Honō no Tenkōsei

Honō no Tenkōsei (炎の転校生, "Blazing Transfer Student") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It was serialized in the Shogakukan manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1983 to 1985. Honō no Tenkōsei was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series in 1991 by Gainax. A live-action series, titled Blazing Transfer Students, premiered on Netflix in 2017.

Honō no Tenkōsei
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Noboru Takizawa
炎の転校生
GenreComedy, parody, sports[1]
Manga
Written byKazuhiko Shimamoto
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 20, 1983 – November 13, 1985
Volumes12
Original video animation
Directed byKatsuhiko Nishijima
Produced byShouji Murahama
Written byToshio Okada
Music byKohei Tanaka
StudioGainax
ReleasedMay 21, 1991
Runtime25 minutes
Episodes2
Television drama
Blazing Transfer Students
Directed byToshio Lee
Written byYuko Kawabe
Music byToshihiko Sahashi
Original networkNetflix
Original runNovember 10, 2017
Episodes8

Plot

Noboru Takizawa transfers to a school where all disputes are settled through fighting. He quickly runs afoul of the school bully, Saburō Ibuki, who has a boxing match with "God's Hall Monitor", Kōichi Jōnouchi, to determine who will date the lovely Yukari. Takizawa is enraptured with Yukari, and decides to intervene in the fight which Ibuki won by bending the rules. Takizawa loses the fight in the first OVA to Ibuki's deadly finishing punch, but in the second OVA Takizawa develops his own finishing punch and eventually wins the day.

Characters
Noboru Takizawa (滝沢 昇, Takizawa Noboru)
Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki
Yukari Takamura (高村 友花里, Takamura Yukari)
Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka
Saburō Ibuki (伊吹 三郎, Ibuki Saburō)
Voiced by: Tesshō Genda
Kōichi Jōnouchi (城之内 考一, Jōnouchi Kōichi)
Voiced by: Shō Hayami
Chiaki Takano (高野 千明, Takano Chiaki)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (credited as Schoolboy A)
Jun Namekata (行方 純, Namekata Jun)
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (credited as Schoolboy C)

Media

Manga

Honō no Tenkōsei, written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, was serialized in the Shogakukan magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 20, 1983, to November 13, 1985.[2][3] The individual chapters were collected in twelve tankōbon volumes, released from February 18, 1984, to January 18, 1986.[4][5]

OVA

Honō no Tenkōsei was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) anime produced by Gainax. The anime reunites director Katsuhiko Nishijima and character designer Yuji Moriyama of the original Project A-ko and features storyboards by Sumio Watanabe.[1] The OVA features an opening vocal theme written by Shimamoto Kazuhiko, arranged by Kohei Tanaka, and performed by Toshihiko Seki. The ending theme, Yumemiru Ki Mo Chi Dreaming Heart (夢みるキ・モ・チ 〜Dreaming Heart〜), was composed and arranged by Tanaka and performed by Noriko Hidaka. The Honō no Tenkōsei OVA parodies anime of the 1970s, particularly Tomorrow's Joe, and is complete with intentionally jerky animation, dirty-looking cels, thick black lines, and retro character designs, much like Shimamoto's drawing style.[1]

According to Chris Beveridge of The Fandom Post Honō no Tenkōsei was released on both VHS and laserdisc, but not DVD.[6] It was released on Blu-ray by Pony Canyon on March 19, 2014.[7][8]

Live-action series

A Netflix original live-action series called Blazing Transfer Students[9] or Honō no Tenkōsei REBORN was released as a sequel set years after the original story. The story revolves around seven students all named Kakeru who transfer into the school.[10] It was released on November 10, 2017, and was directed by Toshio Lee.

Reception

As of March 2017, the manga had over 1.6 million copies in circulation.[11]

Anime News Network's Justin Sevakis, commenting on the anime, said that "while the animation has that slightly soft shot-on-film look, the heightened contrast and angular designs that were meant to evoke the past have instead kept it looking modern."[1]

References
  1. Sevakis, Justin (April 16, 2013). "Pile of Shame - Blazing Transfer Student". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  2. 週刊少年サンデー1983年31. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  3. 週刊少年サンデー1985年48. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  4. 炎の転校生 1 [Blazing Transfer Student 1] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 18 February 1984. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  5. 炎の転校生 12 [Blazing Transfer Student 12] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 18 January 1986. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  6. Beveridge, Chris (February 18, 2014). "Japanese 'Honoo no Tenkousei' OVA Blu-ray Anime Packaging Revealed". The Fandom Post. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. 炎の転校生 BLU-RAY SPECIAL【完全初回限定生産商品】. PonyCanyon.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  8. 炎の転校生 BLU-RAY SPECIAL【完全初回限定生産商品】. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  9. "'Blazing Transfer Students' Is Wonderfully Weird As You Expect A Live-Action Anime To Be". Decider. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  10. "Blazing Transfer Student Manga Gets Live-Action Show on Netflix Worldwide". Anime News Network. March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  11. ジャニーズＷＥＳＴ海外デビュー 「炎の転校生」初実写化のオリジナルネットドラマ. daily.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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