OhayÅ! Spank
Hello! Kurt (Japaneseおはよう!スパンク, Ohayo! Supanku, German, "Good morning! Spank ") is a manga series, which was drawn by Shizue Takanashi on an idea by Shunichi Yukimuro and published from 1979 to 1982. 1981 filmed to the manga as an anime television series. The manga series was originally addressed mainly to girls in elementary and middle school age, ie the shōjo - genus can be assigned.
Action
The 14 - year-old Anna (original Aiko ) moves in with her uncle in a small seaside town, because her mother works in Paris and her father disappeared on a sailing trip (Anna, however, firmly believes that he is still alive ). Shortly after arrival, her beloved dog is hit by a car and dies, which is why Anna falls into grief.
At the harbor Anna learns the little dog Kurt (Spank ), a drifter, know who is trying to cheer her up. Kurt's master is gone, even with a boat trip, which is why the faithful dog constantly the port and the beach is waiting for him. Anna herself, still in mourning following the death of her dog, eyeing the attempts of the " verflohten mutt " to seek their proximity, with suspicion. When her an old man Kurt tells the story of the port, she realizes that they both have much in common. The two become friends.
Later, Anna falls in love with Andreas, who knew Kurt's master, while Kurt even affection for a cat feels ( this is one of Celine, a classmate of Anna, who also has his eye on Andreas ).
Publications
The manga was published from 1979 to 1982 in separate chapters in the monthly manga magazine Nakayoshi. The Kodansha publishing house brought this single chapter then out in seven paperback volumes. 1999 appeared the story of the same publisher as Bunkoban.
Play Press moved the seven anthologies in the 1990s in Italy.
Awards
In 1981, the manga Kodansha Manga Award in the category " shōjo ".
Films
Based on the manga Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS ) and the broadcaster TV Asahi produced an anime television series. There were 63 episodes, each with a duration of about 24 minutes. As a director Shigetsugu Yoshida worked, for individual episodes but also took the other direction ( including Susumu Ishizaki, Tetsu Dezaki and Naoto Hashimoto ). The scripts written Satoshi Kaneko and Masaaki Sakurai.
The first broadcast of the series was held on March 7, 1981 to May 29, 1982 TV Asahi instead. On March 13, was published in 1982 in Japan, a 95 -minute movie as a supplement to the TV show.
The anime was internationally more attention than his original comic. He was exported to several countries and ran for example on Spanish television under the title Ola, Spanky! , In French as Les Aventures de Claire et Tipoune and in Italian as Hello Spank! .
Under the title Hello! Kurt took the anime also a timeslot on German television. The German premiere took place on RTL2 from 11 May 1995. For the German processing and synchronization, in which the name of the original have been Germanized, the Alster Studios were responsible. After transmitter Jump to tm3 Tele 5 and the series ran again at RTL2.
The theme song of the German version comes from the Italian version Siamo Quelli di Beverly Hills of the U.S. animated series Beverly Hills Teens. The text has been rewritten in German and has nothing else in common with the original.