Japanese manga series
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Cover of the first
tank?bon
volume of
Iwa-Kakeru! Climbing Girls
, featuring Konomi Kasahara
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Genre
| Sports
(
climbing competition
)
[1]
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Written by
| Ry?dai Ishizaka
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Published by
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Imprint
| Cycomi, Cycomi x Ura Sunday
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Magazine
| Cycomi
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Demographic
| Sh?nen
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Original run
| December 5, 2017
?
May 18, 2019
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Volumes
| 4
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Written by
| Ry?dai Ishizaki
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Published by
| - Cygames
- Shogakukan (distribution)
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Imprint
| Cycomi x Ura Sunday
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Magazine
| Cycomi
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Demographic
| Sh?nen
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Original run
| June 8, 2019
?
March 20, 2021
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Volumes
| 6
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Directed by
| Tetsur? Amino
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Written by
| Touko Machida
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Music by
| Tsubasa Ito
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Studio
| Blade
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Licensed by
| Crunchyroll
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Original network
| ANN
(
ABC
,
TV Asahi
),
AT-X
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Original run
| October 4, 2020
?
December 20, 2020
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Episodes
| 12
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Iwa-Kakeru! Climbing Girls
(
Japanese
:
いわかける! -Climbing Girls-
,
lit.
'
Rock Hanging
'
)
is a Japanese
manga
series by Ry?dai Ishizaka. It was serialized online via
Cygames
' Cycomi manga app and website from December 2017 to May 2019 and has been collected in four
tank?bon
volumes by
Kodansha
and
Shogakukan
. A
sequel
manga by Ishizaka, titled
Iwa-Kakeru!! Try a new climbing
(
いわかける!! -Try a new climbing-
)
, was also serialized online via Cycomi from June 2019 to March 2021. It has been collected in six
tank?bon
volumes by Shogakukan. An
anime
television series adaptation by Blade, titled
Iwa-Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls
, aired from October to December 2020.
Plot
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Konomi Kasahara is a first-year student who attends Hanamiya Girls' High School and is a master at puzzles. While looking for a club to join, she comes across the school's climbing wall. This fateful encounter changes her life when she becomes a member of the Climbing Club.
Characters
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]
Hanamiya Girls' High School
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]
- Konomi Kasahara
(
笠原好
,
Kasahara Konomi
)
- Voiced by:
Sumire Uesaka
[1]
- A first-year student at Hanamiya Girls' High School who is a master at puzzle games. The newest member of the Climbing Club, she uses her analytical skills to quickly find ideal routes up climbing walls, earning her the nicknames "Mother Eye" and "Murder Observation".
- Jun Uehara
(
上原?
,
Uehara Jun
)
- Voiced by:
Yui Ishikawa
[1]
- Another member of the Climbing Club who has trained in the sport since middle school. Her attitude towards other people hurts her ability to make friends outside of climbing competitions and has scared away potential new club members.
- Sayo Yotsuba
(
四葉幸?
,
Yotsuba Sayo
)
- Voiced by:
Aina Suzuki
[1]
- President of the Climbing Club, she is referred to as the "Princess of Lead".
- Nonoka Sugiura
(
杉浦野?華
,
Sugiura Nonoka
)
- Voiced by:
Miyu Tomita
[1]
- Member of the Climbing Club whose flexibility helps her grab holds too difficult for others.
Kurikawa High School
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- Chinari Iwamine
(
岩峰一愛
,
Iwamine Chinari
)
- Voiced by:
Mikako Komatsu
[2]
- A second-year student who is the ace of Kurikawa High. She is referred to as the "Climbing Spider" due to her taking advantage of her height and reach while she is climbing.
- Chigusa Kumagai
(
熊谷千草
,
Kumagai Chigusa
)
- Voiced by:
Sachi Kokuryu
[2]
- A second-year student who is referred to as the "Muscle Maxima'am" due to her muscular build and physical strength.
- Maruno Sat?
