Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
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| Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne | |||
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 Phantom Thief Jeanne |
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| 神風 怪盗 ジャンヌ (Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu) |
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| Genre | Magical Girl, Romance | ||
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| Author | Arina Tanemura | ||
| Publisher |  Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōjo | ||
| Serialized in | Ribon Magazine | ||
| Original run | February 1998 – July 2000 | ||
| Volumes | 7 | ||
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| Director | Atsunobu Umezawa | ||
| Studio | Toei Animation | ||
| Network | TV Asahi |
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| Episodes | 44 | ||
Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne (神風 怪盗 ジャンヌ Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu?) is a manga by Arina Tanemura which falls under the shōjo genre, more specifically the Magical Girl sub-genre.
It originally ran between February 1998 and July 2000 in Shueisha's Ribon Magazine, later released in 7 collective volumes. On June 16th 2007 the series was released in kanzenban format, the final 6th volume set to come out in October.
CMX, an imprint of DC Comics, licensed the series as Phantom-Thief Jeanne but later decided to use the original title. Toei Animation, the creator of the anime, refers to the series as Jeanne, the Kamikaze Thief on its English-language website.
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne was later turned into a TV anime. It was featured on a Japanese monthly manga magazine Ribon during February 1998 - July 2000, 30 stories in total. Seven volumes of the manga were published. It is also on sale in Canada and the US starting in the month of November 2005. The anime was a Toei Animation production, and aired from February 1999 - January 2000 on TV Asahi (44 episodes).
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[edit] Plot
It is almost the year 2000. God's power is scattered on Earth, and if He does not gather enough by the year 2000, He will die. The Devil, who wishes for this, sends his own agents to gather the energy in the form of chess pieces.
The 16-year-old Maron Kusakabe is usually a normal high school student, but she can transform, with the assistance of the angel Finn Fish, into the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc in order to hunt demons, which hide themselves within works of art. If a demon is defeated, the associated work of art disappears, which is why she is called a kaitō ("phantom-thief").
Maron's best friend is Miyako, the daughter of a diminutive police detective who aims to arrest Jeanne. Maron falls in love with Chiaki who is also secretly Sinbad (a demon hunter himself).
Jeanne's weapons include her Checkmate pin which she can summon from a small "demon-detecting" device called the "Petit Claire", her gymnastic ribbon, a fan, and later a sword (only in the manga). The ribbon can slice through anything if whipped, and can also be used to grab a hold of things. The fan deflects attacks, while the sword is basically your regular sword, only it can checkmate. In the anime, she first uses the "Rebound Ball" which is like a rubber yo-yo that can stick to almost anything, and is useful for smacking people with. In addition, it would appear she has access to comical bombs that can vary to smokescreens or actual explosions. The ribbon, which appears halfway through the series, is also used as a way of checkmating demons in the anime.
Chiaki, or "Kaitō Sindbad" (Sinbad), uses pins and daggers in the manga, but a tri-headed boomerang-like weapon in the anime. As time goes on in the anime, Sinbad is revealed to also use a special type of string that he can trap demons in. Unlike Jeanne, Sinbad is able to conjure several pins at once, blasting them towards a demon for a checkmate.
If Jeanne's hair ribbon or Sinbad's bandanna are undone, then they go back to being their original selves. (Jeanne is seen undoing her hair ribbon in Episode 29 [Season 2]. Sinbad is seen without his bandanna in Episodes 16 (kind of, but he has it back on when he hugs Jeanne) [Season 1], 19 after he kisses Jeanne on the roof, she pushes him which he falls off and he is seen lying on his back with his bandana off [Season 1], 33 [Season 2].) In the manga, Sinbad's headband takes the place of the bandanna. If the headband is taken off, he goes back to his original self. In the anime, he stopped wearing his bandanna after Maron found out he was Chiaki. In the manga, he stops wearing it after volume 1.
Maron and Chiaki fall in love with each other as time goes on. Chiaki at first "fakes" falling in love just to get closer to Maron, knowing Maron is Jeanne. Later he falls in love truthfully after realizing that Maron's worth the effort, even if she does "hate" him.
Maron, on the other hand, is confused and does not know what "love" means because she was left alone without a family, so no one taught her. At first their relationship gets off to a rocky start, with her always freaking out at Chiaki's advances. She sees the other side of Chiaki though, and realizes that he's not such a bad guy after all.
The seven-volume manga contains a few plot twists involving the characters Finn Fish, Noin, and of course, Jeanne and the people around her. It tells in detail about Finn Fish's backstory, which becomes an integral part of the storyline in the later chapters, expounding on Finn's relationship with the other angels and the events that led to her becoming Maron's partner.
