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Bamboo Blade
Cover of Bamboo Blade, volume 1 as published by Square Enix
バンブーブレード
(Banbū Burēdo)
GenreComedy, Slice of life, Sports
Manga
Written byMasahiro Totsuka
Illustrated byAguri Igarashi
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineYoung Gangan
English magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 3, 2004 – September 3, 2010
Volumes14
Manga
Bamboo Blade B
Written byMasahiro Totsuka
Illustrated byNeko Sutajio
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 2008 – December 2013
Volumes12
Manga
Bamboo Blade C
Written byMasahiro Totsuka
Illustrated byJingu Takao
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineMonthly Big Gangan
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 2013 – present
Volumes4
Manga
BB Deformer
Written byMasahiro Totsuka
Illustrated bySaki Azumi
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineMonthly Big Gangan
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 2013 – present
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byHisashi Saitou
Written byHideyuki Kurata
StudioAIC ASTA
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run October 2, 2007 – April 2, 2008
Episodes26 (List of episodes)

Bamboo Blade (Japanese: バンブーブレード, Hepburn: Banbū Burēdo) is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. It was serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine from December 3, 2004[1] to September 3, 2010. The series tells the story of Toraji Ishida, a luckless high school Kendo instructor, who is challenged by his former upperclassman, also a kendo instructor, to a competition between their female students. The bet inspires Toraji to gather and train a team of five girls, where he meets Tamaki Kawazoe, a gifted young female kendo practitioner.

An anime adaptation by AIC A.S.T.A was broadcast in Japan between October 2, 2007 and April 2, 2008 on TV Tokyo. The Bamboo Blade manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Yen Press.[2] The anime has been licensed for distribution in North America by Funimation and began airing on their Funimation Channel on October 25, 2010.[3]

Characters

Main article: List of Bamboo Blade characters

Some of the character's names are based on real professional kendo practitioners. Ishida Toraji is based on the famous kendoka, Toshiya Ishida. Miyako Miyazaki is based on Masahiro Miyazaki, Danjuro Eiga based on Naoki Eiga, Kirino Chiba based on Masashi Chiba etc., even though there aren't any relations between the Bamboo Blade characters in regards to the real kendoka. Eiga Dan is the only exception, as he seems to be designed to represent Naoki Eiga, who also isn't very tall just like Danjuro Eiga.

Anime episodes

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Original Japanese title 		Original air date[4]

Video game

A video game titled "Bamboo Blade: Sorekara no Chousen" was released for PSP. It is an Action game that was developed and published by Gadget Soft. It was released in Japan in 2009.[5]

Reception

"The recent series from anime production house AIC A.S.T.A is a surprise - and yet not really one at all," wrote Andrez Bergen in the June 2008 issue of U.K. magazine, impact. "While Bamboo Blade follows the travails of a bunch of high school girls in one very special kendo team, rather than boys, the producers were previously responsible for Gun Sword, a series in which one very special woman - Carmen 99 - also pretty much stole the show." [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ 2004年12月3日創刊号発売 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Archived from the original on December 7, 2004. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "Yen Press Announces Titles to Run in Anthology Mag". Anime News Network. April 19, 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Funimation Channel Schedule, October 2010
  4. ^ "検索結果 / アニメ / メディア芸術データベース – 作品情報（シリーズ）". mediaarts-db.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  5. ^ Bamboo Blade: Sorekara no Chousen, GameFAQ. (Archived 2015-08-08 at WebCite)
  6. ^ Japanime, Andrez Bergen. Impact, June 2008.

Further reading

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