Love Com
Lovely Complex (ラブ ★ コンjap, Rabu ★ Kon, and Love ★ Com) is a manga series of Japanese illustrator Aya Nakahara. The series has also been implemented as a real film, video game and anime television series.
The work can be classified in the genre romance, comedy and shōjo.
Action
The large Risa Koizumi (小泉 リサ) and her little classmate Atsushi Otani (大谷 敦士) both go in the first grade of high school. They are because of their difference in size and their frequent disputes often referred to as "All Hanshin Kyojin ", a well-known Japanese comedy duo. But both are similar otherwise very, have the same taste in music and develop a good friendship with each other. Your classmates Ryoji Suzuki and Chiharu Tanaka, Nobuko Ishihara and Heikichi Nakao have found each other in the summer, so Koizumi and Otani are now surrounded by two pairs. Now they want to finally fall in love with Koizumi soon finds out that Otani with Mayu Kanzaki already had a girlfriend. Soon Koizumi Haruka Fukagawa meets again, a Kindergartenreund of her that now falls in love with her. The year- younger Transsexual Seishiro / Seiko Kotobuki falls in love with Otani, but rejects him when it comes out that Seishiro is a boy.
After some time, Koizumi in love with Otani, but this can not be first. Your friends but soon realize that she is in love with him, and support them. But even as we succeed Koizumi, Otani share their feelings, misunderstands this and she understands Koizumi only as a good friend. It was not until the following summer he understands that Koizumi has fallen in love with him. But first, he rejects it. He has both seen as a comedy duo and can not imagine a relationship between them. When the young handsome teacher Kuniumi Maitake comes to the school and she taught in the second grade of high school, Koizumi takes refuge in an infatuation with this. As Maitake Koizumi recognizes feelings to Otani, he makes it on him jealous, so that Otani soon realizes how much he feels for Koizumi. Finally, both come together.
As Koizumi begins in the third year of high school to work in a family restaurant, she learns there the younger Kazuki Kohori know. This falls in love with her. Otani, who has little time for Koizumi because of learning for the entrance exams at the university, is also on him jealous, although Koizumi insists, to feel nothing for Kohori. However, after she attended a concert with Umibozu Kohori, their relationship with Otani would be almost broken. Finally, it is possible their classmates to find their way to professional training, and Otani is its examination and is accepted. Koizumi, who until then was unsure that you want them to do after school wants to become a stylist, now.
Formation and Publications
Manga
The manga was published from 2001 to 2006 by Shueisha in the magazine Bessatsu Margaret. Later chapters in 17 anthologies ( tankōbon ) were summarized. A continuation appears under the title Love ★ Com D since May 2009 at the Deluxe Margaret.
Madman Entertainment released the manga in Australia and New Zealand, Viz Media in the USA. In Akata / Delcourt the manga appears in French.
Real movie
In 2006, the story was made into a real movie and came under the title Lovely Complex on July 15, 2006 in Japanese theaters. The film was also translated into English and published by Viz Media. Risa Koizumi is played by model and actress Ema Fujisawa, the role of Atsushi Otani took over Teppei Koike of the duo WaT singer.
Anime
2007, the manga was produced by the studio Toei Animationals anime television series. This Konosuke Uda directed, character design designed Hideaki Maniwa. Artistic Directors were Eiko Sawada, Takao Shimizu and Yukiko Iijima. The series was broadcast on TBS from April 7, 2007, a few days later, the broadcasts began on the transmitters MBS and CBC. The first broadcast ran until 29 September 2007., The series was broadcast on the stations BS i and BS -i later.
Voice Actors
Music
The music of the series was composed by Hironosuke Sato. As a leader Kimi Boku title used one = Love? by Tegomass and Hey! Say! by Hey! Say! 7 credits songs are Kiss ~ Kaerimichi no Love Song (キッス~帰り道 の ラブソング) of Tegomass and Bon Bon by Hey! Say! 7
Video game
AQ Interactive developed in 2006 the nori Boke Tsukkomi adventure Love ★ Com - Punch de Conte (ラブ ★ コン~パンチDEコント~, Rabu ★ Kon - Panchi DE account) - from French contender for a short stage play - for the console PlayStation 2 to the manga.
Reception
The manga Lovely Complex received the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo manga category.