Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (Japanese: 漁港の肉子ちゃん, Hepburn: Gyokō no Nikuko-chan, "Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor") is a Japanese novel written by Kanako Nishi and published by Gentosha in April 2014. A manga adaptation with art by Sugisaku has been serialized online via Gentosha's Comic Boost website since January 29, 2021.[2] It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. An anime film adaptation by Studio 4°C premiered in Japan on June 11, 2021.

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Novel volume cover
漁港の肉子ちゃん
(Gyokō no Nikuko-chan)
GenreDrama[1]
Novel
Written byKanako Nishi
Published byGentosha
PublishedApril 2014
Manga
Written byKanako Nishi
Illustrated bySugisaku
Published byGentosha
MagazineComic Boost
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 29, 2021 – present
Volumes2
Anime film

Characters
Nikuko (肉子)
Voiced by: Shinobu Otake[3]
Kikuko (キクコ)
Voiced by: Cocomi[4]
Ninomiya (二宮)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[4]
Lizard (トカゲ)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[5]
Gecko (ヤモリ)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[5]
Sassan (サッサン)
Voiced by: Ikuji Nakamura[6]
Miu (みう)
Voiced by: Riho Yoshioka[6]
Darcia (ダリシア)
Voiced by: Matsuko Deluxe[6]
Maria (マリア)
Voiced by: Izumi Ishii[6]

Atsushi Yamanishi and Yuichi Yasoda had been cast in unspecified roles.[6]

Media

Manga
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 May 24, 2021[7]978-4-79-862268-2
2 March 24, 2022[8]978-4-34-485016-3

Film
Main article: Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (film)

An anime film adaptation by Studio 4°C was announced on January 1, 2021, with Ayumu Watanabe as director, Satomi Ooshima as scriptwriter, Sanma Akashiya as producer, and Kenichi Konishi designing the characters.[1] The film premiered on June 11, 2021.[3] In October 2021, the film was screened In Competition as part of the Scotland Loves Animation film festival, where it won the "Golden Partridge" Jury Award.[9]

Reception

The novel has more than 350,000 copies in print.[1]

References
  1. "Studio 4°C Reveals Gyokō no Nikuko-chan Anime Film". Anime News Network. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. "Gyokō no Nikuko-chan Novel Gets Manga". Anime News Network. January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Anime Film Opens on June 11, Casts Shinobu Ōtake". Anime News Network. March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  4. "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Film Casts Flutist Cocomi as Kikuko". Anime News Network. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  5. "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Film Casts Hiro Shimono as Lizard, Gecko". Anime News Network. March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  6. "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Film Reveals 6 More Cast Members". Anime News Network. April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  7. 漁港の肉子ちゃん (1) [Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor 1]. Retrieved May 24, 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. 漁港の肉子ちゃん (2) [Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor 2]. Retrieved May 24, 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  9. Scotland Loves Anime (October 19, 2021). "And the awards go to..." Twitter. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
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