Bari Bari Densetsu Explained
Ja Kanji: | バリバリ伝説 |
Ja Romaji: | Baribari Densetsu |
Type: | OVA |
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Music: | Ichirō Nitta |
Studio: | Pierrot |
First: | May 10, 1986 |
Last: | December 16, 1986 |
Episodes: | 2 |
is a Japanese motorbike racing-themed manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1983 to 1991, with its chapters collected in 38 tankōbon volumes.
Earlier parts of the story focus both on high school life as well as street racing. At first the characters are illegal street racers (Japanese: hashiriya) that race on public roads, particularly on the winding mountain roads known as tōge. Those kind of racers were called "rolling-zoku", a type of bōsōzoku, and were seen as a social problem in Japan. Later parts of the story revolve around professional motorcycle racing events held on road circuits like the All Japan Road Race Championship.
Characters
- A motorcycle racer. He rides a Honda CB750 as well as a Suzuki GSX-R.
- Gun's girlfriend.
- Gun's friendly rival. He rides a Suzuki Katana.
- Gun's best friend. He rides a Kawasaki Z400GP.
- The daughter of the Ichinose Racing Team president. She is in love with Hiro. Miyuki rides a Honda VT250F.
- Hideyoshi's sister. She lost her parents in car accident.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno, Bari Bari Densetsu was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from March 9, 1983,[1] to July 17, 1991.[2] Kodansha collected its chapters in thirty-eight tankōbon volumes, released from October 14, 1983,[3] to August 6, 1991.[4]
OVA
A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation produced by Pierrot, Part I: Tsukuba and Part II: Suzuka, was released in 1986.[5] [6] The episodes were later re-edited and released in theaters in August 1987 by Nippon Herald (now part of Kadokawa Pictures).[5] [7]
A Blu-Ray version was released in Japan on July 21, 2023.[6]
Video games
Two video games were released:
- Bari Bari Densetsu[8] - FM-7 (1985)
- Bari Bari Densetsu[9] - TurboGrafx-16 (1989)
Gun Koma also appears as a guest character in Namco's MotoGP (2000) video game, based on the 1999 season.[10]
Reception
In 1985, it won the ninth Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[11] As of April 2018, collected tankōbon volumes of the Bari Bari Densetsu manga series had over 26 million copies in circulation.[12]
Japanese motorcycle racer Shinya Nakano credited his use of the number 56 throughout his motorcycle racing career to Gun Koma also using the same number in the road racing portions of the manga.[13]
Notes and References
- Web site: ja:週刊少年マガジン1983年12. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536832. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. December 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211208102048/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536832. December 8, 2021. ja. live.
- Web site: ja:週刊少年マガジン1991年30. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536403. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. December 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211208102035/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536403. December 8, 2021. ja. live.
- Web site: ja:バリバリ伝説(1). https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000002919. Kodansha. December 8, 2021. ja. August 6, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806081142/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000002919. live.
- Web site: ja:バリバリ伝説(38). https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000005222. Kodansha. December 8, 2021. ja.
- Web site: Before Initial D, Shigeno made Baribari Densetsu about '80s bikes - Motorcycle Features . November 28, 2019.
- Web site: The monumental youth bike manga "Baribari Densetsu" will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on July 21st! In addition, a carefully selected album of "Initial D" Blu-ray, theme song and insert song Eurobeat will be released on August 25th! | Anime 'MF GHOST' Official Site . September 23, 2023 . August 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806081601/https://mfg-anime.com/en/news/detail.php?id=1106751 . live .
- Web site: 株式会社ぴえろ 公式サイト . September 23, 2023 . April 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230426134407/https://pierrot.jp/archive/movie_b2000/mov_04.html . live .
- https://fm-7.com/museum/products/ttk6jlkk/ Bari Bari Densetsu
- https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/579509-bari-bari-densetsu/data Bari Bari Densetsu
- Web site: Moldrich . Curtis . MotoGP 15: The 6 fixes it needs . Red Bull . 23 April 2024.
- Web site: Kodansha Manga Awards . Joel Hahn . Comic Book Awards Almanac . 2007-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml . 2007-08-16 . dead.
- Web site: http://www.sard.co.jp/pdf/SARD_News_20180427.pdf . ja:2018 SUPER GT第2戦「FUJI GT 500km RACE」講談社ヤングマガジン「MFゴースト」とコラボレーション! . . May 28, 2023 . ja . April 27, 2018 . August 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816084428/http://www.sard.co.jp/pdf/SARD_News_20180427.pdf . live .
- Web site: Kawanishi . Keisuke . 『バリバリ伝説』は生き続ける! その後の巨摩グンは……? . For-R . Red Baron Co.,Ltd. . August 21, 2024 . Japanese.