Maoyū Maō Yūsha
| Maoyū Maō Yūsha | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 |
| transcription | Maoyū Maō Yūsha |
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| Novel series logo | |
| genre | Fantasy |
| Light novel | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Mamare Tōno |
| illustrator | Keinoshō Mizutama, toi8 |
| publishing company | Enterbrain |
| First publication | December 29, 2010 - January 21, 2012 |
| expenditure | 5 |
| Manga | |
| title | Archenemy & Hero - Maoyuu Maou Yuusha |
| Original title | ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 「こ の 我 の も の と な れ 、 勇者 よ」 」断 る! 」 |
| transcription | Maoyū Maō Yūsha: "Kono Ware no Mono to Nare, Yūsha yo" "Kotowaru!" |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Mamare Tōno |
| Illustrator | Akira Ishida |
| publishing company | Kadokawa Shoten |
| magazine | Comp-Ace |
| First publication | April 26, 2011 - April 26, 2016 |
| expenditure | 18th |
| Manga | |
| title | Maoyū Maō Yūsha - Oka no Mukō e |
| Original title | ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 - 丘 の 向 こ う へ - |
| transcription | Maoyū Maō Yūsha |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Mamare Tōno |
| Illustrator | Hiro Tōge |
| publishing company | Akita Shoten |
| magazine | Champion Red |
| First publication | May 19, 2011 - August 19, 2014 |
| expenditure | 8th |
| Manga | |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Mamare Tōno |
| Illustrator | Yō Asami |
| publishing company | Enterbrain |
| magazine | Famitsū Comic Clear |
| First publication | June 24, 2011 - November 11, 2016 |
| expenditure | 8th |
| Manga | |
| title | Maoyū 4-koma: Muitemasen yo, Maō-sama |
| Original title | ま お ゆ う 4 コ マ 向 い て ま せ ん よ 、 魔王 様 |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Mamare Tōno |
| Illustrator | Ronchi Nanatsumu |
| publishing company | Enterbrain |
| magazine | Magi-Cu Comics web |
| First publication | June 29, 2011 - October 1, 2014 |
| expenditure | 3 |
| Manga | |
| title | Maoyū Maō Yūsha Gaiden: Madoromi no Onna Mahōtsukai |
| Original title | ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 外 伝 ま ど ろ み の 女 魔法 使 い |
| country |
Japan
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| author | Mamare Tōno |
| Illustrator | Taiki Kawakami |
| publishing company | Kōdansha |
| magazine | Shonen Sirius |
| First publication | November 26, 2011 - March 25, 2014 |
| expenditure | 7th |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2013 |
| Studio | Arms |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Takeo Takahashi |
| music | Takeshi Hama |
| First broadcast | January 5 - March 30, 2013 on Tokyo MX |
Maoyū Maō Yūsha ( Japanese ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 , eng. "Demon King and Hero") is a series of novels by Mamare Tōno , which has been adapted as various manga series and as an anime television series. The manga also use an English alternative title Archenemy and Hero ("Arch enemy and hero") on the cover.
The work combines fantasy with economics and is about how the ruler of the demons as representative of "evil" together with the hero as representative of "good" try to lead the world to prosperity and peace.
action
The human world is at war with demons. To end this, the hero ( 勇者 , Yūsha ) wants to slay the demon king ( 魔王 , Maō ). He penetrates his fortress, but meets with no resistance and then meets the demon king who, to his amazement, is a woman who greets him politely. She asks him to become hers, but he refuses and he refers to the destruction and deaths caused by the demons in the countries of the Southern Coalition ( 南部 連 合 , Nambu Rengō ). She then presented him with a study that showed that the war had a positive impact on both economic and population growth. She points out that because of the common threat posed by the demons, people put their disputes aside and formed an alliance in which countries with a food surplus gave food to barren countries, advanced countries sent their experts to underdeveloped countries and their agriculture and medical Improved care. The war also helped the demons, as their warlike society of individual tribes also put aside their internal quarrels. The hero is hesitant to believe that the war had positive effects, but that does not mean that it should continue.
