Jigoku Shōjo
| Jigoku Shōjo | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 地獄 少女 |
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| TV series logo | |
| genre | Horror , drama , mystery |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Jigoku Shōjo Jigoku Shōjo: Futakomori Jigoku Shōjo: Mitsuganae |
| Original title | 地獄 少女 地獄 少女 二 籠 地獄 少女 三鼎 |
| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2005-2009 |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 78 in 3 seasons |
| Director | Takahiro Ōmori (season 1–2) , Hiroshi Watanabe (season 3) |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi , Hiromi Mizutani (Seasons 1-2) , Kenji Fujisawa (Seasons 3) |
| First broadcast | October 5, 2005 - April 5, 2006 on Kids Station October 7, 2006 - April 7, 2007 on Animax October 4, 2008 - April 4, 2009 on Tokyo MX |
| Manga | |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Miyuki Etō |
| publishing company | Kōdansha |
| magazine | Nakayoshi |
| First publication | October 3, 2005 - August 2, 2008 |
| expenditure | 9 |
| Television series | |
| Original title | Jigoku Shōjo |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2007 |
| length | 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| production | Hideaki Takahashi |
| First broadcast | November 4, 2007 - January 27, 2008 on Nippon TV |
| occupation | |
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| Manga | |
| title | Shin Jigoku Shōjo |
| Original title | 新 ・ 地獄 少女 |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Miyuki Etō |
| publishing company | Kōdansha |
| magazine | Nakayoshi |
| First publication | October 3, 2008 - July 3, 2009 |
| expenditure | 3 |
| Manga | |
| title | Jigoku Shōjo R |
| Original title | 地獄 少女 R |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Miyuki Etō |
| publishing company | Kōdansha |
| magazine | Nakayoshi |
| First publication | August 3, 2009 - March 2, 2013 |
| expenditure | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Jigoku Shōjo: Yoi no Togi |
| Original title | 地獄 少女 宵 伽 |
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2017 |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Takahiro Ōmori |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| First broadcast | July 15 - September 30, 2017 |
| Initial release | Tokyo MX , Tochigi TV , Gunma TV , BS11 |
Jigoku Shōjo ( Japanese 地獄 少女 , dt. "Hell girl") is an anime - television series , which was or is implemented as a manga , real television series and video game.
The series is about a girl who desperate people can call to get revenge on others and send them to hell. The work can be classified into the genres of horror , drama and mystery .
action
First season
For a while there has been a rumor of a site on the Internet about which, if you hate someone profoundly, you send a message to the so-called Jigoku Shōjo every day at midnight , to which Jigoku Tsūshin ( 地獄 通信 , dt. "Hell Correspondence"), with the name of that person. The person in question is then punished by the hell girl Ai Enma and her helpers with a mixture of nightmare and distorted reality and then kidnapped to hell ( Jigoku ). The commissioner sells the Jigoku Shōjo his soul, which also goes to hell after his death.
The anime tells episodically the stories of many "customers" of the Jigoku Shōjo and their tormentors, whereby it is always understandable why they decide to take revenge now so that they can continue to live in peace, even if they themselves go to hell after their death . Ai's approach remains the same: If she receives a Jigoku Tsūshin, she appears shortly afterwards at the sender's and hands him a black, in the second season also red or blue straw doll with a red thread around her neck, which embodies one of her assistants. Only when the sender of the message has untied the knot does he accept the diabolical contract and the suffering of his tormentor begins. The client, however, has to live on until the end of his life with a stigma that always reminds him of the upcoming eternity in hell.
First of all, the anime does not have an ongoing storyline. From episode eight, however, the journalist Hajime Shibata comes into play with his daughter Tsugumi , who try to track down the hell girl in order to stop her, but fails.
In the final episodes it comes to light that Shibata is a descendant of Ai's cousin. Ai hated him after her death because he had to bury her alive. So Ai tries to send Shibata to hell, but gets her feelings under control again.
Second season: Jigoku Shōjo: Futakomori
In the first episodes of the second season, Ai and her companions resume their work and send cursed people to hell. There is also an enigmatic, cheeky and very playful little girl named Kikuri.
The last episodes are about Takuma Kurebayashi, who suffered the same fate as Ai 400 years ago. The people in his village gradually send other people to Hell and blame him for it. They want to kill him later, but the use of Ai prevents this.
After Ai's self-sacrifice, her body disappears with the rising cherry blossom petals and floats into the sky. Her 400 years of work is done, and her 3 companions live normal lives in the human world.
