Hiatari Ryōkō!
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Hiatari Ryōkō! | |
陽あたり良好! | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Shōjo Comic |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | December 1979 – 1981 |
Volumes | 5 |
Television drama | |
Original network | NTV |
Original run | March 21, 1982 – September 19, 1982 |
Episodes | 19 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by |
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Music by | Hiroaki Serizawa |
Studio | Group TAC |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | March 22, 1987 – March 20, 1988 |
Episodes | 48 |
Anime film | |
Hiatari Ryōkō! Ka - su - mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita | |
Directed by | Kimiharu Oguma |
Produced by | Hideo Kawano |
Written by | Gisaburō Sugii Bin Namiki Hiroko Hagita Hiroko Ogita |
Music by | Kōhei Tanaka |
Studio | Group TAC |
Released | October 1, 1988 |
Runtime | 67 minutes |
Hiatari Ryōkō! ( The title translates roughly as What a Sunny Day!
Plot
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The story focuses on the relationships of Kasumi Kishimoto, a high school student. When she enters Myōjō High School, she moves into her aunt's boarding house, where four boys attending the high school are tenants. Despite her steadfast determination to stay loyal to her boyfriend, who is studying abroad, Kasumi finds herself slowly falling in love with one of the boarders, Yūsaku.[1]
Characters
- Kasumi Kishimoto (岸本 かすみ, Kishimoto Kasumi)
- Voiced by (anime): Yumi Morio, Played by (live): Sayaka Itō
- The main character, and student at Myōjō High School. Because her parents live over an hour away, she decides to stay with her aunt Chigusa who, unbeknownst to Kasumi, has turned her home into a boarding house for four male students at the same high school. After Yūsaku walks in on Kasumi while she takes a bath, she is troubled because she wants to remain faithful to Katsuhiko, her boyfriend. The progress of Kasumi's feelings toward Yūsaku is the central story of the series.
- Yūsaku Takasugi (高杉 勇作, Takasugi Yūsaku)
- Voiced by (anime): Yūji Mitsuya, Played by (live): Takayuki Takemoto
- Tenant in room #3 at Hidamari Private Boarding House. He is in the same class as Kasumi and a member of the ōendan, or cheering squad. He gets inspired by people who work hard at something, whether or not they are victorious, and likes to support them. Yūsaku eventually joins the Myōjō High School baseball team, playing center fielder, despite not knowing how to play the game. He has a cat, Taisuke, which he finds in a box at the side of the road.
- Takashi Ariyama (有山 高志, Ariyama Takashi)
- Voiced by (anime): Kobuhei Hayashiya
- Tenant in room #2 at Hidamari Private Boarding House. He is the on Keiko, though she just considers him a friend. He's always hungry, but a very generous person, who is willing to help out just about anyone.
- Shin Mikimoto (美樹本 伸, Mikimoto Shin)
- Voiced by (anime): Kaneto Shiozawa
- Tenant in room #4 at Hidamari Private Boarding House. Shin is a ladies man and perverted. He is madly in love with Keiko, though she can't stand him. Shin plays third baseman on the Myōjō High School baseball team. He has a telescope, ostensibly for observing the stars, though more often uses it to peep at neighborhood females. Shin is deathly afraid of cats.
- Makoto Aido (相戸 誠, Aido Makoto)
- Voiced by (anime): Katsuhiro Nanba
- Tenant in room #1 at the Hidamari Private Boarding House. He plays only a small role in the series, being mostly used for humorous effect; however, one episode of the live drama series, where his name is changed to Makoto Nakaoka (中岡 誠, Nakaoka Makoto), focuses on him as a medical studies prodigy.
- Chigusa Mizusawa (水沢 千草, Mizusawa Chigusa)
- Voiced by (anime): Kazue Komiya, Played by (live): Midori Kiuchi
- Kasumi's widowed aunt, landlady of the Hidamari Private Boarding House.
- Katsuhiko Muraki (村木 克彦, Muraki Katsuhiko)
- Voiced by (anime): Kazuhiko Inoue
- Kasumi's UCLAthere, though he returns to Japan once during the series.
- Keiko Seki (関 圭子, Seki Keiko)
- Voiced by (anime): Hiromi Tsuru
- A manager of the Myōjō High School baseball team. She is very reserved and has a crush on Yūsaku.