The demon queen again refers to her study: the southern coalition, which forms the front, receives huge amounts of war- essential and everyday goods from the Middle Countries ( 中央 諸国 , Chūō Shokoku ), which in turn is covered by war credits from the other countries for the southern coalition become. The end of the war would therefore mean the removal of their sales market for the Middle Countries and an economic collapse, which in turn would lead to misery. She says that therefore the human kings are not interested in an end to the war and this is probably the reason why he, the hero, was sent alone.
She describes herself as physically weak and magically not gifted and that she is actually an economist who more or less by chance became the Demon King. She goes on to state that no matter which side wins, the other would be enslaved. As a scientist, she is therefore looking for a way to prevent this.
She asks him again to be hers and offers herself to him. Because of their attractiveness, he agrees. Both travel incognito into the human world, where he assumes an identity as a white swordsman ( 白 の 剣 士 , Shiro no Kenshi ) and she an identity as a scarlet scholar ( 紅 の 学士 , Kurenai no Gakushi ), accompanied by her servant. There she wants to advance human civilization.
publication
Mamare Tōno started with the novel in 2009 on the Internet forum 2channel , where on September 3, 2009, on its news board News Sokuhō (VIP) Ita, he wrote the thread “Maō: 'Kono Ware no Mono to Nare, Yūsha yo' Yūsha: 'Kotowaru! '”( 魔王『 こ の 我 の も の と な れ 、 勇者 よ 』勇者『 断 る! 』 ,“ Demon King:' Be mine, hero! 'Hero:' Rejected! '”). Up until November 22, 2009, the original version of the work as an Internet novel with a length of 900,000 characters was created piece by piece over a period of three months in discussion with the other thread participants. For the New Year, the game designer Shōji Masuda became aware of the work on Twitter , who a few months later during the Golden Week offered him to help bring the work into book form.
Mamare Tōno was finally signed by the Enterbrain publishing house , which professionally published the work as a light novel (illustrated novel). The revised and expanded version of his work was published on December 29, 2010 as the first volume of novels. Four more volumes followed by January 21, 2012:
- “Kono Ware no Mono to Nare, Yūsha yo” “Kotowaru!” ( 「こ の 我 の も の と な れ 、 勇者 よ」 「断 る!」 ). December 29, 2010, ISBN 978-4-04-726933-0
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Kuriltai no Imbō (
忽 鄰 塔 の 陰謀 ). January 31, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-726994-1 -
Seiken Enseigun (
聖 鍵 遠征 軍 ). April 28, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-727097-8 - Kono Te de Dekiru Koto ( こ の 手 で で き る こ と ). July 16, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-727098-5
- Ano Oka no Mukō ni ( あ の 丘 の 向 こ う に ). January 21, 2012, ISBN 978-4-04-727144-9 (normal), ISBN 978-4-04-727672-7 (limited)
In addition, a series of side stories ( gaiden ) called Maoyū Maō Yūsha Gaiden ( ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 外 伝 ) appeared in 2011/2012 , which tell of the adventures of the hero's old group:
- Episode 1: Nire no Kuni no Onna Mahōtsukai ( エ ピ ソ ー ド 1 楡 の 国 の 女 魔法 使 い ). October 31, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-727551-5
- Episode 0: Sakyū no Kuni Yumitsukai ( エ ピ ソ ー ド 0 砂丘 の 国 の 弓 使 い ). June 30, 2012, ISBN 978-4-04-728095-3
- Episode 2: Hana no Kuni no Onna Kishi ( エ ピ ソ ー ド 2 花 の 国 の 女 騎士 ). December 22, 2012, ISBN 978-4-04-728456-2
The illustrations were provided by Keinoshō Mizutama for the character design and book illustrations and toi8 for the cover and book illustrations.
Adaptations
Manga
The novel series is being adapted as five manga series by various publishers. The texts and plot also come from Mamare Tōno, while various mangaka were committed for the drawings.
The first manga Maoyū Maō Yūsha: "Kono Ware no Mono to Nare, Yūsha yo" "Kotowaru!" ( ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 「こ の 我 の も の の と な れ 、 勇者 よ」 「断 る! 」Ida ) is drawn by Akira Ishida in the manga magazine Comp-Ace from April 26, 2011 (issue 6/2011) to April 26, 2016 (issue 6/2016). The chapters were summarized by the publishing house Kadokawa Shoten in 18 anthologies ( Tankōbon ). This manga was licensed by Panini Comics in German-speaking countries and was published from May 2014 to December 2018 under the title Archenemy & Hero - Maoyuu Maou Yuusha .
