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Aiura
Cover of the first manga volume featuring the main characters (from left to right), Kanaka Amaya, Saki Iwasawa and Ayuko Uehara.
あいうら
Manga
Written byChama
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineNiconico Seiga
4-Koma Nano Ace
Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original run2 March 2011 – 23 April 2014
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byRyōsuke Nakamura
Written byRyōsuke Nakamura
Music byShūsei Murai
StudioLiden Films
Original networkTV Tokyo, AT-X
Original run 10 April 2013 – 26 June 2013
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

Aiura (あいうら) is a Japanese yonkoma shōnen manga series by Chama. It was first published on Niconico Seiga and later in Kadokawa Shoten's 4-Koma Nano Ace magazine. The manga ran between March 2011 and April 2014. An anime television series adaptation aired between April and June 2013.

Plot

The story centers around Amaya, Iwasawa, and Uehara—three "annoying, spirited high school girls with zero motivation"—and their classmates. Their daily life is "what happens when there is nothing happening."

Characters

Kanaka Amaya (天谷 奏香, Amaya Kanaka)
Voiced by: Yui Nakajima
Kanaka is the moodmaker. She is always looking to tease Saki or anyone else within running distance.
Saki Iwasawa (岩沢 彩生, Iwasawa Saki)
Voiced by: Yūko Iida
Saki is the tsukkomi to Kanaka's boke act. She is unmotivated but very good at sports and games. She is very tall.
Ayuko Uehara (上原 歩子, Uehara Ayuko)
Voiced by: Nao Tamura
Ayuko is the middleman. She is constantly teased by Kanaka about her height. Her nickname has evolved from Ayukong (アユコング, Ayukongu) to Yukon (ゆっこん, Yukkon).
Mei Yanase (簗瀬 芽依, Yanase Mei)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura
Yanase is the class representative. She is very serious about everything. She is very competitive with her friend Manaka. Her nickname is Yananchou (やなんちょ, Yanancho).
Nao Manaka (真中 南緒, Manaka Nao)
Nao is Yanase's friend, who always beats her in every test. She enjoys Kanaka's teasing of Yanase. Her nickname is Manax (マナックス, Manakkusu).
Souta Amaya (天谷 颯太, Amaya Sōta)
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori
Souta is Kanaka's little brother. She and her friends usually invade his room to hang out since Kanaka's room is uninhabitable.
Sumiko Yamashita (山下 寿美子, Yamashita Sumiko)
Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama
Yamashita is the laid back homeroom teacher of Kanaka's class. She is often late for work and wears odd shirts.
Shūsaku Matsuno (松野 修作, Matsuno Shūsaku)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
Matsuno is a fired up math teacher. He catches tardy students at the gate and challenges them to a game of rock-paper-scissors. He lets them win.
Misuzu Wakatsuki (若月 美鈴, Wakatsuki Misuzu)
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura
Misuzu is an English teacher who is constantly mistaken for a schoolgirl. She is the homeroom teacher of class 1.
Izumi Kashio (柏尾 泉水, Kashio Izumi)
Izumi is Saki's rival and boke from class 1. She works part time at a convenience store with Saki.
Arisa Kuroda (黒田 ありさ, Kuroda Arisa)
Arisa is Izumi's friend and classmate. She is good in sports and games and very small.
Umi Yoshino (吉野 羽美, Yoshino Umi)
Umi is the tsukkomi in class 1. She constantly worries about her weight.
Hiroko Uehara (上原 裕子, Uehara Hiroko)
Hiroko is Ayuko's older sister. She works as a manga artist and has a deep sister complex.

Media

Manga

Aiura started as a 4-panel manga series, written and drawn by Chama. It was originally published online on Niconico Seiga, starting from 2 March 2011,[citation needed] and later in Kadokawa Shoten's 4-Koma Nano Ace magazine, starting from the 4th issue, published on 9 August 2011.[1][2] Following the end of Nano Ace's publication, the series resumed serialization in Shōnen Ace magazine from its November 2013 issue.[3] The manga series ended its run on 23 April 2014,[4] and has been collected in six compiled volumes between 3 February 2012, and 25 July 2014.[5][6]

Anime

The anime television series adaptation was produced by Liden Films, Pony Canyon, and Tohokushinsha Film Corporation.[7][8] It was directed and written by Ryōsuke Nakamura, with character designs by Mieko Hosoi, and music by Shūsei Murai.[7] The anime is formatted as a series of shorts, with each episode being only a few minutes in length. The series aired on TV Tokyo between 10 April to 26 June 2013,[9] and was streamed by Niconico and with English subtitles by Crunchyroll.[10] The series was released in its entirety on Blu-ray Disc on 7 August 2013.[11] The opening and ending themes are "Kani Do-Luck!" (カニ☆Do-Luck！) and "Ichigo Ichie" (いちごいちえ), both by Aiu Rabu (Yui Nakajima, Yuko Iida, and Nao Tamura).[8][12]

Episode list

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No. Title[nb 1] Original air date[9]

Notes

  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

  1. ^ "ニコニコ漫画で人気「あいうら」がnanoエースに登場なの" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. ^ 明日8月9日(火)発売のマンガ雑誌リスト (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Kadokawa's 4-Koma Nano Ace Magazine Halts Publication". Anime News Network. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Aiura Manga to End on April 23". Anime News Network. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. ^ あいうら　（１） (角川コミックス・エース・エクストラ 32-1) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  6. ^ あいうら (6) (カドカワコミックス・エースエクストラ) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "VIDEO: First "Aiura" Anime Preview". Crunchyroll. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  8. ^ a b スタッフ (in Japanese). Aiura Production Committee. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  9. ^ a b あいうら. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Crunchyroll to Stream Aiura, Mushibugyō TV Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  11. ^ "テレビアニメ「あいうら」BD [全12話] [Blu-ray]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  12. ^ "Aiura High School Girl Anime's 1st Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

External links

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