“Crimson Fang Blue Sonnet” ( Japanese 紅 い 牙 ブ ル ー ソ ネ ッ ト , Akai Kiba Blue Sonnet , Russian Sineglazaya Sonnet ) is Masahiro Shibata’s manga , published from 1981 to 1987 and based on it in the 1989 five-part OVA series (director ) The plot is built around the struggle of Sonnet - a cyborg girl trained as a super warrior and Ran (in the English version of the manga - Lan) - a Japanese schoolgirl with hidden paranormal abilities, awakening in her under the name Akai Kiba ("Red Fang").
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| 紅 い 牙 ブ ル ー ソ ネ ッ ト (Akai Kiba B: uru Sonneto) Blue-eyed Sonnet Akai Kiba Blue Sonnet Red Fang Blue Sonnet Red Fang Sinia Sonnet | |||
| Genre / Theme | drama , adventure , science fiction , action | ||
| Manga "Blue Sonnet" | |||
| Author | Masahiro Shibata | ||
| Publisher |  Hakusensha | ||
| Published in | Hana to yume | ||
| Lecture hall | shojo | ||
| Publication | 1981 - 1987 | ||
| Tomov | nineteen | ||
| OVA "Blue Sonnet" 紅 い 牙 ブ ル ー ソ ネ ッ ト | |||
| Producer | Kanda Takeeyuki Takasuga Katsumi Sino Yukihiro | ||
| Screenwriter | Matsuoka Seiji Minade Koshi Shibata Masahiro | ||
| Composer | Go! Tominaga Yoichi | ||
| Studio | Mushi productions Walkers company Nippon Television Music Tatsunoko Production [1] | ||
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| Date of issue | July 16, 1989 - June 25, 1990 | ||
| Duration | 30 min. | ||
| Series | 5 ep. | ||
Although the Crimson Fang Blue Sonnet manga is declared as a shojo , that is, it focuses on girls and young girls, this work contains a large number of scenes of violence and cruelty that are not very characteristic of this direction in the manga and anime . Many people who previously worked on the anime "Blue Sonnet" later worked on Codename wa Sailor V. That is why in the first season of this anime series there are so many links to Blue Sonnet . [2]
Content
Story
The secret organization Taron, whose leaders, as usual, long for world domination, is everywhere looking for people with paranormal abilities - espers . One of these espers, a girl named Sonnet, who is also a cyborg and works for Taron, is sent by the organization to Tokyo. Her goal is a Japanese schoolgirl named Ran, who, as Taron suspects, is an esper and also the genetic heiress of ancient civilization. In order to keep an eye on Ran, Sonnet disguised as an American “exchange student” enters Osei School, where Ran is studying. All schoolchildren are crazy about the beauty of an American - but Ran, whose unusual strength even for espers, is already beginning to wake up, very quickly begins to realize that Sonnet is not who she claims to be.
Characters
Ran / Lan Komatsuzaki ( 松松 松松 松 蘭 蘭 Komatsuzaki Ran ) - A seventeen-year-old schoolgirl, a graduate student at Osei High School. Kanji of her name, 蘭 (ran) in Japanese means "orchid". When Ran was small, the plane in which she flew and her parents crashed. Ran, the only survivor, lived in the forest for several years. Unconsciously using her abilities, she subjugated a pack of wolves who cared for her. At the beginning of the development of the plot, he lives with his guardian Jin Kiryu and his son Wataru. It has paranormal abilities, in particular - psychokinesis and teleportation . Dr. Merikus and other Taron functionaries call her Red Fang (Jap. Akai Kiba ).
