Dragon Girls
| Dragon Girls | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 一 騎 当 千 |
| transcription | Ikki Tosen |
| genre | Comedy , fantasy , martial arts , ecchi |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Yūji Shiozaki |
| publishing company | Wani Books |
| magazine | Comic gum |
| First publication | April 26, 2000 - August 26, 2015 |
| expenditure | 24 |
| Manga | |
| title | Shin Ikki Tosen |
| Original title | 真 ・ 一 騎 当 千 |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Yūji Shiozaki |
| publishing company | Young King Ours |
| magazine | Shōnen Gahōsha |
| First publication | November 30, 2015 - ... |
| expenditure | 2+ |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Ikki Tousen - Dragon Girls |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2003 |
| Studio | JCStaff |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Director | Takashi Watanabe |
| music | Hiroshi Motokura, Project IKKI |
| First broadcast | July 30th - October 22nd, 2003 on AT-X |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 10-28, 2007 on Animax |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Ikki Tousen - Dragon Destiny |
| Original title | 一 騎 当 千 Dragon Destiny |
| transcription | Ikki Tōsen: Dragon Destiny |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2007 |
| Studio | Arms |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Kōichi Ōhata |
| First broadcast | February 26 - May 14, 2007 on AT-X |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Ikki Tousen - Great Guardians |
| Original title | 一 騎 当 千 Great Guardians |
| transcription | Ikki Tōsen: Great Guardians |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2008 |
| Studio | Arms |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Kōichi Ōhata |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| First broadcast | June 11th - August 27th, 2008 on AT-X |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Ikki Tōsen: Xtreme Xecutor |
| Original title | 一 騎 当 千 XTREME XECUTOR |
| transcription | Ikki Tōsen: XTREME XECUTOR |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2010 |
| Studio | TNK |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Kōichi Ōhata |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| First broadcast | March 26th - June 11th 2010 on AT-X |
| Original video animation | |
| title | Ikki Tōsen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppūroku |
| Original title | 一 騎 当 千 集 鍔 闘 士 血 風 録 |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2012 |
| Studio | Arms |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 1 |
| Director | Rion Kujō |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Original video animation | |
| title | Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2014 |
| Studio | Arms |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Director | Masashi Kudo |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Original video animation | |
| title | Ikki Tousen: Western Wolves |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | Announced (2018/2019) |
| Studio | Arms |
| Director | Takashi Watanabe Mitsutoshi Satou |
| idea | Masaya Honda |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi |
Dragon Girls ( Japanese 一 騎 当 千 , Ikki Tōsen ) is a manga series by the artist Yuji Shiozaki , which was also implemented as an anime . It is aimed at an adult male audience, so it can be assigned to the genus of his own.
action
The naive, attractive high school student Hakufu Sonsaku is the "chosen one". She inherited the so-called Magatama , a soul stone, from her father . In this is the soul of a legendary hero from a bygone era.
Hakufu moves to Nanyou Private School and wants to heed her mother Goei's advice to earn the respect of the other students. She tries to do this with the help of her fighting strength and immediately beats up thirty of her classmates. As a result, one of the four kings of the sky from Nanyou becomes aware of them and puts Hakufu in their place. The four Heavenly Kings are the gigantic Gakushuu, the crazy Kouha Kannei, the brutally doing her day's work Ryomou Shimei and the smart Genpou Saji. Just like Hakufu, they have inherited a special kind of soul stone. For this reason, the four Heavenly Kings suspect that Hakufu is the reincarnation of a feared warrior from the time of the Three Kingdoms.
Enjutsu, the secret ruler of the Nanyou school, learns about this and, before Hakufu becomes too dangerous for the school, she and her cousin Koukin Shuuyu, with whom she lives, is sentenced to death for as long as she attends the Nanyou private school. Koukin is in the sophomore year of private school and through the many fights at the school trained in combat. Enjutsu sends Ryomou Shimei to execute Hakufu and knocks her out. As a result, the dragon slumbering inside Sonsaku wakes up for the first time and so she can defeat Ryomou, but loses her consciousness and can no longer remember this incident.
Publications
Ikki Tōsen appeared in Japan in individual chapters in the manga magazine Comic Gum from April 26, 2000 (issue 6/2000) to the discontinuation of the magazine on May 26, 2015 (issue 7/2015). Two more chapters were published in the web magazine WEB ComicGUM. The publisher Wani Books brought out these individual chapters in 24 anthologies. A new edition ( shinsōban ) in 11 volumes was also published from 2012 to 2015 .
A sequel called Shin Ikki Tōsen ( 真 ・ 一 騎 当 千 ) has been published since November 30, 2015 (issue 1/2016) in Young King Ours magazine by Shōnen Gahōsha. The chapters have been combined in two anthologies (as of February 2018).
The manga will be translated into English, French, Spanish and German. Carlsen Comics published the series as Dragon Girls from June 2004 to December 2015 in 21 anthologies in Germany. No further volumes have been announced in the meantime. Tokyopop publishes the Manga in English-speaking countries and Panini Comics in France .
