Ousama Game - Play or Die!

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Ōsama Game
Original title 王 様 ゲ ー ム
transcription Ōsama Game
novel
author Nobuaki Kanazawa
expenditure 5
Manga
title Ousama Game - Play or Die!
Original title 王 様 ゲ ー ム
transcription Ōsama Game
country JapanJapan Japan
author Nobuaki Kanazawa
Illustrator Hitori Renda
publishing company Futabasha
magazine Manga action
First publication 2010 - 2012
expenditure 5
Manga
title Ousama Game Extreme
Original title 王 様 ゲ ー ム 終極
transcription Ōsama Game: Shūkyoku
country JapanJapan Japan
author Nobuaki Kanazawa
Illustrator Renji Kuriyama
publishing company Futabasha
magazine Manga action
First publication November 28, 2012 - July 22, 2014
expenditure 5
Manga
title Ousama Game Origin
Original title 王 様 ゲ ー ム 起源
transcription Ōsama Game: Kigen
country JapanJapan Japan
author Nobuaki Kanazawa
Illustrator J-ta Yamada
publishing company Futabasha
magazine Monthly action
expenditure 6th
Actual filming
► Ōsama Game (2011)

Ōsama Game ( Japanese 王 様 ゲ ー ム ) is a serial novel by the Japanese author Nobuaki Kanazawa , which originated as a mobile phone novel . It was adapted several times as a manga and as a feature film in 2011 and as an anime in 2017 . The manga was published in Germany as the Ousama Game - Play or die! released.

action

Every pupil in a high school class receives an SMS from an " Ousama Game ", which invites them to take part in a game. Otherwise there is a penalty. Most students don't take the news that seriously, but like to play along out of boredom. Nobuaki Kanazawa, however, already has a dark premonition. The tasks set are embarrassing at first, but harmless: one student should kiss a student, another lick the feet of a student and let her endure it. But when two students cannot do their job because one does not show up that day, they are found hanged the next day. This scares the rest of the class. Police, parents and teachers believe in suicide.

The next task requires Daisuke to sleep with Misaki even though she is with Shota. The latter wants to take revenge and receives the right from the Ousama to choose the next task. He orders that Daisuke should hang himself, and Daisuke cannot escape it. A popularity poll follows between Naoya and Kana. Again the loser is to be punished with death. Kana even offers her body to the guys to win. But to save Naoya, Nobuyaki says he knows a way out of the game and will help the others if they vote for Naoya. When she loses, Kana rushes out the window and the punishment passes to Naoya.

Publications

The novel series written by Nobuaki Kanazawa as a mobile phone novel was published in five volumes. From 2014 these were also published in French.

A first Manga adaptation appeared from 2010 to 2012 in Manga Action magazine published by Futabasha . The graphic implementation comes from Hitori Renda and the series reached five volumes. It has also been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese; a German version was released from June 2013 to July 2014 by Carlsen Manga . In Japan, the volumes sold almost 50,000 copies in the first week after publication.

From November 2012 to July 2014, however, the same magazine published a sequel by the illustrator Rendite Kuriyama in the form of Ōsama Game: Shūkyoku , which also reached five anthologies. These sold around 20,000 to 30,000 times each in the first few weeks. In Germany this series was published between July 2015 and July 2016 by Carlsen Manga under the title Ousama Game Extreme . The second adaptation of the novel was also translated into several other languages.

A third manga series is currently appearing in Japan in Monthly Action , also by Futabasha, drawn by J-ta Yamada . Under the title Ōsama Game: Kigen , six anthologies were published, which have also been translated into French and are made available in English on the Crunchyroll platform . A German translation was published from January 2017 to April 2018 by Carlsen Manga under the title Ousama Game Origin.

On October 5, 2017, the first episode of its own anime television series was broadcast in Japan.

filming

In 2011, a live-action version of the novel was released in Japan, directed by Norio Tsuruta . The screenplay for the film, also known as Ōsama Game , was written by Junya Kato .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nobuaki Kanazawas and Hitori Rendas "Ousama Game - Play or Die!" - Manga test ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, June 18-24. Anime News Network, June 27, 2012, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, July 25-31. Anime News Network, August 3, 2011, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, July 21-27. Anime News Network, July 31, 2014, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, February 24-March 1. Anime News Network, March 7, 2014, accessed July 26, 2016 .