Junjo Romantica
| Junjo Romantica | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 純情 ロ マ ン チ カ |
| transcription | Junjō Romanchika |
| genre | Yaoi , romance , comedy |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Shungiku Nakamura |
| publishing company | Kadokawa Shoten |
| magazine | Asuka Ciel |
| First publication | April 30, 2002 - ... |
| expenditure | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Junjō Romantica Junjō Romantica 2 Junjō Romantica 3 |
| Original title | 純情 ロ マ ン チ カ 純情 ロ マ ン チ カ 2 純情 ロ マ ン チ カ 3 |
| transcription | Junjō Romanchika Junjō Romanchika 2 Junjō Romanchika 3 |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2008, 2015 |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 36 in 3 seasons |
| Director | Chiaki Kon |
| music | Moka |
| First broadcast | April 12, 2008 on various channels |
| Original video animation | |
| title | Junjō Romantika 16 |
| Original title | 純情 ロ マ ン チ カ 16 |
| transcription | Junjō Romanchika 16 |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2012 |
| Episodes | 1 |
| Director | Chiaki Kon |
Junjo Romantica ( Japanese 純情 ロ マ ン チ カ , Junjō Romanchika , Eng. "Innocent romance") is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Shungiku Nakamura . The series was in 2008 and 2015 as anime - TV series implemented.
The work is about the love between three male couples and can thus be classified into the genres of yaoi , romance and comedy .
action
Junjō Romantica
The boy Misaki Takahashi lives with his brother Takahiro Takahashi after the death of his parents. He takes care of him and gives up his studies, which is why Misaki absolutely wants to study at the highly respected university where his brother wanted to study. To achieve this, Takahiro's eccentric friend Akihiko Usami (also "Usagi-san") is supposed to give him tutoring. He is the author of novels and, as it turns out later, also writes gay novels. Through this, Misaki soon discovers that Akihiko is in love with Takahiro; Misaki himself slowly falls in love with Akihiko.
Junjō egoist
Hiroki Kamijō, Akihiko's friend and Misaki's literature professor, has been in love with Akihiko for years. The latter has no idea. When Akihiko's best friend Takahiro, with whom he is in love, finds a girlfriend, Hiroki seizes the chance and sleeps with Akihiko. He realizes that Akihiko will never love him the way he loves Takahiro. While crying in a park because of lovesickness, he meets Nowaki Kusama. He wants to study and therefore asks Hiroki for tutoring. Nowaki soon falls in love with Hiroki and wants to win him over. Despite his stubbornness, Hiroki also falls in love with Nowaki.
Junjō terrorist
Yō Miyagi, literature professor at M-Uni is also Hiroki's boss. His ex-brother-in-law, 18-year-old Shinobu Takatsuki, rushed back from his exchange year in Australia when he heard that Miyagi and his wife had divorced. Shinobu had been in love with Miyagi for three years before he knew Miyagi and his sister were engaged. Miyagi, who doesn't want anything from Shinobu, finds his feelings annoying at first. After that, however, he realizes that Shinobu has somehow managed to sneak into his heart. In addition, years ago Miyagi was in the same situation as Shinobu now, when he fell in love with his teacher.
Junjō minimum
In Junjō Minimum the author deals with the childhood of Usami and Hiroki, who met when they were 10. Usami grew up and moved abroad. He and Hiroki get to know each other and Usami is almost as convinced of himself as Hiroki as a child. One day he learns that Usami is writing novels and is the first to be allowed to read his works. Since then he has been Usami's biggest fan, which will not change in the future.
Conception
The story consists of three storylines, each telling the story of one of the three couples. The storylines are only loosely linked by Akihiko's relationship with Hiroki and Hiroki with Miyagi. Each of these couples has their own chapters called Junjō Romantica, Junjō Egoist, Junjō Terrorist and Junjō Minimum. The names represent the names of the couples: Romantica for Akihiko and Misaki; Terrorist for Miyagi and Shinobu; Egoist for Nowaki and Hiroki and Minimum for Asahina and Isaka.
The mangaka often uses Super Deformed drawings and many graphic exaggerations.
