Marginal ＃ 4

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Anime television series
title Marginal # 4: The Animation
Original title MARGINAL # 4 KISS か ら 創造 る Big Bang
transcription Marginal # 4: Kiss kara Tsukuru Big Bang
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2017
Studio JCStaff
length 23 minutes
Episodes 12
genre Idol (music), comedy
Director Kentaro Suzuki
idea Rejet
music Asuka Sakai
First broadcast January 12, 2017 on Tokyo MX
synchronization

Marginal # 4 (pronounced Marginal Number Four ) is a music project by the Rejet company that developed into a franchise consisting of a visual novel , radio play and anime television series. It is about four high school students who form an idol quartet . Most recently, the comedy anime series called Marginal # 4: Kiss kara Tsukuru Big Bang was created at animation studio JCStaff in 2017 .

content

The idol group Marginal # 4, newly created by the production company Pythagoras Production, is successfully performing its first appearance and is expecting further engagements and soon a new record. The quartet of the twins L Nomura and R Nomura, the hot-blooded Atom Kirihara and the calm and clever Rui Aiba are selling well and are popular with women. Rui was the only one who was in an idol group before, but he doesn't want to be reminded of it. The others go to a high school together, which Rui is now also switching to. So they can spend even more time together in their own school club, which they quickly established - but because of their fame, they now have to deal with the attention of the other students.

At first, the four of them have a few problems getting their school life and their new commitments as idols done and some of the engagements are not going as they expected. Marginal # 4 receives support from the duo Lagrange Point, who have been under contract with Pythagoras for some time. And soon Unicorn Jr., an even younger idol group, will join the two groups.

publication

The franchise was developed by Rejet, which specializes in content aimed at a female audience, including the long-running Diabolik Lovers series .

Marginal # 4

The series originally started in 2013 as a music project by a fictional band including the fictional record company Pythagoras Production around the voice actors and singers:

  • Toshiki Masuda as Atom Kirihara ( 桐 原 ア ト ム Kirihara Atomu ),
  • Naozumi Takahashi as Rui Aiba ( 藍 羽 ル イ Aiba Rui ),
  • Known as L Nomura ( 野村 エ ル Nomura Eru ) and
  • Yūto Suzuki as R Nomura ( 野村 ア ー ル Nomura Āru ).

They released several singles and albums:

  • Singles:
    1. 100-mankai no Ai Revolution ( 100 万 回 の 愛絶頂（REVOLUTION）), February 13, 2013
    2. Love Savior (LOVE ★ SAVIOR), August 14, 2013
    3. Masquerade (MASQUERADE), November 27, 2013
    4. Chu Chu Luv Scandal (CHU CHU LUV ♥ SCANDAL), July 16, 2014
    5. Red Hot Saga (熱愛（RED HOT）SAGA), September 10, 2014
    6. Bingo !!!!, December 17th, 2014
    7. UFO, July 15, 2015
    8. Yo-Ho !!, November 11th, 2015
    9. for Aile (Ⅳ（for） AILE), March 9, 2016
  • Best of albums:
    1. Marginal # 4 The Best “Star Cluster” (MARGINAL # 4 THE BEST 「STAR CLUSTER」)
    2. Marginal # 4 The Best “Star Cluster 2” (MARGINAL # 4 THE BEST 「STAR CLUSTER2」)
    3. Marginal # 4 The Best “Star Cluster 3” (MARGINAL # 4 THE BEST 「STAR CLUSTER3」)

Another single called Choooose One is announced for June 7, 2017.

Lagrange Point

In 2014 another duo called Lagrange Point followed with:

They released the following singles and albums:

  • Singles:
    1. Catastrophe (Catastrophe カ タ ス ト ロ フ ィ Katasutorofi ), August 13, 2014
    2. Black Swan (BLACK SWAN), October 15, 2014
    3. Ai, Dokusai - Samurai ( 愛 、 独裁 -SAMURAI- ), January 14, 2015
    4. Beautiful Phantom , June 10, 2015
    5. Ai to Iu Kotoba o Nikumu Hibi ga Towa ni Tsuzuite mo Ore o Yurushite Kure ( 愛 と い う 言葉 を 憎 む 日 々 が 永久 に に 続 い て も オ レ を 赦 し て く れ ), October 14, 2015
    6. Prisoner (PRISONER), February 10, 2016
  • Best of albums:
    1. Lagrange Point The Best “Lagjuliet” (LAGRANGE POINT THE BEST 「Lagjuliet」), April 8, 2015
    2. Lagrange Point The Best “Lagjuliet II” (LAGRANGE POINT THE BEST 「Lagjuliet Ⅱ」), May 25, 2016

Unicorn Jr.

