Silver Spoon (manga)
Gin no Saji Silver Spoon (Japanese銀 の 匙Silver Spoon ) is a manga series of the Japanese illustrator Hiromu Arakawa. It is published in Japan since 2011, has been translated into several languages and adapted as an anime. The plot revolves around the lives of students at an agricultural high school in Hokkaido.
Content
Yugo Hachiken (八 轩 勇 吾) comes from Sapporo and wants to go to the middle school as far away from home. Therefore, he chooses the Ōezo agricultural high school (大虾 夷 农业 高等学校, Ōezo Nōgyō Kōtō Gakko ) in Yezo, which lies secluded in the countryside and has a boarding school.
The normal school subjects fall easily to him, but he has an unexpected number of practice hours, so it hardly remains free time. The other classmates are mostly from farming families in the region and have him with her special knowledge ahead, most of them, unlike him, already plans for what they do after school. On the other hand it can help them in subjects such as mathematics. So he quickly makes friends with Ichirō Komaba (驹 场 一郎), Shinnosuke Aikawa (相 川 进 之 介), Tamako Inada (稲 田 多 摩 子) and Keiji Tokiwa (常 盘 恵 次). Since Hachiken must also join a club, he opts for the riding club. In this his classmate Aki Mikage (御影 アキ) is active in love with the Hachiken itself.
Publication
The series has been published since May 2011 at the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Sunday the publisher Shogakukan in Japan. The chapters later in date (July 2013) published eight anthologies. A French translation published by Kurokawa, a Spanish Norma Editorial and a Chinese at Tong Li
As of January 2013, the collected volumes had sold 6.5 million times, which increased to 12 million copies of the October 2013 after the broadcast of the anime.
As a template for the school depicted in the manga the Hokkaido Obihiro - agricultural high school is in Obihiro of Arakawa's home area.
Anime
The studio A-1 Pictures produced 2013 eleven-part anime adaptation of the manga. Directed by Tomohiko Itō assisted by Kotomi Deai, the character design designed June Nakai and as artistic director Sawako Takagi was committed.
The TV series with 11 episodes were from July 12 to September 20, 2013 shortly after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) Fuji TV ( noitaminA ) aired in Japan. With a few minutes to days delay broadcasting started on other channels of TV networks such as Shizuoka, Tōkai TV, Saga TV, TV Nishi- Nippon, Sakurambo TV, Akita TV, Kagoshima TV, TV Kumamoto, Hokkaidō Bunka Hoso, Fukushima TV, TV Shin - Hiroshima, Ehime TV, Niigata Sogo television, Sendai Hoso, Kansai TV, Iwate Menkui TV and with just under a month's delay Okayama Hoso. An English subtitled version is provided by Crunchyroll streamed as a simulcast, a version with German subtitles will be streamed on the platform MyVideo.
From January 10 to March 28, 2014 after midnight ran on Fuji TV a second season with 11 episodes, as well as delayed on TV Shizuoka, Tōkai TV, Saga TV, TV Nishi- Nippon, Sakurambo TV, Akita TV, Kagoshima TV, TV Kumamoto, Fukushima TV, TV Shin- Hiroshima, Ehime TV, Hoso Sendai, Niigata Sogo TV, Kansai TV, Iwate Menkoi TV, Hokkaidō Bunka Hoso Hoso and Okayama. The government took over Kotomi Deai.
Voice Actors
Music
The music of the series was composed by Shusei Murai. Was used Kiss you by miwa for the opening credits of the first season, the guy was backed by Hello Especially by Sukima Switch. For the second season in the opening credits is Life by Fujifabric and used uncredited Oto no Naru Hō e (オトノナルホウヘ → ) of Goose House.
Reception
Hiromu Arakawa received the Shogakukan Manga 2012 the 58th - Manga Award in the shōnen category, and the 5th Manga Taishō. The volumes sold in Japan each over 500,000 times.