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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
Cover of the first manga volume
僕だけがいない街
GenreFantasy, mystery, thriller
Manga
Written byKei Sanbe
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineYoung Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 4, 2012 – March 4, 2016
Volumes7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
ERASED
Directed byTomohiko Itō
Produced byKenta Suzuki
Taku Matsuo
Written byTaku Kishimoto
Music byYuki Kajiura
StudioA-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
English network
Original run January 8, 2016 – present
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Live-action film
Directed byYūichirō Hirakawa
Written byNoriko Gotō
Music byYuki Hayashi
ReleasedMarch 19, 2016
Manga
Boku dake ga Inai Machi Gaiden
Written byKei Sanbe
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineYoung Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 4, 2016 – upcoming

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (僕だけがいない街, lit. The Town Without Me), also known as ERASED, is a Japanese fantasy thriller seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine between June 2012 and March 2016.[1][2] An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures began airing on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from January 8, 2016, and a live action film will be released on March 19, 2016. A spin-off novel series by Hajime Ninomae was released in Kadokawa's Bungei Kadokawa magazine between November 2015 to March 2016.

Plot

The story follows Satoru Fujinuma, a man who possesses an ability that sends him back in time moments before a life-threatening incident, allowing him to prevent it from happening. When his mother is killed, Satoru's ability suddenly sends him back eighteen years to when he was still in elementary school, giving him the opportunity to prevent a kidnapping incident that took the lives of three of his classmates.[3]

Characters

The four main characters of ERASED (from left to right): Airi Katagiri, Kayo Hinazuki, Sachiko Fujinuma and Satoru Fujinuma (29 years old) (Background)
Satoru Fujinuma (藤沼 悟, Fujinuma Satoru)
Voiced by: Shinnosuke Mitsushima (29 years old), Tao Tsuchiya (10/11 years old)
Satoru is a 29 year old (c.2006) manga artist who also works part-time as a deliveryman at Oasi Pizza (28 years old in the manga). He possesses an ability he calls "Revival", which would bring him back to a time before a life-threatening incident would occur and allow him to prevent it. When his mother was murdered for noticing a serial kidnapper in action, his "Revival" triggered and he was brought back to 18 years ago when he was only 10 years old (c.1988). This was the time where the same kidnapper had killed three young girls in his hometown who were his classmates. Satoru eventually attempted and succeeded in preventing the original three victims from their death, but remained in a coma for 15 years due to being almost drowned in a frozen lake for obstructing the culprit. The coma resulted in the loss of his memories of the ordeal, especially the real kidnapper and murderer's identity.
Airi Katagiri (片桐 愛梨, Katagiri Airi)
Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki
Airi is a high school student and Satoru's co-worker at Oasi Pizza. She became involved with Satoru when she witnessed oddities such as when Satoru managed to save people from certain life-threatening situations. Airi was one of the few who decided to trust Satoru when he was framed for his mother's murder.
Kayo Hinazuki (雛月 加代, Hinazuki Kayo)
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki
Kayo is one of Satoru's primary school classmates, and one of the original victims of the serial kidnapping case 18 years ago. She was saved due to Satoru's attempt to stop the kidnapper through his "Revival". By befriending Kayo and making sure that she ceased being a loner, Satoru made her a difficult target for the kidnapper. When Satoru wakes up from his coma, it is revealed that Kayo has married Hiromi and has had a child.
Sachiko Fujinuma (藤沼 佐知子, Fujinuma Sachiko)
Voiced by: Minami Takayama
Sachiko is Satoru's mother and former news announcer. She possesses a sharp eye and is quick to observe any irregularities. She knows about the cold cases of serial kidnapping in her town, but decided to keep quiet and ignore it due to her child's growth and safety. However, after having eye contact with the criminal at his latest kidnapping attempt, she was silenced and killed by the kidnapper. This event triggered Satoru's 18 year "Revival".
Kenya Kobayashi (小林 賢也, Kobayashi Ken'ya)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi
Kenya is one of Satoru's primary school classmates who has a strong sense of justice. He is an aspiring lawyer who has a keen eye, and noticed abnormalities due to Satoru acting much more mature than he was after "Revival". Kenya offered a lot of help to Satoru in stopping the possible kidnapping attempts. As a result of what transpired during Satoru's "Revival", he becomes a lawyer who is still in search of the real kidnapper 15 years later.
Hiromi Sugita (杉田 広美, Sugita Hiromi)
Voiced by: Akari Kitō
Hiromi is one of Satoru's primary school classmates who appears feminine even though he is a boy. He is one of the original victims of the serial kidnapping case. Hiromi was killed in order to lead the police into thinking that the suspect did not know that Hiromi was male. He also participated in Satoru's attempt in stopping the kidnappings. He is married to Kayo 15 years later.
Osamu (修, Osamu)
Voiced by: Ayaka Nanase
Osamu is one of Satoru's primary school classmates.
Kazu (カズ, Kazu)
Voiced by: Yukitoshi Kikuchi
Kazu is one of Satoru's primary school classmates.
Aya Nakanishi (中西 彩, Nakanishi Aya)
Aya is a perfect student studying at Izumi Primary near to Satoru's primary school, and is one of the original victims of serial kidnapping. She befriends Satoru's friends, which prevented her from being kidnapped.
Jun Shiratori (白鳥 潤, Shiratori Jun)
Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima
Jun is a food delivery worker who lived in Satoru's hometown, and would often approach lone students around his house. Nicknamed "Yuuki" due to his courageous nature, he was originally framed as the killer of the three kidnapped students in the town and sentenced for murder.
Gaku Yashiro (八代 学, Yashiro Gaku)
Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto
Gaku is Satoru's homeroom teacher during his youth. Later on in the series he is revealed to be the real kidnapper and serial killer behind the scenes. After Satoru attempted to stop his actions, Gaku decided to drown Satoru in a frozen lake, resulting in Satoru's 15 year coma.
Akemi Hinazuki (雛月 明美, Hinazuki Akemi)
Voiced by: Akemi Okamura
Akemi is Kayo's abusive mother.

