Shiki (novel)
| Shiki | |
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| Original title | 屍 鬼 |
| transcription | Shiki |
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| genre | Horror, fantasy |
| novel | |
| author | Fuyumi Ono |
| publishing company | Shinchōsha |
| First publication | September 1998 |
| expenditure | 2 (5 new editions from 2002) |
| Manga | |
| title | Shi Ki |
| Original title | 屍 鬼 |
| transcription | Shiki |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Fuyumi Ono |
| Illustrator | Ryu Fujisaki |
| publishing company | Shinchosha |
| magazine | Jump SQ |
| First publication | December 2007 - June 2011 |
| expenditure | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2010 |
| Studio | Thumb |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 22 + 2 on DVD |
| Director | Tetsuro Animo |
| First broadcast | July 9 - December 31, 2010 on Fuji TV |
Shiki ( Japanese 屍 鬼 , dt. "Corpse Demon") is a horror novel written by Fuyumi Ono . It was first published in two parts in 1998 by Shinchōsha . A reprint appeared in 2002, but it was divided into five volumes. An adaptation of the plot as a manga has been drawn by Ryū Fujisaki since 2007 and published in Jump SQ magazine. This was followed in 2010 by an anime television series of the same name , which was produced by the Daume studio .
action
The story takes place in a particularly hot summer in the 1990s in a small quiet village called Sotoba. A string of mysterious deaths begins in the village around the same time a strange family moves into the long-abandoned Kanemasa mansion. Toshio Ozaki, director of the only local hospital in Sotoba, initially suspects an epidemic. But as research shows, he finds out that the village is plagued by the undead. A young man named Natsuno Yūki, who hates village life, begins to be haunted and surrounded by death.
Characters
- Natsuno Yūki / Koide ( 結 城 / 小 出 夏 野 , Yūki / Koide Natsuno )
- A 15 year old boy lives and goes to school in Sotoba. He hates life in the village and prefers to go to town. Originally a city boy. Reluctantly, he moves to the village with his parents because they want the environment to change. This makes him very dismissive, which is especially evident to Megumi Shimizu, who is madly in love with him.
- Toshio Ozaki ( 尾崎 敏夫 , Ozaki Toshio )
- The dean of the Sotoba Hospital came back to the hospital to take his father's position when he died. Because of his loving approach to his patients, he was nicknamed Waka-sensei . Although he continued his father's business, he has an aversion to his mother and late father. He has been friends with Seishin Muroi and Mikiyasu Yasumori since childhood, but at the age of 32 he is now also a married chain smoker. His goal is to solve the case and restore security to his village.
- Sunako Kirishiki ( 桐 敷 沙子 , Kirishiki Sunako )
- A 13 year old girl who lives in the mansion on the hill (with her family). She has a rare genetic disease called systemic lupus erythematosus . She stays in the house during the day and only comes out at night. She and her family are fans of Seishin Muroi's essays and novels. That is the reason that brings them to Sotoba. Sunako's dislikes are people who associate their name with the cuteness suffix chan .
- Seishin Muroi ( 室井 静 信 , Muroi Seishin )
- Seishin is the local priest in Sotoba and the author of many novels. His latest work is Shiki . He has a sense of the supernatural and recognizes the presence of the real Shiki . He has been friends with Toshio Ozaki and Mikiyasu Yasumori since childhood. Seishin is a middle-aged man and lives alone. In the course of the plot it emerges that he attempted suicide while he was drunk while studying.
- Megumi Shimizu ( 清水 恵 , Shimizu Megumi )
- A 15 year old girl. She goes to the same school as Natsuno. She also hates the village and longs for city life. She is in love with Natsuno and often dreams of being with him. Megumi's encounters with the Kirishiki family are at the beginning of the series. It disappears without a trace until the inhabitants find it in the middle of the forest. She dies of an alleged case of complicated anemia and is later resurrected as an okiagari ( 起 き 上 が が , "risen one"), a type of vampire .
Origin and publications
The novel Shiki was written by the Japanese author Fuyumi Ono . It was originally published as a hardcover version in two parts, which was published by Shinchōsha in September 1998 . In 2002 there was a new edition in Tankōbon format by the same publisher, which extended to five volumes.
