Fushigi Yuugi

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Fushigi Yuugi
Original title ふ し ぎ 遊戯
transcription Fushigi Yūgi
genre Shōjo , romance, adventure, drama, comedy
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Yuu Watase
publishing company Shogakukan
magazine Shōjo comic
First publication 1992 - July 26, 1996
expenditure 18th
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1995-1996
Studio Studio Pierrot
length 23 minutes
Episodes 52
Director Hajime Kamegaki
music Yūsuke Honma
First broadcast April 6, 1995 - March 28, 1996 on TV Tokyo
Light novel
title Fushigi Yūgi Gaiden
Original title ふ し ぎ 遊戯 外 伝
country JapanJapan Japan
author Megumi Nishizaki
illustrator Yuu Watase
publishing company Shogakukan
First publication January 1998 - June 2005
expenditure 12
Original video animation
title Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play
Original title ふ し ぎ 遊戯
transcription Fushigi Yūgi
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1996-1997
Studio Studio Pierrot
Episodes 3
Director Hajime Kamegaki
Original video animation
title Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play New OVA
Original title ふ し ぎ 遊戯 第二部
transcription Fushigi Yūgi: Dai-ni-bu
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1997-1998
Studio Studio Pierrot
Episodes 6th
Director Hajime Kamegaki
Original video animation
title Fushigi Yūgi - Eikōden
Original title ふ し ぎ 遊戯 - 永光 伝 -
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2001-2002
Studio Studio Pierrot
Episodes 4th
Director Nanako Shimazaki
synchronization

Fushigi Yuugi ( Japanese ふ し ぎ 遊戯 , Fushigi Yūgi , German for "wondrous game") is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Yuu Watase , which has also been converted into an anime series , several OVAs and novels. An offshoot of the series is called Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden . Fushigi Yuugi can be assigned to the genres shōjo , romance, adventure, drama and comedy.

action

First part

The two schoolgirls Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo are best friends until they find a mysterious book called The Realm of the Four Gods in the national library , through which they enter a strange world similar to medieval China. The universe of the four gods is divided into four rulers, each of which worship its own god.

The two friends are saved from slave traders by a young man named Tamahome, but before they know it they are back in the library. After an argument with her mother, Miaka runs away and takes refuge in the book again. There she meets Tamahome again and is appointed priestess of Suzaku by the Emperor Hotohori of the land of Konan . Your task is to locate and unite the seven Suzaku-Seishi, people who have a special "mark" on their bodies and who all have special abilities. Then she should conjure up the god Suzaku, who will grant her three wishes.

Miaka falls ill on her journey and, with Yui's help, returns to the real world. In exchange for her, Yui is drawn into the book and ends up in a bad quarter of the capital of the country Kutou, where the god Seiryuu is worshiped. Yui is saved by young Nakago when some men try to attack her. He shamelessly exploits her weakness and keeps telling her that Miaka was to blame for her experience and that she was raped by the men. Believing him, she becomes the priestess of Seiryuu .

Then she tried several times, led by Nakago, to prevent Miaka from finding the Suzaku-Seishi and calling Suzaku. So she tries to separate Miaka and Tamahome, who are now lovers, and to win Tamahome over. She infuses Tamahome with an elixir that changes his personality and puts him under her influence. Directed by Yui, he tries to kill Miaka. Only her kiss, which she gives him because she still loves him, releases him from the spell and brings them together again. Doppelgangers infiltrate the groups, enmity, betrayal and armed conflicts determine the lives of the two former friends. Conflicts also arise within the suzaku and seiryuu groups, which are caused by envy, jealousy and fear of losing the loved one.

The ending takes place again in contemporary Tokyo, where the Suzaku-Seishi fight against Nakago to prevent his wish to be God from being granted. Yui realizes that she has been deceived by Nakago and helps Miaka so that she and the Suzaku-Seishi can defeat Nakago. After all, Miaka wishes Suzaku that Tamahome be reborn in their time so that they can be together forever.

Second part

Miaka, now in high school, is happy with Tamahome, who was reborn as Taka . Taka studies and earns his living with part-time jobs. But after a few months, Suzaku calls Miaka for help. She is supposed to go back to the realm of the four gods in order to travel there, she receives a scroll from him. There Miaka is supposed to fight against Tenkou, the evil demon to whom Nakago prayed and who now wants to destroy the world of the four gods and create his own. Suzaku was already weakened by him. Miaka has to find the still lost memory of Tamahome, which is sealed in the form of seven balls in the realm of the four gods, and give it to Taka. Then Suzaku becomes more powerful again.