The anime which has 44 episodes, is mostly filled with filler episodes; however, most of the important plot threads are stretched out over these episodes, appearing in roughly the same order as in the manga. The backstory of the angels is neglected completely, however.
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- Maron Kusakabe (日下部 まろん Kusakabe Maron?) / "Kaito Jeanne" (怪盗 ジャンヌ Kaitō Jannu?)
- Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima
- Maron is 16 and a seemingly ordinary high school student. She is extremely gifted in gymnastics. Her alter-ego is Kaito Jeanne (phantom thief Jeanne), the reincarnation of Jeanne of Arc. Through the angel Finn, who is sent to help her, she receives a mission from God to seal away Angel had know who have come to Earth to steal the beauty in human hearts. The Ange;, which are hidden inside objects of great beauty (usually pieces of artwork) are captured when Jeanne hits them with a pushpin and shouts "Checkmate!", turning them into chess pieces. She is a lonely character who hides her feelings behind a warm smile. At a very young age her parents left her for their jobs over from a Angel who not crime and notice for of emeralddragon, and have not contacted her since then. The first phone call she gets is from her mother, informing her that they have have decided to get a divorce. As a result, she lives alone, although is very close with the family of her best friend and neighbor Miyako. She starts out hating Chiaki when they first meet, but falls in love with him as they become closer and the series progresses. She marries Chiaki in the manga, and they have a daughter named Natsuki (the reborn form of Finn or the past life of Finn.
- Chiaki Nagoya (名古屋稚空 Nagoya Chiaki?) / "Kaito Sinbad" (怪盗 シンドバッド Kaitō Shindobaddo?)
- Voiced by: Susumu Chiba
- Chiaki is 16 and is a new student who also lives in the same apartment complex as Maron (in the apartment next door) and is also in Maron's and Miyako's class. He ran away from home because of something he wanted to do (be a Kaitō). Like Maron, Chiaki also has an alter ego, which is "Kaitō Sinbad". He also has the ability to seal demons using pins, like Jeanne. Although he always seemed to go against Maron at first, he does it for a reason. He also knew about Maron's true identity. Chiaki is a "ladies man" or "womanizer" and always tries to seduce Maron who, at first, can't stand him and his habit of always trying to protect her. At first he says he was just trying to get closer but later he says he wants to protect her forever and truly falls for her.
- He is a Kaitō because of Access. In the anime, Finn had been sent down to earth to help Maron with Access, but she got kidnapped by the Devil. Access, helpless, ran to tell God, who told Access to watch over Maron. However, Access was confused. He floated around in a city, depressed until he was grabbed by a young teenage boy, Chiaki. Chiaki could see him. Access revealed the whole story at Chiaki's house and Chiaki agreed to help him. Access gave him the power to seal demons and thus, Kaito Sinbad was born. Access apparently got the idea of naming Chiaki, Sinbad from a movie. In the manga it is not explained how Access found Chiaki. Chiaki's life is not free of sorrows: his mother died when he was very young and from that day on Chiaki despised his father because he was working instead of being at his wife's side. Later on his father remarried in the attempt to give him a new family but this only alienated Chiaki further until he ran away from home several times. They finally reconcile when Maron convinces them to talk and they finally understand each other's feelings.
- Finn Fish / Natsuki (reborn form)
- Voiced by: Kumiko Nishihara
- Finn Fish is the angel, or semi-angel (jun-tenshi), who helps Maron detect demons and is also the one who transforms Maron into Kaito Jeanne. As the story goes on, it's revealed Finn had been manipulating Maron the whole time to gather chess pieces to deliver to the Angel emerald dragon. The former half-angel reveals herself as a fallen angel named Da-Tenshi Finn Fish. She was in love with the Devil. In the manga, she is reborn as Natsuki Nagoya, Chiaki and Maron's daughter.
