Mirai Nikki

Mirai Nikki
Original title	未来日記

genre	Action, drama, thriller, romance, shons , mystery
Manga
country	Japan Japan
author	Sakae Esuno
publishing company	Kadokawa Shoten
magazine	Shonen Ace
First publication	January 2006 - December 2010
expenditure	12 + 2
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan Japan
original language	Japanese
Year (s)	2011–2012
Studio	asread
length	24 minutes
Episodes	26 + 1 OVA
Director	Naoto Hosoda
First broadcast	October 10, 2011 - April 16, 2012 on Chiba TV
German-language first broadcast	February 21, 2020 on ProSieben Maxx
Television broadcast
German title	Mirai Nikki - Another: World
Original title	未来日記 -ANOTHER: WORLD-
Country of production	Japan Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2012
length	45 minutes
Episodes	11
Director	Michiko Namiki, Shōgo Miyaki
script	Yūsuke Watanabe
music	Shūichirō Fukuhiro
First broadcast	April 21 - June 30, 2012 on Fuji TV

Mirai Nikki ( Japanese 未来日記 , German “ Future Diary / Books”), also Future Diary , is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Sakae Esuno , which was published in Japan from 2006 to 2010. The work is in the genres of action, drama and Shonen classify. It tells the story of the student Yukiteru Amano, who is drawn into a murderous game by God. The aim is simply to survive as the last of the twelve bearers of a diary in which one's own future is prophesied while the participants try to eliminate each other. At the same time, a love story develops between him and the also participating student Yuno Gasai, although she is a psychotic stalker who is in love with him .

The manga series was adapted as an anime television series of the same name in 2011 under the direction of Naoto Hosoda in the animation studio Asread . At the beginning of 2010, Kadokawa Shoten had published Mirai Nikki: 13-nin-me no Nikki Shoyūsha ( 未来日記 -13 人目の日記所有者 - ), an adventure game for the PlayStation Portable , which expands the plot to include a thirteenth diary. In addition, a real television series appeared in 2012.

content

At the beginning of the plot, the student Yukiteru Amano introduces his life in a monologue. It turns out that he has great problems making real friendships. Instead, he invests most of the time to keep a diary on his cell phone in which he records the daily events in detail. On arrival at home, he wraps himself under his blanket and regularly enters a parallel world in his fantasy, where he talks to his imaginary friend, the divine Deus Ex Machina, and his very young-looking companion Murmur. In the conversation this god tells Yukiteru that he wants to host a game so that he and his companion would not be so bored. Little did Yukiteru know that this would have far-reaching consequences. Deus Ex Machina gives Yukiteru's diary the ability to predict the future by already making entries there that he would have written later. Because of his way of keeping a diary, the predictions do not affect him directly either.

When he woke up the next morning, he actually found corresponding entries there, which, however, he pays no particular attention to, since he would probably have written them himself while half asleep. As the day progresses, however, it quickly becomes apparent that the entries are true and come exactly as predicted. Deus Ex Machina also gets in touch with him and makes it clear to him that he has been wrong the whole time. It was not he who imagined this parallel world, but Deus Ex Machina came to him and occupied his imagination. In addition, Yukiteru is bound to his diary. That is, if it were to be destroyed or if he lost it, his existence would also end, since it no longer had a future.

In the following days he can convince himself more and more of the entries and begins to use them for his part, by consciously avoiding certain events or taking advantage of them. This is not entirely hidden from his classmates, as he seems to be incredibly lucky. However, they have no idea why this could be. Nevertheless, this worsens his relationship with his classmates, who now find him particularly noticeable. When he was once again perfectly prepared for an unannounced test with which many students had problems, he noticed a look from his classmate Yuno Gasai, who, despite her good reputation , began to knead a figure during the test. When he finally leaves the classroom and takes a closer look at the figure on Yuno's table, however, he is deeply shocked. That one looks exactly like Murmur, and at about the same time his death is announced as DEAD END (“dead end; here also: fatal end”) on his cell phone . Staring at the entry in disbelief, he is caught by Yuno, who tells him that she knows exactly what is causing Yukiteru to flee in panic.

