The Law of Ueki
The Law of Ueki ( Japanese う え き の 法則 , Ueki no Hōsoku ) is a manga series by Tsubasa Fukuchi . It appeared from 2001 to 2004 in around 2300 pages and is aimed primarily at boys of elementary and middle school age, so it can be assigned to the Shōnen genre. The manga, which was translated into several languages, was followed by an anime television series and a second manga series.
action
Middle school student Ai Mori finds out one day that her classmates and crush of girls from the Kōsuke Ueki ( 植 木 耕 助 ) class have supernatural abilities and can grow trees from waste. When she follows him with her teacher Kobayashi, it soon turns out that he also has such abilities, transferred them to Kōsuke and now admonishes him that he has caused damage to other people with the trees. As a punishment for this, he loses his attraction to the girls.
Kobayashi is one of a hundred candidates who have a chance to become God. He has chosen Ueki to represent him in the so-called Battle Game , the struggle to follow God. The protégés of the divine candidates receive the gift of emptiness through which one can create every imaginable gift. In contrast to his opponents, other middle school students, who were also given special powers, Kōsuke fights for justice and puts his talents at risk to protect the innocent.
Publications
The Law of Ueki was published in Japan from July 2001 to October 2004 in individual chapters in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday . The Shogakukan publishing house also brought out these individual chapters in 16 edited volumes.
The manga has been translated into English, German, French and Indonesian. In Germany, the manga initially appeared in individual chapters in the Manga Twister magazine, until it was discontinued in October 2006. Egmont Manga & Anime published the anthologies in German from July 2006. After three volumes, the publication was discontinued due to poor sales.
Since April 2005, when the anime television series first aired, Tsubasa Fukuchi has been drawing on a follow-up manga series to The Law of Ueki . The Law of Ueki Plus ( う え き の 法則 + ) also appears in Shōnen Sunday , five anthologies are available in Japan so far.
Anime film adaptation
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | う え き の 法則 Ueki no Hōsoku |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2005 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 51 |
| genre | Action , adventure , comedy , drama |
| idea | Tsubasa Fukuchi |
| production | Yuba Sakata, Yuichiro Takabata |
| music | Akifumi Tada |
| First broadcast | April 4, 2005 - March 27, 2006 on TV Tokyo |
The DEEN studio produced an anime series for television based on the manga. Directed by Hiroshi Watanabe and with character designs by Shinobu Tagashira , 51 episodes were created. The artistic director was Eiji Iwase. These were first broadcast from April 4, 2005 to March 27, 2006 on the Japanese television station TV Tokyo .
The animated series also appeared on Spanish and Filipino television and was released in the United States on DVD with English dubbing.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Kosuke Ueki | Romi Park |
| Ai Mori | Tomoko Kawakami |
| Hideyoshi | Kappei Yamaguchi |
| Kobayashi | Katsuji Mori |
music
Akifumi Tada composed the music for the series. The songs Falco by Hitomi Shimatani and No Regret and Kumi Koda were used for the opening credits . The credits are as follows:
- こ こ ろ の 惑星 ～ Little planets ～ by Aiko Kayo
- Earthship ～ 宇宙 船 地球 号 ～ by SweetS
- Kono machi de wa dare mo ga mina jibun igai no nani ka ni naritagaru from The Ivory Brothers
- Bokutachi Ni Aru Mono from Romi Park
- True Blue by Hitomi Shimatani
Web links
- Official website of Shōnen Sunday for The Law of Ueki Plus (Japanese, requires Flash)
- Information about the anime series on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Law of Ueki (TV)
- ^ Law of Ueki ( Memento of March 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ う え き の 法則 1 | 少年 サ ン デ ー コ ミ ッ ク ス | 少年 サ ン デ ー コ ミ ッ ク ス 系 | コ ミ ッ ク ス | 小学 館
- ↑ う え き の 法則 プ ラ ス 4 | 少年 サ ン デ ー コ ミ ッ ク ス | 少年 サ ン デ ー コ ミ ッ ク ス 系 | コ ミ ッ ク ス | 小学 館
- ↑ Splashcomics.de
- ↑ AnimePro ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. about the discontinuation of the publication
