Saki (Manga)
Saki (咲- Saki - Japanese ) is a written and illustrated by Ritz Kobayashi manga series that was first published in June 2006 and is still continuing. The plot revolves around the high school student Saki Miyanaga who owns a large but hidden talent for the game of Mah -jongg. In 2009, the manga was adapted by Gonzo and Picture Magic as an anime television series. Since June 2011, Saki Biyori, a manga implementation in Yonkoma format appears. A spinoff manga titled Saki: Achiga - hen episode of side- A launched in August 2011, and a more advanced implementation Anime by Studio Gokumi was aired in 2012. As of January 2014, the third series Saki is: Zenkoku -ing broadcast.
Action
The impersonated straight to the Kiyosumi High School student Saki Miyanaga is confronted in the school with the game of Mah -jongg. It can, however this did not suffer, as they did when they played it with her family, regardless of whether they won or lost, had to suffer again and again the result: With a victory, the family members were angry with her, and got a defeat they no sweet reward. As a result, they developed the ability to always finish the game with a zero balance, so that it gains nor loses. Your friend Kyotaro it can still convince them to join the school mahjong club. As the club members noted their ability to persuade them to use their skills well to winning matches. By Saki the club to the district championships may participate with the aim of achieving the national competitions.
Formation and Publications
The written and illustrated by Ritz Kobayashi Manga is of his magazine Young Gangan published since 3 February 2006 ( Issue 4 /2006), which is published by Square Enix in two weekly intervals. The individual chapters were later collected to tankōbon editions, of which 2013 twelve volumes have been published up to December:
- Volume 01, December 25, 2006 ISBN 978-4-7575-1782-0
- Volume 02, May 25, 2007, ISBN 978-4-7575-2019-6
- Volume 03 24 November, 2007, ISBN 978-4-7575-2164-3
- Volume 04, June 25, 2008 ISBN 978-4-7575-2316-6
- Volume 05 25 March, 2009, ISBN 978-4-7575-2517-7
- Volume 06, July 25, 2009 ISBN 978-4-7575-2623-5
- Volume 07, April 24, 2010 ISBN 978-4-7575-2859-8
- Volume 08, June 25, 2011 ISBN 978-4-7575-3272-4
- Volume 09 24 March, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3537-4
- Volume 10, June 25, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3635-7
- Volume 11, April 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-3934-1
- Volume 12, December 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4182-5
Parallel to the publications appeared in Japan as the manga tankōbon also in Taiwan, where the first seven volumes were published.
A Yonkoma - Umseztung by Kiyoshi Saya titled Saki Biyori (咲 日 和) ran from June 17, 2011 (issue 13/2011 ) until August 17, 2012 ( Issue 17 /2012) in the magazine Young Gangan and since 25 October 2011 ( Vol 01/ 2011) of the first edition of the magazine Big Gangan. Until December 2013 three anthologies have been published:
- Volume 1 24 March, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3538-1
- Volume 2, August 25, 2012 ISBN 978-4-7575-3708-8
- Volume 3, December 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4183-2
On 25 June 2011, a spin-off manga titled Saki was: Achiga - hen episode of side- A (咲- Saki -阿 知 贺 编episode of side- A) announced. The written Ritz Kobayashi and Aguri Igarashi -drawn manga ran from 12 August 2011 ( issue 9 /2011) to 12 March 2013 ( issue 4/ 2013) of the monthly magazine Shōnen Gangan. Until December 2013, six anthologies published:
- Volume 1 24 March, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3535-0
- Volume 2, June 25, 2012 ISBN 978-4-7575-3636-4
- Volume 3, August 25, 2012 ISBN 978-4-7575-3709-5
- Volume 4, November 24, 2012 ISBN 978-4-7575-3809-2
- Volume 5, April 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-3911-2
- Volume 6, August 24, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4052-1
Another spin-off of Ritz Kobayashi and Aguri Igarashi called Shinohayu (シノハユ) appears in the Big Gangan since September 25, 2013 ( issue 10/ 2013). By December 2013, the chapters were summarized in an anthology:
- Volume 1, December 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4184-9
Anime
Saki
The manga Saki was adapted by the animation studio Gonzo as an anime television series in 2009. Directed by Manabu Ono assisted by Kenji Seto; took over the artistic direction Hiroki Matsumoto. With the 15th episode, the animation production of Gonzo switched to Picture Magic.
Designed and cut to 25 episodes series was (and thus on the previous TV day ) erstausgestrahlt on TV Tokyo between April 6 and September 28, 2009 after midnight. Other transmitters such as AT- X, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, TVQ Kyushu began a few days or even weeks mixed with the broadcast.
Saki: Achiga - hen episode of side- A
On 25 June 2011, a more Anime implementation was announced for television. It started on April 9, 2012 after midnight, and follows the plot of the spin-off manga. The animation studio moved to Studio Gokumi, the rod was essentially unchanged. The first 12 episodes ran until July 2, 2012 on TV Tokyo first and then transferred to AT- X, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Setouchi, TV Osaka and TVQ Kyushu. The series was later supplemented on AT -X for another four episodes: Episode 13 on 24 December 2012 Episode 14 January 29, Episode 15 on April 2 and Episode 16 on 25 May 2013.
Saki: Zenkoku - hen
On October 28, 2012, a continuation of the TV series was announced.
The consequences will erstausgestrahlt from January 6, 2014 after midnight on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi, TVQ Kyushu followed by, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TV Hokkaido. Simultaneously with this, the series is subtitled in English Crunchyroll streamed.