He learns that with him and Yuno a total of 12 people have received a future diary and have to kill each other, whereby the last survivor will succeed Deus as God.

characters

Most of the characters in the work are named after gods from Greco - Roman mythology , in particular the twelve diary owners with one exception (Tsubaki Kasugano) after the Dei Consentes .

Yukiteru Amano ( 天野雪輝 , Amano Yukiteru , 1st): Speaker: Misuzu Togashi

Yuno Gasai ( 我妻由乃 , Gasai Yuno , 2nd): Speaker: Tomosa Murata; Yuno is Yukiteru's classmate. She is considered attractive, intelligent and model student at school. In fact, as a Yandere , she is obsessively in love with Yukiteru - whom she calls Yukki ( ユッキー , Yukkī ) -, secretly pursues him, is jealous of any girl who gets too close, and does not hesitate to kill anyone who wants to hurt Yukiteru. Her obsessiveness is expressed in the fact that her Yukiteru diary ( 雪輝日記 , Yukiteru nikki ) provides information every 10 minutes about what Yukiteru is doing. It is the perfect complement to Yukiteru's diary. She is also skilled at handling knives and firearms. Their behavior can be traced back to their parents, who wanted to make their daughter the perfect student, and in doing so made increasing demands on her, which eventually degenerated into that she dictated her entire daily routine and locked it in a cage. This in turn drove Yuno insane.; Yuno is named after Jupiter's wife and goddess of marriage Juno , where Gasai means "my wife".

Takao Hiyama ( 火山高夫 , Hiyama Takao , 3rd): Speaker: Jin Domon; Takao Hiyama is a teacher at Yukiterus and Yuno's School and a secretly paranoid serial killer. His killer diary ( 殺人日記 , satsujin nikki ) gives him information about who his next victim is, where he is and how to kill him.; It is named after Vulcanus , where Hiyama means "fire mountain" or "volcano".

Keigo Kurusu ( 来須圭悟 , Kurusu Keigo , 4th): Speaker: Masahiko Tanaka

Reisuke Hōjō ( 豊穣礼佑 , Hōjō Reisuke , 5th): Speaker: Asami Sanada; Reisuke Hōjō is a four year old boy whose parents are part of the Omekata cult. After they perish, he is adopted by Yukiteru's mother, who was a family friend. He plans to kill Yukiteru and Yuno because he blames them for the death of his parents. He is slightly sadistic and very intelligent for his age. Reisuke's diary is the Hyper Vision Diary ( はいぱーびじょんだいありー , Haipā Bishon Daiarī ), a coloring book in which summaries of the events for three points in time - morning, noon and evening - are presented.; It is named after Ceres (Japanese Keresu ), the goddess of fertility (Japanese hōjō ).

Tsubaki Kasugano ( 春日野椿 , Kasugano Tsubaki , 6th): Speaker: Eri Sendai; Tsubaki Kasugano is the (nominal) leader of the Omekata cult ( 御目方教 , Omekata-kyō ) and has poor eyesight. The Omekata cult was started by her parents with the intention of helping others. The second in the hierarchy, however, seized the cult in her childhood, in which he got Tsubaki's parents out of the way through a fictitious accident. In order to win the loyalty of the cult disciples for himself, he installed Tsubaki as the new leader and locked her in a cage, where she is regularly raped by her disciples. Her “clairvoyance diary” ( 千里眼日記 , senri nikki ) records everything that every cult disciple sees, although the disadvantage besides her bad eyes is that her diary is a long scroll. Due to her traumatic experiences, however, she does not trust her disciples and the entries and only wants to become God in order to end the world.; It is named after Persephone , the goddess of spring, who was stolen by Pluto ( robbery of Persephone , cf. also Rape of Persephone ). Kasuga can be read as "spring day".

