Ohayō! Spank
| Good Morning! Spank | |
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| おはよう!スパンク (Ohayō! Spank) | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shun'ichi Yukimuro |
| Illustrated by | Shizue Takanashi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | February 1979 – March 1982 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shigetsugu Yoshida |
| Written by | Yutaka Kaneko Yoshimi Shinozaki Masāki Sakurai Chifude Asakura |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Original network | ABC, TV Asahi |
| Original run | March 7, 1981 – May 29, 1982 |
| Episodes | 63 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Shigetsugu Yoshida |
| Produced by | Yutaka Fujioka |
| Written by | Chifude Asakura Hiroshi Kaneko Masaaki Sakurai Yoshimi Shinozaki |
| Music by | Kouji Makaino |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Released | March 13, 1982 |
Ohayō! Spank (おはよう!スパンク, Ohayō! Supanku, lit. Good morning!Spank) is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and drawn by Shizue Takanashi. The series has been adapted as an anime television series, broadcast in Japan from 1981 to 1982, and a theatrical movie released in 1982. In 1981, it received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.[1]
Story
Spank (voiced by Noriko Tsukase), the main character, is a dog whose owner went missing on the high seas. While awaiting his return Spank strays at the beach everyday. One day he meets Aiko Morimura (voiced by Mari Okamoto), a junior high school student, whose father went also missing on a yacht tour ten years ago. Her mother, a designer for hats, left for Paris, leaving Aiko in the care of her uncle, Mr Fujinami. Abandoned, Aiko believes that her father is still alive and awaits his return. She's recently lost her pet dog, Papi, which was a good-bye present from her mother, in a car accident leaving her totally devastated. In the course of the anime Spank begins to lighten up her gloomy mood as he is a clumsy and merry dog with lots of heart. She also falls in love with a friend of Spank's missing owner. Whereas, Spank finds his love for the pet cat of Anna's classmate.
Ohayō! Spank also found tremendous popularity outside Japan, dubbed into French (as Claire et Tipoune), German (as Hallo! Kurt), Spanish, Italian (as Hello!Spank), Korean(as Hello Spank! as 헬로 스팽크!), and Arabic, but both anime and manga remains unreleased in English.
Characters
- Template:Spank A little white dog with black/brown ears. Spank is a really strange dog that can fall in love of a cat and walk like humans.
- Template:Aiko Morimura A 14-year-old girl. She is Spank's master.
- Template:Shinako Aiko and Ryo's friend. She enjoys art and maybe she's a crush on Ryo.
- Template:Ryo Aiko and Shinako's friend. He enjoys art like her friend Shinako.
- Template:Serino A snob rich girl. She has the same age of Aiko and her pet is a female cat named Cat.
- [[:Category:]] A female cat snob like her master Serino. Torakichi and Spank have a crush on her.
- Template:Torakichi A cat rival and friend of Spank. Torakichi and Spank always fight for Cat because they both love her.
- Template:Fan Fan A cute little dog, Spank has crush on her and Fan Fan also love him.
- Template:Baron A dog friend of Torakichi and Spank.
References
- ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
External links
- Ohayō! Spank (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Ohayō! Spank (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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