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Adaptations
Manga
Building on the series of novels and following their plot, the manga series Shiki of the same name was created , which is drawn by Ryū Fujisaki . The series was published from December 2007 (issue 1/2008) to June 2011 (issue 7/2011) in Shūeisha's monthly magazine Jump SQ . The chapters were summarized in eleven anthologies ( Tankōbon ):
- Vol. 1: ISBN 978-4-08-874549-7 , July 4, 2008
- Vol. 2: ISBN 978-4-08-874550-3 , July 4, 2008
- Vol. 3: ISBN 978-4-08-874585-5 , October 3, 2008
- Vol. 4: ISBN 978-4-08-874645-6 , February 4, 2009
- Vol. 5: ISBN 978-4-08-874707-1 , July 3, 2009
- Vol. 6: ISBN 978-4-08-874744-6 , October 2, 2009
- Vol. 7: ISBN 978-4-08-870007-6 , February 4, 2010
- Vol. 8: ISBN 978-4-08-870077-9 , July 2, 2010
- Vol. 9: ISBN 978-4-08-870121-9 , October 4, 2010
- Vol. 10: ISBN 978-4-08-870199-8 , February 4, 2011
- Vol. 11: ISBN 978-4-08-870267-4 , July 4, 2011
The series has been published in German as Shi Ki by Egmont Manga and Anime since May 2013 in all eleven volumes.
Illustrated radio play
In addition, Shūeisha's Internet radio and comics website VOMIC published a radio play with manga illustrations from December 4 and 25, 2008 in four chapters. The drawings were also by Ryū Fujisaki.
Anime
An adaptation of the novel as an anime television series was announced on the Japanese official website in December 2009. The series was animated by Studio Daume and directed by Tetsuro Animo . The marketing was taken over by Aniplex as part of the noitaminA program .
In the series, the well-known musician Gackt had his first regular appearance as a narrator in an anime. He spoke the role of Shōjirō Kirishiki.
The series was first broadcast with 22 episodes from July 9 to December 31, 2010 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) on the Japanese channel Fuji TV . The broadcasters Kansai TV , Tōkai TV , BS Fuji and UHB also began broadcasting about a week apart . At the same time, Funimation secured the license to broadcast a simulcast of the series with English subtitles, which ran one hour after the first broadcast.
From October 27 to December 22, 2010, the series was released by Aniplex on DVD and Blu-ray Disc , with two additional episodes being released.
music
In the opening credits of the series of episodes 1 to 11 inclusive, a short version of the title Kuchizuke ( く ち づ け ) was played, which was interpreted by Buck-Tick . In the credits the title Walk no Yakusoku ( walk の 約束 ) was used, which was sung by nangi . In the opening credits from episode 12, a short version of the title Calendula Requiem ( カ レ ン デ ュ ラ レ ク イ エ ム ) was played by the group Kanon × Kanon , consisting of the singer and cellist Kanon Wakeshima and the bassist Kanon from the band An Cafe .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker | |
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| Anime | radio play | |
| Natsuno Yūki / Koide | Kōki Uchiyama | Jun Fukuyama |
| Toshio Ozaki | Tōru Ōkawa | Hiroshi Shirokuma |
| Sunako Kirishiki | Aoi Yūki | - |
| Seishin Muroi | Kazuyuki Okitsu | Noriaki Sugiyama |
| Megumi Shimizu | Haruka Tomatsu | Mayumi Iizuka |
| Shōjirō Kirishiki | Gackt | - |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shiki Horror Mystery Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit. Anime News Network, December 18, 2009, accessed November 3, 2010 .
- ↑ 屍 鬼 <ス タ ッ フ ・ キ ャ ス ト> . Retrieved November 3, 2010 (Japanese).
- ↑ Gackt Stars in Shiki, Noitamina Anime Details Confirmed. Anime News Network, February 21, 2010, accessed October 3, 2010 .
Web links
- Manga website (Japanese)
- Anime website (Japanese)
- Entry of manga and anime in the Encyclopedia of Anime News Network (English)