Since then, monsters have appeared repeatedly in Miaka's world. These appeared more often in the world of the four gods. On their search, Miaka and Taka first meet Tasuki, then Chichiri and finally the other, deceased Seishi as ghosts. A helper from Tenkou also goes to Miakas school as a student and manages to become the student representative. With his manipulation skills he wants to defeat Miaka, Taka and Yui in their own world.

Characters

Note: The Seishi are primarily called by the name of their constellation. But they also have normal names, these are given in brackets, but are only used very rarely in the course of the story.

Miaka Yuuki ( 夕 城 美 朱 )
Miaka is the main female character. She is a student and wants to go to the same high school with her friend Yui, who she has known since kindergarten. So she has to learn a lot, and she discovers the book “Universe of the Four Gods” in the National Library. In the course of the action, she falls in love with Tamahome, the first of the seven Suzaku-Seishi. Their cheerfulness and confidence often help out of seemingly hopeless situations, but their voracity often gets them into trouble. Nor does she ever give up hope of winning Yui back as a friend.
Yui Hongo ( 本 郷 唯 )
Yui has been Miaka's best friend since kindergarten. She is good at school, so she helps Miaka so that she can go to high school with her. That is why she is with Miaka when they find the book "Universe of the Four Gods". She also falls in love with Tamahome. When she is manipulated by Nakago and believes Miaka was to blame for having been raped, she wants to take away her Tamahome. At times she seems to have fallen in love with Nakago. In the end, she refuses for a long time that Nakago lied to her, even though she learned the truth from Miaka. Nevertheless, she can get along with Miaka again and forgives Nakago too.
Tamahome ( 鬼 宿 , real name Sou Kishuku)
Tamahome is the first of the suzaku-seishi Miaka finds, even before she becomes the priestess of suzaku. At first he seems extremely selfish and stingy, but can soon admit his love for Miaka. He also has a father and four siblings who live in a village in Konan. He also often supports his family, which partly explains his greedy behavior towards others. He has the symbol for "demon" on his forehead, which also means devil. He is a master of unarmed hand-to-hand combat (Kempō), which is supported by his skills as a Suzaku-Seishi.
Hotohori ( 星宿 , real name Seishuku Saihitei)
Hotohori is the fourth emperor of the Konan Empire. Through him, Miaka learns of her fate as the priestess of Suzaku. He is beautiful, but very conceited because of his almost feminine beauty. He is therefore also regarded as a woman by the robbers during a stay with the robbers. At first he wants to marry Miaka, which he soon refrains from when she falls in love with Tamahome. Nevertheless, he wants to protect Miaka in every situation. He wears the symbol for "star" on his neck. His weapon is the sword.
Tasuki ( 翼 宿 , real name Shun'u Kou, nickname Genrou)
Tasuki is one of the seven Suzaku-Seishi. He was once the leader of a group of robbers that he left to his good friend Kouji to help Miaka. He was very distant with Tamahome and mourned the deaths of Chiriko and Nuriko. He bears the symbol for "wings".
Nuriko ( 柳 宿 , real name Ryuuen Chou)
Nuriko is also one of the seven Suzaku-Seishi. When he was a child, his little sister died in an accident. Unable to accept her death, from now on he disguised himself as his sister Kourin and entered the imperial harem. At first, the others still think he's a woman, but his disguise is quickly noticed. Nuriko is very jealous at first because he is in love with Hotohori, but he only cares about Miaka. Over time, however, he and Miaka become very good friends. He wears the mark for “willow” on his left chest and he is physically strong despite his petite appearance.
Nakago ( 魏 ア ユ ル , real name Gi Ayuru)
Nakago is the antihero of the series and the leader of the Seiryuu-Seishi. He uses these and Yui only to achieve his own goals. He often uses lies and cunning, but also brute force. He is a subordinate of the Emperor of Kutou. With his blond hair and blue eyes he stands out from the population of Kutou. He is one of the last survivors of a people that was conquered and destroyed by Kutou. Therefore he wants to overthrow the emperor and rule in his place. To do this, he must first attack Konan so that the emperor is defenseless. He also wants to become a god in order to be invulnerable. He bears the symbol for "heart" on his forehead.

Publications

Fushigi Yuugi appeared in Japan from 1992 to 1996 in individual chapters in the manga magazine Shōjo Comic of the Shogakukan publishing house. These individual chapters were also summarized in 18 anthologies. The first part of the plot comprises the first 13 volumes, volumes 14 to 18 contain the second part.

