Saint Young Men

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Saint Young Men
Original title 聖 ☆ お に い さ ん
transcription Seinto Oniisan
genre Comedy
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Hikaru Nakamura
publishing company Kōdansha
magazine Morning 2
First publication September 2006 - ...
expenditure 17th
Original video animation
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2012
Studio A-1 Pictures
length 2 minutes
Episodes 2
Director Noriko Takao
music Keiichi Suzuki , Ryomei Shirai
synchronization
Anime movie
► Saint Oniisan (film) (2013)

Saint Young Men ( jap. 聖（セ イ ン ト）☆ お に い さ ん , Seinto Oniisan ) is a manga series by Hikaru Nakamura that has been published in Japan since 2006. It belongs to the comedy genre, has been adapted as an anime film and original video animation , and has been translated into several languages.

content

The manga tells in short episodes about the experiences of Buddha Shakyamuni and Jesus Christ , who are taking a vacation from heaven in modern Tokyo. In addition to everyday worries, such as not getting enough money from heaven for the month, their special abilities cause problems. The Buddha's head shines in public when something enlightens him or he is angry about Jesus 'waste - and Jesus' wounds start to bleed when something makes him sad or depressed. Together they discover the world of humans and try out what they could only observe from the sky. For example, they visit an amusement park, Buddha draws mangas and Jesus runs a blog. But sometimes the other saints in heaven get in the way - or their landlady, who thinks the two of them are unemployed no-gos.

publication

The series has appeared in the manga magazine Morning 2 of the Kōdansha publishing house since September 2006 . This brought out the chapters also collected in 16 volumes so far.

Kurokawa publishes a French version, Norma Editorial a Spanish one and Tong Li a Chinese one.

A German translation has been published by Egmont Manga in double volumes since November 2014 ; seven volumes have been published so far.

Anime

In A-1 Pictures was created in 2012 an original video animation to Saint Young Men with two consequences. One episode has 26 minutes, the other 15 minutes. Directed by Noriko Takao and written by Rika Nezu . The character design was created by Naoyuki Asano and the artistic direction was Yōko Atsumi . The music was composed by Keiichi Suzuki and Ryomei Shirai . In 2013, the same team produced a 90-minute film based on the manga, which was released on May 10, 2013.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Buddha Gen Hoshino
Jesus Mirai Moriyama
Sachiko Matsuda Reiko Suzuki
teller Ryoko Kinomiya

reception

The volumes of the manga each sold over 500,000 times in Japan in the first few weeks after publication. In 2009 the series was awarded the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize for short works.

In the German Tagesspiegel , critic Anne Maren Delseit chose the series after its first German publication as the third place in her selection of the best comics of 2014. The manga offers "an insight into Japanese culture [...] a loving interpretation of the religious figures" and "a wonderful situation comic - Fireworks ” . Michel Decomain also writes at Tagesspiegel that the manga is cheeky without being offensive. Most of the time you laugh with the protagonists, not at them - and often the protagonists laughed at themselves and complain about each other, but they always stick together. The series is "above all a comic about friendship between and with the religions and therefore more important than ever today" . Decomain publishes its own comic series with the same publisher that publishes Saint Young Men in German.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, June 16-22. Anime News Network , June 25, 2014, accessed February 12, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, September 30-October 6. Anime News Network , October 9, 2013, accessed February 12, 2015 .
  3. ^ 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (Updated). Anime News Network , April 19, 2009, accessed February 12, 2015 .
  4. ^ Anne Maren Delseit : The best comics 2014 - Anne Delseit's favorites. Der Tagesspiegel , December 3, 2014, accessed on February 12, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Michel Decomain: Gods on Vacation. Der Tagesspiegel , January 27, 2015, accessed on February 12, 2015 .

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