Hanasaku Iroha
| Hanasaku Iroha | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 花 咲 く い ろ は |
| transcription | Hanasaku Iroha |
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| Manga and anime logo | |
| genre | Coming of Age |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2010-2011 |
| Studio | PA Works |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 ( list ) |
| Director | Masahiro Andō |
| idea | Mari Okada |
| music | Shirō Hamaguchi |
| First broadcast | April 3, 2011 - September 25, 2011 on Tokyo MX |
| Manga | |
| country |
Japan
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| author | PA Works |
| Illustrator | Eito Chida |
| publishing company | Square Enix |
| magazine | Gangan Joker |
| First publication | November 22, 2010 - September 22, 2012 |
| expenditure | 5 |
| Manga | |
| title | Hanasaku Iroha: Green Girls Graffiti |
| Original title | 花 咲 く い ろ は Green Girls Graffiti |
| country |
Japan
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| author | PA Works |
| Illustrator | Jun Sasameyuki |
| publishing company | Bandai Visual |
| magazine | Web comic Gekkin |
| First publication | July 1, 2011 - July 2, 2012 |
| expenditure | 2 |
| Anime movie | |
| title | Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home |
| Original title | 劇場版 花 咲 く い ろ は (Home Sweet Home) |
| transcription | Gekijōban Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home |
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| Studio | PA Works |
| length | 66 minutes |
| Director | Masahiro Andō |
| script | Mari Okada |
| music | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Hanasaku Iroha ( Japanese. 花 咲 く い ろ は , dt. "The ABC of Blooming" [in the sense of growing up]) is an anime television series from 2011. It was created in the animation studio PA Works under the direction of Masahiro Andō based on a script by Mari Okada . For the studio itself, this production was also the ten-year anniversary. A film followed in 2013.
In the anime, the schoolgirl Ohana Matsumae is accompanied by having to come to terms with a new form of life after she was abandoned by her mother and she is now trying to gain a foothold in her grandmother's pension.
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Sixteen-year-old schoolgirl Ohana Matsumae lives with her mother in Tokyo . However, both have grown apart and Satsuki Matsumae hardly takes care of her biological daughter at all. Instead, Ohana - from whose point of view the plot is reproduced, which also includes monologues - has to take care of the essentials of the household and watch her mother run away with a friend. Her mother, an unsuccessful writer by trade, tries to avoid accumulated debts. Meanwhile, Ohana leaves her behind and only advises her to seek refuge with her grandmother.
On this occasion, she meets her best friend Kōichi Tanemura that night and tells him about her current situation, that she has to leave tomorrow. Shocked by this, he decides to confess his love to Ohana, but this is simply pushed aside by her, so that he is forced to withdraw from the situation. So the next morning Ohana begins the journey to her grandmother's estate in Ishikawa Prefecture without saying goodbye . This is a large, from Taisho period derived Onsen - Ryokan . Ohana, who has survived the journey well and is overwhelmed by the sight of the guest house, is immediately dampened when she unknowingly makes a bad impression on Minko Tsurugi, an employee of about the same age. First of all, Ohana is shocked that Minko tells her straight to her face that she should die. The first time she met her grandmother Sui Sujima, she didn't fare much better. Although she is allowed to live in the house, she also has to work and is not treated like a granddaughter, as Ohana expected. At first almost depressed, Ohana takes courage and decides to use the circumstances to change himself and to convince the employees of Kissuisō of themselves.
In the next few days she has to get used to the strict new life. She gets to know the staff and some of the guests. She herself is assigned the somewhat older, extremely silent and contact-avoiding part-time worker Nako Oshimizu as a trainer. She should explain the essential tasks to her and guide her. However, she hardly gives her any helpful information because she prefers to remain silent. So it happens that Ohana, who has seized the excessive will to work, tidies the room of the guest and writer Tarō Jirōmaru, which she finds in a very neglected state. However, she also disposed of the crumpled up documents at the same time. Accordingly, the outcry from Taro is very big and Ohana takes all the guilt on himself, although Nako is partly to blame due to her silence, which both are aware of. In her daily work, she also passes the kitchen in which Minko is again presented as completely incapable by the second, extremely short-tempered cook Tōru Miyagishi, because she let something burn. Ohana, who had to prepare local food for years, uses this opportunity to prepare an alternative breakfast herself. While the food has received tremendous praise from everyone, including guests, it does not have the desired effect. Minko insinuates that she deliberately stabbed her in the back and repeats the words that she should just die.