Media

Manga

The original manga, written by Kei Sanbe, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine in between June 4, 2012 and March 4, 2016.[4] The first tankobon volume was released in Japan on January 26, 2013,[5] with seven volumes published as of December 26, 2015.[6] The series is licensed in France by Ki-oon.[2] Sanbe will begin serializing a spin-off manga titled Boku dake ga Inai Machi Gaiden in Young Ace on June 4, 2016.[7]

Volumes

  • 1 (January 26, 2013)[5]
  • 2 (June 4, 2013)[8]
  • 3 (December 4, 2013)[9]
  • 4 (June 4, 2014)[10]
  • 5 (December 29, 2014) [6]
  • 6 (July 4, 2015)[11]
  • 7 (December 26, 2015)[12]
  • 8 (May 2, 2016)[7]

Anime

A television anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures began airing on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from January 8, 2016. The series is being directed by Tomohiko Itō and written by Taku Kishimoto, with character design by Keigo Sasaki. The opening theme is "Re:Re:" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation while the ending theme is "Sore wa Chiisa na Hikari no Yō na" (それは小さな光のような, It's Like a Small Light) by Sayuri.[13] The series is licensed in Australia by Madman Entertainment, in North America by Aniplex of America and in the United Kingdom by Anime Limited under the name ERASED and is being simulcast on AnimeLab, Crunchyroll, Daisuki, and Funimation.[14][15][16]

Episode list

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Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation of Boku Dake ga Inai Machi featuring Tatsuya Fujiwara as Satoru Fujinuma will debut in cinemas throughout Japan on March 19, 2016. The theme song is "Hear ~Shinjiaeta Akashi~" (Hear 〜信じあえた証〜 Hear ~A proof that you could trust~) by Chise Kanna.[17]

Novel

A spin-off novel titled Boku Dake ga Inai Machi: Another Record, written by Hajime Ninomae, was serialized in Kadokawa's monthly digital novel magazine Bungei Kadokawa from November 2015 to March 2016.[18] A volume collecting the chapters will be released on March 30, 2016.[19]

Reception

Volume 4 reached the 12th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart[20] and, as of June 15, 2014, has sold 73,983 copies.[21]

The manga was number sixteen on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey.[22] It was nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Reader Award.[23] It was also nominated for the 7th Manga Taishō, receiving 82 points and placing 2nd among the ten nominees.[24] It is nominated for the 8th Manga Taishō.[25]

The staff at manga-news.com gave the French edition a grade of 17.33 out of 20.[2] On Manga Sanctuary one of the staff members gave it an 8 out of 10.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Erased". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "ERASED". Anime News Network. January 8, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Boku dake ga Inai Machi/ERASED Manga Ends in March". Anime News Network. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Vol.5". kadokawa.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "ERASED/Boku dake ga Inai Machi Manga Gets Spinoff in June". Anime News Network. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  8. ^ "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi jp Vol.2". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  9. ^ "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  10. ^ "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  11. ^ "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Vol 6". www.kadokawa.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  12. ^ "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Vol 7". www.kadokawa.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  13. ^ "Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Sayuri Perform ERASED/Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Anime's Songs". Anime News Network. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  14. ^ McCallum, Jessica (2015-12-15). "AnimeLab Simulcast Line-Up For Winter 2016". AnimeLab. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  15. ^ "Aniplex of America Acquires ERASED/Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Anime". Anime News Network. 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  16. ^ "Anime Limited Acquires ERASED". Anime News Network. 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  17. ^ "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi: Official Movie Site". warnerbros.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  18. ^ ""Boku Dake ga Inai Machi" After Story Novel to be Published Next Month". Crunchyroll. February 13, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  19. ^ "僕だけがいない街 Another Record". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  20. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 2–8". Anime News Network. June 11, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  21. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 9–15". Anime News Network. June 18, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  22. ^ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. December 9, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  23. ^ "18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 'Reader Award' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. March 3, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  24. ^ "Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story Wins 7th Annual Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. March 27, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  25. ^ "8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles". Anime News Network. January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  26. ^ "Erased". Manga Sanctuary (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.

External links

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