Fushigi Yuugi was published in German from 2001 to 2004 by Egmont Manga and Anime . The translation is by Josef Shanel and Matthias Wissnet. The manga series was also published in South Korea, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, China and the USA, among others.

Adaptations

Anime

The Studio Pierrot produced for manganese a 52-episode anime series in which Hajime Kamegaki directed. Their plot includes the first part of the manga. The character design was done by Hideyuki Motohashi and the artistic directors were Hitoshi Nagasaki, Hitoshi Nagasawa and Yuji Ikeda. The series was broadcast from April 6, 1995 to March 28, 1996 on the Japanese television station TV Tokyo . The anime has been translated into multiple languages ​​including English, French, Spanish, and Russian.

From 1996 to 1998 several additional episodes were created in the form of two OVAs series. The first series Fushigi Yūgi included three episodes and the second Fushigi Yūgi Dai-ni-bu ( ふ し ぎ 遊戯 第二部 ) six episodes. Both have been translated into English, French and Italian, among other things, a German version called Fushigi Yuugi - The Mysterious Play and Fushigi Yuugi - The Mysterious Play New OVA was released in 2005 by OVA Films .

Another OVA series, based on two of the thirteen novels, appeared from 2001 to 2002 under the title Fushigi Yuugi - Eikou den ( ふ し ぎ 遊戯 - 永光 伝 - ).

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speakers (OVA)
Miaka Yuuki Kae Araki Marieke Oeffinger
Tamahome Hikaru Midorikawa Roland Peek
Hotohori Takehito Koyasu
Nuriko Chika Sakamoto
Chichiri Tomokazu Seki Dirk Meyer
Tasuki Nobutoshi Kanna Florian Bauer
Mitsukake Kōji Ishii Christoph Jablonka
Chiriko Tomoko Kawakami Adela Florow
Keisuke Yuuki Shin'ichirō Miki
Yui Hongo Yumi Touma
Nakago Tooru Furusawa

music

Yūsuke Honma and Akihiko Fujita were responsible for the music for the series. The opening song is Itōshii Hito no Tame ni ( い と お し い 人 の た め に ) by Akemi Satō. Using as the closing titles Tokimeki no Dōkasen ( ときめきの導火線 ) of Yukari Konno, only with subsequent 33 it was Kaze no Uta ( 風の旋律 ) of Chika Sakamoto and sequence 52 for Epilogue ... ([ときめきの導火線+いとおしい人のために]) by Yukari Konno and Akemi Satō.

Novels

In Shogakukans Girls Light Novel -Imprint range Bunko 13 Roman volumes were published based on the manga. The text is by Megumi Nishizaki ( 西 崎 め ぐ み ), based on the plot and with the illustrations by Yuu Watase.

In 2004 four of these were published in German by VGS- Verlag.

In the novels, the plot doesn't revolve around Miaka and Yui, as in the manga and anime. Background stories of the Seishi are told, for example about Tamahome, Mitsukake and Chiriko.

Artbook

The 96-page art book The Art of Fushigi Yugi on the manga was published in December 2002. So far the artbook has been published in Japanese, English (by Viz Media ) and French.

Play

A play based on the manga has been announced for October 2010. The play by writer and director Shintarō Sugano is to be shown in Nakano The Pocket theater. In 2011 and 2012 another piece each followed, Suzaku Hen and Seiryū Hen . All three pieces were produced by AmiPro.

musical

In 2016 and 2018, Fushigi Yuugi was staged as a musical.

reception

According to Patrick Drazen, the series' humor comes mainly from super-deformed representations, which can be confusing for western readers and viewers. Nevertheless, the series was internationally successful.

The trade magazine FUNime speaks of a successful graphic implementation of the anime as well as good music, "especially the opening and the ending topic are absolutely worth listening to" . The story is varied because it contains romantic and action scenes. It is noted, however, that the series had a break after episode 27. The first quietly told, serious story is kept easier in the second part, which means that the plot no longer seems so dense. The magazine Anime DVD writes about the manga, "The connection between mysticism that is thousands of years old, with all its backgrounds and ancient knowledge, makes the story particularly dense and impressive."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fushigi Yûgi Manga Gets Stage Play Green-Lit , Anime News Network for the announcement of the play
  2. ↑ Patrick Drazen: Anime Explosion! - The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation p. 181 f. Stone Bridge Press, 2002.
  3. ↑ Review on the FUNime website .
  4. ↑ Anime DVD , Vol. 4 Sept./Oct. 2003, p. 49.

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