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Boyfriend
Cover of Boyfriend volume 1 as published by Shogakukan
ボーイフレンド
(Bōifurendo)
GenreRomance
Manga
Written byFuyumi Soryo
Published byShogakukan
MagazineShōjo Comics
DemographicShōjo
Original runNovember 26, 1985April 23, 1988
Volumes10
Anime television film
Directed bySatoshi Dezaki
Written byKazumi Koide
StudioMagic Bus
Original networkTV Tokyo
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1992
Runtime114 minutes

Boyfriend (Japanese: ボーイフレンド, Hepburn: Bōifurendo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. The manga focuses on Masaki, a delinquent and former basketball star, and Kanako, a girl with a heart condition that forces her to repeat two years of school, as they develop a relationship.

Boyfriend manga received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.[1] On February 11, 1992, an anime adaptation by Magic Bus aired on TV Tokyo.[2] In 2008, the manga was posted on the Yahoo! Comic Japan website, for free browsing, to celebrate Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic's 40th anniversary.[3]

Plot

Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together...

Characters

  • Masaki Takatō (高刀 柾, Takatō Masaki)
  • Kanako Yūki (結城 可奈子, Yūki Kanako)
  • Sō Nakatsugawa (仲津川 荘, Nakatsugawa Sō)
  • Akira Sofue (曽笛 亜樹良, Sofue Akira)
  • Tadashi Takatō (高刀 正, Takatō Tadashi)
  • Masao Takatō (高刀 正雄, Takatō Masao)
  • Masahiko Takatō (高刀 正彦, Takatō Masahiko)
  • Miwako Takatō (高刀 美和子, Takatō Miwako)
  • Misako Tanaka (田中 美智子, Tanaka Misako)
  • Koga (古賀)
  • Aki Togawa (戸川 亜季, Togawa Aki)
  • Megumi Hanyū (羽生 恵, Hanyū Megumi)
  • Mami Hayashino (林野 まみ, Hayashino Mami)
  • Tōru Ogi (尾木 透, Ogi Tōru)
  • Ōba (大場)
  • Saeko Sofue (曽笛 冴子, Sofue Saeko)

References

  1. ^ 小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2009-01-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "TVアニメ ボ~イ フレンド" (in Japanese). AllCinema Movie & DVD Database. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sho-Comi Mag Marks 40th Anniversary with Free Manga". Anime News Network. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2009-01-30.