Manga
The manga has been published in Japan since 2002 in individual chapters in the magazines Asuka Ciel and Ciel Très Très . The publishing house Kadokawa Shoten also brings out these chapters in anthologies ( Tankōbon ), of which 23 have appeared so far. The manga is a commercial success as the anthologies have sold over 2.5 million times in Japan. In 2008 an art book was published in Japan with the title Junjō Romantica Illustration Collection .
Blu has been publishing Junjo Romantica in English in the US since 2006 , and Kazé in French. The publisher Carlsen Comics has been publishing the manga in German since January 2007, with 19 volumes published so far, which the publisher indicates with an age recommendation of 16 years. The German translation is by Alexandra Klepper.
Anime
In 2008, the produced Studio Deen a Anime - television series to manga, at the Kon Chiaki directed. The character design comes from Yōko Kikuchi, the artistic director is Junko Shimizu. The series with twelve episodes was from April 10 to June 26, 2008 on the Japanese channels Fukui TV , TV Saitama , Nara TV , TV Hokkaidō , Chiba TV after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ), as well as with an offset on KBS Kyoto , Shin'etsu Hōsō , Gifu Hōsō , TV Kanagawa , Gunma TV , Tokyo MX , Mie TV , TVQ Kyūshū and Kumamoto Hōsō . A second season with a further twelve episodes has been broadcast for the first time in Japan by TV Kanagawa and Gifu Hōsō since October 11, 2008. In addition to Junko Shimizu, Jun'ichi Higashi was the artistic director of this.
In 2015, a third season followed, produced with the same staff. The 12 episodes were first broadcast on Tokyo MX and Sun Television after midnight from July 10 to September 25, 2015 , as well as on AT-X , TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Gifu Hōsō, BS11 , Mie TV and TVQ Kyushu.
The 16th volume of the manga, published in December 2012, was accompanied by an original video animation called Junjō Romantika 16 . This was also directed by Chiaki Kon based on a script by manga writer Shungiku Nakamura.
Voice actor
| role | Japanese voice actor ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Misaki Takahashi | Takahiro Sakurai |
| Akihiko Usami | Hikaru Hanada |
| Hiroki Kamijō | Kentarō Itō |
| Nowaki Kusama | Nobutoshi Canna |
| Yō Miyagi | Kazuhiko Inoue |
| Shinobu Takatsuki | Daisuke Kishio |
music
The opening credits Kimi = Hana and Shōdō ( 衝動 ) were sung by Pigstar and the closing credits song Baby Romantica is from SCRIPT, that of the second season, Aioi ( 相 生 - ア イ オ イ - ) by Juned. In the third season, Innocent graffiti from Fo'xTails was used in the opening credits and Owaranai Sora ( 変 わ ら な い 空 ) from Luck Life was used in the credits .
reception
The series has "moments of brilliant comedy" , but these are hidden in a "bunch of otherwise dreary dialogues," according to Jason Thompson . The drawings are also best in the comic scenes, which are kept in super-deformed style. The German magazine AnimaniA explains the success of the manga with the "sometimes very crazy protagonists [...] who [...] are amusingly staged with a lot of slapstick." The entangled relationships guarantee an entertaining story and long-lasting reading fun. The age recommendation from 16 years is justified because of the many clear scenes. The drawing style is unusual due to the extremely disproportionately depicted body, but it also has "an individual charm" .
According to Irene Salzmann from Splashcomics, the manga is primarily aimed at older readers who appreciate the Shōnen-Ai genre. The theme is implemented in a humorous way and the images are also more explicit, but much is left to the imagination. It is particularly important in the manga that a new love is never simply a substitute for an old one, everyone has special characteristics. The protagonists have to get along with it and with themselves. The story remains exciting throughout and has a lot of momentum due to the problems of relationships.
Web links
- Official site for the anime series (Japanese)
- Official site of Carlsen Manga for the Manga
- Anime News Network about the manga and anime (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Review by splashcomics for volume 1
- ↑ a b Review at splashcomics for volume 2
- ↑ AnimePro on the manga
- ↑ http://animeanime.jp/news/archives/2008/02/_tvtvmx.html
- ↑ Jason Thompson: Manga. The Complete Guide . Del Rey, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8 , pp. 430 .
- ↑ AnimaniA 01–02 / 2007, p. 38