- Seiyu : Kanda Waka
Sonnet Barge ( ソ ネ ッ ト · バ ー ジ Sonetto Baji ) - Talon soldier, sixteen-year-old girl with platinum-colored hair (they were given a bluish tint in OVA). Her mother is from Puerto Rico , her father is from Russia . Born and raised in the slums of New York . When Sonnet was 13 years old, she began to show paranormal abilities, as a result of which others began to call her a witch and a devilish child. He works for the organization as a scout, mercilessly tracking other espers. Sonnet's body was modernized by Dr. Merikus, as a result of which she became also a cyborg . The difficult childhood and betrayal of her mother, who sold Sonnet to street pimps , left an imprint on her personality - Sonnet was ruthless, ambitious, trying to constantly control her emotions. Fully dedicated to the organization. However, staying at the Osei school, talking with Ran and other classmates forces her to reconsider her views, the massacre in Onagar's house reveals her true face to Taron, and her meeting with Byrd reveals a sense of first love.
- Seiyu : Hiromi Tsuru
Dr. Merikus ( ド ク タ ー · ー レ ケ ス Dokuta: Marikusu ) is a German scholar of Jewish descent. Manages the Taron cyber projects, is the author of Sonnet and the RX-606 cyborg prototype. A person, as a rule, cold-blooded and ruthless, the only exception is Sonnet, to whom he feels a feeling similar to the fatherly one.
- Seiyu : Itiro Nagai
Wataru Kiryu ( 桐 生 亘 Kiryu Wataru ) - The son of Dzin Kiryu and half-brother of Ran.
- Seiyu : Nozomu Sasaki
Jin Kiryu ( 桐 生 仁 Kiryu Jin ) - A writer and journalist, being a friend of the Komatsuzaki family, took care of Ran after the death of her parents.
- Seiyu : Tessho Ganda
Suisi Torigai ( 鳥飼 修 一 Torigai Suisi ) - Byrd often calls himself (probably from the English bird, bird). It is a prototype cyborg RX-606 on the basis of which the body of Sonnet was built. A friend of Ran and Wataru joined them in their fight against the Taron organization.
- Seiyu : Masashi Hironaka
Yuri Onagara ( Jap. 小半 由 里 Onagara Yuri ) - The daughter of Professor Onagar, a strong esper with the ability to clairvoyance and telepathy . After a suicide attempt, she lost her sight and speech ability due to severe burns. When the Taron people killed Professor Onagar and tried to kill her daughter, Yumi, she began to help Ran and her friends in their struggle.
- Seiyu : Amy Shinohara
Daisuke Kishima ( 杵 島 大 介 Kishima Daisuke ) - A classmate and friend of Ran.
- Seiyu : Nobuo Tobit
Naru Khaibara ( 榛 原 奈 留 Khaibaru Nara ) - A classmate and friend of Ran.
- Seiyu : Ray Sakuma
OVA
| No. | Title | Release |
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| 01 | Directive 1: The Pursuer (Directive No. 1: Chaser) “Shirei Nanbā Wan: Tsuisekisha” (指令 No.1 追 跡 者) | July 16, 1989 |
| 02 | Directive 2: The Tactician (Directive No. 2: Tactician) “Shirei Nanbā Tsū: Sakubōsha” (指令 No.2 策 謀 者) | September 25, 1989 |
| 03 | Directive 3: The Challenger (Directive No. 3: Challenger) “Shirei Nanbā Surī: Chōsensha” (指令 No.3 挑 戦 者) | November 25, 1989 |
| 04 | Directive 4: The Fighter (Directive No. 4: Warrior) “Shirei Nanbā Fō: Sentōsha” (指令 No.4 戦 斗 者) | March 25, 1990 |
| 05 | Directive 5: The Mourner (Directive No. 5: The Mourner) “Shirei Nanbā Faibu: Rishūsha” (指令 No.5 離愁 者) | June 25, 1990 |
Notes
- ↑ ja: 紅 い 牙 ブ ル ー ・ ソ ネ ッ ト (1989) (Japanese) . allcinema online. Date of treatment April 1, 2009.
- ↑ Toole, Mike Blue Sonnet . Anime Jump (January 21, 2004). Date of treatment April 1, 2009. Archived November 9, 2007.
Links
- Akai Kiba Blue Sonnet Manga in the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
- Anime “Blue Sonnet” in the Internet Movie Database
- Anime "Blue Sonnet" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Blue Sonnet" in the AniDB Database