Marco Ikusaba ( 戦場マルコ , Ikusaba Maruko ) and
Ai Mikami ( 美神愛 , Mikami Ai , both 7th): Speaker: Tomokazu Seki and Natsuko Kuwatani

Kamado Ueshita ( 上下かまど , Ueshita Kamado , 8th): Speaker: Hiromi Konno

Minene Uryū ( 雨流みねね , Minene Uryū , 9th): Speaker: Mai Aizawa

Karyūdo Tsukishima ( 月島狩人 , Tsukishima Karyūdo , 10th): Speaker: Hirokazu Hiramatsu; Karyūdo Tsukishima is an extreme dog lover who only eats instant noodles himself while serving the finest French food to his dogs. He also neglects his family. With his "breeding diary" ( 飼育日記 , shiiku nikki ) he can control his dogs in order to kill the other diary owners, but he lets his daughter Hinata Hino ( 日野日向 , Hino Hinata ) do this.; It is named after Diana , the goddess of the hunt, where karyūdo means "hunter".

John Backs ( ジョン・バックス , Jon Bakkusu , 11th): Speaker: Takaya Hashi; John Backs is the mayor of the city of Sakurami, where the story takes place. With his diary The Watcher he can read the other future diaries . He later ensures that Kamado's diary server is connected to the city's data center, which on the one hand gives every citizen their own future diary, and in turn can see and influence the future of the entire city. Backs was the one who proposed the future diary system to Deus to determine his successor.; It is named after Bacchus .

Yomotsu Hirasaka ( 平坂黄泉 , Hirasaka Yomotsu , 12th): Speaker: Yoshihisa Kawahara

Deus Ex Machina ( デウス・エクス・マキナ , Deusu Ekusu Makina ): Speaker: Norio Wakamoto; Deus Ex Machina is the "ruler of space and time" ( 時空王 , jikūō ), d. H. God, and has a gigantic figure. Since his time is soon up and his decline is identical with the fall of the world, he organizes a competition in which his successor is determined using future diaries.; It is named after the term deus ex machina .

Murmur ( ムルムル , Murumuru ): Speaker: Manami Honda; Murmur is Deus' servant and a demon whose powers have been sealed by Deus. It has a playful character and serves as a comic relief , but apparently also works in the background against Deus.; It is named after Murmur, one of the 72 demons from the Ars Goetia .

Aru Akise ( 秋瀬或 , Akise Aru ): Speaker: Akira Ishida

publication

The manga was published in Japan from January 2006 to December 2010 in the manga magazine Shōnen Ace published by Kadokawa Shoten . The chapters also appeared in 14 edited volumes, twelve volumes belonging to the main series. There are also two special volumes: Mirai Nikki Mosaic ( 未来日記モザイク , Mirai Nikki Mosaiku ) and Mirai Nikki Paradox ( 未来日記パラドックス , Mirai Nikki Paradokkusu ). By 2011 / early 2012, the series had sold more than 4 million times.

An English translation of the series was published by Tokyopop in the USA , Sakka published the manga in France and Kadokawa in Taiwan. A German translation was published by Egmont Manga and Anime in twelve volumes since October 2011 . Both special volumes were also published in German.

From March 26, 2013 the manga Mirai Nikki Redial ( 未来日記リダイヤル , Mirai Nikki Ridaiyaru ) appeared in excerpts from the Shōnen Ace . The anthology was published on July 26, 2013 as a supplement to the original video animation of the same name (OVA). The plot is located between the last chapter and the epilogue.

Adaptations

Anime

An adaptation of the manga as OVA was released on DVD in Japan on December 9, 2010, it was a preview of the soon to follow anime series. Naoto Hosoda directed the production of asread , while Hidetsugu Hirayama was responsible for the character design . The anime television series was then broadcast between October 10, 2011 and April 16, 2012 at midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) on Chiba TV , as well as shortly afterwards on TV Saitama and with up to a week offset on KBS Kyōto , TV Kanagawa , Sun TV , Gifu Hōsō , Tokyo MX and Mie TV . The Real End Mirai Nikki Redial was streamed on June 19, 2013 on the Nico Nico Douga video platform and was released on DVD on July 26, 2013.

