Utsurun Desu

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Utsurun Desu
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kawauso
伝染るんです。
GenreNonsensical comedy[1]
Manga
Written bySensha Yoshida
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original run1989 – 1994
Volumes5
Original video animation
Directed byMankyū
StudioDLE
Released August 21, 2009 – October 23, 2009
Episodes3

Utsurun Desu (伝染るんです。)[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sensha Yoshida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1989 to 1994, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.

A video game, titled Utsurun Desu: Kawauso Hawaii e Iku!!!, was released in 1992. A three-episode original video animation (OVA), produced by DLE, was released in 2009. A series of 50-episode live-action shorts was released in that same year.

The manga has had over 3 million copies in circulation. It won the 37th Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1991. It is regarded as one of the pioneers of the absurd gag manga.

Characters

Kawauso (かわうそ)
Voiced by: Chafurin[2]
Kappa (かっぱ)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto[2]
Professor Yamazaki (山崎先生, Yamazaki Sensei)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki[2]
Mitchie (ミッチー, Mitchī)
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara[2]
Shiitake (しいたけ)
Voiced by: Raikō Sakamoto[2]
Tami Inuyama (犬山 タミ, Inuyama Tami)
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto[2]
Kawanuma (川沼)
Voiced by: Yukitoshi Tokumoto[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Sensha Yoshida, Utsurun Desu was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1989 to 1994.[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from November 1990 to August 1994.[4][5]

A special chapter was published in Big Comic Spirits on November 12, 2012, as part of the "Heroes Come Back" anthology, which comprised short stories by manga artists to raise funds for recovery of the areas afflicted by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[6] A four-panel manga, titled Kawauso Seven (かわうそセブン), started in the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper on April 3, 2021.[7] It changed to online publication on the newspaper's website on July 8, 2022.[8]

Video game

Main article: Utsurun Desu: Kawauso Hawaii e Iku!!!

A video game, titled Utsurun Desu: Kawauso Hawaii e Iku!!! (伝染るんです。 かわうそハワイへ行く), published by Takara, was released for the Nintendo Famicom on March 6, 1992.[9]

Original video animation

A three-episode original video animation (OVA), produced by DLE,[2] was released on DVD from August 21 to October 23, 2009.[10][11][12]

Live-action shorts

A 50-episode live-action series, consisting of one-minute short episodes, was released on the BeeTV mobile phone television service starting on October 6, 2009.[13][14]

Reception

The manga has had over 3 million copies in circulation.[14] In 1991, the series won the 37th Bungeishunjū Manga Award.[15] It is regarded as one of the pioneers of the absurd gag manga.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Utsurun Desu roughly means "it infects you" and is a homophone for a disposable camera produced by Fujifilm (where "Utsurun desu" means "it can take photos").

References

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (May 14, 2009). "Utsurun Desu. 4-Panel Gag Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 吉田戦車「伝染るんです。」アニメ化決定　8月からメディア展開開始. AnimeAnime.jp (in Japanese). May 15, 2009. Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  3. ^ かわうそ君が2021年も継続して東京新聞の広告キャラクターに就任！ (in Japanese). ShoPro via PR Times. March 25, 2021. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  4. ^ 伝染るんです 1. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  5. ^ 伝染るんです 5. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  6. ^ 「伝染るんです。」外伝＆島本和彦が009執筆、復興支援で. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 12, 2012. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  7. ^ 吉田戦車「伝染るんです。」のかわうそ君が東京新聞で復活、4月より4コマ連載開始. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 25, 2021. Archived from the original on April 5, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  8. ^ かわうそセブン：東京新聞 TOKYO Web. Tokyo Shimbun Tokyo Web (in Japanese). The Chunichi Shimbun. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022.
  9. ^ 伝染るんです。かわうそハワイへ行く. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  10. ^ 「伝染るんです。」アニメ化決定、吉田戦車新連載も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 15, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  11. ^ 「伝染るんです。」DVD2巻発売、ジャケは斎藤さん. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 22, 2009. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  12. ^ アニメDVD「伝染るんです。」3巻発売、買わなきゃ殴るぞ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 23, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  13. ^ Loo, Egan (September 27, 2009). "Utsurun Desu. 4-Panel Manga Adapted into Live-Action". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  14. ^ a b 古田新太がかわうそ役!? 吉田戦車の漫画『伝染るんです。』実写化決定. Oricon News (in Japanese). September 28, 2009. Archived from the original on June 13, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  15. ^ 吉田戦車. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

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