Sekirei

Sekirei (Japaneseセキレイ, dt " stilt " ) is a personality marked by Sakurako Gokurakuin manga series. It is published since 2004 within the His Young Gangan magazine, which is published by Square Enix. The focus on male readers manifests itself in many Etchi to be referred to as elements.

The manga was adapted by an anime television series that was directed by Keizo Kusakawa in the studio Seven Arcs and shown July to September 2008 on Japanese television.

Action

In Tokyo in the year 2020 (referred to as Shinto Teito (新 东 帝都Shinto Teito, dt " New Eastern Imperial Capital" ) ) the boy Minato Sahashi falls for the second time by the entrance examination of the university, so far had no success with women and it also is unemployed. However, he is very intelligent, but comes with the pressure of a test can not cope, which explains his constant failure. As a result of these circumstances, however, it is stamped by many, even of his little sister, as a loser.

The attractive Musubi One day he falls into the hands, as if she had fallen from heaven. Soon he must, however, find that it is not an ordinary girl with Musubi, but that she is a Sekirei (Eng. " Stilt " ) and him as their Ashikabi (苇 牙, dt " reed sprout " ) has chosen.

The Sekirei are extraterrestrial life forms that break arrived in 1999 with their spaceship on Earth and were found by the students Minaka Hiroto and Takami Sahashi. On board the ship 108 life-forms, which are described as " One pillar and 107 small birds ," because only one that column ( # 0 / # 1 ), was located in the adult state, while another eight living things (# 2 - # 9) embryos as templates and the remaining 99 (# 10 - # 108) as fertilized eggs. Because of their DNA, which largely coincides with the human, they possess a human external, but also have special abilities. The single-digit numbers are assumed to be particularly strong.

Minaka and Takami, the mother of Minato, now make up the chairmanship of the Organization Mid Bio Informatics ( MBI). They modified in different experiments, the Sekirei and reached very different results, to make them then compete against each other in the so-called Sekirei Plan. It is also very different personalities, ranging from helpless and innocent up to vile and murderous emerged.

The Sekirei themselves are displaced in search of a worthy Ashikabi, whose kiss gives them wings, or in a particular state in which they are much stronger than usual So Ashikabi, Minato is faster in battle scenes again as it is dear to him and soon have to note that several Sekirei sought out to him as Ashikabi, which leads to numerous problems of any kind.

Formation and Publications

The manga series Sekirei is drawn by Sakurako Gokurakuin whose first chapter was published in 2004 in the first issue of Square Enix's His - manga magazine Gangan YG. At the end of its name to this in Young Gangan. (February 2014) On 25 July 2005, the first anthology ( tankōbon ) of the previously published 15 volumes published

Anime

Based on the manga was a twelve- episode anime television series that was produced by studio Seven Arcs. The film is directed by Keizo Kusakawa which has been the in the series and the movie Inukami! worked in this capacity. The screenplay was written by Takao Yoshioka.

Anime of the template remains largely faithful to the content and handles approximately the first fifty chapters of the manga series. The end was deliberately left open with the words " to be continued ".

The leader used the title Sekirei (セキレイ), which was interpreted as the end credits Dear sweetheart of the seiyū Saori Hayami, Marina Inoue, Kana Hanazawa and Aya Endo. An exception was the eleventh episode in the credits of the title Kimi o Omou Toki (きみ を 想う とき) Saori Hayami from.

The series was first shown on 2 July to 17 September 2008 at Japanese television and has been licensed by Aniplex. Starting from 22 October 2008 until 25 March 2009, the consequences in Japan were released on six DVD.

The series was dubbed from 26 February to 25 June 2010, four DVDs in German and published with German and Polish subtitles in Anime Virtual. The first DVD was released it in a limited version with slipcase.

A second season entitled Sekirei - Pure Engagement (セキレイ~ Pure Engagement ~ ) was launched on 4 July 2010 on Japanese TV on the transmitter Tokyo MX. At intervals of several days also began the station AT- X, KBS, NBN, Sun TV, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ with the broadcast. The last episode of the second season was broadcast on 26 September 2010.

Since May 27, 2011, the anime label Kazé published the 2.Staffel in Germany on 4 DVDs. The 1.Volume appeared here also a limited version with slipcase.

Radioplay

A radio play entitled Sekirei Original Drama CD was released by Frontier Works before the filming On July 25, 2007.

Synchronization

The German version was produced by the TV Synchron GmbH in Berlin.