The episodes were then released from December 22, 2011 to August 31, 2012 on nine Blu-rays and DVDs, as well as a Blu-ray box with redial OVA and soundtrack on November 29, 2013. At the beginning of February 2018 it was announced that Kazé Germany secured the rights to publish the anime in German. The 26 episodes are to be published in four volumes from autumn of the same year.

music

The serial music comes from Tatsuya Katō . The theme music of the OVA was The Creator by Yōsei Teikoku . In the series, the title Kūsō Mythology ( 空想メソロギヰ , ~ Mesorogiwi , dt. "Fantasy Mythology") by Yōsei Teikoku was used in the opening credits of episode 2 to 14 and Dead END by Faylan from episode 15 to 26 . The end titles were for episodes 1 to 14 Blood Teller by Faylan and then filament by Yōsei Teikoku. The ninth Blu-ray or DVD, as well as Redial , however, used the opening title Kyōki Chinden ( 狂気沈殿 , "Precipitation of madness") by Yōsei Teikoku and the closing title Happy End by Faylan.

synchronization

The German version was produced by Oxygen Sound Studios in Berlin. René Dawn-Claude directed the dialogue.

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )	German speaker
Yukiteru Amano	Misuzu Togashi	Constantin von Jascheroff
Yuno Gasai	Tomosa Murata	Jodie Blank
Deus ex machina	Norio Wakamoto	Torsten Michaelis
Muru-Muru	Manami Honda	Charlotte Uhlig
Minene Uryuu	May Aizawa	Mia Diekow
Keigo Kurusu	Masahiko Tanaka	Dirk Bublies
Ai Mikami	Natsuko Kuwatani	Sarah Riedel
Kamado Ueshita	Hiromi Konno	Gundi Eberhard
Masumi Nishijima	Makoto Ishii	René Dawn-Claude
Orin Miyashiro	Etsuko Kozakura	Clara Drews
Ouji Kousaka	Minoru Shiraishi	Wilhelm-Rafael Garth
Rea Amano	Kaoru Mizuhara	Antje von der Ahe

computer game

In January 2010, a video game produced by Kadokawa Shoten for the PlayStation Portable , which is based on the manga, was released. The game, an adventure game , is titled Mirai Nikki: 13-nin-me no Nikki Shoyūsha ( 未来日記 -13 人目の日記所有者 ).

Real series

A real- life television series ( dorama ) called Mirai Nikki - Another: World ( 未来日記 -ANOTHER: WORLD-) was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 21 to June 30, 2012 . This has a story that is independent of the manga and has its own characters.

Web links

Entry at Anime News Network (English)
Entry on MyAnimeList (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Sakae Esuno: Mirai Nikki Fragments: Kōshiki Guidebook . Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4 , pp. 15–56 (Japanese: 未来日記フラグメンツ公式ガイドブック .).
↑ cf. also the first verse of the anime's first opening title Kūsō Mythology .
↑ ビッグオーダー . (No longer available online.) Kodansha, archived from the original on January 19, 2012 ; Retrieved February 22, 2015 (Japanese).
↑ Part of Future Diary Redial Manga to Be Published in March. In: Anime News Network. February 23, 2013, accessed April 15, 2013 .
↑ Burak Dogan: Anime2You : "Mirai Nikki" is published in German by KAZÉ

[Fragments-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Sakae Esuno: Mirai Nikki Fragments: Kōshiki Guidebook . Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4 , pp. 15–56 (Japanese: 未来日記フラグメンツ公式ガイドブック .).

[2] . also the first verse of the anime's first opening title Kūsō Mythology .

[3] ビッグオーダー . (No longer available online.) Kodansha, archived from the original on January 19, 2012 ; Retrieved February 22, 2015 (Japanese).

[4] Part of Future Diary Redial Manga to Be Published in March. In: Anime News Network. February 23, 2013, accessed April 15, 2013 .

[5] Burak Dogan: Anime2You : "Mirai Nikki" is published in German by KAZÉ