From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Japanese yonkoma manga series
Aiura
(
あいうら
)
[a]
is a Japanese
yonkoma
sh?nen manga
series by Chama. It was first published on
Niconico
Seiga and later in
Kadokawa Shoten
's
4-Koma Nano Ace
magazine. The manga ran between March 2011 and April 2014. An
anime
television series adaptation aired between April and June 2013.
Plot
[
edit
]
The story centers around Amaya, Iwasawa, and Uehara?three "annoying, spirited high school girls with zero motivation"?and their classmates. Their daily life is "what happens when there is nothing happening."
Characters
[
edit
]
- Kanaka Amaya
(
天谷 奏香
,
Amaya Kanaka
)
- Voiced by: Yui Nakajima
- Kanaka is the moodmaker. She is always looking to tease anyone within running distance, especially Saki and Ayuko. She has a habit of giving nicknames.
- Saki Iwasawa
(
岩? 彩生
,
Iwasawa Saki
)
- Voiced by: Y?ko Iida
- Saki is the tsukkomi to Kanaka's boke act. She is very tall and is very good at sports and games, but is otherwise unmotivated.
- Ayuko Uehara
(
上原 ?子
,
Uehara Ayuko
)
- Voiced by:
Nao Tamura
- Ayuko is the middleman. The frequent butt of Kanaka's jokes and antics, she is constantly teased by Kanaka for being short. Her nickname has evolved from Ayukong
(
アユコング
,
Ayukongu
)
to Yukon
(
ゆっこん
,
Yukkon
)
.
- Mei Yanase
(
?? 芽依
,
Yanase Mei
)
- Voiced by:
Ayane Sakura
- Yanase is the class representative. She is very serious about everything. She is very competitive with her friend Manaka. Her nickname is Yananchou
(
やなんちょ
,
Yanancho
)
.
- Nao Manaka
(
?中 南?
,
Manaka Nao
)
- Nao is Yanase's friend, who always beats her in tests by a few points. She enjoys Kanaka's teasing of Yanase. Her nickname is Manax
(
マナックス
,
Manakkusu
)
.
- Souta Amaya
(
天谷 颯太
,
Amaya S?ta
)
- Voiced by:
Yumiri Hanamori
- Souta is Kanaka's younger brother. Kanaka and her friends usually hang out at his room since Kanaka's room is uninhabitable.
- Sumiko Yamashita
(
山下 ?美子
,
Yamashita Sumiko
)
- Voiced by:
Yumi Uchiyama
- Yamashita is the laid back homeroom teacher of Kanaka's class. She is often late for work and wears odd shirts.
- Sh?saku Matsuno
(
松野 修作
,
Matsuno Sh?saku
)
- Voiced by:
Tomokazu Sugita
- Matsuno is a fired up math teacher. He catches tardy students at the gate and challenges them to a game of rock-paper-scissors, where he often throws a game.
- Misuzu Wakatsuki
(
若月 美鈴
,
Wakatsuki Misuzu
)
- Voiced by:
Yukari Tamura
- Misuzu is an English teacher who is constantly mistaken for a schoolgirl. She is the homeroom teacher of class 1.
- Izumi Kashio
(
柏尾 泉水
,
Kashio Izumi
)
- Izumi is Saki's rival and boke from class 1. She works part time at a convenience store with Saki.
- Arisa Kuroda
(
?田 ありさ
,
Kuroda Arisa
)
- Arisa is Izumi's friend and classmate. She is good in sports and games despite being very small.
- Umi Yoshino
(
吉野 羽美
,
Yoshino Umi
)
- Umi is the tsukkomi in class 1. She constantly worries about her weight.
- Hiroko Uehara
(
上原 裕子
,
Uehara Hiroko
)
- Hiroko is Ayuko's older sister. She works as a manga artist and has a deep sister complex.
Media
[
edit
]
Manga
[
edit
]
Aiura
started as a
4-panel manga
series, written and drawn by Chama. It was originally published online on
Niconico Seiga
, starting from 2 March 2011,
[
citation needed
]
and later in
Kadokawa Shoten
's
4-Koma Nano Ace
magazine, starting from the 4th issue, published on 9 August 2011.
[1]
[2]
Following the end of
Nano Ace's
publication, the series resumed serialization in
Sh?nen Ace
magazine from its November 2013 issue.
[3]
The manga series ended its run on 23 April 2014,
[4]
and has been collected in seven compiled volumes between 3 February 2012, and 23 August 2014.
[5]
[6]
Anime
[
edit
]
The anime television series adaptation was produced by
Liden Films
,
Pony Canyon
, and
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
.
[7]
[8]
It was directed and written by Ry?suke Nakamura, with character designs by Mieko Hosoi, and music by Sh?sei Murai.
[7]
The anime is formatted as a series of shorts, with each episode being only a few minutes in length. The series aired on
TV Tokyo
between 10 April to 26 June 2013,
[9]
and was streamed by
Niconico
and with English subtitles by
Crunchyroll
.
[10]
The series was released in its entirety on
Blu-ray Disc
on 7 August 2013.
[11]
The opening and ending themes are "Kani Do-Luck!"
(
カニ☆Do-Luck!
)
and "Ichigo Ichie"
(
いちごいちえ
)
, both by Aiu Rabu (Yui Nakajima, Yuko Iida, and Nao Tamura).
[8]
[12]
Episode list
[
edit
]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
The title refers to the initials of the three main character's surnames, akin to "A.I.U. Squad".
- ^
All English titles are taken from
Crunchyroll
.
References
[
edit
]
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
Current
| |
---|
1990s
| |
---|
2000s
| |
---|
2010s
| |
---|
2020s
| |
---|
† Indicates titles published on
Sh?nen Ace Plus
|
|
---|
Liden Films
| Television series
| |
---|
OVA/ONAs
| |
---|
Films
| |
---|
|
---|
Kyoto Studio
| Television series
| |
---|
ONAs
| |
---|
Films
| |
---|
|
---|
Osaka Studio
| |
---|
Related
| |
---|
|