(
佐藤丸乃
,
Sat? Maruno
)
- Voiced by:
Yumiri Hanamori
[3]
- A first-year student who collects and analyzes data in order to prepare for competitions. Because of this, she is referred to as the "Lackey Data Climber".
St. Catalano Girls
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- Masumi Fujita
(
藤田?澄
,
Fujita Masumi
)
- Voiced by: Chihiro Ueda
[2]
- A second-year student who is the ace of the team. She is referred to as "Black Panther" due to her explosiveness and leaping ability.
- Rina Samura
(
沙村里奈
,
Sumura Rina
)
- Voiced by: Daria Midou
[2]
- A second-year student who is supportive of Masumi. She is referred to as the "Crimson Stormtrooper" due to her being a fiery climber who is willing to help her teammates.
- Kurea Ooba
(
大場久怜?
,
?ba Kurea
)
- Voiced by:
Machico
[2]
- A first-year student who is referred to as the "Ballerina of Rock" due to her sense of balance. Despite seeing Konomi as a rival from their ballet class, Kurea secretly admires her.
Kokureikan High School
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]
- Anne Kurusu
(
?栖 アンネ
,
Kurusu Anne
)
- Voiced by:
Yukari Tamura
[2]
- A very popular first-year student who is the ace of Kokureikan High. She is referred to as the "Princess of Climbing" due to her dominance in climbing competitions.
- Hifumi Benibana
(
紅花一文
,
Benibana Hifumi
)
- Voiced by:
Karin Isobe
[3]
- A second-year student who is supportive of Anne.
- Mimu Takahashi
(
高橋 水夢
,
Takahashi Mimu
)
- Voiced by:
Sachika Misawa
[4]
- A student who is very good at speed climbing thanks to rhythm games. She affectionately refers to Konomi as "Puzzle-chan".
Matsubase High School
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- Kaoru Niijima
(
新島香
,
N?jima Kaoru
)
- Voiced by:
Yuka Terasaki
[3]
- A second-year student who is referred as "Zombie Niijima" due to her ability to climb higher and higher with each attempt.
- Akane Uchimura
(
?村?
,
Uchimura Akane
)
- Voiced by:
Akane Fujita
[3]
- A first-year student who speaks in cat puns. She is referred as the "novice killer" due to her desire to drive newcomers out of the sport thanks to a petty grudge she has against Jun.
Other characters
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]
- J?z? Got?
(
後藤十三
,
Got? J?z?
)
- Voiced by:
Takehito Koyasu
[3]
- An outdoor climbing specialist who holds numerous records.
- Kikuko Got?
(
後藤菊子
,
Got? Kikuko
)
- Voiced by:
Sayaka Harada
[3]
- An outdoor climber who looks up to her father J?z? and has been climbing since she was little.
- Asuka Fujimura
(
藤村あすか
,
Fujimura Asuka
)
- Voiced by:
Ami Koshimizu
[3]
- A competitive climber who also works at a climbing shop. She is known as the "Shoemeister".
Media
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Manga
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]
Iwa-Kakeru! Climbing Girls
, written and illustrated by Ry?dai Ishizaka, was serialized online via
Cygames
' Cycomi manga app and website from December 5, 2017, to May 18, 2019.
[5]
A sequel manga, titled
Iwa-Kakeru!! Try a new climbing
, was serialized via Cycomi from June 8, 2019, to March 20, 2021.
[6]
[7]
Volume list
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]
Iwa-Kakeru! Climbing Girls
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]
Iwa-Kakeru!! Try a new climbing
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]
No.
|
Japanese release date
|
Japanese ISBN
|
1
| February 28, 2020
(digital)
[14]
| —
|
2
| April 30, 2020
(digital)
[15]
| —
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3
| August 28, 2020
(digital)
[16]
| —
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4
| October 30, 2020
(digital)
[17]
| —
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5
| March 30, 2021
(digital)
[18]
| —
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6
| May 28, 2021
(digital)
[19]
| —
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Anime
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On April 24, 2020, an
anime
television series adaptation, titled
Iwa-Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls
, was announced. The series was animated by Blade and directed by
Tetsur? Amino
, with
Touko Machida
handling series composition, Yoshihiro Watanabe designing the characters, and Tsubasa Ito composing the series' music.