In Akita Shoten in the magazine appeared Champion Red dated 19 May 2011 (issue 7/2011) to 19 August 2014 (issue 10/2014) of manganese maoyu - Oka no Muko e ( まおゆう魔王勇者-丘の向こうへ- ), drawn by Hiro Tōge. A total of eight edited volumes were published.
Enterbrains also publishes a manga series on the novel published by him. This is drawn by Yō Asami and was published from June 24, 2011 to November 11, 2016 in Famitsū Comic Clear magazine . The chapters have also been summarized in eight edited volumes.
The web manga in comic strip format ( Yonkoma manga) Maoyū 4-koma: Muitemasen yo, Maō-sama ( ま お ゆ う 4 コ マ 向 い て ま せ ん よ 、 魔王 was also published by Enterbrain from June 29, 2011 to October 1, 2014 様 ) on the Magi-Cu Comics web site . Three edited volumes of this parody were published.
The most recent manga was Maoyū Maō Yūsha Gaiden: Madoromi no Onna Mahōtsukai ( ま お ゆ う 魔王 勇者 外 伝 ま ど ろ み の 女 魔法 使 い ) from November 26, 2011 (1/2012 issue) to March 25, 2014 (5/2014 issue) in Shōnen magazine Sirius was published by the Kōdansha publishing house . The chapters drawn by Taiki Kawakami have been grouped into seven volumes.
Anime
The first volume was adapted as an anime television series by Studio Arms . Directed by Takeo Takahashi , while the screenplay was written by Naruhisa Arakawa . Both held the same position in the anime Ōkami to Kōshinryō , which also combined the themes of fantasy with economics, albeit here business administration . Ami Koshimizu and Jun Fukuyama were also the speakers for the two protagonists in this work .
The 12 episodes were broadcast from January 5 to March 30, 2013 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) on Tokyo MX . A quarter of an hour after the first broadcast of each episode followed Mie TV and with up to a week offset TV Kanagawa , Sun TV , KBS Kyōto and Gifu Hōsō .
An English subtitled version was streamed as a simulcast on Crunchyroll for North America , South America , Ireland , Scandinavia , Iceland and the Netherlands at the same time as the Japanese premiere .
synchronization
The following list shows the important characters and their Japanese speakers. It should be mentioned that no figure has a name within the work, but that each is only named by its current role or position.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Demon king | Ami Koshimizu |
| hero | Jun Fukuyama |
| Servant | Khiva Saitō |
| older sister | Haruka Tomatsu |
| younger sister | Nao Tōyama |
| Swordsman | Miyuki Sawashiro |
| Chamberlain / archer | Banjō Ginga |
| magician | Misato Fukuen |
music
The background music for the series comes from Takeshi Hama. The opening title Mukai Kaze ( 向 か い 風 ) was composed and written by Dan Miyakawa, and interpreted by Yohko. Akino Arai composed (together with Hisaaki Hogari), wrote and sang the title Unknown Vision for the credits .
Web links
- Author's website on Maoyū (Japanese)
- Enterbrain website for the novel series (Japanese)
- Famitsū Comic Clear Manga website (Japanese)
- Anime website (Japanese)
- Entry of the anime in the Anime News Network (English)
- Background information (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 魔王 「こ の 我 の も の と な れ 、 勇者 よ」 勇者 「断 る！」 . September 3, 2009, Retrieved April 10, 2013 (Japanese, first board post).
- ↑ 魔王 「こ の 我 の も の と な れ 、 勇者 よ」 勇者 「断 る！」 Part13 . In: パ ー 速 VIP の 過去 ロ グ 倉庫 . Retrieved April 10, 2013 (Japanese, archived thread of the last part of the web novel).
- ↑ 2 ち ゃ ん ね る VIP 板 発 小説 『ま お ゆ う』 作者 が 「い か に し て プ ロ の 作家 に な っ た か」 . In: エ キ サ イ ト ニ ュ ー ス . Excite Japan, January 20, 2012, accessed January 15, 2013 (Japanese, interview with Mamare Tōno).
- ↑ Patrick Macias: Crunchyroll to Stream "Maoyu" Anime. January 2, 2013, accessed January 15, 2013 .