Anime
The animation studio JCStaff produced an anime television series Ikki Tōsen based on the manga. The TV station AT-X first broadcast the thirteen episodes from July to October 2003. The television series was directed by Takashi Watanabe and the script was written by Takao Yoshioka .
From February 26 to May 14, 2007 ran on AT-X under the title Ikki Tōsen: Dragon Destiny a second season. While Yoshioka again acts as a screenwriter, the second season was created in the animation studio Arms under the direction of Kōichi Ōhatas . The second season was also licensed by Anime Virtual in Germany. 6 bonus episodes were added to the DVD release.
Arms also filmed the third season of the Ikki Tōsen series with the title Ikki Tōsen: Great Guardians . The series was broadcast from June 11, 2008 to August 27, 2008. When it was released on DVD, there were again 6 bonus episodes.
From March 26 to June 11, 2010, the 4th season Ikki Tōsen: Xtreme Xecutor was broadcast. The staff remained essentially the same, but the studio switched to TNK .
On February 22, 2012, the 45-minute OVA Ikki Tōsen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppūroku ( 一 騎 当 千 集 鍔 闘 士 血 風 録 ) was released. This was animated by Studio Arms under the direction of Rion Kujō. In 2014 another OVA called Ikki Tōsen: Extravaganza Epoch was produced and released, but so far only in Japan.
At the end of September 2018 it was confirmed that there will be another OVA for Ikki Tousen, entitled Ikki Tousen: Western Wolves . The OVA is directed by Takashi Watanabe and Mitsutoshi Satou, the screenplay is written by Masaya Honda and the animation studio Arms produces the OVA. Western Wolves is supposed to be the successor to Extravaganza Epoch and is not based directly on the Manga.
synchronization
The German dubbed version for the first season “Dragon Girls” was produced by the Berlin dubbing studio Elektrofilm . Due to the registered bankruptcy of Elektrofilm, the following seasons were set to music by other studios. The second season was dubbed by VSI Synchron and the third and fourth were set to music by TV + Synchron .
Licensing
In North America the anime is distributed by Geneon Entertainment and in Germany by Kazé Germany , formerly Anime Virtual . In Germany, the first season was released as Ikki Tousen - Dragon Girls from October 2004 to March 2005 on four DVDs, in 2006 as a box with 5 DVDs and again in 2008 as a box with 4 DVDs. The second season Ikki Tousen - Dragon Destiny was released from July 2008 to January 2009 on 4 DVDs. The 6 bonus episodes were released in December 2008 as Ikki Tousen - Dragon Destiny - Mini OVAs .
The third season Ikki Tousen - Great Guardians appeared in Germany from July to October 2009 on 4 DVDs, in addition with another one with the bonus episodes in November 2009. Both bonus episode DVDs of the 2nd and 3rd season have a slightly higher amount Freedom of movement when the TV episodes are not approved for young people by the FSK.
In spring 2013 Kazé Germany , formerly Anime Virtual, will release Ikki Tōsen: Xtreme Xecutor on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The bonus clips and the 45-minute OVA Ikki Tōsen: Shuugaku Toushi Keppuu-roku, which appears in this country under the title Ikki Tousen in Kyoto , will then be published again.
music
The opening and closing credits were sung by different singers per season. The first opening title is called Drivin 'through the night and was sung by move , the second Heart & Soul by Mai Kariyuki ( 雁 行 真 依 ) and the third No × Limit! from Ami ( 亜 美 ). The first closing title Let me be with you was sung by shela , the second Garasu no Hana ( 硝 子 の 花 ) by IORI and the third Kage - shape of shadow ( 影 〜shape of shadow〜 ) by Rio Asaba ( 浅 葉 リ オ ).
In the OVA, FATE was sung 〜on the way〜 by Mai & Ami as the theme song.
Background information
The plot is based on the novel The Story of the Three Kingdoms . The characters appearing in Dragon Girls are all rebirths of the fighters from that time including the same names only in Japanese pronunciation. Thus, they not only carry old hatred, rivalries and hostilities with them, but also cause the events of that time to repeat themselves.
Individual evidence
- ↑ AnimePro ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Anime Virtual Licenses, March 6, 2008
- ↑ Anime News Network reports on the third season
- ↑ Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch OVA's 1st Promo Streamed. In: Anime News Network. August 25, 2014, accessed October 22, 2014 .
- ↑ Ikki Tousen Western Wolves Anime Reveals Staff, Cast, Visual. In: Anime News Network. September 29, 2018, accessed October 20, 2018 .
Web links
- Ikki Tōsen Official Website (Japanese) (Obsolete)
- Official website for Ikki Tōsen: Dragon Destiny (Japanese)
- Official website for Ikki Tōsen: Great Guardians (Japanese)
- Official website for Ikki Tōsen: Xtreme Xecutor (Japanese)
- Entries about Ikki Tōsen , Ikki Tōsen: Dragon Destiny and Ikki Tōsen: Great Guardians in the Anime News Network (English)