Third season: Jigoku Shōjo: Mitsuganae
Ai announces new work to her former helpers Ren, Hone Onna and Wanyūdō. Kikuri and Yamawaro are new to the team. Ai connects with 9-grader Yuzuki Mikage, who has deep relationships with Jigoku Tsūshin. Whenever someone contacts the Jigoku Tsūshin, Yuzuki involuntarily turns into Ai. She picked them because they both went through the same thing. Yuzuki was supposed to be sent to hell in the end because she had not obeyed the rules as a Jigoku Shōjo, but Ai intervened in good time and took the punishment imposed by Enma to protect Yuzuki.
Characters
main characters
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Ai Enma ( 閻 魔 あ い , cf. Enma )
When she receives a job as Jigoku Shōjo, Ai Enma sends her opponents to hell. The client's soul must also burn in hell as payment after his death.
Ai has several helpers at her side who act on her orders and who all hide a secret themselves. -
Ichimoku Ren ( 一 目 連 , dt. About "one-eye Ren")
He is one of Ai's helpers and always has his left eye hidden behind a strand of hair. With this eye he can see everything around him and read a person's mind. So he gathers information for Ai. He embodies the blue straw doll. To transform himself into this, he has to kiss the pendant from his chain. Ichimoku Ren's original form was a katana . His current form was given by Ai when she found him on a battlefield. -
Hone Onna ( 骨 女 , dt. "Bone
Woman ") This beautiful woman is actually a skeleton like the yōkai of the same name , but can seduce any man due to her appearance, the obi is always knotted in front of her stomach in the first season. In the second season you learn that she was forcibly a prostitute; her real name is Tsuyu. At Ai's command, it changes its shape and can thus gain access anywhere. She takes the form of a red straw doll. -
Wanyūdō ( 輪 入道 )
This bald man, like the yōkai of the same name, can transform himself into a flying carriage with burning demon wheels that takes Ai to her assignments. In the second season you learn that when he was still a human being on earth, he was a very good driver. After falling from a cliff on an assignment with the carriage in which a princess was sitting, he wakes up as a wheel-shaped demon who has to keep walking. Day in, day out. Ai asks him to become her chariot and he agrees. Another shape is the black straw doll, which is mainly used in the first season of Ai to close their contracts. -
Kikuri ( き く り )
Kikuri is an enigmatic little girl who appears in the second season. Little is known about her other than that she can roam freely between Ai's world and the world of mortals. She is very childish and often disturbs Ai's helper in their work, but listens to Ai without objecting. In the third season she has a wind-up doll as a medium because she has lost her old body. -
Yamawaro ( 山 童 )
A creature from hell, which appears in the third season for the first time. He looks like a little boy but can still turn into a yellow / green straw doll. In human form he calls himself Huang. Often calm and with a gentle demeanor, he follows Kikuri's orders and sees her as his "princess". Its name is derived from a legend of the mountain-dwelling creature of the same name in Kyūshū by Gazu Hyakki Yakō (an illustrated book about the Japanese folklore of demons). Yamawaro apparently has the ability to manipulate objects.
Recurring characters
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Hajime Shibata ( 柴 田 一 )
A former journalist who now makes his living by blackmailing celebrities. He began investigating the rumor about the Jigoku Tsūshin out of interest, but realizes that it is more than just a rumor. He and his daughter try to find out about the Jigoku Shōjo in order to put an end to their doings. -
Tsugumi Shibata ( 柴 田 つ ぐ み )
Hajime's daughter. Ever since she saw Ai one day, there has been a mysterious connection between the two. She tells Hajime everything she sees through Ai, but at some point she has doubts whether they should really be stopped. Similar to her father, she only appears briefly in the second season. She seems to have a bond with Kikuri. She is currently a teacher at Yuzuki's school. -
Takuma Kurebayashi ( 紅 林 拓 真 )
Takuma is a quiet boy who lives in the Lovely Hills settlement. He is often misunderstood and harassed by his village neighbors, who believe he is the "devil's child", similar to Ai back then. He has the ability to see into the future, and Ai watched him for a while. -
Yuzuki Mikage ( 御景 ゆ ず き )
She is a 9-grader from Saigawara Middle School. Although she comes across as a normal everyday girl, she has a deep bond with Jigoku Tsūshin. One day, Ai merges with her, and Yuzuki becomes a Jigoku Shōjo on every assignment. The bond between her and Ai can be compared to that of Tsugumi and Ai.