- The manga and anime versions of how Finn became a Fallen Angel are very different. In the anime, she is on her way to Earth when she in kidnapped by the devil. He brainwashes her, but then wipes her memory and turns her back in a semi angel so that Maron wouldn't be suspicious. She is brought back to her true self by Maron in episode 44. In the manga however, she went voluntarily to Lucifer. As one of the first three dark angels to become a semi angel, she was allowed to go to Earth with the other two angels, Celcia and Toki. There, Celcia was injured and take in by a priest named Sagami Kugahara. Misunderstanding the situation, Finn and Toki attacked Sagami, but as they were in their tiny forms, they only succeeded in cutting his finger. He brought them to Celcia, and Finn used a strand of her hair to fill her friend with holy energy. They then explain to Sagami how holy energy in stored in their hair. In an effort to pay Sagami back, Finn went to meet him in cave, ignoring Toki's pleas not to go, and even running away after he confessed that he had always loved her. When she met him, she saw a girl frozen in ice, who (through a picture on Sagami's desk) had previously been identified as "Natsuki", Sagami's sickly sister who died of an illness. As Finn angrily explains, this was not true, and Sagami had killed Natsuki in order to freeze her so the holy ice would melt faster, providing more holy water to be sold. She reveals herself to be Natsuki, calling Sagami "Nii-San" (big brother). He captures her and cuts her green hair, which he explains has far more power than even the whitest hair (believed to store the most holy energy), in order to dip it into the holy water and make it even stronger. However, her hair had the power of a full angel, and exploded, killing many people. She was tried for murder in heaven and sentenced to going through the Gate of Annihilation. However, the devil gets to her first, and she goes to him and becomes his servant. It is later explained (in volume 7) that the reason was because of a promise she made with Access before she went to Earth. She promised to listen to what he was going to tell her (he was going to tell her that he had always loved her) and chose to go with the Devil to become a Fallen Angel so that she would be able to meet Access again. In the end, she sacrifies herself so that Maron survives the battle with the Devil. When she died, Access gave her his earring, and was reborn with the same earring in her hand. Finn is referred to as "Queen" by Myst and Noin in the anime and are shown far more respect than in the manga. Finn is referred to as Finn in the manga and anime, though in the anime Access calls her "Finn-Chan".
- Access Time
- Voiced by: Akiko Yajima
- Like Finn, Access is Chiaki's "side-kick" who detects demons and is the one who gave Chiaki the power to transform into Kaitō Sinbad and to seal demons; he apparently chose the name Sinbad for Chiaki from a movie poster. He is a dark angel (kuro-tenshi) but becomes a semi-angel (jun-tenshi) in volume 6 of the manga. However, he gives all of his holy power to Finn so she could be reborn, and thus turned back into a dark angel. He loves Finn. He is so deeply in love with her, even working to become a full angel so that he could be reincarnated with her. In the manga, Access becomes reborn as Shinji Minazuki, Miyako and Yamato's son. When he sees Finn (Natsuki) and that she's holding his earring, he proposes to her at the spot.
- Miyako Todaiji (東大寺 都 Tōdaiji Miyako?)
- Voiced by: Naoko Matsui
- Miyako is Maron and Chiaki's classmate who lives across the hall from Maron. Miyako is the child of parents who are detectives, and thus Miyako is always trying to catch Jeanne. In the anime, Miyako does not know that Maron is really Jeanne she tries so hard with tricks and plots that are rather dangerous to Jeanne just to catch her. She causes a lot of trouble for Jeanne and her mission. Miyako does not know about Maron's true self until the end. However, in the manga, Miyako knows that Maron is Jeanne and says that she tried to catch Jeanne so that she could say it was just a mistake. She is madly in love with Chiaki, but gives up on him since he is more interested in Maron. She is stubborn and is exactly like Maron. She usually gets mad every time Jeanne escapes. After Yamato tells her about his feelings for her near the ending, she gets mad, thinking he's playing a sick joke, and neglects him. However, in the manga, she marries Yamato Minazuki and has a son named Shinji (the reborn form of Access).
- Yamato Minazuki (水無月 大和 Minazuki Yamato?)
- Voiced by: Naozumi Takahashi
- Yamato is the classmate of Maron, Chiaki and Miyako. He holds the position of class president (iinchou), though most of the class seems to lack respect for him because of his gentle, unassuming nature. Yamato is a shy student who has a big crush on Maron. His innocent and pure heart makes it easy for demons to possess him. Later in the series, he joins Miyako to try and catch Sinbad. Though he has a crush on Maron, Miyako catches his attention, and in volume 6 of the manga, he confesses. She gets angry and pushes him into the lake, thinking he was making fun of her, and to prove his love he tried to kiss her. She smacked him away though, blushing. However, as shown in volume 7, he does marry Miyako and they have a son named Shinji (the reborn form of Access).
- Noin Claude
- Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese)
- Noin is a demon who disguises himself as the history teacher in Maron's class, Hijiri Shikaido,. In the past, he was actually Noin Claude, who assisted the original Jeanne d'Arc 500 years ago. When God did not save Jeanne, the one he deeply loved, from burning at the stake, he cursed God and surrendered his soul to the Devil. However, Chiaki arrives to save her just in time. In the manga, he falls in love with Marron later in the series. However, in the end of the anime he dies protecting Maron and rises up to Heaven to join Jeanne d'Arc
- Myst
- Voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki
- Myst, who only appears in the anime, is another demon sent to kill Maron. Being a pure-breed demon, she is more powerful than Noin (a human who became a demon). She uses a candy box to hold demons. Her demons can only be defeated by Maron's ribbon. She is defeated by Maron, aided by Noin who tells her Myst's source of power, the candy box. However, seeing her broken and bruised form, Maron takes pity on her and gives her back the candy box.
