Letter bee
| Letter bee | |
|---|---|
| Original title | テ ガ ミ バ チ |
| transcription | Tegami Bachi |
| genre | Adventure, fantasy, drama, comedy |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Hiroyuki Asada |
| publishing company | Shueisha |
| magazine | Monthly Shōnen Jump , Jump Square |
| First publication | September 6, 2006 - November 4, 2015 |
| expenditure | 20th |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Tegami Bachi |
| Original title | テ ガ ミ バ チ |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2009-2011 |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot + |
| length | 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 50 in 2 seasons |
| Director | Akira Iwanaga |
| music | Kunihiko Ryō |
| First broadcast | October 3, 2009 on TV Tokyo , TV Hokkaidō , TV Aichi , TV Osaka , TV Setouchi , TVQ Kyūshū , Gifu Hōsō |
| Original video animation | |
| title | Tegami Bachi Academy |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2010 |
| length | 3 minutes |
| Episodes | 25th |
Letter Bee ( Japanese テ ガ ミ バ チ , Tegami Bachi ) is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Hiroyuki Asada , which was published in Japan from 2006 to 2015. In 2009 it was adapted as an anime television series and continued in 2010. The work, which has also been translated into German, can be classified into the genres of adventure, fantasy , drama and comedy as well as Shōnen manga.
content
The land Amberground lies in eternal night, only in the capital Akatsuki an artificial sun spreads light. Only the "Letter Bee" travel between the three districts of the country, messengers that transport people's hearts. So they travel through the country in whose darkness the Gaichu live. These giant insects devour people's hearts and only the Letter Bee venture through the darkness.
The 12 year old boy Lag Seeing was rescued from grave danger by the Letter Bee Goos Suede when he was seven. After that he wanted to become a messenger himself and is now traveling on behalf of the Bee Hive company. He is accompanied by niche, a so-called "dingo" who act as bodyguards. She also has her pet steak with her.
publication
The manga first appeared in the Shueisha publisher's Monthly Shōnen Jump magazine from issue 10/2006 on September 6, 2006 in Japan. The series later switched to Jump SQ magazine . With the edition published on November 4, 2015, the last chapter came out and the series ended. The chapters have also been published in 20 edited volumes.
A German version was published in full by Tokyopop between September 2010 and August 2016 . The manga has been translated into English, French and Chinese.
Anime
In 2008, the manga was first implemented as an anime at Studio Pierrot . Directed by Mamoru Kanbe , the character design came from Minako Shiba and the artistic direction was Akira Ito . The 28-minute long special was shown on the Jump Supertour, published on the magazine's website with English subtitles and later released on DVD.
In 2009, the Pierrot + studio animated an anime series based on the manga, directed by Akira Iwanaga . The character design was created by Minako Shiba and the producer was Noriko Kobayashi. The well-known studio Pierrot was next to TV Tokyo producer of the series. There were 25 episodes with a running time of 21 minutes each, containing the plot of the first five volumes of the original.
The series was first broadcast from October 3, 2009 to March 27, 2010 by TV Tokyo , TV Hokkaidō , TV Aichi , TV Osaka , TV Setouchi , TVQ Kyūshū and Gifu Hōsō on Japanese television. It was followed by repetitions by regional broadcasters. Crunchyroll released an English subtitled version via streaming .
From October 2, 2010 to March 27, 2011 followed in Japan a second season entitled Tegami Bachi Reverse , which was broadcast simultaneously on TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaidō, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi and TVQ Kyūshū. She implemented another five volumes of the manga.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Niche | Ayumi Fujimura |
| Lag seeing | Miyuki Sawashiro |
| Aria Link | Ami Koshimizu |
| Zaji | Daisuke Kishio |
music
The music for the series, with the exception of the opening and closing titles, was composed by Kunihiko Ryo .
The following titles were used as opening and closing titles, which also entered the Oricon charts as singles when they were later released : For the first season, the opening titles Hajimari no Hi ( は じ ま り の 日 ; 11th place) by Shikao Suga feat. Mummy-D for the first 13 episodes and Love Letter no Kawari ni Konoshi o. ( ラ ブ レ タ ー の か わ り に こ の 詩 を。 ; 95th place) from Seira for the rest. The end credits were underlaid with the songs Hatenaki Michi ( 果 て な き 道 ; 33rd place) by Himeka for the first 13 episodes and Hikari no Kioku ( 光 の 記憶 ; 9th place) by Angelo for the rest.
The second season used Chiisana Mahō ( 小 さ な 魔法 ; 23rd place) from Stereopony for the first 13 episodes in the opening credits and Yakusoku ( 約束 , 13th place) by Shikao Suga for the rest. Wasurenagusa ( 勿忘 草 ; 18th place) from Piko was used for the credits .
reception
The volumes sold in Japan more than 85,000 times in the first few weeks, the 20th and last volume already reached this number in the week of its publication.
The German magazine Animania praises “that the slowly and gradually unfolding plot always remains clear and understandable” , despite a “wealth of background information and mysterious objects” . Despite the “romantic, fantastic design and the heart theme” , “a real adventure manga in the tradition of Gin Tama and D.Gray-man ” is offered. The anime was cast with many well-known voice actors and was a success in Japan.
Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy also emphasize the balance between the long, calm passages of monologues and self-reflections with the action sequences and political intrigues that appear in between, although the script sometimes seems overwrought and the abundance of details borders on "bells and whistles". The music is often too much in the foreground and is sometimes cheesy and cheesy. In contrast, the picture backgrounds are breathtaking and create a fascinating, convincing pre-industrial world.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee Manga to End in 20th Volume. In: Anime News Network. April 5, 2015, accessed April 18, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Post in the Dark in Animania 10-11 / 2010, p. 38f.
- ↑ は じ ま り の 日 feat.Mummy-D | ス ガ シ カ オ . In: Oricon Style. Oricon, accessed January 26, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ ラ ブ レ タ ー の か わ り に こ の 詩 を。 | 星 羅 . In: Oricon Style. Oricon, accessed January 26, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 果 て な き 道 | HIMEKA . In: Oricon Style. Oricon, accessed January 26, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 光 の 記憶 (初 回 生産 限定 盤) | Angelo . In: Oricon Style. Oricon, accessed January 26, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ 小 さ な 魔法 | ス テ レ オ ポ ニ ー . In: Oricon Style. Oricon, accessed January 26, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 約束 | ス ガ シ カ オ . In: Oricon Style. Oricon, accessed January 26, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 勿忘 草 | ピ コ . In: Oricon Style. Oricon, accessed January 26, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 6-12. Anime News Network , April 15, 2015, accessed January 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 4-10. Anime News Network , January 13, 2016, accessed January 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation . 3. Edition. Stone Bridge Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-61172-909-2 , entry: Letter Bee .
Web links
- Official Japanese Website (Japanese)
- Website of the German manga
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)