Kujibiki imbalance
| Kujibiki imbalance | |
|---|---|
| Original title | く じ び き ア ン バ ラ ン ス |
| genre | Comedy, romance |
| Original video animation | |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2004 |
| Studio | Palm Studio |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Director | Takashi Ikehata |
| music | Masanori Takumi |
| Manga | |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Shimoku Kio |
| Illustrator | Keito Kôme |
| publishing company | Kodansha |
| magazine | Afternoon |
| First publication | September 2006 - December 2007 |
| expenditure | 2 |
| Television broadcast | |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2006 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| music | Tomoki Hasegawa |
| First broadcast | October 6, 2006 - December 22, 2006 on Kids Station |
Kujibiki Unbalance ( Jap. くじびきアンバランス, dt as "unbalanced lottery.") Is a Japanese anime - and manga series of Shimoku Kio . It was initially just a fictional series in the manga Genshiken , but was then also produced as an anime and manga itself. First an OVA was published , then a manga, video game and a television series.
action
Once a year, the prestigious Rikkyōin High School holds a lottery to determine the members of the next student council. On his first day at school, the student Chihiro Enomoto will be named the next student president. His childhood friend Tokino Akiyama becomes Vice President. Now they have to pass a probation period of one year under the supervision of the current student council under the president Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad . Any mistake in the assigned tasks will result in expulsion from school. Chihiro is unlucky and every conceivable misfortune happens to him, Tokino, to his relief, however, is lucky. The ambitious future secretary Renko and her friend Koruko often make life difficult for them. So the four of them have to jointly fulfill the tasks that the current student council has assigned them.
OVA
Since only episodes 1, 21 and 25 of the fictitious 26 episodes were produced, the plot is incomplete. A side story of the OVA is the relationship between Chihiro Enomoto and the current student council president, Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad . Flashbacks show that the two were childhood friends and that Ritsuko was in love with Chihiro.
Publications
Anime
The OVA was released along with the DVDs of the Genshiken series on December 22, 2004 and consists of three episodes. Directed by Takashi Ikehata, the character design was created by Kengou Yagumo and the artistic direction was by Shin Okui. The music was composed by Masanori Takumi. The opening credits were backed with the song Kujibiki Unbalance , the credits with Kagayaki Cyalume ( か が や き サ イ リ ュ ー ム ), both by Under17 .
In May 2006, Media Factory announced a television series based on Kujibiki Unbalance . The production, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, was made at Afternoon Studio and Asiadou. Yoshiaki Yanagida was responsible for the character design and Shin Okui was the artistic director. Tomoki Hasegawa composed the music, the opening and closing credits are those of the OVA. The twelve-part anime series was finally broadcast from October 6, 2006 to December 22, 2006 in Japan on the television station Kids Station . The DVD releases of the series featured an episode of Genshiken on each DVD.
In Germany, Anime Virtual's OVA was published together with DVDs by Genshiken, as in Japan. There are also translations of the series and OVA into English and Chinese.
Voice actor
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker (OVA) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVA | Television series | ||
| Chihiro Enomoto | Yuka Imai | Fujiko Takimoto | Raúl Richter |
| Tokino Akiyama | Akemi Kanda | Ai Nonaka | Yvonne Greitzke |
| Ritsuko Bucket Kettenkrad | Saeko Chiba | Ami Koshimizu | Susanne Geier |
| Renko Kamishakujii | Ikue Ōtani | Kumiko Nishihara | Diana Borgwardt |
| Kasumi Kisaragi | Ayako Kawasumi | Yukana | Anja Stadlober |
| Izumi Tachibana | Yuko Qaeda | Eri Nakao | Peggy Sander |
| Komaki Asagiri | Yukari Tamura | Masayo Kurata | Marie-Luise Schramm |
| Shinobu Enomoto | Haruko Momoi | Yuko Sasamoto | Maria Koschny |
| Mugio Rokuhara | Kenichi Suzumura | Shintaro Asanuma | Konrad Bösherz |
| Kaoruko Yamada | Yuuko Gotou | Yuuko Gotou | Jill Schulz |
Manga
The manga Kujibiki Unbalance , written by Shimoku Kio and drawn by Keito Kōme , was published from November 2006 to December 2007 in the manga magazine Afternoon by Kodansha . Del Ray published an English version, Tong Li a Chinese one.
Light novel
In Japan, three light novels were published between 2004 and 2006 . These were written by Michiko Yokote.
Console game
On January 25, 2007, a video game for the Playstation 2 called Kujibiki Unbalance: Kaichō Onegai Smash Fight was published in Japan by Marvelous Interactive .
reception
The magazine AnimaniA certifies the TV series a "colorful mix of action and comedy elements" , which provided varied entertainment. There is a lot of slapstick and situation comedy , the emotional life of the characters is also in the foreground a few times, but the erotic elements, in contrast to the OVA, are limited. Another difference is the character design, which appears younger. The animation quality is rather average, but this is okay for the action offered.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official website of Kujibiki Unbalance (Japanese)
- Entry on Kujibiki Unbalance on Anime News Network (English)