Aoi Honō
| Aoi Honō | |
 The cover of the first tankōbon of Aoi Honō | |
| アオイホノオ | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Coming-of-age story, drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kazuhiko Shimamoto |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine |
Young Sunday Spirits Zokan YS Special Monthly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | 2007 – present |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Yūichi Fukuda |
| Written by | Yūichi Fukuda |
| Music by | Eishi Segawa |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | July 2014 – October 2014 |
| Episodes | 11 |
Aoi Honō (アオイホノオ, lit. "Blue Blazes") is a Japanese coming-of-age manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It is a fictionalized account of his time as a student at the Osaka University of Arts, which he attended alongside Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Takami Akai.[1] It was adapted into a Japanese television drama that aired in July 2014 and ended in October 2014.[2]
Cast
- Yūya Yagira - Moyuru Honō
- Ken Yasuda - Hideaki Anno
- Tsuyoshi Muro - Hiroyuki Yamaga
- Tomoya Nakamura - Takami Akai
- Mizuki Yamamoto - Tonko Morinaga
- Yuina Kuroshima - Hiromi Tsuda
- Kaname Endō - Masahiko Minami
- Gaku Hamada - Toshio Okada
- Kenji Urai - Kentarō Yano
- Yui Ichikawa - Jun Iwase
- Haruna Kojima - Masumi
- Seika Taketomi - Miyuki
- Jirō Satō - MAD Holy
- Toshio Okada - Osamu Tezuka
- Voice
- Tōru Furuya - Narrator and Katsuya Niimi (Nine)
- Hiromi Tsuru - Yuri Nakao (Nine)
- Makio Inoue - Captain Harlock (Space Pirate Captain Harlock)
- Masako Nozawa - Tetsuro (Galaxy Express 999)
- Masako Ikeda - Maetel (Galaxy Express 999)
- Teruhiko Aoi - Jō Yabuki (Ashita no Joe)
- Hiroko Ushida - Yōko Shiraki (Ashita no Joe)
- Kōichi Yamadera - Captain Juzo Okita, Susumu Kodai and Ryu Hijikata (Space Battleship Yamato)
- Katsumi Toriumi - Masato Wakamatsu (Miyuki)
- Ryōtarō Okiayu - Jun Kenzaki (Ring ni Kakero)
- Kappei Yamaguchi - Nobotta Ōyama (Otoko Oidon)
Reception
It received 23 points in the 3rd Manga Taishō, placing last among the ten nominees.[3]
In February 2015, Asahi Shimbun announced that Aoi Honō was one of nine nominees for the nineteenth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[4]
Sales
Volume 2 sold 24,521 copies by 17 May 2009,[5] volume 9 sold 20,415 copies by 18 November 2012,[6] and volume 10 sold 17,068 copies by 16 June 2013.[7]
References
- ↑ "Ken Yasuda to Play Hideaki Anno in Aoi Honō Drama". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "College Life Manga Aoi Honō Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae Wins Manga Taisho Award (Updated)". Anime News Network. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 11-17 (Updated)". Anime News Network. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 12-18". Anime News Network. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 10-16". Anime News Network. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
External links
- Aoi Honō (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia