Nine (manga)
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| ナイン | |
| Genre | Romantic comedy, Sports (baseball) |
| Manga | |
| Author | Mitsuru Adachi |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Serialized in | Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan |
| Original run | October 1978 – May 1979 |
| Volumes | 5 (tankōbon) 3 (bunkoban) 2 (wideban) |
| TV movie anime | |
| Director | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Licensor | Toho |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | 1983-05-04 |
| Animated film: Nine the Original | |
| Director | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Licensor | Toho |
| Released | 1983-09-16 |
| TV movie anime: Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration | |
| Director | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Licensor | Toho |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | 1983-12-18 |
| TV movie anime: Nine 3: Final | |
| Director | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Licensor | Toho |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | 1984-09-05 |
| TV drama | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | 1987-01-05 – ongoing |
| Episodes | 1 |
Nine (ナイン Nain?) is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through May 1979 issues.[1] The series was adapted into three television anime movies[2] and a live-action television drama.[3] An altered version of the first anime was released in theaters, with new and altered new music.[4][5]
The story is about two friends who were star athletes in junior high school who decide, on entering high school, to join the struggling baseball club so they can have a challenge. The title comes from the nine members of a baseball team.
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[edit] Plot summary
Just before entering Seishū High School, track star Katsuya Niimi and judo champion Susumu Karasawa see a girl crying as the school loses a baseball game. The boys decide to join the team and improve it in order to make her smile. The girl turns out to be Yuri Nakao, daughter of the baseball coach, and they learn the baseball team will be shut down if it doesn't start winning. The series follows the three, as well as pitcher Eiji Kurahashi, as Niimi and Karasawa learn about baseball and what it means to be one of nine players on a team, as they work together through high school make it to Kōshien.[6]
[edit] Characters
Character voices listed are for the anime releases only.
- Katsuya Niimi (新見 克也?)
- Voiced by: Toru Furuya
- Center fielder on the Seishū High School baseball club, in love with Yuri. In junior high, he held the school records for the 100 meter and 200 m races. His favorite food is gomokuzushi. He wears the number 1 on his jersey.
- Yuri Nakao (中尾 百合?)
- Voiced by: Mariko Ishihara (TV movie 1), Mariko Kurata (TV movie 2), Narumi Yasuda (TV movie 3)
- A manager of the Seishū High School baseball club and daughter of the baseball coach. There is a growing romance between Yuri and Katsuya.
- Susumu Karasawa (唐沢 進?)
- Voiced by: Kei Tomiyama
- Right fielder on the Seishū High School baseball club. In junior high, he was prefectural champion in judo. He wears the number 5.
- Eiji Kurahashi (倉橋 永二?)
- Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
- Left-handed pitching ace on the Seishū High School baseball club. Lives with his father, a truck driver.
- Yukimi Yasuda (安田 雪美?)
- Voiced by: Chika Sakamoto
- A manager of the Seishū High School baseball club, who has a crush on Katsuya. After transferring to Seishū at the beginning of the school year, she begins pursuing him, much to the annoyance of Yuri.
- Kentarō Yamanaka (山中 健太郎?)
- Voiced by: Akira Kamiya
- A childhood friend of Yuri, and ace pitcher at Bunan High School where he has taken his team to victory at Kōshien. After an unexpected reunion with Yuri, he becomes the romantic rival of Katsuya.
- Jirō Yamanaka (山中 二郎?)
- Voiced by: Yoshikazu Hirano
- Kentarō's younger brother and a new member of the Seishū High School baseball club, playing third base. He has a crush on Yukimi. He wears the number 2.
- Chimi Yamanaka (山中 智美 )?)
- Younger sister of the Yamanaka brothers. She tries to mediate the relationship between Yuri and Kentarō, who in turn uses her to interfere with the developing romance between Yuri and Katsuya.
- Coach Nakao
- Voiced by: Ichirō Nagai (TV movies), Kōichi Kitamura (theatrical movie)
- The coach of the Seishū High School baseball club. He is in jeopardy of losing his job for not having won a single game, and very happy when Susumu Kurahashi joined the team. He formerly coached Kentarō for a short time.
- Kazuya Niimi's father
- Voiced by: Tatsuyuki Jinnai
- A former baseball player who helps Eiji join the baseball team after talking to his father.
- Kazuya Niimi's mother
- Voiced by: Kazuko Makino
- Appears in the theatrical movie.
- Eiji Kurashashi's father
- Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
- Appears in the theatrical movie.
- Yukimi Yasuda's mother
- Voiced by: Miyoko Asō
- Appears in the theatrical movie.
[edit] TV movies
[edit] Nine
The first Nine TV movie aired on 1983-05-04 on Fuji TV's Nissei Family Special program.
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[edit] Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration
The second Nine TV movie, Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration (ナイン2 恋人宣言 Nain Tsū Koibito Sengen?), aired on 1983-12-18 on Fuji TV's Nissei Family Special program.
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[edit] Nine 3: Final
The third Nine TV movie, Nine 3: Final (ナイン 完結編 Nain Surī Kanketsuhen?), aired on 1984-09-05 on Fuji TV's Nissei Family Special program.
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[edit] Theatrical movie
The first Nine TV movie was remade into a theatrical movie titled Nine the Original (ナイン オリジナル版 Nain Orijinaruban?), released on 1983-09-16 by Toho. Modifications were made to the original TV movie to fix problems with it, and some of the seiyū and background music were changed as well. When the Nine movies are rebroadcast on TV, this movie is shown in place of the original TV movie.
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[edit] TV live action drama
A Nine live action TV drama special aired on 1987-01-05 on Fuji TV's Monday Dramaland (月曜ドラマランド Getsuyō Doramarando?) program.
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[edit] See also
These are titles with a similar theme of baseball.
[edit] References
- ^ Nine (manga). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ Van Huffel, Peter (2004-01-17). Adachi Mitsuru あだち充. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c あだち充 アニメ (Japanese). あだち充 ＤＡＴＡＢＡＳＥ. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c 劇場アニメ「ナイン」 (Japanese). あだち充 ＤＡＴＡＢＡＳＥ. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c ナイン(1983) (Japanese). goo 映画.
- ^ a b Nine. AdachiFan. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c d BS夏休みアニメ特選｜ナイン (Japanese). NHK. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ Hitoshi Doi. Search results for "Nine" in anime database. Seiyū Database. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ Nine (special). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
[edit] External links
- Nine (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Nine (first television movie) (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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