Ushio to Torah

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Ushio to Torah
Original title う し お と と ら
transcription Ushio to Torah
genre Fantasy, action, shons
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Kazuhiro Fujita
publishing company Shogakukan
magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
First publication 1990-1996
expenditure 33
Original video animation
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1992-1993
Studio Pastel
Episodes 10
Director Kunihiko Yuyama
music Kei Wakakusa , Shiro Sagisu
synchronization
Original video animation
title Ushio to Tora: Comical Deformer Gekijō
Original title う し お と と ら コ ミ カ ル ・ デ フ ォ ル メ 劇場
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1993
Studio Pastel
length 30 minutes
Episodes 1
Director Kunihiko Yuyama
music Etsuko Yamakawa , Hiroshi Okamoto
synchronization
Anime television series
title Ushio and Torah
Original title う し お と と ら
transcription Ushio to Torah
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2015-2016
Studio MAPPA , Studio Voln
length 24 minutes
Episodes 39 in 2 seasons
Director Satoshi Nishimura
music Eishi Segawa
First broadcast July 3, 2015 on BS Fuji , KBS Kyoto , Sun Television , Tokyo MX , Aichi Television Broadcasting
synchronization

Ushio to Tora ( Japanese う し お と と ら ) is a manga series by Kazuhiro Fujita . It was released in Japan from 1990 to 1996 and was adapted as an anime television series and original video animation . The series was published internationally, including in German-speaking countries, as Ushio and Tora .

action

The student Ushio Aotsuki ( 蒼 月 潮 ) lives with his father Shigure Aotsuki ( 蒼 月 紫 暮 ) in a shrine that has been guarded by their family for centuries. Shigure keeps telling his son about monsters and monsters, which he has been fed up with for a long time. When his father is on the road again one day, Ushio comes across a hidden chamber and a monster trapped in it with the mystical beast spear. When the monsters attracted by its aura threaten his schoolmates, Ushio frees the monster so that it can destroy the other monsters. By taking the beast spear, Ushio can actually force the monster to help him and, after the incident, prevent it from going to eat other people. The monster that Ushio gives the name Tora wants to haunt him and is waiting for the opportunity to eat Ushio one day.

Tora's liberation, after being captured with the beast spear by a samurai 500 years earlier, causes some unrest in the neighborhood. Although it is mostly invisible to humans, it fights other monsters and attracts them and a monster hunter. So there are always fights in which Ushio intervenes with the beast spear. He always changes his own shape and receives superhuman powers from the spear, which is developing a life of its own. According to legend, the spear gradually takes possession of its bearer and turns him into a monster himself.

Soon the Kōhamei sect appears, of which Ushio's father is a member. She has dedicated herself to the fight against monsters and now wants to kill Tora and take the beast spear to arm herself against the arrival of the demon Hakumen. But Shigure opposes his sect and defends Torah and his son. You should go on a journey to Ushio's mother who was believed dead. Ushio should learn more about his mother and the beast spear. So he goes on a journey through Japan with Toru, who has become more and more of a friend to him. Here you will meet other monsters and demons and their problems with people.

publication

The series was published from 1990 to 1996 in the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday the publisher Shogakukan . The chapters were also brought out together in 33 volumes. An Italian translation was published by Edizioni Star Comics , a Chinese translation by Daran Culture Enterprise in Taiwan and Culturecom Holdings Limited in Hong Kong.

Anime adaptations

The manga was first implemented as an anime from 1992 to 1993 . Studio Pastel's production was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama who co- wrote the script with Kenji Terada . The artistic direction was Yoshio Ito and the character design was designed by Norihiro Matsubara . The responsible producers were Fumiro Ueda , Hiroshi Takao and Tatsuo Ooba . The ten episodes, which include only some of the manga's first stories, were released as original video animation . An English dubbed version was released by Western Connection in the UK and ADV Films in the US, and was televised by The Anime Network and released via streaming media . Italia 7 Gold showed an Italian translation.

In 1993, Ushio to Tora: Comical Deformer Gekijō ( う し お と と ら コ ミ カ ル ・ デ フ ォ ル メ 劇場 ) also appeared, a half-hour parody of Ushio to Tora , which was produced by the same team. It shows the protagonists in a chibi style.

In 2015, an anime television series based on the manga was created at MAPPA and Studio Voln . It was directed by Satoshi Nishimura and the lead writers were Kazuhiro Fujita and Toshiki Inoue . The character design comes from Tomoko Mori and the artistic direction was Tomoyuki Shimizu . The first season of the series with 26 episodes aired on July 3, 2015 on BS Fuji , KBS Kyoto , Sun Television , Tokyo MX and Aichi Television Broadcasting . In 2016, a second season followed with 13 episodes. The Crunchyroll platform published the entire series as Ushio and Tora via streaming , also with German subtitles. In addition to Crunchyroll, the platforms Hulu and The Anime Network published an English subtitled version on the Internet, Anime Digital Network published one with French subtitles and Yamato Video published one with Italian.

synchronization

role Japanese voice (1993) Japanese voice (2015)
Torah Chikao Ohtsuka Rikiya Koyama
Ushio Aotsuki Nozomu Sasaki Tasuku Hatanaka
Mayuko Inoue Yumi Toma Kiyono Yasuno
Asako Nakamura Yuri Amano Mikako Komatsu
Shigure Aotsuki Takeshi Aono Keiji Fujiwara

music

The music for the original video animation was composed by Kei Wakakusa and Shiro Sagisu . The songs Brave Fighter by Yasu and Kedamono no yari by Shinya Iguchi were used for the opening credits . The end credits were accompanied by Dear My Best Friend by Nozomu Sasaki and Dareka ga omae o neratteru by Nozomu Sasaki . For the 1993 parody, the music was composed by Etsuko Yamakawa and Hiroshi Okamoto . Here they used Brave Fighter by Yasu for the opening credits, but It's A Joke by Hosana for the credits.

The music for the television series was composed by Eishi Segawa . The opening credits of the first season are underlaid with the song Mazeru na Kiken ( 混 ぜ る な 危 険 ), that of the second season with Shūgawari no Kiseki no Shinwa ( 週 替 わ り の 奇跡 の 神話 ). Both songs are from Kinniku Shōjo Tai . The end credits are Hero by Sonar Pocket and Makeruna Chiisaki Mono yo ( 負 け る な 小 さ き も の よ ) by Wakadanna and, for the second season, Kessen Zenya ( 決 戦 前夜 ) by Lunkhead.

reception

In 1991 the manga was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Prize .

The series takes up some well-known plot patterns - old Japanese ghost stories, their encounter with modern civilization and the uneven friends gathering together - according to the Anime Encyclopedia . It should Ushio to Tora fun and exciting and reflects and thoughtful in the representation of friendship and conflict between monsters and humans. The series stands out clearly positively from the lousy monster series of its time, which like Tenchi Muyō! rather ingratiating the romantic wishes of their young audience. Of the two English dubbed versions of the OVA, ADV is the better one.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 694 f .
  2. ↑ 小学 館 漫画 賞 ： 歴 代 受 賞 者. Shogakukan, accessed August 19, 2007 (Japanese).