Attack No. 1

Mila Superstar (JapaneseアタックNo.1, Atakku No. 1) is a manga series by Chikako Urano, which was adapted into an anime, among other television series. The series is about the first 12 -year-old volleyball player Mila Ayuhara.

Action

The twelve -year-old Mila lives in Fujimi and attends the Fujimi Junior ( later Senior) High School. Due to their severe lung disease, she moved from Tokyo to recover there and there. At first they lived there with their uncle and his wife. Milas father will however soon displaced professionally by Fujimi. Her greatest passion is volleyball and their goal is to be the best player (Attack No. 1.) In the world. After her full recovery is detected, which at least in theory, nothing stands in the way. But first, it's a difficult and bumpy road, but with their ambitions, it creates this even if the situations they sometimes seem hopeless. Often they sink into self-pity, but always helps even further and never gives up.

This ambition is because she is always inspired by their trainers to keep on playing, not to give up and always conduct a special training. Even the great rivalry between the various teams and to some extent in their own team contribute. Although Mila is only focused on volleyball, it still remains the best in class. By the ambition driven, she prefers to keep playing until the end of the game, as their wrestling with death Tsutomu friend to visit. When he dies, she falls into a deep abyss and never want to play volleyball. But she regains courage by the words that you once said Tsutomu.

Milas best friend is Midori. At first she had a very problematic relationship to each other, a very big rivalry. Midori incited the other players on opposite Mila Mila and displaced from their place as team leader. Finally, Midori realized that it is wrong to be a loner in a team. From now on, Mr. Hongo trains the Fujimi volleyball team. He made ​​her a Japanese master. At first the situation seemed hopeless here for Mila because the Fukuoka school was too strong opponent, but by the fighting spirit of the team, they won the Japanese Championships. Such hurdles have been asked again and again in the way Mila.

Characters

Publication

The manga was published from January 1968 to November 1970 in the Japanese manga magazine Margaret. A total of twelve anthologies were published in 1968 by the publisher Shueisha and over the years new editions have been printed over and over again. Between 1994 and 1995 a version followed in eight volumes, 2003 in seven volumes in Earth Shuppan.

From September to December 1975, again in Margaret under the title Shin Attack No.. 1 (新 アタックNo.1, dt about the new Attack No. 1) a continuation of the Attack No. 1 published. The sequel was also published in two anthologies. As of March 2003 brought a renewed continuation of the manga in Margaret, which was conducted under the same title and how the sequel was drawn by 1975 by Ozawa canon. A total of three volumes arose.

Adaptations

Anime

1969 produced the studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha a television series directed by Fumio Kurokawa and Eiji Okabe, which includes 104 episodes. The character design designed Eiichi Nakamura and the artistic direction took Hisao Fukuda and Jun Ikeda. The series was broadcast on December 7, 1969 to November 18, 1971 by Fuji Television in Japan. The average audience share was 19.9 % and 27.1% Spitzeneinschaltquote. 1986 in Japan for the first time five VHS tapes on the market for the series. As of July 2003, the series was released in Japan for the first time on DVD, a second release followed in 2007.

The series has been aired internationally marketed and so in the USA, Spain, Italy, France and Uzbekistan. The anime was broadcast several times on German TV, the Original was made of 26 October 1993 to 18 March 1994 RTL2. The episodes 18, 19 and 34 were not shown in the German and U.S. television because they were perceived as 'hard' to, but these episodes have now been released in Germany on DVD, but without German synchronization. In Germany two VHS tapes appeared in the 1990s with 70 minutes of playing time at Concorde video. From December 2006, followed by a complete release on DVD.

Synchronization

Music

The music of the series composed by Takeo Watanabe. In the Japanese original, the title song was sung to Atakku No.1 by two different artists. Sequence of 1 to 5 of Kurumi Kobato, the voice of Kozue ( Mila ), and from Episode 6 of Kumiko Osugi. It sold more than 700,000 times. The end credits song is Ban Bo Bon of Kaoko Ishu. A soundtrack to the series was previously released in Japan on March 6, 1996. On the CD 19 tracks are included ( 11 of which are from the series " Kyojin no Hoshi " (Star of the Giants ) ). On 18 November 2009 was released in Japan a new version of Anime Soundtracks Solid Records. On this CD you will find the complete soundtrack of the series (42 tracks).

In the German version the other biasing song instead of the original Atack No.1 was used. The melody comes from the leader of the Italian Volleyball Anime Mila e Shiro ( Original Title: Attacker You (アタッカーYOU) ). For the German version of the text has been rewritten.

Movies

In Japan, four feature films were produced. For the first two films, two of the three directors of the series were responsible, Eiji Okabe and Fumio Kurokawa. For the last two films each, two new directors were engaged. All four films were produced at the same time with the series and aired. Every movie has a running time of approximately 60 minutes.

• March 21, 1970: No Atakku. 1: Fujimi- gakuen no shinsei (富士見 学園 の 新星, dt The new star of the Fujimi- school)
• August 1, 1970: No Atakku. 1: Namida no Kaiten Reshību (涙 の 回転 レシーブ, dt Gehechtete Ball of Tears )
• December 19, 1970: No Atakku. 1: Namida no Sekai Senshuken (涙 の 世界 選手権, German World Cup of Tears )
• March 17, 1971: No Atakku. 1: Namida no Fushichō (涙 の 不死鳥, dt phoenix of Tears)

Were produced movies by Toho.

Live-action adaptation

From April to June 2005, a drama aired on TV Asahi. Aya Ueto played the role of Kozue.

Importance

Frederik L. Schodt see the manga as a pioneer of the shōjo sports manga. He was one of the first popular sports manga for girls. In addition, he was a result of the popularity of sports for women in the 1960s in Japan after winning a gold medal in volleyball at the Olympics in 1964. In Germany the series was next to Sailor Moon to the beginnings of anime in the youth programs of the TV station.