Kyō no 5 no 2
Kyo no 5 no 2 ( jap. 今日のの2 5 , dt example: "Today, in the 5-2 '.), Also often Kyō no Go no Ni written is franchise of media, consisting of a His - manganese series which was written and drawn by Koharu Sakuraba . The manga consisted of 22 chapters that appeared in Bessatsu Young Magazine from 2002 to 2003 . The magazine is published by Kodansha and is aimed primarily at an older male audience.
The plot focuses primarily on the school life of class 5-2 (2nd class of the 5th year, so "5b") and the primary school student Ryōta Satō. In doing so, she particularly goes into the relationships and attitudes of the students and shows their naive but understandable behavior.
The manga was adapted in 2006 as an original video animation (OVA) with a length of 4 episodes and a special. Another adaptation was made in 2008 by the studio Xebec in the form of a 13-part anime - television series . Building on the television series, other media such as radio plays and music CDs were released.
action
Primary school student Ryōta Satō and his classmate Chika Koizumi have been friends since they were young and have promised each other through a yubikiri ( 指 切 り ) to get married. In the fifth grade and with the onset of the difficult phase of puberty , the familiar misunderstandings and overreactions of students occur. Ryōta and his classmates repeatedly get into awkward situations in which they don't really know how to behave and what others think of them.
Characters
Ryōta Satō ( 佐藤 リ ョ ー タ , Satō Ryōta )
- Ryōta is the protagonist of the series and the childhood friend of Chika, who fell in love with her from the start. At school, Kōji and Tsubasa are some of his best friends, and he often duels with Kōji to find out which of the two is better. Although he is not portrayed as particularly intelligent and regularly falls for traps set by his classmates, he has a good heart and tries to help others as best he can. However, he always gets into ambiguous situations, which often ends in blows from Chika or Yūki.
Chika Koizumi ( 小泉 チ カ , Koizumi Chika )
- In the relationships between her and Ryōta, she often takes the leading role. Although she feels for Ryōta, he does not seem to show any interest in girls. So she always tries to overlook his mistakes, whereby she cannot help annoying him.
Yūki Asano ( 浅 野 ユ ウ キ , Asano Yūki )
- She is a classmate of Ryōta and has a bright, honest and active personality. She keeps worrying about the size of her breasts and despite her strong sense of responsibility, she can keep no secret. She is secretly in love with Kōji and keeps giving him home-made “delicacies” - even though, to Kōji's chagrin, she is a terrible cook.
Kazumi Aihara ( 相 原 カ ズ ミ , Aihara Kazumi )
- She is a very quiet, mysterious and somehow sadistic classmate. She often makes notes in her journal about all sorts of things that seem to interest her. In doing so, she usually stays out of the activities of her classmates. A specialty of her is that none of the students has ever seen her laugh and no one manages to make her laugh either.
Natsumi Hirakawa ( 平川 ナ ツ ミ , Hirakawa Natsumi )
- She is a sporty and boyish girl who uses the male personal pronoun boku and also wears boys' clothes. Natsumi has an innocent nature and her friends often have to prevent her from undressing in front of the boys. Although she is generally calm in character, she is afraid of the dark.
Conception
The series deliberately alludes to the typical embarrassments of childhood and uses them to involuntarily create strange situations, which are, however, very close to the real model of reality. The students often try to portray themselves as older and more experienced than they actually are, which is underlined by deliberately older, distinctive facial features. This stylistic device can also be found in the Minami-ke manga series drawn by Koharu Sakuraba since 2004 .
Publications
Manga
The original work of Kyō no 5 no 2 was a manga drawn by Koharu Sakuraba . He was in the years 2002 to 2003 in the by Kodansha published his magazine Bessatsu Young Magazine published. The 22 chapters were published on November 11, 2003 as Tankōbon ( ISBN 4-06-361178-7 ). The book showed Chika on the cover and contained additional chapters specially written for the book called Supplementary Lesson - "Today in Tennis Club" and Invitation .
With the broadcast of the television series, the manga was reprinted in Weekly Young Magazine since September 29, 2008 .
1. OVA
The manga was adapted by Shinkūkan in 2006 as a four-part OVA directed by Makoto Sokuza and written by Miki Okitsu . The music was composed and arranged by Toru Yukawa .
The OVA was presented in a sixty-second trailer on February 20, 2006. The four DVDs were published between March 24, 2006 and March 21, 2007. Each of the episodes was also offered in a special edition that was provided with additional extras. Later, on January 30, 2008, all four DVDs were also offered as a set that included a fifth DVD and CD. On the DVD there was an additional chapter Kagaijugyō ( 課外 授業 ) and interviews with the staff. The CD contained the three main themes of the OVA and all radio plays that were included on the special edition of the third DVD.
In the opening credits , the title Baby Love was used for all episodes of the OVA. In the credits the titles Yakusoku ( 約束 , the first two episodes) and Sakura Iro Kaze ( 桜 色 風 ) could be heard. All three tracks were interpreted by Mai Kadowaki , Mamiko Noto and Mikako Takahashi .
