Uchū Kyōdai

Uchū Kyōdai
Original title	宇宙 兄弟
transcription	Uchū Kyōdai
Manga
country	Japan
author	Chūya Koyama
Illustrator	Chūya Koyama
publishing company	Kōdansha
magazine	Morning
First publication	December 6, 2007 - ...
expenditure	24+
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
Year (s)	2012-2014
Studio	A-1 Pictures
length	24 minutes
Episodes	99
Director	Ayumu Watanabe
music	Toshiyuki Watanabe
First broadcast	April 1, 2012 - March 22, 2014 on NNS
Anime movie
title	Uchū Kyōdai # 0
Original title	宇宙 兄弟 # 0
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
Publishing year	2014
Studio	A-1 Pictures
length	90 minutes
Director	Ayumu Watanabe
script	Chūya Koyama
music	Toshiyuki Watanabe
synchronization

Uchū Kyōdai ( Japanese 宇宙 兄弟 , dt. " Space Brothers ", also known as Space Brothers ) is a manga series by the Japanese artist Chūya Koyama , which has been published weekly since 2008 in the Kōdansha magazine Morning . It tells the story of two brothers who after observing a UFO decide to become astronauts. The manga won several awards and was adapted as an anime television series and film by A-1 Pictures under the direction of Ayumu Watanabe between 2012 and 2014 . A real-life version started in Japanese cinemas on May 5, 2012.

action

The focus of the events is the life of the two brothers Mutta and Hibito Nanba. Together in 2006 , the two of them observed a UFO flying towards the moon and decided to become astronauts in the hope of being able to find the tracks for their observation themselves. While Hibito has already managed to become an astronaut in 2025 and is allowed to fly to the moon, Mutta, whose life, unlike his brother, is haunted by bad luck, is still fighting for his dream of flying to Mars until he can Finally, it is also accepted to participate in astronaut training.

Characters

Mutta Nanba ( 南波 六 太 , Nanba Mutta )

He is the older of the two brothers and was born on October 28, 1993. Exactly on the day on which Japan missed the qualification for the soccer world cup 1994 in the USA because of a 2-2 draw against Iraq and which stands like a bad omen about his career. So he always wanted to be one step ahead of his younger brother Hibito, but kept getting into awkward situations that set him back.

Hibito Nanba ( 南波 日 々 人 , Nanba Hibito )

As the younger brother, Hibito was born on September 17, 1996. That was the day Hideo Nomo set a record in Major League Baseball and delighted Japanese fans. So his life is under the sign of success and he soon overtakes his brother in the ambitious plans because everything seems to fall to him.

Origin and publications

The manga series Uchū Kyōdai is written and drawn by the mangaka Chūya Koyama . The first chapter appeared in the Morning magazine published by Kōdansha in issue 1/2008 of December 6, 2007. Since then, a new chapter has appeared every week. So far (as of February 2015) the individual chapters have been combined into 24 tankōbon issues that appeared quarterly.

• Vol. 1: ISBN 978-4-06-372674-9 , March 21, 2008
• Vol. 2: ISBN 978-4-06-372711-1 , June 23, 2008
• Vol. 3: ISBN 978-4-06-372732-6 , September 22, 2008
• Vol. 4: ISBN 978-4-06-372763-0 , December 22, 2008
• Vol. 5: ISBN 978-4-06-372782-1 , March 23, 2009
• Vol. 6: ISBN 978-4-06-372802-6 , June 23, 2009
• Vol. 7: ISBN 978-4-06-372832-3 , September 23, 2009
• Vol. 8: ISBN 978-4-06-372858-3 , December 22, 2009
• Vol. 9: ISBN 978-4-06-372883-5 , March 23, 2010
• Vol. 10: ISBN 978-4-06-372909-2 , June 23, 2010
• Vol. 11: ISBN 978-4-06-372939-9 , September 22, 2010
• Vol. 12: ISBN 978-4-06-372961-0 , December 22, 2010 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358341-0 )
• Vol. 13: ISBN 978-4-06-372981-8 , March 23, 2011 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358345-8 )
• Vol. 14: ISBN 978-4-06-387006-0 , June 23, 2011 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358350-2 )
• Vol. 15: ISBN 978-4-06-387038-1 , September 23, 2011 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358360-1 )
• Vol. 16: ISBN 978-4-06-387065-7 , December 22, 2011 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358373-1 )
• Vol. 17: ISBN 978-4-06-387090-9 , March 23, 2012 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358381-6 )
• Vol. 18: ISBN 978-4-06-387118-0 , June 22, 2012 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-362224-9 )
• Vol. 19: ISBN 978-4-06-387149-4 , October 23, 2013 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358400-4 )
• Vol. 20: ISBN 978-4-06-387169-2 , February 22, 2013
• Vol. 21: ISBN 978-4-06-387223-1 , June 21, 2013
• Vol. 22: ISBN 978-4-06-387263-7 , October 23, 2013 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358466-0 )
• Vol. 23: ISBN 978-4-06-387294-1 , March 20, 2014 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358700-5 )
• Vol. 24: ISBN 978-4-06-388351-0 , September 22, 2014 (limited: ISBN 978-4-06-358743-2 )

Adaptations

Anime

Based on the plot of the manga, the anime TV series of the same name Uchū Kyōdai was created in the animation studio A-1 Pictures . Directed by Ayumu Watanabe , who also initially worked on Nazo no Kanojo X at the same time .

