Boyfriend (manga)

Boyfriend (Japaneseボーイ フレンド, Bōifurendo ) is a manga series of Japanese illustrator Fuyumi Soryo, which appeared from 1985 to 1988 in Japan. The work is to classify romance and drama in the genre, and was adapted as a television anime.

Action

The student Masaki Takato (高 刀 柾), third of four sons, is unruly and often gets into dispute. He was successful in basketball, but was expelled for his conduct of the old school and fell out with his father. At the new school, he meets Kanako Yūki (结 城 可 奈 子), which must be repeated two years of school because of your heart disease. Soon, Masaki love with Kanako and take the chance to change his life for the better.

Publication and award

The manga was published from November 1985 to April 1988 in the shōjo magazine comics publisher Shogakukan. The individual chapters also appeared in ten volumes.

In 1988 the series was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award in the category shōjo manga. Boyfriend was one of the series, some of which were made ​​available for the 40th anniversary of the magazine in 2008 online for free to read.

Adaptation as a TV special

Directed by Satoshi Dezaki and support by Yusaku Saotome Boyfriend was adapted as an anime television special of the same name. The animation was created here in the studio founded by Dezaki Magic Bus. Yukari Kobayashi Yuji Ikeda and were responsible for the character design and animation director. The Special had a length of about one and a half hours and was first aired on the TV Tokyo network from the evening ( 19:00 to 21:45 ) January 11, 1992. On May 1 of the year the TV version of Toshiba EMI was released on VHS. A slightly revised version appeared a few weeks later on 27 May 1992. On 24 February 1993, the anime was also released on Laserdisc.

Synchronization

Music

Before the opening credits Sotsugyo Shashin (卒业 写真) was used, sung by Nao Nakadai, which is a cover of the same name hits by Yumi Arai. In the credits of the title Te no Uchi no Seiza (手 の 中 の 星座) was played, which was also interpreted by Nao Nakadai.