Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō
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| Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō | |
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| ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー (Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō) |
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| Genre | Harem, Sports |
| Manga | |
| Author | Mitsuru Hattori |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 2005 – 2008 |
| Volumes | 9 (currently 8) |
| TV anime | |
| Director | Kōichirō Sōtome |
| Writer | Mamiko Ikeda |
| Studio | Artland |
| Network |  Chiba TV |
| Original run | July 4, 2007 – September 26, 2007 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō (ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー?) is a manga series by Mitsuru Hattori, which has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from issue 33 since 2005.[1] It has been adapted into a TV anime series, directed by Kōichirō Sōtome and written by Mamiko Ikeda[2], which premiered in Japan on numerous television stations from July 2007, and a video game.
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[edit] Plot
The series is set on a high school, Umishō (short for Kenritsu Umineko Shōgyō Kōtō Gakkō (県立海猫商業高等学校?)), situated on the island of Itoguchi in Umineko, Kanagawa Prefecture. It begins with an energetic female transfer student from Okinawa, Amuro Ninagawa, joining the school and its swimming team, where she meets the team's manager, Kaname Okiura. Upon meeting Amuro, Kaname feels an attachment to her, as if he had met her previously.
The fictional island, where the series is set, is modeled on the real island of Enoshima in Fujisawa, Kanagawa.
[edit] Characters
- Amuro Ninagawa (蜷川 あむろ Ninagawa Amuro?) Seiyū: Aki Toyosaki
- Second year student, and a new transfer student from Okinawa at Umishō. Despite her being a dedicated and skilled swimmer, she finds difficulties in performing at competitions due to her not being used to the rules and environment of professional swimming. Among her other uncommon habits, she prefers swimming nude, and has no shame of doing so beside those she got used to, especially Kaname.
- Kaname Okiura (沖浦 要 Okiura Kaname?) Seiyū: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Second year student, and the swimming team's manager. He had a traumatic experience involving a creature he describes as a mermaid during his childhood, and after which he has been afraid of swimming ever since. However this scenario started to change after Amuro's arrival at Umishō. Always in trouble due to Amuro's unpredictable behavior, he usually denies his growing feelings for her.
- Momoko Orizuka (織塚 桃子 Orizuka Momoko?) Seiyū: Hitomi Nabatame
- Third year student, and vice-captain of the swimming team. Just after meeting Amuro, she realizes her hidden potential and recruits her to the swimming team, after challenging her to a match and being impressed with her speed in the water.
- Maki Ikuta (生田 蒔輝 Ikuta Maki?) Seiyū: Ai Shimizu
- A first year student, nicknamed Makio (マキオ?). Too small for her age, she is usually confused with a junior student. Despite being a member of the swimming team, she is still learning how to properly swim by taking lessons from Kaname.
- Masa Ikariya ( 碇矢 雅 Ikariya Masa?) Seiyū: Makoto Yasumura
- Team Captain, nicknamed Ikamasa. Third year, muscle-bound, and obsessed with shaving his and other people's body hair, and with wearing revealing Speedo bikini swim suits.
- Mirei Shizuoka (静岡 みれい Shizuoka Mirei?) Seiyū: Yukari Fukui
- A second year. Admired by the boys, she is very self-conscious when people stare at her. She is a a very skilled swimmer as she almost won the Kantou Tournament in 200 meters the year before the series starts. Her grandfather is the creator of the Shizu Group.
- Maaya Nanako (魚々戸 真綾 Nanako Maaya?) Seiyū: Sayuri Yahagi
- First year student. A famous swimmer and model who transfers to Umishō in order to get close to Kaname, for whom she has a crush since childhood. Considers Amuro as a rival and competes with her for Kaname's attention.
- Sanae Kise (黄瀬 早苗 Kise Sayane?) Seiyū: Ryōko Shintani
- A third year student. A co-founder of Umisho's swimming club and Orizuka's childhood friend. Usually tends to bring trouble to those around her. She also makes up stories and lies just to tease others, and to also gain other guys attention.