Anime
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kyō no 5 no 2 今日 の ５ の ２ |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2008 |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| idea | Koharu Sakuraba |
| First broadcast | October 5, 2008 - December 28, 2008 on TV Tokyo |
The manga Kyō no 5 no 2 was adapted a second time as an anime by the Xebec studio . Directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa and based on the script by Takamitsu Kouno , a 13-part television series was created, which was produced by Starchild Records . The accompanying background music was composed and arranged by Takamitsu Kouno. The series took up the manga in full, with the exception of the chapters that were also published later.
The series was first broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 5, 2008 to December 28, 2008. The series was later released on four DVDs from December 25, 2008 to March 25, 2009, each containing three episodes except for the last DVD. Along with the DVDs, a fan book ( ISBN 978-4-06-375627-2 ) was also published by Kodansha on December 22, 2008.
On October 6, 2009, another 4-part OVA called Kyō no 5 no 2: Hōkago ( 今日 の 5 の 2 放 課後 ) was published.
music
Six different titles were used for opening and closing credits in the anime. The opening credits always had the title Nisemono ( ニ セ モ ノ ) by Friends and was used in all episodes. One exception was the last episode, which had no opening credits and Nisemono used it in the credits. The Friends group was made up of the Seiyū Yū Kobayashi, Asami Shimoda, Mako Sakurai, Satomi Akesaka, Yōko Honda and Kana Asumi. 5 different titles were used for the credits, which are listed below:
- secret base - Kimi ga Kureta Mono ( secret base ～ 君 が く れ た も の ～ , episodes 1 - 3)
- Daibakuhatsu NO.1 ( 大 爆 発 NO.1 , episode 4 - 5)
- Natsu Matsuri ( 夏 祭 り , episode 6)
- Yūyake Iro ( ユ ウ ヤ ケ イ ロ , episodes 7 - 9)
- Negai ( 願 い , episodes 10 - 12)
The titles secret base - Kimi ga Kureta Mono and Daibakuhatsu NO.1 are cover versions of the titles of the same name by the band ZONE .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | |
|---|---|---|
| OVA | TV Series / OVA (2009) | |
| Ryōta Satō | Hoko Kuwashima | Yu Kobayashi |
| Chika Koizumi | May Kadowaki | Asami Shimoda |
| Yūki Asano | Mikako Takahashi | Satomi Akesaka |
| Kazumi Aihara | Mamiko Noto | Mako Sakurai |
| Natsumi Hirakawa | Maria Yamamoto | Kana Asumi |
Radio plays
King Records released an adaptation as a radio play series. The first CD entitled Kyō no 5 no 2 Drama CD vol.1 ( 今日 の 5 の 2 ド ラ マ ＣＤ vol.1 , KICA-951) contained eight shorter pieces and was released on December 25, 2008. The second radio play in the series was released on February 25, 2009 under the title Kyou no 5 no 2 Drama CD vol.2 ( 今日 の 5 の 2 ド ラ マ ＣＤ vol.2 , KICA-952) and comprised nine shorter pieces. The speakers were the same as in the anime television series.
Music publications
Building on the works of the franchise, especially its film adaptations, several music productions were released on CD. The first was the maxi single Baby Love / Yakusoku ( Ｂａｂｙ Ｌｏｖｅ / 約束 , AVCA-22708) released by Avex Tracks on March 23, 2006. It contained the title Baby Love in three different versions. The title Yakusoku was once interpreted by the seiyū of the OVA Mai Kadowaki, Mamiko Noto and Mikako Takahashi. In another version it was sung by Sweet Kiss and was available in a third version as an instrumental.
Building on the anime television series, the single Nisemono (KICM-3175) was released on November 5, 2008 by King Records . It contained the two titles Nisemono and secret base - Kimi ga Kureta Mono , which were interpreted by Friends. All tracks from the series were released on January 7, 2009 on the album Best Friends (KICA-950), which was also released under the King Records label and contained 12 tracks, all of which were sung by Friends.
An original soundtrack was released on December 10, 2008 under catalog number KICA-945. There were 28 individual pieces from the background music used in the anime and six other pieces were the abridged versions of the theme melodies for the television series.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 今日 の ５ の ２ . Kodansha, accessed April 21, 2009 (Japanese).
- ↑ Sakuraba's Kyo no Gononi Manga Gets New 3-Issue Run. Anime News Network, September 21, 2008, accessed April 21, 2009 .
- ↑ Kyou no Go no Ni trailer. Anime News Network, February 20, 2006, accessed April 21, 2009 .
- ↑ a b 今日 の 5 の 2 [商品 情報]. (No longer available online.) Avex, archived from the original on September 15, 2008 ; Retrieved April 21, 2009 (Japanese).
- ↑ StarChild: 今日 の 5 の 2 . King Records, accessed April 22, 2009 (Japanese).
- ↑ ＴＶ ＡＮＩＭＡＴＩＯＮ 今日 の ５ の ２ お ふ ぃ し ゃ る ふ ぁ ん ぶ っ く . Kodansha , accessed April 22, 2009 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b こ れ が 「Friends」 だ！ . King Records, accessed April 22, 2009 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b Starchild: 今日 の ５ の ２ - CD . King Records, accessed April 22, 2009 (Japanese).
Web links
- Official website of the first OVA series (Japanese)
- Official website of the anime (Japanese)
- Official website of the second OVA series (Japanese)
- Anime News Network about the manga , the first OVA and Anime (English)
