Moyashimon
| Moyashimon | |
|---|---|
| Original title | も や し も ん |
| transcription | Moyashimon |
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| genre | Fantasy , comedy |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Masayuki Ishikawa |
| publishing company | Kodansha |
| magazine | Evening |
| First publication | August 2004 - January 2014 |
| expenditure | 13 |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Moyashimon Moyashimon Returns |
| Original title | も や し も ん も や し も ん リ タ ー ン ズ |
| transcription | Moyashimon Moyashimon Ritānzu |
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2007, 2012 |
| Studio | Shirogumi |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 22 in 2 seasons |
| Director | Yūichirō Yano |
| music | Naoki Satō (Season 1), Takefumi Hakeda (Season 2) |
| First broadcast | October 12, 2007 on Fuji TV |
| Television series | |
| year | 2010 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Director | Akira Iwamoto , Jun'ya Morita , Nashiki Tomonori |
| music | Kamomiya Ryo |
| First broadcast | July 8, 2010 on Fuji TV |
| occupation | |
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Moyashimon ( Japanese も や し も ん ) is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Masayuki Ishikawa . It was published in Japan between 2004 and 2014, was translated into English and adapted several times for television. The action revolves around the life of a student at the Tokyo School of Agricultural Sciences who has the ability to see microbes. The work can be classified into the genres of comedy and fantasy .
content
Tadayasu Sawaki ( 沢 木 惣 右衛門 直 保 ) and Kei Yūki ( 結 城 蛍 ), his childhood friend, begin studying at the Tokyo School of Agricultural Sciences. But Sawaki has the special ability to see and even talk to microorganisms such as bacteria , viruses and fungi . However, he hides this from most people. His professor Keizō Itsuki ( 樹 慶 蔵 ) had already learned about Sawaki from his father. He is therefore very interested in his skills and wants to promote Sawaki. Sawaki doesn't believe his assistant Haruka Hasegawa ( 長谷川 遥 ) at first, but is soon convinced by him.
Sawaki and Yūki experience everyday student life together with the other students Hazuki Oikawa, Kaoru Misato, Takuma Kawahama, Aoi Mutō and Aya Hirooka.
publication
The manga was published between August 2004 and January 2014 in individual chapters in the Evening magazine published by Kodansha . In addition, 13 edited volumes were published. An English translation by Stephen Paul is published by Del Rey Books .
Adaptations
Anime television series
In 2007, the Shirogumi studio produced an eleven-part anime series based on the manga. Yūichirō Yano directed the production and Natsuko Takahashi wrote the script. The character design was created by Jun'ichi Takaoka and Hiroshi Nitta was responsible for the artistic direction. In 2012, a second season followed with twelve episodes. For this Masayuki Ishikawa was used as a character designer.
Fuji TV aired the first season from October 12, 2007 to December 21, 2007 after midnight (the previous day of television ) as part of its vitaminA program in Japan. Further broadcasts on Tōkai TV , Kansai TV , TV Nishi-Nippon , Niigata Sōgō TV and Kagoshima TV followed within two weeks . The second season was shown from July 6 to September 14, 2012 after midnight on Fuji TV under the title Moyashimon Returns . Tōkai TV, Saga TV , TV Nishi-Nippon, Sakurambo TV , Akita TV , Kagoshima TV, TV Kumamoto , Fukushima TV , TV Shin-Hiroshima , TV Ehime , Niigata Sōgō TV, Sendai Hōsō , Kansai TV, Iwate Menkoi followed within two weeks TV and TV Shizuoka . Crunchyroll streamed these in several English-speaking countries.
Voice actor
| role | Japanese voice ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Tadayasu Sawaki | Daisuke Sakaguchi |
| Hazuki Oikawa | Akemi Kanda |
| Aya Hirooka | Chiaki Takahashi |
| Kaoru Misato | Katsuyuki Konishi |
| Aoi Muto | Mamiko Noto |
| Kei Yūki | Mitsuki Saiga |
| Takuma Kawahama | Noriaki Sugiyama |
| Haruka Hasegawa | Sayaka Ohara |
| Keizō Itsuki | Tomomichi Nishimura |
music
The series' music was composed by Naoki Satō in the first season and by Takefumi Hakeda in the second .
For the first season, Curriculum ( カ リ キ ュ ラ ム , Karikyuramu ) by Sarasa Ifu was used as the opening title and Rocket by Polysics for the closing credits. In the second season, Wake Up by ClariS was used for the opening credits and Saikin ( サ イ キ ン ) by Hiiragi for the credits.
Television series
In 2010, a real- life version was produced as an eleven-part television series directed by Akira Iwamoto , Jun'ya Morita and Nashiki Tomonori . The main role was played by Yūichi Nakamura . From July 8, 2010 to September 16, 2010 it was broadcast by Fuji TV . In addition to the background music by Kamomiya Ryo , the songs SOS by Tamurapan and Umi e Ikko by Seamo were used for opening and closing credits.
reception
The manga was awarded the Grand Prize of the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize in 2008 . The volumes sold over 250,000 copies each in Japan.
Tatsuya Seto writes in 1001 Comics that the manga offers an "extremely cleverly conceived and entertaining journey into the world of the invisible" . The plot revolves mainly around the everyday life of the students, but Sawaki's special abilities also convey a lot of information about microorganisms and special food cultures. While the normal world is kept in a detailed naturalistic style, the world of microbes is designed like a “children's room full of bizarre cartoon characters” .
Web links
- Anime Moyashimon Official Website (Japanese)
- Anime Moyashimon Returns Official Website (Japanese)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Paul Gravett (eds.) And Andreas C. Knigge (transl.): 1001 comics that you should read before life is over . Zurich 2012, Edition Olms.
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 14-20. Anime News Network, April 24, 2013, accessed July 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 2-8. Anime News Network, May 11, 2012, accessed July 19, 2013 .