- Chigusa Yasu (安 千草 Yasu Chigusa?) Seiyū: Yūka Iguchi
- A first year.
- Kaori Himekawa (姫川 佳織 Himekawa Kaori?) Seiyū: Ayumi Murata
- A second year, and one of the members of the swimming team.
- Yamana Yoshizawa (吉澤 やまな Yoshizawa Yamana?) Seiyū: Yukiko Monden
- A second year.
- Iori
A manga only character. He is the personal trainer of Maaya and also happens to be a top model featured in weekly column in swimming magazine. He actually happened to only be Maaya's coach so that he could get close to Okiura her childhood friend because he really wanted to be his coach. He actually has zero interest in girls and those is in truth he is a homosexual as he says this out loud in front of everyone.
- Taku Ikariya
a manga only character. He is the younger brother of Masa and competes in the same tournament as his brother(even in the same events as him). He has also been said to look like his brother only cooler looking(he even is better at swimming and studying then his brother). He also happened to be on the same swimming team as Momoko and Masa in elementary and middle school. He seems to have a crush on Momoko and they seem to get along as well. He goes to Shogyo all-boys senior high school. He seems to have a rivalry with his brother for Momoko's attention.
[edit] Tankōbon
- First volume: released January 17, 2006, ISBN 4063636186
- Second volume: released April 17, 2006, ISBN 4063636623
- Third volume: released August 17, 2006, ISBN 4063637107
- Fourth volume: released December 15, 2006, ISBN 4063637646
- Fifth volume: released April 17, 2007, ISBN 9784063638202
- Sixth volume: released July 17, 2007, ISBN 9784063638554
- Seventh volume: released October 17, 2007, ISBN 9784063639025
- Eighth volume: released March 15, 2008, ISBN 9784063639667
[edit] Other media
[edit] Anime
The series has been adapted into an anime TV series, which premiered in Japan from July 3, 2007 on Chiba TV, Tokyo MX, and numerous other UHF television stations. Animated by Artland, it is being directed by Kōichirō Sōtome and written by Mamiko Ikeda.
[edit] Staff
- Original Creator: Mitsuru Hattori
- Planning: Hiroaki Morita, Yoshirō Kataoka
- Series Composition: Mamiko Ikeda
- Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Rie Nishino
- Art Director: Chikako Shibata
- Color Designs: Tomoko Yamazaki
- Photography Director: Satoshi Fujita
- Editing: Hiromasa Mastumura
- Sound Director: Kazuya Tanaka
- Music: Yasumasa Satō
- Music Producers: Michiko Koyanagi
- Music Production: 5pb.
- Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo (Suwara Production)
- Sound Studio: Delfi Sound, Seion Studio
- Sound Production: DAX Production
- Promotion: Tomoko Hasegawa, Teruhiko Satō, Katsunori Takahashi, Yuri Koya
- Associate Producers: Noriko Doi, Tetsuko Otani
- Producers: Bunpei Ogawa, Hiroyuki Ōmori
- Executive Producer: Hidenobu Watanabe
- Director: Kōichirō Sōtome
- Animation Production: Artland
- Production: Umishō Production Committee (Geneon Entertainment, Marvelous Entertainment, 5pb., Pony Canyon Enterprise)
[edit] List of episodes
| # | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Churaumi!" "Churaumi!" (ちゅらうみっ!) |
July 4, 2007 |
| This introduces the characters and the setting. On the beach, Momoko Orizuka and Kaname Okiura are relaxing when a houseboat comes in. On that houseboat is Amuro Ninagawa. She is holding a three-foot long shark in her hand. She comes in and offers the shark to Momoko. Momoko refuses, saying she doesn't like a dead shark. Amuro says the shark is still alive. It then springs to life in Amuro's hand and tries to bite Momoko, but ends up tearing Momoko's bikini top off. | ||
| 02 | "I Might Be... Interested..." "Kyōmi... Aru... Kamo..." (興味････ある･･かも･･･) |
July 11, 2007 |
| 03 | "I'll Show You!" "Miseru!" (魅せる!!!) |
