Speed Grapher
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Speed Grapher |
| Original title | Speed Grapher |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2005 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 |
| genre | Romance , drama , mystery |
| idea | Shin Yoshida |
| production | Naomi Nishiguchi, Taichi Hashimoto |
| music | Shinkichi Mitsumune |
| First broadcast | April 7, 2005 - September 29, 2005 on TV Asahi |
| German-language first broadcast |
June 5, 2007 on Animax |
Speed Grapher ( jap. スピードグラファー) is an anime - TV series from 2005. The anime was as manga adapted.
action
In 21st century Tokyo, the gap between rich and poor has widened significantly after an economic crisis. While many live in poverty, Tokyo is secretly controlled by the Tennozu group. The swamp of gambling, prostitution and violence in the red light district of Roppongi seems like a black hole that pulls everything into itself. The former war photographer Tatsumi Saiga now works as a paparazzo and ends up doing research in a secret club in Roppongi. A so-called goddess , Kagura Tennozu, is worshiped there. when he photographs her, however, he is exposed and is said to be killed. But Kagura gives him the euphoria power through a kiss , which gives everyone special abilities. Tatsumi can now kill people through his lens.
When Kagura now asks him to free her from the club, he agrees. But soon she is caught again by the Tennozu and with another attempt at liberation Tatsumi finally turns the group into an enemy and now has to fight other people with euphoric powers.
Characters
- Tatsumi Saiga
- He is 33 and has previously worked as a war photographer. His goal is to free Kagura from the clutches of Suitengu and his henchmen.
- Kagura Tennozu
- Kagura is also known under the synonym "Goddess", 15 years old and the daughter of the head of the Tennozu group, Shinsen Tennozu. She is a rather reserved personality and has a deep affection for saiga.
- Chōji Suitengu
- Suitengu is about the same age as Saiga and head of the secret club, which gives him an enormous position of power. He is also Shinsen Tennozu's secretary and lover. Suitengu's original goal was to take control of the capitalist economy in Japan through the takeover of the Tennozu Group, in order to ultimately damage it. His aversion to capitalism can easily be seen from the fact that he only smokes money.
- Hibari Ginza
- Ginza is a detective with a strange gun fetish. Her actions are strongly shaped by her jealousy of Kagura. She tries to smash the secret club through her "investigations" and mostly uses rather unorthodox methods.
- Shinsen Tennozu
- Shinsen is the head of the Tennozu Empire. Although Kagura is her daughter, Shinsen treats her extremely viciously, which is partly explained by her envy of her daughter's beauty.
Origin and publications
The anime studio GONZO produced the 24-part series in 2005, directed by Kunihisa Sugishima . The character design was designed by Yūsuke Kozaki and Masashi Ishihama, the artistic directors were Junichi Higashi and Kōji Eitō. The series was broadcast from April 7 to September 29, 2005 by the Japanese television station TV Asahi . Later repetitions by AT-X and GyaO followed .
The Independent Film Channel broadcast the series in English and the series was released on DVD in North America, Australia, Great Britain, France, Italy and Taiwan. A Portuguese and Spanish language version was also broadcast in Latin America by Animax . Buzz Channel broadcast the anime in Spain.
The series was published in German by OVA Films from May 2006 to May 2007 on six DVDs in a director's cut version. From June 5, 2007, the series was broadcast by Animax in Germany. A repetition is to follow from September 2008.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was made by Circle of Arts. The dubbing book comes from Frank Preissler.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Tatsumi Saiga | Yūji Takada | Oliver Mink |
| Kagura Tennouzu | Kei Saitō | Marieke Oeffinger |
| Chōji Suitengu | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Manfred Trilling |
| Hibari Ginza | Takako Honda | Veronika Neugebauer |
| Shinsen Tennozu | Gara Takashima | Bettina Kenter |
| Genba Ryogoku | Rikiya Koyama | Johannes Raspe |
| Seijiru Togotsu | Mayumi Asano | Masashi Hirose |
| Noda | Peter Rupprecht |
music
The music for the series was composed by Shinkichi Mitsumune. Shutter Speed by Shinkichi Mitsumune was used as opening credits in the United States and Gravure no Bishoujo ( グ ラ ビ ア の 美 少 ) by Duran Duran in Japan . For the credits the songs Hinageshi no Oka by Shione Yukawa and Break the Cocoon by Yoriko were used.
Manga
The manga of the Tomozo manga was published by MediaWorks in September 2005 in Dengeki Comic Gao! in Japan and have been summarized in three volumes. All three volumes were published in Germany by Carlsen Comics . An English edition was published by Tokyopop .
Individual evidence
- ↑ AnimePro ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. about the second German broadcast
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Anime News Network on the anime and manga (English)