Ohana, who is sitting in front of the back door in frustration again, receives a visit from Tōru, who asks her to go shopping with him. However, he is very brutal in his choice of words, which is why Ohana looks increasingly angry and finally gets out in the middle of the journey and runs back alone. Back at the Kissuisō , she sees Minko willingly put up with the writer's abuse. However, Tarō is anything but a good figure in the presence of Ohana, which makes him almost embarrassed in his played snooty manner. In trying to have a decent conversation with Minko, she has to listen to Minko's harsh words again. This time, however, she goes on the offensive and asks her why she is saying something like that to her. She also catches Nako, who once again wanted to stay away from the situation. She got the crazy idea that both of them, like her, urgently need to change their behavior and that they should become friends. When both of them do not respond to the attached question of what their favorite food is, Ohana is angry and throws them both on the floor. Surprised by this and, in some ways, thinking Ohana is crazy, both finally get out of the way. With that, Ohana finally manages to break the ice between them.
The next morning, Ohana tries to use it to prepare both of them their favorite food. When she brings the trash to the back door again, she meets the always friendly receptionist Tomoe Wajima, who is lurking on rumors. In the course of the conversation it turns out that Ohana did not properly dispose of the garbage from yesterday. It was still in the bins, which were intended as a kind of temporary storage facility, but not as garbage. Still feeling guilty, she searches the garbage for the writer's drafts. In doing so, however, she makes a surprising discovery. Tarō writes erotic novels and uses the Kissuisō staff as models for the unusual fantasies.
Characters
- Ohana Matsumae ( 松 前 緒 花 , Matsumae Ohana )
- Ohana is the main character of the work. She is a very energetic sixteen year old student who grew up in the care of her careless mother, Satsuki. Despite the fact that she and her mother hate each other, that she is on her own and is of small stature, she does not let herself get down. Especially in the guest house of her grandmother Sui Shijima, her extremely energetic manner quickly becomes her undoing and, above all, has to fight against the bad reputation she has because of her mother. In doing so, she increasingly has to make the determination that she cannot rely only on herself, as once done, but must also develop trust in others. Over time, she builds up a close relationship with the employees and classmates Minko, Nako and Yuina.
- Minko Tsurugi ( 鶴 来 民 子 , Tsurugi Minko )
- Seventeen-year-old Minko works part-time at Kissuisō and tries to do an apprenticeship as a cook there. She shows very cool behavior towards others. So she insults Ohana several times that she should just die. However, she reveals a completely different side to her superiors. Here she is completely reserved, endures the worst abuse and is completely insecure. Accordingly, she is extremely jealous of Ohana at first, because she seems to stab her in the back at every opportunity. Over time, this relationship with Ohana changes and they both become classmates.
Origin and publications
Manga
Even before the start of the television series, the publication of the manga series of the same name, Hanasuka Iroha, began . It is drawn by the mangaka Eito Chida and is based on the specifications of PA Works. The first chapter of the still-ongoing manga appeared on November 22, 2010 in Gangan Joker magazine, published by Square Enix . The manga is also an advertisement for the series. So far (as of July 2012) the individual chapters have been summarized in four anthologies.
On July 1, 2011, Bandai Visuals webcomic portal Web Comic Gekkin started a second series called Hanasaku Iroha: Green Girls Graffiti ( 花 咲 く い ろ は Green Girls Graffiti), drawn by Jun Sasameyuki . This ran for a year until July 2, 2012. The spin-off is about the life of Minko Tsurugi before Ohana came to her. The eleven chapters were combined in two anthologies, which appeared on December 10, 2011 and July 10, 2012.
Anime series
The anime television series Hanasaku Iroha is the first in-house production of the animation studio PA Works . Based on the script by Mari Okada , it was directed by Masahiro Ando . The animation was managed by Kanami Sekiguchi , who based the character design on Mel Kishida's drafts . The production of the sound was taken over by Jin Aketagawa , while Shirō Hamaguchi composed and arranged the music.