July 18, 2007 |
| The team captain can't concentrate on the swim meet that they're at because his father's restaurant is in financial trouble. To help his family out, Amuro and the other swim team girls spend a few days serving customers wearing only aprons and swimsuits. Naturally, this attracts a lot of men. | ||
| 04 | "I'm Going to Show You" "Misete Agerunda kara" (見せてあげるんだから) |
July 25, 2007 |
| 05 | "Do You Want Mine, Too?" "Atashi no mo hoshii" (あたしのもほしい) |
August 1, 2007 |
| 06 | "No!" "Me!" (めっ!) |
August 8, 2007 |
| 07 | "Curse" "Noroi" (呪い) |
August 15, 2007 |
| 08 | "Take A Good Look" "Yo~ku Mitenasai" (よ～く見てなさい) |
August 22, 2007 |
| 09 | "Help Me Forget..." "Wasuresasete..." (忘れさせて…) |
August 29, 2007 |
| 10 | "Breast Massage?" "Nyū Nyū?" (にゅうにゅう?) |
September 5, 2007 |
| It's the summer festival and the team is there. Maki Ikuta and Maaya Nanako are in the women's room. Maki tells Maaya that she heard that massaging the breast will make it grow. Mutual groping ensues. | ||
| 11 | "Could It Be..." "Masaka no..." (まさかの････) |
September 12, 2007 |
| 12 | "Oma Oma" "Oma Oma~" (おまっおま～♪) |
September 19, 2007 |
| It's the Kantou prefecture swimming tournament. and the Umisho swim club is there. After doing poorly in the preliminaries due to a bet, the girl's team pours things on in the middle. In the relay race, the team discovers another team is cheating when they use a song to help the swimmer along. To mess this up, Masa, Amuro and some of the others sing their own song. Masa parading around and unintentionally flashing the singers of the other team cause them to mess up. Unfortunately, in the final lap of the medley, Momoko pulls a muscle in her leg, causing her to miss the rest of the tournament. | ||
| 13 | "Mermaid" "Ningyo" (人魚) |
September 26, 2007 |
| Amuro gets chosen to replace Momoko in the relay squad. Masa attempts to replace Momoko by dressing in drag, but the team tells him no. The rest of the races are run. | ||
[edit] Theme songs
- Opening theme: "Dolphin☆Jet"
- Lyrics and composition: Chiyomaru Shikura, arrangement: Kōji Ueno, performance: Ayane
- Ending theme: "Splash Blue ~ Sun and Lemonade" (Splash BLUE～太陽とレモネード Splash BLUE ~ Taiyō to Remonēdo?)
- Lyrics and composition: Urara Takai, arrangement: Kōji Ueno, performance: Ayumi Murata
[edit] Internet radio
An internet radio version of the anime series, Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō: Junbi Undō (ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー 準備運動?), was first streamed on the Japanese websites Ōnsen and BEWE from May 16, 2007 and June 27, 2007. A continuation, Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō: Natsu!! Honban (ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー 夏!!本番?), began streaming on July 4, 2007. The first version of the series featured Hitomi Nabatame, seiyū of Momoko Orizuka, while the continuation featured Nabatame and Aki Toyosaki, seiyū of Amuro Ninagawa. Sources:[2][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (manga). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ a b Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (TV). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ (Japanese) ケンコー全裸系水泳部ウミショー. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
- ^ (Japanese) ケンコー全裸系水泳部ウミショー. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Mitsuru Hattori's official website
- (Japanese) Weekly Shōnen Magazine's official manga website
- (Japanese) Official anime website
- (Japanese) Tokyo MX's official Umishō Web site
- Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō (TV) (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- (English) Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- (English) Kenko Zenra Kei Sueibu Umisho (manga) at AnimeNfo.com
