Kaito St. Tail

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Kaito St. Tail ( Japanese 怪 盗 セ イ ン ト ・ テ ー ル , Kaitō Saint Tail ) is a manga series by the Japanese draftsman Megumi Tachikawa , which is aimed primarily at girls and is therefore part of the Shōjo genre. The manga has about 1200 pages and was also implemented as an anime television series.

action

Fourteen-year-old Meimi Haneoka is a student at the St. Paulia Academy. Her father is a magician and her mother was a thief named Kaito Lucifer. Meimi leads a double life as the thief Saint Tail , trying to get back things stolen by a monster . She uses magical tricks to get at her prey. She is always followed by the police.

Before committing a theft, Meimi always sends a warning to her classmate Daiki Asuka Jr., who does not know that she is the infamous Saint Tail . Asuka Jr. is the son of a police officer and is determined to put the thief behind bars. When Asuka Jr. is kidnapped, Saint Tail tries to free him.

Meimi's best friend is Seira Mimori, a nun in training. The photographer for the school newspaper, Manato Sawatari, is in love with Meimi.

main characters

Meimi Haneoka ( 羽 丘 芽 美 )

She is a friendly and happy girl who goes to the 8th grade of a convent school and turns into the thief St. Tail at night to make amends. Her mother was also a ghost thief until she met Meimi's father and stopped stealing. Meimi's father, on the other hand, is a magician and has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. The little girl emulates both parents and fights for their love and the good in their city. At first she only argues with Asuka Jr., but gradually she develops feelings for him.

Her pet is a small hedgehog that she let go with its evil owner on one of her forays. Ruby and St. Tail always wear a large bow on their heads in their partner look.

Daiki Asuka ( 飛鳥 大 貴 )

The boy goes to Meimi's class and she falls in love. Asuka Jr. is the son of a police officer and is personally assigned by the mayor to capture Kaito St. Tail. He and St. Tail have a secret promise after she has to send him an announcement about every raid and he's the one who will one day catch her.

Seira Mimori

Meimi's best friend is a novice who also goes to her class. Seira is very calm and always gives St. Tail the orders she gets from people who go to her confession. She helps Meimi and takes care of the little hedgehog Ruby.

Rina Takamiya ( 高 宮 リ ナ )

The student switches to Meimi's class in the middle of the school year because she fell in love with Asuka Jr. She is the mayor's niece and persuades him to also bring her into the “St. Tail "should be included. So she tries to get Asuka Jr. on her side and causes Meimi a lot of trouble because she is sure that Meimi Haneoka is the ghost thief St. Tail.

Publications

Kaito St. Tail was published in Japan from October 1994 to December 1996 in individual chapters in the manga magazine Nakayoshi . The Kōdansha- Verlag published these individual chapters in seven anthologies from June 1995.

The manga has been translated into Korean, English and Italian, among others. Kaito St. Tail first appeared in German in Manga Power magazine and then in six edited volumes by Egmont Manga & Anime . A publication of the seventh volume is not planned due to poor sales figures.

Anime

Television series
Original title 怪 盗 セ イ ン ト ・ テ ー ル
Kaitō St. Tail
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
year 1995
length 25 minutes
Episodes 43
genre Shōjo , comedy , romance
idea Megumi Tachikawa
music Hayato Matsuo
First broadcast October 12, 1995 - September 12, 1996 on TV Asahi

In 1995 Tokyo Movie Shinsha produced an anime series based on the manga. Directed by Osamu Nabeshima . From October 12, 1995 to September 12, 1996, the series ran with 43 episodes on the Japanese television channel TV Asahi . The anime also aired in the Philippines, Mexico, and Italy. An English version was published by Tokyopop .

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Meimi Haneoka Tomo Sakurai
Asuka Jr. Kosuke Okano
Seira Mimori Kikuko Inoue

music

The music for the series was composed by Hayato Matsuo. The opening titles are Toki wo Koete ( 時 を 越 え て ) by Yasuko Matsuyuki and Ashita he to Kakedashite Yukou ( 明日 へ と 駆 け 出 し て ゆ こ う ) by Seiko Matsuda. Junshin ( 純 心 ) and UpSide Down - Eien no Wa - ( UpSide Down－ 永遠 の 環 - ) by Shoko Inoue and Yume Miru Melody ( 夢見 る メ ロ デ ィ ー ) by Miyuki Kajitani were used for the credits .

reception

Malindy Hetfeld from Splashcomics describes the manga as sloppily drawn, the characters seem superficial and the story is predictable, even if quite romantic. In comparison to the similar kamikaze Kaito Jeanne , Kaito St. Tail cannot stand. In the further course the plot becomes even more predictable, in parts the characters acted extremely unrealistic.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Opinion by publishing director Georg Tempel in the EMA publishing forum
  2. ↑ Malindy Hetfeld: Comic Review - Kaito St. Tail 1. Splashcomics, September 14, 2005, accessed May 24, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Malindy Hetfeld: Comic Review - Kaito St. Tail 3rd Splashcomics, August 20, 2006, accessed May 24, 2009 .

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