Utsurun Desu Explained
Type: | ova |
Director: | Mankyū |
Studio: | DLE |
First: | August 21, 2009 |
Last: | October 23, 2009 |
Episodes: | 3 |
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1989 to 1994, with its chapters collected in five volumes.
A video game, titled , was released in 1992. A three-episode original video animation (OVA), produced by DLE, was released in 2009. A series of 50-episode live-action shorts was released in that same year.
The manga has had over 3 million copies in circulation. It won the 37th Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1991. It is regarded as one of the pioneers of the absurd .
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by, Utsurun Desu was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1989 to 1994.[2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in five volumes, released from November 1990 to August 1994.[3] [4]
A special chapter was published in Big Comic Spirits on November 12, 2012, as part of the "Heroes Come Back" anthology, which comprised short stories by manga artists to raise funds for recovery of the areas afflicted by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[5] A four-panel manga, titled, started in the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper on April 3, 2021.[6] It changed to online publication on the newspaper's website on July 8, 2022.[7]
Video game
A video game, titled, published by Takara, was released for the Nintendo Famicom on March 6, 1992.[8]
Original video animation
A three-episode original video animation (OVA), produced by DLE,[9] was released on DVD from August 21 to October 23, 2009.[10] [11] [12]
Live-action shorts
A 50-episode live-action series, consisting of one-minute short episodes, was released on the mobile phone television service starting on October 6, 2009.[13] [14]
Reception
The manga has had over 3 million copies in circulation.[14] In 1991, the series won the 37th Bungeishunjū Manga Award.[15] It is regarded as one of the pioneers of the absurd .[9]
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Loo. Egan. Utsurun Desu. 4-Panel Gag Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Updated). Anime News Network. October 10, 2023. May 14, 2009. October 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231010015428/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-14/utsurun-desu-4-panel-gag-manga-gets-anime-adaptation. live.
- Web site: ja:かわうそ君が2021年も継続して東京新聞の広告キャラクターに就任!. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000388.000002610.html. ShoPro via PR Times. October 9, 2023. ja. March 25, 2021. August 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220818053202/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000388.000002610.html. live.
- Web site: ja:伝染るんです 1. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M240192. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. October 9, 2023. ja. October 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231010011744/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M240192. live.
- Web site: ja:伝染るんです 5. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M240062. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. October 9, 2023. ja. October 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231010011745/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M240062. live.
- Web site: ja:「伝染るんです。」外伝&島本和彦が009執筆、復興支援で. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/79790. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 9, 2023. ja. November 12, 2012. July 5, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705022820/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/79790. live.
- Web site: ja:吉田戦車「伝染るんです。」のかわうそ君が東京新聞で復活、4月より4コマ連載開始. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/421638. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 9, 2023. ja. March 25, 2021. April 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210405233753/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/421638. live.
- Web site: ja:かわうそセブン:東京新聞 TOKYO Web. https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/hanbai/kawauso7. Tokyo Shimbun Tokyo Web. The Chunichi Shimbun. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022020427/https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/hanbai/kawauso7. October 22, 2022. ja.
- Web site: ja:伝染るんです。かわうそハワイへ行く. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M878594. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. October 10, 2023. ja. October 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231010011745/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M878594. live.
- Web site: ja:吉田戦車「伝染るんです。」アニメ化決定 8月からメディア展開開始. https://animeanime.jp/article/2009/05/15/4633.html. AnimeAnime.jp. October 10, 2023. ja. May 15, 2009. May 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190511144311/https://animeanime.jp/article/2009/05/15/4633.html. live.
- Web site: ja:「伝染るんです。」アニメ化決定、吉田戦車新連載も. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/16500. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 10, 2023. ja. May 15, 2009. October 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231010011745/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/16500. live.
- Web site: ja:「伝染るんです。」DVD2巻発売、ジャケは斎藤さん. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/21371. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 10, 2023. ja. September 22, 2009. June 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130630030346/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/21371. live.
- Web site: ja:アニメDVD「伝染るんです。」3巻発売、買わなきゃ殴るぞ. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/22830. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 10, 2023. ja. October 23, 2009. October 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231010011813/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/22830. live.
- Web site: Loo. Egan. Utsurun Desu. 4-Panel Manga Adapted into Live-Action. Anime News Network. October 9, 2023. September 27, 2009. February 17, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230217022035/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-09-27/utsurun-desu-4-panel-manga-adapted-into-live-action. live.
- Web site: ja:古田新太がかわうそ役!? 吉田戦車の漫画『伝染るんです。』実写化決定. https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/69371/full/. Oricon News. October 10, 2023. ja. September 28, 2009. June 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190613164330/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/69371/full/. live.
- Web site: ja:吉田戦車. https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1870. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 10, 2023. ja. October 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231010011920/https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1870. live.