The series with 99 episodes was broadcast for the first time in the morning hours from April 1, 2012 to March 22, 2014 on the NNS network around Nippon TV . The series is also offered as a simulcast by Crunchyroll in English-speaking countries under the title Space Brothers as a stream with English subtitles.

In the US, the video marketing of the series was licensed by Sentai Filmworks.

On August 9, 2014, a 90-minute film called Uchū Kyōdai # 0 ( 宇宙 兄弟 # 0 , pronounced number zero ) was released in Japanese cinemas. The script was written by Chūya Koyama.

synchronization

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Mutta Nanba	Hiroaki Hirata
Hibito Nanba	Ken'ichirō Ōhashi (KENN)

music

The opening titles of the series and their interpreters were used:

1. Feel So Moon by Unicorn for episodes 1-13,
2. Eureka ( ユ リ ー カ , Yurīka ) from Sukima Switch for episodes 14–26,
3. Yumemiru Sekai ( 夢見 る 世界 ) from Does for episodes 27–38,
4. Small World by Fujifabric for episodes 39–51,
5. Kienai E ( 消 え な い 絵 ) from Magokoro Brothers for episodes 52–64,
6. Crater ( ク レ ー タ ー , Kurētā ) from Merengue for episodes 65–75,
7. Halo of tacica for episodes 76–87 and
8. BB by The Yatō for episodes 88–99.

The closing titles were used:

1. Subarashiki Sekai ( 素 晴 ら し き 世界 ) from Rake for episodes 1–13,
2. Kokuhaku ( 告白 ) by Angela Aki for episodes 14–26,
3. Tete ( テ テ ) by Akihisa Kondō for episodes 27-38,
4. Goodbye Isaac ( グ ッ バ イ ・ ア イ ザ ッ ク , Gabbai Aizakku ) by Motohiro Hata for episodes 39–51,
5. Beyond by Miho Fukuhara for episodes 52-64,
6. Yozora no Taiyō ( 夜空 の 太陽 ) by Flower Companyz for episodes 65–75,
7. New World by Kasarinchu for episodes 76–87 and
8. Anata ga Ireba OK! ( あ な た が い れ ば OK! ) By Serena for episodes 88–99.

The background music accompanying the anime comes from Toshiyuki Watanabe .

Real film

On May 5, 2012, an implementation as a real film started, in which Shun Oguri's mother and Masaki Okada's Hibito are played. On the opening weekend he was behind Thermae Romae in second place in the Japanese box office.

At the South Korean Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival , the film won the audience award and was named best film.

reception

The manga was nominated twice for the Manga Taishō in 2009 and 2010 , but had to admit defeat to Chihayafuru and Thermae Romae . In 2011, Chūya Koyama and Uchū Kyōdai won the 56th Shōgakukan Manga Prize in the general category along with Shōhei Manabe for Yamikin Ushijima-kun . He was also able to win the Kōdansha Manga Prize in the general category in the same year , which he shared with Chika Umino for Sangatsu no Raion .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sentai Filmworks Licenses Space Brothers TV Anime. In: Anime News Network. July 1, 2012, accessed July 2, 2012 . 
2. ↑ http://www.insidekino.de/BO/JPTopII2012.htm
3. ^ Live-Action Space Brothers Wins Awards at Puchon Film Fest. In: Anime News Network. July 30, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 . 
4. ↑ マ ン ガ 大 賞 2009 ノ ミ ネ ー ト 作品 の 発 表 で す! . (No longer available online.) Manga Taishō, January 19, 2009, archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved April 3, 2012 (Japanese). 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.  
5. ↑ マ ン ガ 大 賞 2010 ・ ノ ミ ネ ー ト 作品 決定! . (No longer available online.) Manga Taishō, January 18, 2010, archived from the original on September 2, 2012 ; Retrieved April 3, 2012 (Japanese). 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.  
6. ↑ 56th Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced (Updated). Anime News Network, January 21, 2011, accessed April 3, 2012 . 
7. ↑ March comes in like a lion, Space Bros. Win Kodansha Manga Awards. Anime News Network, May 12, 2011, accessed April 3, 2012 . 

Web links

• Morning magazine website on the manga (Japanese)
• Website of the anime at YTV (Japanese)
• Real movie website (Japanese)
• Entry of manga and anime in the Encyclopedia of Anime News Network (English)