Bari Bari Densetsu
Bari Bari Densetsu (Japanese: バリバリ伝説, Hepburn: Baribari Densetsu, lit. "Vroom Vroom Legend") is a Japanese motorbike racing-themed manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1983 to 1991, with its chapters collected in 38 tankōbon volumes.
Bari Bari Densetsu | |
バリバリ伝説 (Baribari Densetsu) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Shuichi Shigeno |
Published by | Kodansha |
Imprint | Magazine KC |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | March 9, 1983 – July 17, 1991 |
Volumes | 38 |
Original video animation | |
Bari Bari Densetsu Part I: Tsukuba Bari Bari Densetsu Part II: Suzuka | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by |
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Music by | Ichirō Nitta |
Studio | Pierrot |
Released | May 10, 1986 – December 16, 1986 |
Runtime |
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Episodes | 2 |
Game | |
Publisher | Pony Canyon |
Platform | FM-7 |
Released | August, 1985 |
Game | |
Developer | Taito |
Publisher | Taito |
Platform | TurboGrafx-16 |
Released | November 29, 1989 |
Earlier parts of the story focus both on high school life as well as street racing. At first the characters are illegal street racers (Japanese: hashiriya) that race on public roads, particularly on the winding mountain roads known as tōge. Those kind of racers were called "rolling-zoku", a type of bōsōzoku, and were seen as a social problem in Japan. Later parts of the story revolve around professional motorcycle racing events held on road circuits like the All Japan Road Race Championship.
Characters
- Gun Koma (巨摩 郡, Koma Gun)
- Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka
- A motorcycle racer. He rides a Honda CB750 as well as a Suzuki GSX-R.
- Ai Itou (伊藤 歩惟, Itō Ai)
- Voiced by: Yōko Oginome
- Gun's girlfriend.
- Hideyoshi Hijiri (聖 秀吉, Hijiri Hideyoshi)
- Voiced by: Ryūsei Nakao
- Gun's friendly rival. He rides a Suzuki Katana.
- Hiro Okita (沖田 比呂, Okita Hiro)
- Voiced by: Issei Futamata
- Gun's best friend. He rides a Kawasaki Z400GP.
- Miyuki Ichinose (一ノ瀬 美由紀, Ichinose Miyuki)
- Voiced by: Keiko Toda
- The daughter of the Ichinose Racing Team president. She is in love with Hiro. Miyuki rides a Honda VT250F.
- Tomoyo Hijiri (聖 知代, Hijiri Tomoyo)
- Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu
- Hideyoshi's sister. She lost her parents in car accident.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno, Bari Bari Densetsu was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from March 9, 1983[1] to July 17, 1991.[2] Kodansha collected its chapters in thirty-eight tankōbon volumes, released from October 14, 1983,[3] to August 6, 1991.[4]
Volume list
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | October 14, 1983[5] | 978-4-06-172922-3 |
2 | November 14, 1983[6] | 978-4-06-172932-2 |
3 | December 12, 1983[7] | 978-4-06-172937-7 |
4 | March 15, 1984[8] | 978-4-06-172955-1 |
5 | May 15, 1984[9] | 978-4-06-172970-4 |
6 | July 16, 1984[10] | 978-4-06-172977-3 |
7 | September 13, 1984[11] | 978-4-06-172990-2 |
8 | December 10, 1984[12] | 978-4-06-173010-6 |
9 | February 12, 1985[13] | 978-4-06-173022-9 |
10 | May 14, 1985[14] | 978-4-06-173044-1 |
11 | July 10, 1985[15] | 978-4-06-173053-3 |
12 | November 14, 1985[16] | 978-4-06-173085-4 |
13 | February 12, 1986[17] | 978-4-06-173120-2 |
14 | July 10, 1986[18] | 978-4-06-173155-4 |
15 | September 10, 1986[19] | 978-4-06-173176-9 |
16 | November 13, 1986[20] | 978-4-06-173190-5 |
17 | February 10, 1987[21] | 978-4-06-311211-5 |
18 | May 11, 1987[22] | 978-4-06-311236-8 |
19 | July 10, 1987[23] | 978-4-06-311256-6 |
20 | September 7, 1987[24] | 978-4-06-311273-3 |
21 | November 9, 1987[25] | 978-4-06-311291-7 |
22 | February 8, 1988[26] | 978-4-06-311312-9 |
23 | May 2, 1988[27] | 978-4-06-311342-6 |
24 | July 8, 1988[28] | 978-4-06-311361-7 |
25 | October 11, 1988[29] | 978-4-06-311387-7 |
26 | February 10, 1989[30] | 978-4-06-311419-5 |
27 | April 12, 1989[31] | 978-4-06-311436-2 |
28 | July 13, 1989[32] | 978-4-06-311465-2 |
29 | October 11, 1989[33] | 978-4-06-311490-4 |
30 | February 8, 1990[34] | 978-4-06-311525-3 |
31 | April 14, 1990[35] | 978-4-06-311548-2 |
32 | June 14, 1990[36] | 978-4-06-311569-7 |
33 | August 11, 1990[37] | 978-4-06-311587-1 |
34 | November 15, 1990[38] | 978-4-06-311613-7 |
35 | February 14, 1991[39] | 978-4-06-311637-3 |
36 | April 15, 1991[40] | 978-4-06-311655-7 |
37 | June 10, 1991[41] | 978-4-06-311675-5 |
38 | August 6, 1991[42] | 978-4-06-311705-9 |
OVA
A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation produced by Pierrot, "Part I: Tsukuba" and "Part II: Suzuka", was released in 1986.[43][44] The episodes were later re-edited and released in theaters in August 1987 by Nippon Herald (now part of Kadokawa Pictures).[43][45]
A Blu-Ray version was released in Japan on July 21, 2023.[44]
Reception
In 1985, it won the ninth Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[48] As of April 2018, collected tankōbon volumes of the Bari Bari Densetsu manga series had over 26 million copies in circulation.[49]
References
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- バリバリ伝説(38) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
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- https://mfg-anime.com/en/news/detail.php?id=1106751
- https://pierrot.jp/archive/movie_b2000/mov_04.html
- Bari Bari Densetsu at Oh!FM-7
- Bari Bari Densetsu at GameFAQs
- Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- 2018 SUPER GT第2戦「FUJI GT 500km RACE」講談社ヤングマガジン「MFゴースト」とコラボレーション! (PDF) (in Japanese). SARD Corporation. April 27, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
External links
- Bari Bari Densetsu at Studio Pierrot
- Bari Bari Densetsu at MobyGames
- Bari Bari Densetsu (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia