Rozen Maiden

Rozen Maiden (Japaneseローゼン メイデンRozen Shun ) is a manga series by the artist duo Peach-Pit, which was published from 2002 to 2014. Based on the manga series from the magazine Comic Birz moved to Weekly Young Jump in 2008, there was an entire franchise of adaptations. Among them were several radio plays, music publications, two anime TV series by studio Nomad and a remake by Studio Deen, and computer games.

• 2.1 Continuation in Weekly Young Jump

• 3.1 Anime 3.1.1 Rozen Maiden
• 3.1.2 Rozen Maiden: Dreaming
• 3.1.3 Rozen Maiden: Overture
• 3.1.4 Rozen Maiden (2013 )
• 3.1.5 synchronization
• 3.1.6 Music

Action

The eighth-graders June Sakurada became some time ago to Hikikomori. He spends most of his time in his room and even closes his sister Nori. The parents of the two working abroad, and so is the life of it from Jun to buy the most abstruse things on the Internet and send it back again shortly before the end of the exchange period.

One day gets Jun published a mysterious writing on a lifelike doll, which he has to "draw up non- " between " raising " and decide. He crosses "peel " and puts the letter as described in a drawer of his desk, from which he disappears without a trace. A little later a large suitcase in his room turned up out of nowhere. As a young rears therein lies doll with the supplied key, she comes to life and introduces himself as Shinku, " the fifth doll of the Rozen Maiden Dynasty " before. June must swear Shinkus Rose Ring, their medium and thus also their servant to be.

This is Jun Partly the "Alice Game ", a competition among all the Rozen Maiden dolls. Point of the game is to be the perfect doll "Alice" and puppet builder Rozen, called by the puppet "father" to return, whose dearest wish is to find Alice. When Alice game plays the Rosa Mystica, the spirit of each Rozen Maiden doll ( the ability to feel, think, and to himself constantly moving ) a big role. If a doll against the other loses, must submit to the victorious doll doll defeated her Rosa Mystica. All dolls were made ​​of the Rosa Mystica and complete for each doll a piece of the Rosa Mystica was canceled, so it is the goal of the Alice game to collect all the fragments.

Characters

The Rozen Maidens are a collection of dolls that were created by the Dollmaker Rozen. They call him, therefore, "Father." Your primary source of energy is a human host ( medium called ) that bears a ring as a symbol of his alliance with the doll. Even without such an alliance can survive the dolls. However, they only have then a fraction of their power. In addition, each Rozen Maiden has a personality all its own and one of them awake spirit. The dolls also carry in stock a German name, usually where the Japanese translation will be used.

Publications

The manga Rozen Maiden was drawn by the Japanese Künstlerdous Peach-Pit. It was published in the monthly magazine Comic Birz of 30 July 2002 ( issue 9 /2002) to 30 May 2007 ( issue 7 /2007), which was published by Verlag Gentosha comics. The individual chapters were referred to herein as "Phase", of which about 43 pieces were published. In March 2007, the publication put out unexpectedly for a few months, which led to various speculations. Example, it was claimed that the publisher the drafts are lost or that there had been an altercation between Peach-Pit and the editors. Finally, it was announced that the manga would end with the issue 7 /2007. The exact reasons for the termination were not disclosed.

The individual chapters were summarized ( tankōbon ) in eight anthologies, said as the last, last place is about 175 pages because of the cancellation of only 92 pages. After changing to the publisher Shueisha manga ( " Rozen SHUN: new edition of " Rozen Maiden新装 版, ) was there as Rozen Maiden Shinsōban launched in seven volumes again. In German, the manga series was published from July 2005 to June 2008 at Tokyopop in eight volumes.

After the manga was adapted by two television series, was in turn based on four Anime Comics published that were composed of the scenes of the series. Moved they were by Gentosha.

Rozen Maiden Comics movie:

• Vol 1: ISBN 4-344-80630-1, September 24, 2005
• Vol 2: ISBN 4-344-80651-4 24 October, 2005
• Vol 3: 4-344-80661-1 ISBN 24 November, 2005

Rozen Maiden Entr'acte:

• ISBN 4-344-80650-6, November 2005

Continued in Weekly Young Jump

In March 2008, a single chapter titled Shōjo no Tsukuri - kata was published in Weekly Young Jump, which briefly summarized the creation of Shinku. Shortly thereafter, Peach-Pit announced that Rozen Maiden would be reprinted in a magazine. This was confirmed with the published on 17 April 2008 Issue 20 /2008 of the magazine. In November 2013 it was announced that the manga will end in January 2014. The last chapter appeared in the published on January 23, 2014 Issue 8/2014 of the magazine.

The section of the second row are referred to as " valley ", and published, contrary to the name of the magazine, as mentioned at monthly intervals. The manga also bore the title of Rozen Maiden and provides an alternative narrative, in which the age of the protagonists were raised Jun, who was a student now. Ironically, playing the action directly to the previously published chapters Shōjo no - kata at Tsukuri, which is read by Jun and in the course of which he creates a Rozen Maiden. Again, this is Jun's life and its problems in dealing with the dolls, especially Shinku, taken up. At the same time many unspoken facts of the first series will be screened on the could not be received because of the crash.

To date (November 2013), the Chapter were summarized in nine anthologies. The tenth and final anthology to appear in April 2014.

• Vol 1: ISBN 978-4-08-877566-1 (normal), ISBN 978-4-08-782198-7 (limited), 19 December 2008
• Vol 2: ISBN 978-4-08-877702-3, 18 September 2009
• Volume 3: ISBN 978-4-08-877811-2, February 19, 2010
• Vol 4: ISBN 978-4-08-879029-9 17 September, 2010
• Vol 5: ISBN 978-4-08-879119-7 (normal), ISBN 978-4-08-782375-2 (limited), May 27, 2011
• Vol 6: ISBN 978-4-08-879214-9, November 18, 2011
• Vol 7: ISBN 978-4-08-879370-2 18 May, 2012
• Volume 8: ISBN 978-4-08-879575-1, December 19, 2012
• Vol 9: ISBN 978-4-08-879563-8, July 19, 2013

Adaptations

Anime

Rozen Maiden

The studio Nomad adapted the manga in 2004 as a anime television series that was animated and directed by Kō Matsuo. It should be noted that the post of the director of consequence switched to order, but Kō Matsuo held the relevant function. The animation directed Kumi Ishii, who also designed the character design. The artistic direction took Chikako Shibata, while the soundtrack of Shinkichi Mitsumune comes. The series has 12 episodes and was after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) transmitted on the TBS October 8, 2004 to December 24, 2004 for the first time on Japanese television. In Germany, the series was published by Tokyopop on four DVDs.

Rozen Maiden: Dreaming

The second season Rozen Maiden: Dreaming (ローゼン メイデン·トロイメント), whose title was a loan from the German language, was also animated by Nomad. The staffing remained almost completely intact. The series also had 12 episodes and was again first on TBS, on 21 October 2005 to 27 January 2006, after midnight, transferred. The second season should be also published by Tokyopop in German during the year 2007. The publication was suspended stating economic reasons.

Rozen Maiden: Overture

The Special Rozen Maiden: Overture (ローゼン メイデン·オーベル テュー レ) presented a prequel to the two series and was shown in Japan on 23 and 24 December 2006, after midnight parallel to the ongoing second season on television. It consisted of two episodes which were also produced by Nomad and the same workforce. Content clarified the consequences especially on the background of the character Suigintō and his rivalry with Shinku.

Rozen Maiden (2013 )

The second manga series was adapted by Studio Deen in 2013 as an anime series and is also Rozen Maiden: called Rewind. Directed by Mamoru this led Hatekayama. The first broadcast of the 13 episodes ran from 5 July to 27 September 2013 following midnight on TBS instead of, as well as up to a week to offset MBS, CBC and BS- TBS. In South Korea, it was broadcast simultaneously on Aniplus. A simulcast with English subtitles done by Crunchyroll, while Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for the North American DVD release.

Synchronization

For the first anime series of 2004 and 2006 and the second from 2013, the same speakers were used in Japan. The German version was produced by TV Synchron Berlin.

Music

In the course of the anime conversions numerous singles and soundtracks, whose music was used in the anime and were subsequently released as individual CDs emerged. All singles, albums and soundtracks were published under the record label Mellow Head.

In the opening credits of the first anime title Kinjirareta Asobi (禁じられた遊び) Ali Project was used. The single of the same was published on 22 October 2004. It was also the first single by Ali Project which was released under the label Mellow Head. The guy used the title Tomei Shelter (透明 シェルター, Tomei Sherutā ) of refio Haruka Shimotsuki. The single was released to on 25 October 2004.

In the opening credits of the second season Rozen Maiden: Dreaming was hired again Ali Project. The title Seishōjo Ryōiki (圣 少女 领域) appeared as the eponymous single on 26 October 2005 on CD. This reached # 6 on the Oricon charts and remained in it for 33 weeks. In the credits of the title Hikari no Rasenritsu (光 の 螺旋 律) was used from the eponymous short album, released on 23 November 2005. From the same album also comes the spacer Utsutsu no Yume (现 梦), which was recorded within the anime. Interpreted the title of kukui a group founded by Haruka Shimotsuki and refio.

Rozen Maiden: Overture used Baragoku Otome (蔷薇 狱 乙 女) Ali Project in the opening credits, and blank Song of kukui uncredited. The biasing single was released on 6 December 2006 and reached number 11 on the charts, and the guy single on 25 April 2007.

The second series of 2013 used as a biasing Title Watashi no Bara o Haminasai (私 の 薔薇 を 喰 み なさい) Ali Project and uncredited alternative of Annabel. The biasing single was released on 24 July 2013, and reached # 20 on the Oricon charts. The guy single was released on August 7, 2013.

Reception

The manga was able to gain a wider audience for itself. One of them is among others the 59th Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, who was awarded the nickname " Rozen Aso " after he was observed on the airport in Tokyo when reading one of the books of comic Birz. He noted there that the manga " although he looked girlish, impressed him by his deep plot" would have. It must be noted that Taro Aso has repeatedly admitted his sympathy for manga.

The magazine describes the anime manga scene as a mixture of the character design and the music be praised "mystery, drama and humor with a dash of action and a lot Gothic Lolita Charm. "; the somber mood was broken up over long distances by comic elements.