[1]
It aired from October 4 to December 20, 2020, on
ABC
and
TV Asahi
's brand new
Animazing!!!
programming block.
[2]
[20]
[a]
Aina Suzuki
performed the opening theme "Motto Takaku"
(
もっと高く
, "Even Higher")
, while
Sumire Uesaka
,
Yui Ishikawa
, Aina Suzuki, and
Miyu Tomita
performed the ending "LET'S CLIMB↑" as their respective characters.
[21]
Crunchyroll
streamed the series in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and
CIS
.
[22]
The series is licensed by
Medialink
in South and Southeast Asia.
[23]
Episode list
[
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]
Stage play
[
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]
A stage play of the series performed by the idol group
AKB48
ran at the Sunshine Theatre in Tokyo from February 17 to February 20, 2022.
[49]
Reception
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]
Previews
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]
The anime series' first episode garnered mixed reviews from
Anime News Network
's staff during the Fall 2020 season previews. James Beckett was critical of the lack of excitement in the subject of rock climbing, characters with "functional" personalities and "terribly cheap" animation that fails to display the girls' athleticism. Nicholas Dupree commended the premiere for being "a decent ambassador" that covers its subject matter and narrative points serviceably well, but criticized Jun and Konomi's character writing and the "below average" production quality for having unappealing climbing visuals. Theron Martin and Rebecca Silverman gave similar praise to Konomi's puzzle game approach to the sport and the muscular designs of the girls' physique, with the former pointing out the "disappointingly limited" animation and "suggestive" camera angles in the rock climbing scenes and the latter being critical of Jun's unwelcoming presence. The fifth reviewer, Caitlin Moore, was critical of the use of "leering camera angles" during the climbing scenes and the characters of Konomi and Jun stretching credibility in their approach to the sport, but felt immediately hooked into the subject matter it displayed, concluding that: "
Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls-
isn't particularly great and I doubt it'll have staying power of any kind, but it scratches a very specific itch I've had for a while."
[50]
Series
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]
Moore reviewed the complete anime series in 2021 and gave it a C+ grade.
[51]
While commending the vast information about rock climbing throughout the episodes and the production having "bright candy-colors and consistently on-model animation", she criticized the "suspension of disbelief" and lack of "realistic safety measures" during the rock climbing scenes, the annoyance of the secondary characters and the "fan service-driven storyboarding" that diminished the girls' athletic abilities, concluding that: "
Iwa-Kakeru!
is a perfectly middling anime, with a sport I enjoyed learning about, decent production values, a main cast I have no strong feelings about whatsoever, and a secondary cast that I wouldn't mind seeing cast into a pit of acid. It was made to capture a moment, but is doomed to be forgotten before that moment comes to pass, if it ever does at all."
[51]
See also
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]
- Love Flops
, an anime television series whose manga adaptation is illustrated by Ry?dai Ishizaka
Notes
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References
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(
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) (in Japanese)
. Retrieved
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2021
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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舞台『いわかける!』 [@iwakakeru_stage] (December 19, 2021).
"?いわかける! -Climbing Girls-????? 全キャスト #AKB48 メンバ?にて舞台化決定??【脚本??合演出】松多?岱【演出】私オム【チケット先行??】 https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12716355486.html…【公式HP】https://iwakakeru-stage.com ?公演情報?時チェックして下さい? #いわかける #いわステ"
(
Tweet
) (in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 5,
2022
– via
Twitter
.
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Beckett, James; Dupree, Nicholas; Martin, Theron; Silverman, Rebecca; Moore, Caitlin (October 3, 2020).
"The Fall 2020 Preview Guide ? Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls-"
.
Anime News Network
.
Archived
from the original on January 1, 2021
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February 12,
2021
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Moore, Caitlin (February 11, 2021).
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.
Anime News Network
.
Archived
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February 12,
2021
.
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