The anime began airing late in the evening of April 3, 2011 and ran on Tokyo MX through September 25, 2011 . In the following days, numerous other stations began broadcasting. They included TV Saitama , Chiba TV , KNB , Chūkyō TV , Kids Station , TV Kanazawa , as well as various other channels and streaming offers. An hour and a half after the Japanese premiere, an English subtitled version was streamed on Crunchyroll .
Episodes
Home sweet home
On March 9, 2013, the film Gekijōban Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home ( 劇場版 花 咲 く い ろ は HOME SWEET HOME ) had its preliminary premiere in four movie theaters in Ishikawa Prefecture , the location of the work. The premiere in the rest of Japan followed on March 30, 2013, where he grossed 100 million yen on the opening weekend. The production staff and the speakers remained unchanged from the series.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Ohana Matsumae | Kanae Ito |
| Minko Tsurugi | Chiaki Omigawa |
| Nako Oshimizu | Aki Toyosaki |
| Yuina Wakura | Haruka Tomatsu |
| Tomoe Wajima | Mamiko Noto |
| Kōichi Tanemura | Yūki Kaji |
| Satsuki Matsumae | Takako Honda |
| Sui Shijima | Tamie Kubota |
| Enishi Shijima | Kenji Hamada |
| Tōru Miyagishi | Junji Majima |
| Renji Togashi | Taro Yamaguchi |
| Takako Kawajiri | Ayumi Tsunematsu |
| Tarō Jirōmaru | Junichi Suwabe |
| Denroku Sukegawa | Chō |
music
Even before the series was released, the title Patricia ( パ ト リ シ ア , Patorishia ), interpreted by nano.RIPE , was released by Lantis as a single of the same name on September 22, 2010 . The title was mainly used in the anime's promotional videos. The single also had the title Yumeji ( 夢 路 ) by the same artist, who was also used in some of the preview videos.
The two opening titles of the series were also interpreted by nano.RIPE and are titled Hana no Iro ( ハ ナ ノ イ ロ ) and from episode 14 Omokage Warp ( 面 影 ワ ー プ , Omokage Wāpu ). The first and last episodes used no opening credits.
Different titles were used for the credits. In the first half mostly Hazy from Sphere was used except for episode 1 which had no end title, episode 6 with Tsukikage to Buranko ( 月 影 と ブ ラ ン コ ), episode 8 with Yumeji ( 夢 路 ) and episode 11 with Saibō Kioku ( 細胞 キ オ ク ), respectively sung by nano.RIPE. From episode 14, Hanasaku Iroha by Clammbon was mainly used, except for episode 22 with High Leap ( ハ イ リ ー プ , Hai Rīpu ), episode 25 with Ray of Light and the last episode with Yumeji , again by nano.RIPE.
In addition, other titles were played in individual episodes. These were in episode 1 Lip Synch ( リ ッ プ シ ン ク , Rippu Shinku ) by nano.RIPE, in episodes 2, 3 and 12 Haru no Mukō ( 春 の 向 こ う ) by Rey , in episode 9 Tsukikage to Buranko , in episode 12 Nagai Tabiji no Tochū ( 長 い 旅 路 の 途中 ) by Rey and in episode 18 Kono no Hiroi Nohara Ippai ( こ の 広 い 野 原 い っ ぱ い ) by Aki Toyosaki under her role name. The latter is a cover of Ryōko Moriyama 's song of the same name, released in 1967.
In the credits of the film Home Sweet Home , the title Kage Fumi ( 影 踏 み ) from the single of the same name by nano.RIPE was used.
Individual evidence
- ↑ PA Works' Hana-Saku Iroha Previewed with Promo Video. Anime News Network, August 1, 2010, accessed April 14, 2011 .
- ↑ Crunchyroll Confirms Hana-Saku Iroha Simulcast. Anime News Network, March 28, 2011, accessed April 16, 2011 .
- ↑ Hanasaku Iroha Film Tops 100 Million Yen. In: Anime News Network. April 17, 2013, accessed April 24, 2013 .
- ↑ Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home Film's TV Ad Streamed. Anime News Network, February 1, 2013, accessed December 23, 2014 .
Web links
- Anime website (Japanese)
- Site of the manga at Gangan Joker (Japanese)
- Entry of manga and anime in the Encyclopedia of Anime News Network (English)