Kazuhiro Fujita's Short Stories

Kazuhiro Fujita's Short Stories
Yoru no Uta cover
藤田和日郎短編集
(Fujita Kazuhiro Tanpenshū)
Manga
Yoru no Uta
Written byKazuhiro Fujita
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
DemographicShōnen
PublishedJuly 18, 1995
Volumes1
Original video animation
Puppet Princess
Directed byHirotoshi Takaya
Produced byMasahito Yoshioka
Written byJunichi Miyashita
Music byKaoru Wada
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2000
Runtime42 minutes
Manga
Akatsuki no Uta
Written byKazuhiro Fujita
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
DemographicShōnen
PublishedFebruary 18, 2004
Volumes1
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Kazuhiro Fujita Short Stories (Japanese: 藤田和日郎短編集, Hepburn: Fujita Kazuhiro Tanpenshū) is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita and published by Shogakukan. The first collection, Yoru no Uta, contains five stories and was released in July 1995. The second collection, Akatsuki no Uta, contains four stories and was released in February 2004.

An original video animation (OVA) adaptation of the story "Puppet Princess", from Yoru no Uta, was produced by TMS Entertainment and released in March 2000. It has been licensed in North America by Media Blasters.

Publication

The first collected volume, Yoru no Uta (夜の歌, lit. "Night Songs"), includes five stories that were published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Zōkan between 1988 and 1994. The volume was released on July 18, 1995.[1] The second collected volume, Akatsuki no Uta (暁の歌, lit. "Dawn Songs"), includes four stories that were published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday between 1996 and 2003. It was released on February 18, 2004.[2] Shogakukan re-released the volumes in a bunkoban edition on April 15 and May 13, 2006.[3][4]

Yoru no Uta

No. Release date ISBN
1 July 18, 1995[1]4-09-123561-1
  1. "Puppet Princess" (からくりの君, Karakuri no Kimi)
  2. "Song of the Open Palm" (掌の歌, Tenohira no Uta)
  3. "Strange Ferry Tale" (連絡船奇譚, Renrakusen Kitan)
  4. "To the Merry-Go-Round!" (メリーゴーランドへ!, Merī gō Rando e!)
  5. "Shall We Go Out Walking by Night? – Part 1" (夜に散歩しないかね＜前編＞, Yoru ni Sanpo Shinai ka ne Zenpen)
  6. "Shall We Go Out Walking by Night? – Part 2" (夜に散歩しないかね＜後編＞, Yoru ni Sanpo Shinai ka ne Kōhen)

Akatsuki no Uta

No. Release date ISBN
1 February 18, 2004[2]4-09-123562-X
  1. "Attack of a Moment – Part 1" (瞬撃の虚空（前編）, Shungeki no Kokū (Zenpen))
  2. "Attack of a Moment – Part 2" (瞬撃の虚空（後編）, Shungeki no Kokū (Kōhen))
  3. "In the Sky, a Feather..." (空に羽が…, Sora ni Hane ga…)
  4. "Gemel's Shop of Space Weapons – Part 1" (ゲメル宇宙武器店（前編）, Gemeru Uchū Buki-ten Zenpen)
  5. "Gemel's Shop of Space Weapons – Part 2" (ゲメル宇宙武器店（後編）, Gemeru Uchū Buki-ten Kōhen)
  6. "The Advent of Gastroking" (美食王の到着, Gasutokingu no Tōchaku)

Puppet Princess

"Puppet Princess" (からくりの君, Karakuri no Kimi), a story included in the Yoru no Uta collection, was adapted into a 42-minute original video animation (OVA) produced by TMS Entertainment and released on March 24, 2000.[5]

In North America, the OVA was licensed by Media Blasters and released on VHS and DVD on August 28, 2001.[6][7][8] In August 2020, Media Blasters announced that the OVA would be released on Blu-ray.[9] It was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on February 23, 2021.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b 藤田和日郎短編集 夜の歌 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 20, 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b 藤田和日郎短編集 暁の歌 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 20, 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  3. ^ 藤田和日郎短編傑作集 1 夜の歌（小学館文庫） (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  4. ^ 藤田和日郎短編傑作集 2 暁の歌（小学館文庫） (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  5. ^ からくりの君 (in Japanese). TMS Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Media Blasters Aquisitions [sic]". Anime News Network. December 9, 2000. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  7. ^ Puppet Princess. ASIN B00005KB6G.
  8. ^ Puppet Princess [VHS]. ASIN B00005KB6F.
  9. ^ Mateo, Alex (August 21, 2020). "Media Blasters to Release Puppet Princess Anime on Blu-Ray Disc". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  10. ^ Mateo, Alex (February 23, 2021). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 21-27 - News [2021-02-23]". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.

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