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Hen Zemi
Cover of the first manga volume
変ゼミ
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byTAGRO
Published byKodansha
MagazineMorning 2
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 21, 2006 – present
Volumes5
Original video animation
Directed byRyōki Kamitsubo
Produced byYūichi Yamada, Fumitake Kobayashi
Written byTakamitsu Kōno
Music byKei Haneoka
StudioXebec
Released July 23, 2010 – March 23, 2011
Episodes2
Anime television series
Directed byTakao Kato
Produced byGō Nakanishi, Yūichi Yamada
Written byTakamitsu Kōno
Music byMasaru Yokoyama
StudioXebec
Original networkMBS, AT-X, BS11 Digital, Tokyo MX
Original run April 3, 2011 – July 3, 2011
Episodes13 (List of episodes)

Hen Semi (変ゼミ, Hen Zemi), also known as Abnormal Physiology Seminar, is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by TAGRO and is a remake of his earlier manga series, Hentai Seiri Seminar (変態生理ゼミナール, "Abnormal Physiology Seminar"). Hen Semi has been serialized in Kodansha's Morning 2 manga magazine since 2006. It has been adapted into an original video animation in 2010,[1] as well as an anime television series in 2011.

Plot

Nanako falls in love with Komugi and she joins a seminar which he enrolls, but the seminar is an abnormal seminar. Sexual harassment-like assignments and eccentric classmates confuse her.

Characters

Nanako Matsutaka (松隆 奈々子, Matsutaka Nanako)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Nanako is a normal university student, who happened to enroll in Abnormal Physiology Seminar. She tries to keep her mental state sound, but other abnormal classmates start to influence her personality...
Komugi Musashi (武蔵 小麦, Musashi Komugi)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida
Nanako has a crush on him. He is a handsome young man, and also a very straightforward person who is not afraid to discuss his perversions, much to the displeasure of others nearby. He also has a Netorare fetish.
Miwako Mizukoshi (水越 美和子, Mizukoshi Miwako)
Voiced by: Yukiko Takaguchi
Komugi's ex-girlfriend. She is a beautiful woman, but also a masochist and often gets lost in wild fancies.
Anna Katō (加藤 あんな, Katō Anna)
Voiced by: Ryōko Shintani
A new student from Kanazawa, Ishikawa. She looks like a delinquent, but actually has a split personality.
Yesterday Taguchi (田口 イエスタディ, Taguchi Iesutadi)
Voiced by: Minoru Shiraishi
A dissolute student who wants to be a manga artist. He is in a codependency relation with Makiko.
Makiko Gregory (蒔子＝グレゴリー, Makiko Guregorī)
Voiced by: Shiho Kawaragi
An elusive blonde student who is half British and half Japanese. She is an assistant of Yesterday.
Hishiyasu Ichikawa (市河 菱靖, Ichikawa Hishiyasu)
Voiced by: Norihisa Mori
A punk rock and otaku style student who films other people's perversions. He is also a mysophobe.
Kenji Meshiya (飯野 堅治, Meshiya Kenji)
Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama
The seminar's professor. He looks like Kenji Eno.
Yūji Horii (堀井 幽璽, Horii Yūji)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
Kenji's senpai who sometimes asks him for money despite being a wealthy man. He is famous for having developed an eroge. He looks like Yuji Horii.

Media

Manga

Hentai Seiri Seminar appeared serially in 5 episodes in Wanimagazine's hentai manga magazine Comic Kairakuten, and it was contained on a collection of TAGRO's short stories in 2004 by Daitosha. Hen Semi was first serialized in Kondansha's seinen manga magazine Morning 2 in 2006. As of August 2011, 5 volumes have been released.

Original video animation

The first volume was released with the limited edition of volume four of the manga on July 23, 2010; and the second volume was released with the limited edition of volume five of the manga on March 23, 2011. The opening theme is "Maniaekirakira (マニアエキラキラ)" by Nobuhiro Makino (composition and arrangement), Hitomi Mieno (lyrics), and Kana Hanazawa (vocals) and the ending theme is "Hen Rin Shan; Hen da yo. Rinsū no Ato ni Shanpū te (変・リン・シャン 〜変だよ。リンスーの後にシャンプーて〜, "Hen Rin Sham; It's abnormal to shampoo after rinse")" by Ataru Sumiyoshi (composition and arrangement), Hitomi Mieno (lyrics), and Kana Hanazawa, Minoru Shiraishi, Norihisa Mori, Takashi Matsuyama (vocals).

Anime television series

In December 2010, an anime television series adaptation of Hen Semi was announced on Kodansha's website.[2] Produced by Xebec under the direction of Takao Kato and scripts by Takamitsu Kōno, the series began its broadcast run on MBS on April 3, 2011. The duration of the episodes is half of that of a regular anime episode: 12 minutes instead of 24 minutes.

The opening theme is a non-lyric song "Hen Zemi Hajimaru yo! (変ゼミ始まるよ!, "Hen Semi Will Start!")" by Masaru Yokoyama and the ending theme is "Punctuation!" by Hajime Kikuchi (composition and arrangement), Hitomi Mieno (lyrics), and Kana Hanazawa (vocals).

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Internet radio show

A weekly internet radio show titled Hen Lab (変ラボ, Hen Rabo) began airing on March 15, 2011 on Animate TV. It is co-hosted by Minoru Shiraishi, Norihisa Mori and Takashi Matsuyama.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Abnormal Physiology Seminar Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit". Anime News Network. December 24, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  2. ^ "Hen Zemi Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. December 20, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "｢変ラボ｣ - ウェブラジオ - アニメイトTV" (in Japanese). Animate TV. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
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