the planned five volumes, the reader still has little idea in which direction the story will develop - that makes "E's" an exciting new series. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Review at Splashcomics for Volume 1, by Irene Salzmann
- ↑ AnimePro on the anime
- ↑ a b E'S - 月刊 G フ ァ ン タ ジ ー オ フ ィ シ ャ ル サ イ ト. Square Enix , accessed November 15, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ Valerie Ponell: Satol Yuiga: "E's". (No longer available online.) Hr-online.de (Hessischer Rundfunk), September 5, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 28, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
Web links
- Website of Studio Pierrot ( memento of September 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) about the anime (Japanese)
- Carlsen on the German manga version
- Anime News Network about the manga and anime (English)