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[edit] List of episodes
| Episode | Title | Airdate | Season |
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| 1 | The Angel with a Notice Card | February 13,1999 | Season 1 |
| 2 | The Target is Family Bond! | February 20,1999 | Season 1 |
| 3 | An Encircling Net! The Whole Student Body is the Enemy | February 27,1999 | Season 1 |
| 4 | A Thief's Job Saves a Company, Too? | March 6,1999 | Season 1 |
| 5 | Emergency at the Airport! | March 13,1999 | Season 1 |
| 6 | The Partner in Crime is a Mysterious Old Woman? | March 20,1999 | Season 1 |
| 7 | Father-Daughter Detective Team! The Final Gamble | March 27,1999 | Season 1 |
| 8 | Steal the Melody of Love! | April 3,1999 | Season 1 |
| 9 | The Heartless Checkmate | April 10,1999 | Season 1 |
| 10 | The Masked Man! What is His True Identity? | April 17,1999 | Season 1 |
| 11 | Ah, the Beautiful Angel of an Officer | April 24,1999 | Season 1 |
| 12 | The Pin is Stronger than the Sword! | May 1,1999 | Season 1 |
| 13 | The Angel of Hearts, with a Memory Loss Plant | May 8,1999 | Season 1 |
| 14 | A Wedding Dress is the Target | May 15,1999 | Season 1 |
| 15 | Shocking Confession of Love in the Amusement Park! | May 22,1999 | Season 1 |
| 16 | A First Kiss Illuminated by Moonlight | May 29,1999 | Season 1 |
| 17 | Sudden Intimacy! Love's Tempestuous Arrival | June 5,1999 | Season 1 |
| 18 | The Angel Attacks Friendship's Medal | June 12,1999 | Season 1 |
| 19 | Seal! Evidence of Fatherly Love | June 19,1999 | Season 1 |
| 20 | Attacking of the Powerful emerald dragon | June 26,1999 | Season 1 |
| 21 | Miyako, Attacking Love and Friendship! | July 3,1999 | Season 1 |
| 22 | Dive! Double Kaito Death | July 10,1999 | Season 1 |
| 23 | Checkmate! The Magical Blue Butterfly | July 17,1999 | Season 1 |
| 24 | Luxury Cruise Monkey Panic | August 7,1999 | Season 1 |
| 25 | Ghost Story! Haunted Summer School | August 14,1999 | Season 1 |
| 26 | Infiltrate! Karakuri Ninja Castle | August 21,1999 | Season 1 |
| 27 | A Tearful Parting-Angel Finn | September 11,1999 | Season 1 |
| 28 | Advent of the Angel! New Transformation | September 18,1999 | Season 2 |
| 29 | Totally Beautiful! The Mysterious Angel Appears | September 25,1999 | Season 2 |
| 30 | Defender, Burning With Renewed Spirit | October 2,1999 | Season 2 |
| 31 | The Kaito is Doing a Commercial!? | October 9,1999 | Season 2 |
| 32 | Obliterate Kaito Jeanne!! | October 23,1999 | Season 2 |
| 33 | Sinbad The Liar!! | October 30,1999 | Season 2 |
| 34 | Declaration of Parting! I'll Never Believe Anyone Again! | November 6,1999 | Season 2 |
| 35 | The Power of Jeanne's Love Revived! | November 13,1999 | Season 2 |
| 36 | An Angel is on the Police's Side?! | November 20,1999 | Season 2 |
| 37 | The Boy with a Angel Heart | November 27,1999 | Season 2 |
| 38 | Resolution!? The Checkmate of Sadness | December 4,1999 | Season 2 |
| 39 | Just One Wish! To Mother and Father | December 11,1999 | Season 2 |
| 40 | Angel Transformation! Ice of loving shoting | December 18,1999 | Season 2 |
| 41 | The Angel magical Weapon! A Tragic Nightmare | January 8,2000 | Season 2 |
| 42 | Kaito, Surpass Space & Time! | January 15,2000 | Season 2 |
| 43 | Friendship Collapse!? Magic Ice Final Battle | January 22,2000 | Season 2 |
| 44 | "You, Become God's Wind! | January 29,2000 | Season 2 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official CMX Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne manga site
- Official Toei Animation Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne anime site (Japanese)
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
