Kurenai
Kurenai ( Japanese 紅 ) is the name of a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama , which was illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto . The first edition of the series appeared for the first time in 2005 and the fourth and for the time being last 2008. It is about the boy Shinkurō Kurenai, who is to take care of the young but spoiled girl Murasaki Kuhōin as a bodyguard . Based on the novel template developed adaptations in the form of manga and anime - TV series , which were published in 2007 and of 2008.
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The sixteen-year-old boy Shinkurō Kurenai has specialized in ending disputes between individuals for his clients. In doing so, he often risks his life until one day he receives a special assignment from his client, Benika Jūzawa. He is supposed to take care of the daughter of the powerful and plutocratic family of the Kuhōin, who was previously freed from their residence by Benika. With wise foresight, Benika drops her close colleague Yayoi Inuzuka in front of Shinkurō's door, where she guards the apartment day and night without Shinkurō's knowledge.
The seven-year-old Murasaki Kuhōin, the daughter of Sōju and Renjō Kuhōin, was supposed to move in with him in order not to be found by her family. But she is very spoiled and conceited, so that she initially clashes with Shinkurō over and over again because of his run-down apartment. But soon she is able to accept her new situation and trusts Shinkurō. She met the student Tamaki Mutō and the mostly black woman Yamie.
Shinkurō has few friends at school. These include Ginko Murakami, who is constantly looking for information on the Internet. She has secretly fallen in love with him and provides him with information about his assignments, which he also has to fulfill during his assignment as a guardian. Another classmate of his is Yūno Hōzuki, whom he has known since a young age and with whom he trains again and again.
Exactly at the moment when the roommates of the house and the friends of Shinkurō get along enough that they have a party together, Murasaki Kuhōin is kidnapped by the employees of Renjō Kuhōin. Murasaki's mother was raped by him and gave birth to Murasaki as an illegitimate child. Since no one outside the family should find out about this child, he locked Soju and Murasaki separately from each other. Being unable to bear this condition anymore, Murasaki's mother committed suicide.
Now caught again in the clutches of her father, her friends try to free her from this situation in which she gradually feels more and more love for Shinkurō.
Light novel series
From December 2005 to April 2008, the light novel series by the author Kentarō Katayama with the illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto was published by the Japanese publisher Shueisha . Four books have been published at widely varying intervals of about a year.
- Kentarō Katayama: Kurenai . Shueisha, 2005, ISBN 4-08-630272-1 (Japanese: 紅 .).
- Kentarō Katayama: Kurenai - Guillotine . Shueisha, 2006, ISBN 4-08-630290-X (Japanese: 紅 〜 ギ ロ チ ン 〜 .).
- Kentarō Katayama: Kurenai - Shūaku matsuri (part 1) . Shueisha, 2007, ISBN 978-4-08-630342-2 (Japanese: 紅 〜 醜 悪 祭 〜 （上） .).
- Kentarō Katayama: Kurenai - Shūaku matsuri (part 2) . Shueisha, 2008, ISBN 978-4-08-630416-0 (Japanese: 紅 〜 醜 悪 祭 〜 （下） .).
Manga
From November 2, 2007 to June 4, 2012, an adaptation published in Jump Square was published as a manga series. This is drawn by Yamato Yamamoto , the illustrator of the light novel. The chapters were summarized in the form of ten edited volumes ( Tankōbon ) published.
Tokyopop has been publishing the manga in German since October 2010 . The series has now been completed here as well.
Anime
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kurenai |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2008 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| genre | Action , comedy , drama |
| idea | Kentaro Katayama |
| music | Ken Muramatsu |
| First broadcast | April 3, 2008 - June 19, 2008 on Chiba TV , TV Kanagawa |
In 2008, the studio produced Brain's Base one Anime - TV Series for Light-Novel. The characters in the series are based on the template, but the appearance of Kumi Ishii has been revised again. The twelve-episode series was directed by Kō Matsuo . Kazuhiro Arai was the artistic director. In Japan, the series was shown from April 3, 2008 to June 19, 2008 on Chiba TV and TV Kanagawa , later broadcast by other stations.
The limited version of the fifth (July 2, 2010) and sixth manga volume (December 3, 2010) was accompanied by a DVD with a total of two additional half-hour episodes.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Murasaki Kuhōin | Aoi Yūki |
| Shinkurō Kurenai | Miyuki Sawashiro |
| Yayoi Inuzuka | Aiko Ōkubo |
| Tamaki Muto | Asami Sanada |
| Yamy | Haruka Kimura |
music
The music for the series was composed by Ken Muramatsu. The opening title is Love Jump by Minami Kuribayashi , the closing songs are Crossing Day and Te no Hira no Taiyō ( 手 の ひ ら の 太陽 ) by Ryoko Shintani.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 紅. (No longer available online.) Shueisha , archived from the original on December 23, 2008 ; Retrieved December 16, 2008 (Japanese). 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.
- ↑ 紅 〜 ギ ロ チ ン 〜. Shueisha , accessed December 16, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ 紅 〜 醜 悪 祭 〜 （上）. Shueisha , accessed December 16, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ 紅 〜 醜 悪 祭 〜 （下）. Shueisha , accessed December 16, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ Kure-nai Manga Ends as Artist & Itsu-ten Creator Start New Manga）. Anime News Network , June 2, 2012, accessed June 2, 2012 .
Web links
- Official website of the light novel series (Japanese)
- Official website of the manga (Japanese)
- Official website of the anime (Japanese)
- Anime News Network about the manga and anime (English)