Sennin Buraku

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Sennin Buraku
Sennin Buraku comic strip by Kō Kojima
仙人部落
GenreRomantic comedy, satire, sex comedy[1]
Manga
Written byKō Kojima
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineWeekly Asahi Geinō
Original runOctober 1956 – August 2014
Live-action film
Fūryū Kokkei-tan: Sennin Buraku
Directed byMorihei Magatani
StudioShintoho
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1961
Runtime83 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byShigeharu Kaneko
Studio
Fuji TV
Original run September 4, 1963 – February 23, 1964
Episodes23

Sennin Buraku (仙人部落, roughly Hermit Village) is a

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (Kochi-Kame) the third longest (Asahi Geino is not a dedicated manga magazine). While Sennin Buraku has been running for more years than Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz's strip has more "episodes" as it ran daily rather than weekly.[2] The story was a romantic comedy taking place in historical China, and it was quite risqué for its time. The characters were very traditionally dressed (e.g. all wearing hanfu
). The anime has been rerun on Japanese television, and all episodes have appeared on DVD (save for episodes 12 and 19).

Sennin Buraku was the first

Fuji TV from September 4, 1963, to February 23, 1964.[2] This was the first anime series produced by Tele-Cartoon Japan, and a page exists on their website about it.[3] The series was in black and white and ran for 23 episodes. A live action movie was released in 1961, titled Fūryū Kokkei-tan: Sennin Buraku (風流滑稽譚 仙人部落).[4][5]

With the August 7, 2014 issue, it was announced that the series would be placed on hiatus. The death of the artist on April 14, 2015, puts any future chapters of Sennin Buraku in doubt.[6]

Plot summary

Sennin Buraku takes place in Taoyuan, a small

ascetics. The eldest, Lao Shi, conducts research into magic and alchemy, while his disciple Zhi Huang remains more interested in pleasures of the flesh. He has fallen for three pretty sisters
who live nearby, much to Lao Shi's annoyance.

Manga

While the manga has run in Weekly Asahi Geinō for over fifty years, there have been no translations of it.

Live action movie

The 83-minute live action movie was titled Fūryū Kokkei-tan: Sennin Buraku, and was released in theaters by Shintoho on 1961-02-08.

Cast

Staff

Anime series

Each episode of the anime series was 15 minutes long. The first eight episodes were broadcast from 23:40 to 23:55 on Wednesday nights on

Fuji TV
following the world news, and episodes nine through 23 were broadcast from 23:30 to 23:45 on Sunday nights.

The opening theme song, Sennin Buraku no Thema, was sung by Three Graces, arranged by Tōru Kino and the lyrics were written by Takeo Yamashita.

Cast

Staff

Sources:[3][7]

References

  1. ISBN 9780789322715
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  2. ^ a b c "Sennin Buraku Celebrates 50th Anniversary". Anime News Network. 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  3. ^ a b 仙人部落 (in Japanese). Eiken. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  4. Internet Movie Database
    . Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  5. ^ 風流滑稽譚 仙人部落 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  6. ^ http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH4K5K8GH4KUCLV00L.html?iref=comtop_6_05
  7. ^ 仙人部落 (in Japanese). Animemorial. Retrieved 2007-06-04.

External links

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