Hells Angels (manga)
Hells Angels | |
Genre | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Sin'Ichi Hiromoto |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Ultra Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 19, 2002 – April 19, 2004 |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime film | |
Hells | |
Directed by | Yoshiki Yamakawa |
Written by |
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Music by | EDISON |
Studio | Madhouse |
Licensed by | |
Released | October 18, 2008 |
Runtime | 117 minutes |
Hells Angels is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sin'Ichi Hiromoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from 2002 to 2004 and compiled into three tankōbon volumes. It follows a teenage girl named Rinne Amagane who dies on her way to school and ends up in another school, in the underworld. While down there, she learns to get along with her new classmates, who are all demons.
Hells Angels was adapted into an anime film produced by Madhouse, titled Hells, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival. The film was licensed by Discotek Media in 2017.
Plot
Amagane Rinne is a playful and cheerful teenager. One day, she gets hit by a truck on her way to school, and lands in Hell. Far from being discouraged, she wants to finish her schooling and will try despite the circumstances to make friends, which she had promised herself when she was alive. But what she doesn't know is the fact that she is dead.
Cast
Roles | Japanese | English[3] |
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Rinne Amagane | Misato Fukuen | Amanda Lee |
Ryu Kutou | Daisuke Kishio | Howard Wang |
Headmaster Hellvis | Fumihiko Tachiki | Jason Marnocha |
Steela | Miyuki Sawashiro | Megan Shipman |
Rokku | Chō | Martin Billany |
Mario | Hidenobu Kiuchi | Joshua Gotay |
Rei Kagurazaka | Yūna Inamura | Amber Lee Connors |
Luca | Akeno Watanabe | Corinne Sudberg |
Phantoma | Yui Kano | Marianne Miller |
Kiki | Ami Koshimizu | Sarah Anne Williams |
Wolfie | Yuki Matsuoka | Marissa Lenti |
Cronola | Yū Asakawa | Caitlyn Elizabeth |
Gillealla | Rina Satō | Amanda Gish |
Curia | Nana Inoue | Elizabeth Maxwell |
Mummyla | Akeno Watanabe | Emily Fajardo |
Franken (grunts) | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Benjamin Tehrani |
Who | Keiji Fujiwara | Chris Guererro |
Rinne's Mother | Romi Park | Jessica Calvello |
Pandaz | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Scott Frerichs |
Female gatekeeper | Yuu Kobayashi | |
Male gatekeeper | Hiroki Yasumoto | |
Captain of the East Witches | Takako Honda | Melissa Sternenberg |
Dorm mother | Masako Nozawa | Lawrence Simpson |
Homeroom teacher | Zennosuke Fukkin | Nick Landis |
Hebo | Keiji Fujiwara | Anthony Sardinha |
Abel (young) | Kristen McGuire | |
Captured angel | Akiko Oka | |
Lone student | Airi Sakuno | |
Students | Jin Sakakibara Kiyohiro Yamaguchi Nozomi Sasaki Yui Shoji Yuuko Shima |
Media
Manga
Hells Angels is written and illustrated by Sin'Ichi Hiromoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from August 19, 2002,[4][a] to April 19, 2004.[6][7][b] Shueisha collected chapters in three tankōbon volumes published from April 18, 2003,[9] to July 16, 2004.[10]
Volumes
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | April 18, 2003[9] | 4-08-876438-2 |
2 | October 17, 2003[11] | 4-08-876521-4 |
3 | July 16, 2004[10] | 4-08-876633-4 |
Film
The manga series was adapted into an anime film by Madhouse, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival.[1][12]
The Japanese distributor TC Entertainment released the film simply titled as Hells on Blu-ray with English subtitles on August 3, 2012.[2][13] On June 12, 2017, Discotek Media had announced at their panel at AnimeNEXT that they would be releasing Hells on Blu-ray and DVD.[14] On August 13, 2017, Discotek announced that the home media release would include an English dub.[3] The English dub of the film marked the first time voice acting/video production company TeamFourStar (known for the comedic webseries Dragon Ball Z Abridged) worked on an official dub.[3][15][16] Discotek released the Blu-ray on November 27, 2018.[17]
Reception
The Hells anime film was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2008.[18]
Notes
References
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (November 27, 2008). "Madhouse's Hells Angels Anime Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (July 13, 2012). "1st 3 Minutes of Dark Fantasy Anime Hells Posted". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ a b c Mateo, Alex (August 12, 2018). "Discotek Streams Hells Anime Film's English Dub Trailers". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ ウルトラジャンプ9月号(69号)・ホ-ムページ. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 26, 2002. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ ウルトラジャンプバックナンバーのご案内 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 2, 2002. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
- ^ ウルトラジャンプ5月号(89号)・ホ-ムページ. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on April 26, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ HELLS ANGELS. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ ウルトラジャンプバックナンバーのご案内 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
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timestamp mismatch; June 8, 2004 suggested (help) - ^ a b HELLS ANGELS 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ a b HELLS ANGELS 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ HELLS ANGELS 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Loo, Egan (August 24, 2008). "Hells Angels Anime to Premiere in October in Japan". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ Loo, Egan (April 24, 2012). "Hells Angels' Anime Adaptation Gets English-Subbed BD". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ Luster, Joseph (June 12, 2017). "Discotek to Bring "Galaxy Express 999" Films, "HELLS," and "Kaiba" to Blu-ray". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ Green, Scott (August 14, 2017). "Discotek Announces Plans for "Robot Carnival," "Bananya" And More". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ TeamFourStar [@teamfourstar] (August 13, 2017). "We're proud to announce that we'll be dubbing the Madhouse film Hells. Our first *official* dub! *Not* a parody!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Hells Blu-ray". Right Stuf-US. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Animation Division – 2008 [12th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
External links
- Official anime site (in Japanese)
- Hells Angels (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Manga series
- 2002 manga
- 2008 anime films
- 2000s comedy horror films
- 2008 comedy films
- 2008 films
- 2008 horror films
- Animated films based on manga
- Dark comedy anime and manga
- Dark fantasy anime and manga
- Discotek Media
- Japanese comedy films
- Japanese horror films
- 2000s Japanese-language films
- Madhouse (company)
- Seinen manga
- Shueisha franchises
- Shueisha manga