| Ja Kanji: | 銀盤カレイドスコープ |
| Ja Romaji: | Ginban Kareidosukōpu |
| Genre: | Drama, romantic comedy, sports (figure skating) |
| Type: | light novel |
| Author: | Rei Kaibara |
| Illustrator: | Hiro Suzuhira |
| Publisher: | Shueisha |
| Demographic: | Male |
| Imprint: | Super Dash Bunko |
| First: | 2003 |
| Last: | 2006 |
| Volumes: | 9 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Jun Hasegawa |
| Publisher: | Shueisha |
| Demographic: | Shōjo |
| Magazine: | Margaret |
| First: | April 2005 |
| Last: | February 2006 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Producer: | Yū Takahashi |
| Music: | Kōichirō Kameyama |
| Studio: | Karaku |
| Network: | TV Tokyo TV Osaka AT-X |
| First: | 8 October 2005 |
| Last: | 24 December 2005 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
| Episode List: | List of Ginban Kaleidoscope episodes |
is a Japanese light novel series written by Rei Kaibara and illustrated by Hiro Suzuhira. A manga adaptation authored by Jun Hasegawa was serialized in Margaret from 2005 to 2006. An anime adaptation of the first arc of the novels aired on TV Tokyo from October 8, 2005 to December 24, 2005.
The series won the 2nd Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award Grand Prize.[1]
The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot. During a qualifying round in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle of a Triple Lutz and loses consciousness. At the same time, Pete dies mid-performance when his stunt plane crashes due to mechanical trouble. Unfortunately for Tazusa, Pete ends up involuntarily inhabiting her body for 100 days. During this time, Tazusa begins to develop romantic feelings for Pete, and falls in love with him.
While possessed, she picked up the habit of eating tomatoes, because her possessor Pete hates tomatoes, and using masochism, since Pete can share Tazusa's pain, to keep him in line. She has an unlucky tendency to fall asleep when she gets bored, but can never sleep the night before a competition. In the anime, she describes herself as "The 10 Billion Dollar Beauty."
Initially Tazusa is portrayed as a bratty, cold girl. She doesn't have many friends and lives with her coach and sister. However after spending time with Pete, she slowly changes and opens her heart. Especially in school where Pete helps her through her exams. She also starts to express herself more during the skating routines which enable her to represent Japan in the Olympics. At the same time, Tazusa also falls in love with Pete and she finally realizes what is truly important to her.
Pete likes Tazusa and tries to help her improve her public image and succeed in being selected for the Olympics. He even gets jealous of the reporter Kazuya Nitta, as Tazusa seems to have a crush on him. Though Tazusa at first doesn't agree with him and ignores him, he eventually wins her over and she starts to get to know him better, and he designs her "waitress on ice" performance.
Sometimes, as a way to punish him for annoying her or for any other reason, she will eat tomatoes which he has a strong hatred for. It is the only way she can torture him without having any physical or mental pain inflicted upon her as well (aside from the digestive problems that come when she eats too many, and the embarrassment resulting from this).
At the first stage of performing at the Olympics Pete kisses Tazusa then during their last performance, Pete kisses her in his ghost form and seems to love her in return. He bids her an emotional farewell as he finally departs.
The series was written by Rei Kaihara and illustrated by Hiro Suzuhira. The series was published by Shueisha under the Super Dash Bunko imprint. The series won the Grand Prize in the 2nd Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award.[1] A total of 9 volumes were published.
Ginban Kaleidoscope Short Program: Road to dream
Ginban Kaleidoscope Free Program: Winner takes all?
Ginban Kaleidoscope Pair Program: So shy too-too princess
Ginban Kaleidoscope Little Program: Big sister but sister
Ginban Kaleidoscope Rookie Program: Candy candy all my rules
Ginban Kaleidoscope Double Program: A long, wrong time ago
Ginban Kaleidoscope Lyrical Program: Be in love with your miracle
Ginban Kaleidoscope Cosmic Program: Big time again!
Ginban Kaleidoscope Cinderella Program: Say it ain't so
A manga adaptation by Jun Hasegawa was serialized in Margaret between the 18th issue of 2005 and the 10th issue of 2006. The individual chapters were later collected and published in two tankōbon volumes.
See main article: List of Ginban Kaleidoscope episodes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation of Ginban Kaleidoscope produced by Actas aired in Japan between October 8, 2005 and December 24, 2005 on TV Tokyo. The series was directed by Shinji Takamatsu while the series composition done by Akatsuki Yamatoya.[2]
The 12 episodes were later released into 6 separate DVD volumes with each volume containing 2 episodes. All the DVD volumes have both limited and normal editions. The covers for all the limited editions were drawn by series illustrator Hiro Suzuhira. The anime's opening theme is "Dual" by Yellow Generation[3] while the ending theme is "Energy" by Marina Inoue.
Melissa D. Johnson of T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews gave the series 5 out of 5 stars, saying that "Ginban Kaleidoscope is a beautiful coming of age story. It manages to pull off a complete story in only twelve episodes, yet somehow manages to create memorable characters where other titles twice or thrice as long keep serving up the cookie cut-outs."[4]