Golden Kamuy
| Golden Kamuy | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ゴ ー ル デ ン カ ム イ |
| transcription | Gōruden Kamui |
| genre | Action, drama, his |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Satoru Noda |
| publishing company | Shueisha |
| magazine | Shūkan Young Jump |
| First publication | August 21, 2014 - ... |
| expenditure | 20th |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2018 |
| Studio | Geno Studio |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 in 2 seasons |
| Director | Hitoshi Nanba |
| music | Ken'ichirō Suehiro |
| First broadcast | April 9, 2018 on Tokyo MX |
Golden Kamuy ( Japanese ゴ ー ル デ ン カ ム イ Gōruden Kamui ) is a manga series by Satoru Noda that has been published in Japan since 2014. It belongs to the genres of action, drama and his own. In 2018 it was adapted as an anime television series.
content
The soldier Saichi Sugimoto ( 杉 元 佐 一 ), a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War , tries to earn money by prospecting gold in Hokkaido to take care of the widow of a fallen comrade. After he was attacked and meets the young Ainu Asirpa, he goes with her on a search for a legendary gold treasure that is said to have been stolen from the Ainu. The thief, Noppera-bō, later sat in prison for a long time and tattooed other prisoners notes on the body with which one can find the treasure. After Sugimoto and Asirpa met the first hunters of the tatoos and killed one of them themselves, they realize that the victims must be killed in order to collapse the clues on their bodies. Still, they want to keep searching, capturing their targets only to get the tattoos to be drawn.
Asirpa and Sugimoto are not only attacked and have to hide from others who are looking for the treasure, but often retreat to the winter forests of Hokkaido. Asirpa's skills as an Ainu, who is very knowledgeable about hunting, help them there. In the battles they both benefit from skill and experience, since Sugimoto was famous in the army as "The Immortal". But the army is also looking for them, especially units under Lieutenant Tsurumi, who was seriously wounded in the head in the war.
publication
The manga has been published since August 2014 in the magazine Shukan Young Jump the publisher Shueisha . This also brings out the chapters collected in 14 volumes so far (as of July 2018). Volume 13 sold over 260,000 copies in the first five weeks of being released.
Manga Cult has been bringing out the series in German since September 2019. An English translation is published by Viz Media , a French by Editions Ki-oon , a Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones , an Italian by J-Pop and a Chinese by Sharp Point Press .
Awards
The manga won the main prize at the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize in 2018 . In the previous year he had already been nominated for the same award.
Anime adaptation
In 2018, Geno Studio created an anime adaptation of the material for Japanese television. Directed by Hitoshi Nanba and lead author was Noboru Takagi . The character design comes from Ken'ichi Ōnuki .
The first season with 12 episodes was broadcast from April 9 to June 25, 2018 first on the Tokyo MX station , as well as on BS11 , Sapporo TV , Yomiuri TV and Jidaigeki Senmon Channel in Japan with an offset of up to a week . At the same time, the international publication takes place on the Crunchyroll platform , including with German and English subtitles.
The second season with a further 12 episodes ran from October 8 to December 24, 2018 on the same channels. Crunchyroll also streamed them as a simulcast.
A third season was announced in July 2019. This will start in October 2020.
synchronization
| role | Japanese voice |
|---|---|
| Saichi Sugimoto | Chikahiro Kobayashi |
| Asirpa | Haruka Shiraishi |
| Lieutenant Tsurumi | Hōchu Ōtsuka |
| Toshizō Hijikata | Jōji Nakata |
music
The music in the series was composed by Ken'ichirō Suehiro . The opening title of the first season is Winding Road from Man with a Mission . The credits were backed with Hibana from The Sixth Lie . In the second season, the opening title was Reimei ( レ イ メ イ ) from Sayuri & My First Story, and the closing title Tokeidai no Kane ( 時 計 台 の 鐘 ) from eastern youth .
reception
Golden Kamuy was nominated in 2016 for the Kōdansha Manga Prize in the general category, but lost to Kōnodori . In 2018 the work won the Great Manga Prize of the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize and was nominated for the Eisner Award in the category Best US Edition of International Materials -Asia-.
The series had sold more than 5 million copies by the end of April.
Web links
- Anime Official Website (Japanese)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 16-22. Anime News Network, April 25, 2018, accessed June 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Jennifer Sherman: Golden Kamuy Original Anime DVD Reveals Additional Cast. In: Anime News Network. July 4, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Burak Dogan: "Golden Kamuy" receives third season | Anime2You. In: Anime2you.de. July 5, 2019, accessed on March 14, 2020 (German).
- ^ Robin Hirsch: "Golden Kamuy": Start date of the third season | Anime2You. In: Anime2you.de. March 14, 2020, accessed on March 14, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Sarah Nelkin: 40th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced. In: Anime News Network. April 4, 2016, accessed July 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Karen Ressler: Golden Kamuy Wins 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award. In: Anime News Network. April 24, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 .
- ^ Karen Ressler: Jiro Taniguchi, HP Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories, More Nominated for Eisner Awards. In: Anime News Network. April 26, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Crystalyn Hodgkins: Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (March - May 2018). In: Anime News Network. May 7, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 .