Production and publication
The series is based on an idea by Hiroshi Watanabe.
The first season of the anime television series was in 2005 by Studio Deen and directed by Takahiro Ōmori . The artistic direction was taken over by Yoshinori Hishinuma and the character design was created by Mariko Oka. The first season with 26 episodes was broadcast from October 5, 2005 to April 5, 2006 at midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) by the Japanese television station Kids Station , and a few days later on Animax , Tokyo MX and Mainichi Hōsō .
From October 7, 2006 to April 7, 2007, the second season followed with another 26 episodes under the title Jigoku Shōjo: Futakomori ( 地獄 少女 二 籠 , German "Hell girl: The two cages") on the Animax channel, as well as with an offset also on Tokyo MX, Mainichi Hōsō, Kids Station and Chūbu Nippon Hōsō . On October 4, 2008, the broadcast of a third season with the title Jigoku Shōjo: Mitsuganae ( 地獄 少女 三鼎 , dt. "Hell girl: The cauldron of three") on Tokyo MX, as well as with offset on Mainichi Hōsō, TVQ Kyūshū Hōsō , Chūbu Nippon Hōsō and Animax. This season, Hiroshi Watanabe himself took on the direction.
In February 2017 it was announced that a fourth season entitled Jigoku Shōjo: Yoi no Togi ( 地獄 少女 宵 伽 ) is already in production. The broadcast of this season with 12 episodes took place from July 15 to September 30, 2017 at midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) on Tokyo MX , Tochigi TV , Gunma TV , BS11 , as well as, with an offset, on Mainichi Hōsō and Family Gekijō . Crunchyroll streamed the series under the title Hell Girl: Fourth Twilight as a simulcast in English-speaking countries
The station Animax broadcast the series in South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. MCM broadcast the anime in French.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Ai Enma | Mamiko Noto |
| Ichimoku Ren | Masaya Matsukaze |
| Hone Onna | Takako Honda |
| Wanyūdō | Takayuki Sugo |
| Kikuri | Kanako Sakai |
| Yamawaro | Hekiru Shiina |
| Yuzuki Mikage | Satomi Sato |
| Ai's grandmother | Eriko Matsushima |
| Hajime Shibata | Yuji Ueda |
| Tsugumi Shibata | Nana Mizuki |
music
The music for the series was composed by Yasuharu Takanashi and Hiromi Mizutani. The biasing title Sakasama no Chō (dt. " The reverse butterfly ") and Nightmare (dt. " Nightmare ") come from SNoW and Tsukihana (dt. " Mondblume ") of Nana Kitade . As credits songs were Karinui ( "dt. Tacking "), Aizome (dt. " Indigo dyes ") and Ichi nuke of Mamiko Noto used.
Since 2006 five CDs with the music of the series have been released.
Adaptations
Manga
From October 3, 2005 (11/2005 issue) to August 2, 2008 (9/2008), a manga adaptation by Etō Miyuki was published in Japan . The individual chapters were first published in the Nakayoshi magazine of the Kodansha publishing house and then in nine edited volumes ( Tankōbon ).
An English translation is published by Del Ray Manga . From September 2008, Tokyopop published four volumes in German under the title Hell Girl . The publication was discontinued in February 2009, because the Japanese publisher had ended the cooperation with Tokyopop. From November 2009 the manga was continued at Egmont Manga and Anime , starting with the fifth volume through volume 9.
A sequel under the title Shin Jigoku Shōjo ( 新 ・ 地獄 少女 , "The New Hell Girl") between October 3, 2008 (11/2008) and July 3, 2009 (8/2009). The chapters have been summarized in three edited volumes.
With Jigoku Shōjo R ( 地獄 少女 R ) ran from August 3, 2009 (9/2009) to March 2, 2013 (4/2013) the youngest series. This came to 11 edited volumes.
Real TV series
In 2007, a real television series ( Dorama ) was produced under the direction of Hideaki Takahashi and Makoto Naganuma . This was first broadcast from November 4, 2007 to January 27, 2008 by Nippon TV in Japan. The final credits song, Dream Catcher , was written by singer Olivia Lufkin .
Video game
In September 2007, a video game adaptation of the television series for the Nintendo DS console with the title Jigoku Shōjo Akekazura was released . The game was developed by Compile Heart.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Studio Deen Official Website for Anime (Japanese)
- Official website for the Dorama (Japanese)
- Anime News Network for the 1st anime , 2nd anime , 3rd anime , the real TV series and the manga (English)