In 2015 the trio Unicorn Jr. was added, which consists of the following people:

  • Shōta Aoi as Tsubasa Shindō ( 新 堂 ツ バ サ Shindō Tsubasa ),
  • Chiharu Sawashiro as Alto Takimaru ( 滝 丸 ア ル ト Takimaru Aruto ) and
  • Toshiyuki Someya as Teruma Nakama ( 仲 真 テ ル マ Nakama Teruma ).

The following works appeared under this band name:

  • Singles:
    1. Pandora Box (PANDORA BOX), May 13, 2015
    2. After burner（ア フ タ ー バ ー ナ ー）, September 9, 2015
    3. FA , March 16, 2016
  • Best of albums:
    1. Unicorn Jr. The Best Unimate (UNICORN Jr. THE BEST UNIMATE), April 27, 2016

Computer games

Idea Factory released a game developed by Rejet & Otomate for the PlayStation Vita called Marginal # 4: Idol of Supernova with the characters of Marginal # 4 and Lagrange Point. This was released on November 13, 2014. In this game you take on the role of Yue Kataoka, who has just finished university and found a job at Pythagoras Production. You have the choice of either managing the new group Marginal # 4 and making it famous, or the already well-known group Lagrange Point. The music is by Yūki Sugiura and as Character Design by Sō Kirishima.

The sequel Marginal # 4: Road To Galaxy was released on May 25, 2017, also for Vita and by the same production staff. The plot takes place two years later and after her success with Marginal # 4 and Lagrange Point with the management of a music festival for the agency, both bands, as well as the up-and-coming new band Unicorn Jr., will perform, for which she will be given six months.

Anime television series

The television series was created at Studio JCStaff under the direction of Kentarō Suzuki and based on a concept by Masahiro Yokotani . The character design was created by Yōko Itō . The 12 episodes, each 23 minutes long, were broadcast for the first time from January 12 to March 30, 2017 on Tokyo MX , and up to an hour and a half later on AT-X , Sun TV , BS 11 and KBS Kyōto . The platform Crunchyroll published the series as Marginal # 4: The Animation in parallel with subtitles in several languages, including German, via streaming .

music

The series music comes from Asuka Sakai . The lyrics for the opening and closing credits were written by Daisuke Iwasaki and were composed by Mikoto. The opening credits were underlaid with the song WeMe !!!! , sung by the voice actors of the four protagonists. The end credits for episodes 2 to 11 are:

  • Shinobu - Just A Heaven ( 忍 -Just A絶頂（HEAVEN）- ) from marginal # 4
  • Melty ♥ Love ♥ Cooking by Marginal # 4
  • Revolution XX (絶頂（revolution）XX) from Lagrange Point
  • Mr. StarrySky from Marginal # 4
  • Real? by Unicorn Jr.
  • Ko-Ko-Ro-Hi-To-Tsu ( コ ・ コ ・ ロ ・ ヒ ・ ト ・ ツ ) from Marginal # 4
  • Hot ★ Scramble from Marginal # 4
  • Colorful ( カ ラ フ ル Karafuru ) from Marginal # 4
  • Tamashii no Nonstop Lover ( 魂 の ノ ン ス ト ッ プ ラ ヴ ァ ー Tamashii no Nonsutoppu Ravā ) from Marginal # 4
  • Kizuna ( 絆 -Kizuna- ) from Marginal # 4

No credits were used in the first and last episodes, but during each episode:

  • 100-mankai no Ai Revolution from Marginal # 4
  • Kiss kara Tsukuru Big Bang (Kiss か ら 創造 る Big Bang) by Pythagoras ★ All-Star

radio play

Between 2013 and 2016 five radio plays were made on CD.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c ARTIST. In: MARGINAL # 4. Retrieved April 11, 2017 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ a b c RELEASE. In: MARGINAL # 4. Retrieved April 11, 2017 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ MARGINAL # 4 IDOL OF SUPERNOVA. Idea Factory, accessed April 11, 2017 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ MARGINAL # 4 ROAD TO GALAXY. Idea Factory, accessed April 11, 2017 (Japanese).