Kazuhiro Fujita's Short Stories
Kazuhiro Fujita's Short Stories | |
藤田和日郎短編集 (Fujita Kazuhiro Tanpenshū) | |
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Manga | |
Yoru no Uta | |
Written by | Kazuhiro Fujita |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | July 18, 1995 |
Volumes | 1 |
Original video animation | |
Puppet Princess | |
Directed by | Hirotoshi Takaya |
Produced by | Masahito Yoshioka |
Written by | Junichi Miyashita |
Music by | Kaoru Wada |
Studio | TMS Entertainment |
Licensed by | |
Released | March 24, 2000 |
Runtime | 42 minutes |
Manga | |
Akatsuki no Uta | |
Written by | Kazuhiro Fujita |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | February 18, 2004 |
Volumes | 1 |
Kazuhiro Fujita Short Stories (Japanese: 藤田和日郎短編集, Hepburn: Fujita Kazuhiro Tanpenshū) is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita and published by Shogakukan. The first collection, Yoru no Uta, contains five stories and was released in July 1995. The second collection, Akatsuki no Uta, contains four stories and was released in February 2004.
An original video animation (OVA) adaptation of the story "Puppet Princess", from Yoru no Uta, was produced by TMS Entertainment and released in March 2000. It has been licensed in North America by Media Blasters.
Publication
[edit]The first collected volume, Yoru no Uta (夜の歌, lit. "Night Songs"), includes five stories that were published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Zōkan between 1988 and 1994. The volume was released on July 18, 1995.[1] The second collected volume, Akatsuki no Uta (暁の歌, lit. "Dawn Songs"), includes four stories that were published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday between 1996 and 2003. It was released on February 18, 2004.[2] Shogakukan re-released the volumes in a bunkoban edition on April 15 and May 13, 2006.[3][4]
Yoru no Uta
[edit]No. | Release date | ISBN | |
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1 | July 18, 1995[1] | 4-09-123561-1 | |
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Akatsuki no Uta
[edit]No. | Release date | ISBN | |
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1 | February 18, 2004[2] | 4-09-123562-X | |
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Puppet Princess
[edit]"Puppet Princess" (からくりの君, Karakuri no Kimi), a story included in the Yoru no Uta collection, was adapted into a 42-minute original video animation (OVA) produced by TMS Entertainment and released on March 24, 2000, on VHS.[5][6] A DVD version was released as a bonus disc for the 20th Anniversary of the Artistic Career: The Soul of Kazuhiro Fujita (画業20周年記念全集 藤田和日郎魂) artbook on July 17, 2009.[7]
In December 2000, Media Blasters announced that it had licensed the OVA in North America, and it was released on VHS and DVD on September 25, 2001.[8][9][10][11] In August 2020, Media Blasters announced that the OVA would be released on Blu-ray.[12] It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 23, 2021.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 藤田和日郎短編集 夜の歌 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 20, 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ a b 藤田和日郎短編集 暁の歌 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 20, 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ 藤田和日郎短編傑作集 1 夜の歌(小学館文庫) (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ 藤田和日郎短編傑作集 2 暁の歌(小学館文庫) (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ からくりの君 (in Japanese). TMS Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ その他 VHS. suruga-ya.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ 藤田和日郎魂 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ "Media Blasters Aquisitions [sic]". Anime News Network. December 9, 2000. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Media Blasters Delays". AnimeNation. June 7, 2001. Archived from the original on November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ "Puppet Princess (D)". Right Stuf. Archived from the original on June 24, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ "Puppet Princess DVD (Hyb)". Right Stuf. Archived from the original on June 24, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (August 21, 2020). "Media Blasters to Release Puppet Princess Anime on Blu-Ray Disc". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (February 23, 2021). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 21-27 - News [2021-02-23]". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Macdonald, Christopher (July 28, 2002). "Puppet Princess DVD – Review". Anime News Network.
- Beveridge, Chris (September 25, 2001). "Puppet Princess". Anime on DVD. Archived from the original on April 11, 2005.
- Davidson, Danica (April 1, 2021). "Puppet Princess Anime is a Fun Romp of Ninja Escapism". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Puppet Princess at TMS Entertainment at the Wayback Machine (archived 2020-10-31) (in Japanese)
- Puppet Princess (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia