Paradise Kiss

Paradise Kiss (Japaneseパラダイス·キスParadaisu kisu ) is a manga series created by Ai Yazawa. The manga, which comprises about 850 pages and was drawn mainly with female readers, appeared from 1999 to 2003 in the Japanese fashion magazine Zipper. In 2005, he was made into a anime television series.

Characters from Gokinjo Monogatari like Mikako Yazawas series and Tsutomu also occur here in supporting roles back on, thereby Paradise Kiss as the successor of this can be seen.

Action

Hayasaka Yukari, a typical Japanese student in their final year of high school, is mentioned because of their model stick exterior in the street by a fashion school students and kidnapped in the studio. Ask Yukari to become their model to present the sewn by the four students George, Isabella, Arashi and Miwako dress under their brand " Paradise Kiss " at the conclusion of the competition fashion school at the catwalk. Only believe the little self-conscious Yukari not to be suitable and continues to learn for their exams and the entrance test of the University. Especially the influence of the extravagant and attractive George, who designed the creative Paradise Kiss dresses, means that Yukari rethinks their monotonous lives and their goals and Paradise Kiss provides a model today.

Soon a friendship between fashion students and Yukari, who give her the nickname " Caroline " was developed. She learns that the couple Miwako and Arashi in their childhood with Hiroyuki, Yukaris classmates and secret crushes, was a friend. She tries childhood friends reunite, but without knowing that they had separated in a dispute, as also was in love with Miwako and Hiroyuki Miwako had therefore broken off contact. Despite Arashi's initial jealousy begin the three gradually approach again and renew their friendship.

Yukari falls, however more and more in George, who also harbors feelings for her. However, their relationship is complicated because of the Bisexual Playboy George leads a dissolute life and always used a lot of acquaintances. Yukari emerges with him more and more into the world of fashion and looks in her school career no longer makes sense. After an argument with her ambitious mother, who always wanted to Yukari visited good schools and is accepted at a university, Yukari runs away from home and want to drop out of school to focus only on the modeling. From Miwakos sister, who owns the successful fashion label "Happy Berry", she gets her first modeling job, the Yukari also copes with flying colors, and is a modeling agency recommended. However, the agency requires for taking the minor Yukari parental consent. Therefore Yukari draws yet again with George and back to her strict mother who allowed her modeling only if Yukari makes their education. Also Hiroyuki is relieved when Yukari again goes to school because he has, despite her relationship with George now in love with her and was very worried because of their dropping out of school.

Hiroyuki sees Yukari to also at the presentation of complex Paradise Kiss dress competition at the conclusion of the fashion school. Despite their good performance George only receives the second place for the dress. After finishing school, Miwako works for the fashion label of her sister, Arashi would like to make a living from his music, Hiroyuki to be studied and Yukari is a successful model to a psychiatrist. George goes to Paris to realize his dream as a designer there, which also means the end of his relationship with Yukari. " Isabella," which is a boy from a wealthy family and actually in George, the first person was who understood their feminine side, accompanied George out of love for Paris.

Ten years after the actual story marries Yukari Hiroyuki and spends her honeymoon with him in America, where they are invited to a Broadway show, designed the dresses for the George.

Publications

Manga

The manga was released in Japan by the May 1999 edition by the May 2003 issue monthly in individual chapters in the fashion magazine Zipper. The Shōdensha -Verlag brought this single chapter then in five anthologies out that in Japan, selling over five million copies.

Paradise Kiss was translated into nine languages ​​; the manga was released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, France, Italy, Poland, Thailand, Germany, Spain and North America. The German translation of the anthologies came from November 2003 to July 2004 Panini Comics out. From March to July 2007 Panini laid the anthologies again, in a different format.

Anime

In the animation studio Madhouse developed on the basis of the manga twelve episodes of the same anime television series. Osamu Kobayashi was responsible for directing and scripts for animated series, Nobuteru Yūki for character design.

The twelve episodes were erstausgestrahlt from 13 October until 29 December 2005 to the television station Fuji TV. The series ran as part of the Anime rail noitaminA program that will appeal to adult women. The anime was released in Japan after the first television on three DVDs.

Animax radiates the series in March 2010 in Germany for the first time on television from.

In addition, Panini has acquired online rights for Italy and Germany, from where you can see the full series Italian or German subtitled on Youtube.

Live-action adaptation

On 22 August 2010 it was announced in the October issue of the magazine Zipper that Paradise Kiss will be implemented as a live-action adaptation. The main roles are played by Keiko Kitagawa as Caroline and Mukai Osamu as George. Other roles are occupied by Natsuki Katō, Aya Omasa, Kento Kaku, Shunji Igarashi, and Yusuke Yamamoto.