Ginga Nagareboshi Gin
Ginga Nagareboshi Gin ( Japanese 銀牙 - 流 れ 星 銀 - ) is a manga series by Yoshihiro Takahashi , which appeared from 1983 to 1987 in approximately 3300 pages. The manga, for which a 21-part anime television series was also created, was originally designed primarily for boys and can thus be assigned to the Shōnen genre. In 1999 the successor Ginga Densetsu Weed appeared .
action
The Akita Inu puppy Gin ( 銀 dt. 'Silver') leaves its owner Daisuke to join a pack of wild dogs. The pack is looking for strong dogs from all over Japan to fight the dangerous bear Akakabuto ( 赤 カ ブ ト dt. 'Red helmet') and his lackeys. In doing so, they have to overcome many difficulties in which gin often surpasses itself. Gin, who quickly gets mad when it comes to killing unnecessarily, leads the fight against Akakabuto. Gin's father Riki, who previously had a clash with Akakabuto and has since suffered from amnesia, dies in the fight.
Characters
Gin and his family
- Gin ( Akita Inu ) Gin leads the dogs into the fight against Akakabuto. He's loyal and brave, but a bit stubborn. He gets angry quickly when it comes to killing unnecessarily. Because of this, he often clashes with John.
- Riki ( Akita Inu ) Gin's father. At the beginning of the series it was believed that he was killed by Akakabuto. However, he survived and has suffered from amnesia ever since. He became the leader of a pack of wild dogs that live in the mountains.
- Fuji ( Akita Inu ) Gin's mother. She only plays a minor role, but she seems very concerned about her three pups.
- Shiro ( Akita Inu ) gins grandfather. He died when he threw himself down a ravine with Akakabuto to kill him, but did not succeed. He only appears in the first episode of the anime.
- Gin's Siblings ( Akita Inu ) They are not mentioned by name in either the anime or the manga. Unofficially, they are often called Giyan and Hiya-n. Gohei Takeda did not consider them suitable bear dogs as they showed no aggression towards his beating with a stick, which is why he only selected gin for training.
- Ben ( Great Dane ) One of Riki's group leaders. He is unusually strong, but he was blinded by a poison trap from the leader of the dogs of Iga, Akame, who thought that Ben's group were allied with his opponent Kurojaki. Despite the blindness, he repeatedly risks his life for the rest of the pack in battle.
- Cross ( Saluki ) The only bitch in the pack and a strong fighter. She used to be left alone by her owner to die after Akakabuto killed the rest of his hunting dogs. She joined the pack and fell in love with Ben, who soon became her partner. They had three pups: Ken, George and Minnie. Ken and George play a huge role in Ginga Densetsu Weed .
Publications
The manga appeared in Japan from 1983 to 1987 in individual chapters in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Jump and developed at this time into one of the magazine's most popular series. The Shūeisha- Verlag published these individual chapters in 18 anthologies. Later editions were published in eight and ten volumes. The book publications on Ginga Nagareboshi Gin sold over ten million copies in Japan.
Awards
The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Prize in 1987 in the Shon category.
filming
In the animation studio Toei Animation , 21 episodes each lasting around 25 minutes of a cartoon series based on Takahashi's manga were created. Directed by Tomoharu Katsumata . The series aired on Japanese television station TV Asahi from April 7 to September 22, 1986 , but failed to follow the success of the comic series and previous anime-form dog adventures (such as Anime Yasei no Sakebi ).
The anime was particularly successful in Fenno Scandinavia . While it aired as Silver Fang in Sweden , it appeared in Finland as Hopeanuoli and in Denmark as Bjørnehunden Silver . The series also ran on Norwegian, Hungarian and South Korean television.
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Helen McCarthy, Jonathan Clements: The Anime Encyclopedia . P. 588.