- Masato Seki (関 真人, Seki Masato)
- Voiced by (anime): Hirotaka Suzuoki
- Keiko's older brother and Myōjō High School's ace Kōshienbefore he graduates.
- Taisuke (退助)
- Voiced by (anime): Eriko Chihara
- Yūsaku's pet cat. Because Yūsaku paid ¥100 for him, he was named after Itagaki Taisuke, the man found on the ¥100 banknote.
- Maria Ōta (太田まりあ, Ōta Maria)
- Voiced by (anime): Miina Tominaga
- Only appearing for a short period of time, she and her father Sakamoto move into the boarding house. While there the boys are infatuated with her, but she likes Yūsaku Takasugi. Kasumi is jealous of her.
- Shinichirō Ōta (Ōta Shinichirō)
- Voiced by (anime): Shigeru Chiba
- The widowed father of Maria Ota. He is attractive, which is why Aunt Chigusa allows them to move in.
- Sakamoto (坂本)
- Voiced by (anime): Hideyuki Tanaka
Live-action drama
The live-action TV drama series ran on
Competing against it in the same time slot were two popular shows:
Staff
- Original story: Mitsuru Adachi
- Screenplay: Yutaka Kaneko, others
- Music: Asei Kobayashi, Masahisa Takeichi
- Director: Ryō Kinoshita, others
- Produced by: Toho
Theme song
The theme song for the live-action drama series was "You're the Best" (とっておきの君, Totteoki no Kimi), sung by Takayuki Takemoto. The song was produced by CBS/Sony.
Video releases
A DVD box set containing the full series was released by VAP on 2006-02-22.
Sources:[4]
Anime
Hiatari Ryōkō completed its serialization in 1981 with five volumes. However, the television anime adaptation of Adachi's later manga, Touch, became a hit which made it possible for the series to get adapted even after completion. Virtually all of Touch's staff, such as series director Gisaburō Sugii and composer Hiroaki Serizawa, moved to Hiatari Ryōkō as soon as Touch's production concluded. Much of Touch's voice cast was in this anime as well, excluding Noriko Hidaka (Minami Asakura in Touch). It seamlessly replaced Touch, which ran for two years in the same timeslot. The anime television series consisted of 48 half-hour episodes made for Fuji TV, airing from March 22, 1987 to March 20, 1988. It was followed by theatrical anime movie, which served as an alternative version, titled What a Sunny Day! Ka - su - mi: You Were in My Dreams (陽あたり良好! KA・SU・MI 夢の中に君がいた, Hiatari Ryōkō! Ka - su - mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita). The movie ran as a double feature with the first Kimagure Orange Road film and included all three of Kimagure's opening theme songs as background music.
Theme songs
There were three opening and three ending theme songs throughout the course of the anime television series.
Opening
- "Sunshine All Around!" (陽あたり良好!, Hiatari Ryōkō!)
- Vocals by Aki Asakura, episodes 1–17
- "Corner Homecoming" (帰って来た街角, Kaettekita Machikado)
- Vocals by Hiroaki Serizawa, episodes 18–37
- "Sorrow is Changing the Beat" (悲しみはBEATに変えて, Kanashimi wa Bitto ni Kaete)
- Vocals by Ami Ozaki, episodes 38–48
Ending
- "Scolding Maria" (舌打ちのマリア, Shitauchi no Maria)
- Vocals by Yumekojo, episodes 1–17
- "Knife Edge Summer" (ナイフの上の夏, Naifu no Ue no Natsu)
- Vocals by Hiroaki Serizawa, episodes 18–37
- "Don't Make Me Count Sheep Around the World" (世界中の羊数えさせないで, Sekaijū no Kazoesasenai de)
- Vocals by Ami Ozaki, episodes 38–48
Video releases
The anime series has been released on
A high-definition remastered version was sent to Japanese streaming services such as AbemaTV in 2018.
Sources:[2]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e "Hiatari Ryoukou". AdachiFan. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ a b c 陽あたり良好! (in Japanese). AllCinema Online. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ 陽あたり良好! (in Japanese). Presepe Animation & Communication. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ a b 陽あたり良好! (1982) (in Japanese). AllCinema Online. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
External links
- AllCinema Online (in Japanese)
- Hiatari Ryōkō! at IMDb
- Hiatari Ryōkō! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia