Orange ( Japanese オ レ ン ジ Orenji , literally “Orange”) is a seinen / shojo manga written and illustrated by Ichigo Takano . It was first published in 2012 in the magazine Bessatsu Margaret , and then began to be published in Monthly Action [1] . A feature film of the same name was released on December 12, 2015 [2] . The broadcast of anime adaptation began on July 4, 2016 [3] . The sequel to the manga was launched by Futabasha in the Monthly Action magazine on March 25, 2016 [4] . The premiere of the feature film with the subtitle “The Future” ( Japanese. Mirai ) took place on November 18, 2016 [5] .
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| オ レ ン ジ (Orenji) Orange Orange | |||
| Genre / Theme | romance, drama , daily routine , mysticism , tragedy | ||
| Manga | |||
| Author | Ichigo Takano | ||
| Publisher | Shueisha , Futabasha | ||
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| Published in | Bessatsu margaret (until December 13, 2012) , Monthly action (since February 25, 2013) | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen , shojo | ||
| Publication | May 13, 2012 - August 25, 2015 | ||
| Tomov | five | ||
| Chapters | 22 | ||
| Manga "Orange: Mirai" オ レ ン ジ - 未来 - | |||
| Author | Ichigo Takano | ||
| Publisher | Futabasha | ||
| Published in | Monthly action | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen , shojo | ||
| Publication | March 25, 2016 - present | ||
| Tomov | 1 (as of May 2017) | ||
| Chapters | 5 (as of July 2017) | ||
| Ranobe | |||
| Author | Yui Tokokumi | ||
| Illustrator | Ichigo Takano | ||
| Publisher | Futabasha | ||
| Genre | seinen , shojo | ||
| Publication | July 18, 2015 - March 8, 2016 | ||
| Tomov | 3 | ||
| Fiction film | |||
| Producer | Kojiro Hashimoto | ||
| Screenwriter | Arisa Kaneko | ||
| Composer | Yoshihide Otomo | ||
| Licensee |  Toho | ||
| Premiere | December 12, 2015 | ||
| Duration | 139 minutes | ||
| Ranobe "Novelization live-action Orange" エ イ ガ ノ ベ ラ イ ズ オ レ ン ジ | |||
| Author | Makita Yohei | ||
| Illustrator | Ichigo Takano | ||
| Publisher | Futabasha | ||
| Genre | seinen , shojo | ||
| Publication | November 12, 2015 | ||
| Tomov | one | ||
| Anime series | |||
| Producer | Hiroshi Hamasaki | ||
| Screenwriter | Yuko Kakihara | ||
| Producer | Ikumi Hayashi Takashi Yoshizawa | ||
| Composer | Hiroaki Tsutsumi | ||
| Studio | Tms entertainment | ||
| Licensee | Toho | ||
| TV network | Tokyo MX , AT-X , BS11 , TVA , ABC , TSB | ||
| Premiere screening | July 4, 2016 - September 26, 2016 | ||
| Duration | 24 minutes 48 minutes (13 ep.) | ||
| Series | 13 | ||
| Animated film "Orange: Mirai" オ レ ン ジ - 未来 - | |||
| Producer | Hiroshi Hamasaki | ||
| Screenwriter | Yuko Kakihara | ||
| Composer | Hiroaki Tsutsumi | ||
| Studio | Tms entertainment | ||
| Licensee | Toho | ||
| Premiere | November 18, 2016 | ||
| Duration | 63 minutes | ||
Content
Story
In Matsumoto , Naho Takamiya, a second-grader in high school, receives a letter sent from her from a 10-year future. The Future I am asking Naho to prevent her “great regret”, which has something to do with the newly transferred student from Tokyo , a boy named Kakeru Naruse. At first, Naho is skeptical of this message, but begins to believe the letter, as it accurately predicts what is happening. The letter asks her not to call Kaker for a walk after school on the first day, but Nakho and her friends decided to invite him anyway. It ends with Kakeru skipping classes for the next two weeks.
In order to prevent the recurrence of such a mistake, Nakho decides to do what her letter asks for, for example, agree to help in the softball round, support Kaker in joining the football team, be opposed to continuing his relationship with an older student, and insist that the two of him together go look at the fireworks. Nakho learns from the letter that in the future Kakeru is dead, he committed suicide after Valentine's Day , in the same school year in which he transferred.
During the Bon festival, Kakeru explains to Naho the reason for his absence: his mother committed suicide due to mental illness caused by irritation from his call on the day of enrollment when he was with Naho and others. This makes Naho feel guilty, as she believes that they share a common responsibility for the death of Kakeru’s mother. A few days later, Suva tells Naho that he also received a letter from his future self, asking him to do the same thing as the future Naho himself. Suva hides the fact that she and Naho are married and have a child in the future, because she understands that Naho is in love with Kakeru. Later, Azusa, Hagit, and Tino admit receiving similar letters. They all agree that, although they are not able to change the fate of themselves in the future, they can create a parallel universe where Kakeru is still alive.
In order to cheer up Kakeru, five friends decide to organize a celebration of his 17th birthday, during which Kakeru recognizes his feelings for Nakho. To support Kakeru, they also join the team relay. With the help of his friends, Kakeru wins the race, and as a reward for victory, he kisses Naho. However, on New Year's Eve, Naho and Kakeru are arguing over the health of his grandmother. Subsequently, they move away from each other, until the day when Kaker is supposed to commit suicide, but Nakho manages to admit his feelings. On the night of Kakeru's alleged death, friends plan to meet in order to prevent the tragedy. The five of them are looking for him around Matsumoto to prevent him from getting hit by a truck. Kakeru apologizes, telling them that he was thinking about suicide, but at the last second he abandoned this thought, realizing that when he died, he would never see his friends again.
Characters
Naho Takamia ( 高 宮 菜 穂 Naho Takamia ) is a high school student who received a letter from an adult herself from a 10-year-old future. Initially, he considers this as someone’s joke, but as soon as he realizes that everything written there is true, he decides to listen to the letter in order to save Kakeru.
- Seiyu : Kana Hanazawa
- Actor : Tao Tsuchiya
Kakeru Naruse ( 成 瀬 翔 Naruse Kakeru ) is a translated student from Tokyo . On the first day of class, his mother told him to return home immediately, because she had to go to the doctor with him, but he went for a walk with Nakho and her friends. On the same day, his mother committed suicide. Regretting everything in his life, Kakeru commits suicide, but everyone thinks it was an accident. In the new past, Naho is trying to save him, doing everything possible to prevent the suicide of the young man, forcing him to regain the meaning of life.
- Seiyu: Seiichiro Yamashita
- Actor: Kento Yamazaki
Hiroto Suva ( 須 和 弘 人 Suva Hiroto ) is Naho's best friend in love with her. After Kakeru’s death, ten years later, he married Naho and they had a baby. But seeing Nakho’s sadness, he writes a letter to himself in the past to make Nakho happy, even if he is not the one who will be next to her.
- Seiyu: Makoto Furukawa
- Actor: Ryo Rusei
Takako Tino ( 茅 野 貴子 Tino Takako ) - Naho's friend, who received a letter from herself from the future, helps Nakho and Kakeru be together.
- Seiyu: Rika Kinugawa
- Actor: Girona Yamazaki
Saku Hagita ( 萩 田 朔 Hagita Saku ) is a friend of Naho who loves to read manga. I received a letter from myself and helps Kaker. He loves Azusa, but denies it.
- Seiyu: Kazuyuki Okitsu
- Actor: Dory Sakurada
Azusa Murasaka ( 村 坂 あ ず さ Murasaka Azusa ) is a friend of Naho. I received a letter from my future self, helps Nakho and Kaker.
- Seiyu: Natsumi Takamori
- Actor: Kurumi Shimizu
Rio Ueda ( 上 田莉緒 Ueda Rio ) is a girl who often watches the game of the school football team and is interested in Kakeru. She confessed his feelings to him, and they began to meet. Naho, also in love with Kakeru, becomes emotionally devastated due to this. After breaking up with Kakeru, Rio begins to bully Naho, but constantly gets a rebuff from Suva and Takako.
- Seiyu: Ayane Sakura
- Actor: Erina Mano
Media Editions
Manga
The original manga, written and illustrated by Ichigo Takano , was originally published on March 13, 2012 in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine , but since February 25, 2013, it began to be released in Monthly Action , owned by Futabasha [1] . The first tankobon was released by Shueisha on July 25, 2012, they published two volumes of the series. The first two volumes were later reissued by Futabasha on December 25, 2013. The manga issue ended on August 25, 2015, and the last volume was published on November 12, 2015 [6] [7] .
The sequel , subtitled “The Future” ( 未来 未来 Mirai ), began to be released in Monthly Action on March 25, 2016 [4] . As of May 31, 2017, one volume was published, which was published at number 6 as a continuation of the main series [8] . Tom is a manga adaptation of the animated film of the same name, and also contains two spin-off chapters titled “Suva Hiroto” ( 須 和 弘 人 ) , in which special attention was paid to Suva in the alternative future [9] . Along with the limited edition of the volume, a manga version of the clip for the song “Mirai” ( я 未来 ) , performed by Kobukuro , became the main soundtrack of anime adaptations [10] .
Volume List
| No. | Publication Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| one | July 25, 2012 (Shueisha) [11] December 25, 2013 (Futabasha) [12] | ISBN 978-4-08-846804-4 (Shueisha) ISBN 978-4-575-84323-1 (Futabasha) |
| 2 | November 22, 2012 (Shueisha) [13] December 25, 2013 (Futabasha) [14] | ISBN 978-4-08-846861-7 (Shueisha) ISBN 978-4-575-84324-8 (Futabasha) |
| 3 | August 22, 2014 [15] | ISBN 978-4-575-84470-2 |
| four | February 20, 2015 [16] | ISBN 978-4-575-84575-4 |
| five | November 12, 2015 [7] | ISBN 978-4-575-84709-3 |
| 6 | May 31, 2017 [8] May 31, 2017 (limited edition) [10] | ISBN 978-4-575-84987-5 ISBN 978-4-575-84988-2 (limited edition) |
Feature film
The film was released in Japan on December 12, 2015 with Tao Tsuchiya and Kento Yamazaki in the lead roles. The director was Kojiro Hashimoto , and screenwriter Arisa Kaneko [2] .
Ranobe
The novel , written by Yui Tokiumi and illustrated by Ichigo Takano , was published by Futabasha from July 18, 2015 to March 18, 2016.
Volume List
| No. | Publication Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| one | July 18, 2015 [17] | ISBN 978-4-575-23911-9 |
| 2 | November 20, 2015 [18] | ISBN 978-4-575-23930-0 |
| 3 | March 18, 2016 [19] | ISBN 978-4-575-23951-5 |
A novelization of the Makita Yohei feature film, also illustrated by Ichigo Takano, was published by Futabasha on November 12, 2015 and consisted of one volume.
| No. | Publication Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| one | November 12, 2015 [20] | ISBN 978-4-575-51839-9 |
Anime
The premiere of anime adaptation took place on July 4, 2016 [3] . Hiroshi Hamasaki became the director, the script was written by Yuko Kakihara , and Nobuteru Yuki was involved in character design. The series was broadcast on Tokyo MX , AT-X , BS11 , TVA , ABC and TSB.
Hiroaki Tsutsumi became the composer of the series. The opening song “Hikari no Hahen” ( Jap. 光 の 破 «,“ Shards of Light ”) was performed by Yu Takahashi , and the closing song “ Mirai ” ( Jap. 未来 ,“ Future ”) was performed by Kobukuro [21] .
Series List
| No. series | Title [22] | Broadcast in Japan [23] |
|---|---|---|
| one | Letter 01 “Tagged 01” (手紙 01) | July 4, 2016 [a] |
| 2 | Letter 02 “Tags 02” (手紙 02) | July 11, 2016 |
| 3 | Letter 03 “Tags 03” (手紙 03) | July 18, 2016 |
| four | Letter 04 “Tags 04” (手紙 04) | July 25, 2016 |
| five | Letter 05 Tags 05 (手紙 05) | August 1, 2016 |
| 6 | Letter 06 “Tags 06” (手紙 06) | August 8, 2016 |
| 7 | Letter 07 “Tags 07” (手紙 07) | August 15, 2016 |
| eight | Letter 08 “Tags 08” (手紙 08) | August 22, 2016 |
| 9 | Letter 09 “Tags 09” (手紙 09) | August 29, 2016 |
| ten | Letter 10 “Tags 10” (手紙 10) | September 4, 2016 |
| eleven | Letter 11 “Tags 11” (手紙 11) | September 11, 2016 |
| 12 | Letter 12 “Tags 12” (手紙 12) | September 18, 2016 |
| 13 | Last letter Saigo no Tagami (最後 の 手紙) | September 25, 2016 |
Movie
A feature film called Orange: The Future ( オ レ ン ジ - 未来 - Orenji: Mirai ) was announced at the end of the final episode of the television series. The film retells the main plot of the series from the point of view of Suva, and also shows an original story written by Takano, which tells about what happened after the events of anime and manga [5] . The premiere took place on November 18, 2016 [24] .
Explanation
- ↑ The series premiered on Tokyo MX at 24:00 on July 3, 2016, which is actually July 4.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Crunchyroll Adds Action Mask, King's Game: Origin, Orange, Re Collection Manga . Anime News Network .
- ↑ 1 2 orange- オ レ ン ジ - (Japanese) . allcinema .
- ↑ 1 2 Ichigo Takano's Sci-Fi Romance Manga Orange Gets TV Anime This Summer . Anime News Network .
- ↑ 1 2 Ichigo Takano's Orange Manga Gets Spinoff . Anime News Network .
- ↑ 1 2 Orange Time-Traveling Manga Gets Anime Sequel Film Written by Creator . Anime News Network .
- ↑ Orange Shōjo Manga Will End in August . Anime News Network .
- ↑ 1 2 orange 5 (Japanese) . Futabasha .
- ↑ 1 2 orange 6 - 未来 - (Japanese) . Futabasha .
- ↑ Orange Manga Gets 7th Compiled Volume . Anime News Network .
- ↑ 1 2 orange 6 - 未来 - コ ブ ク ロ 「未来」 ミ ュ ー ジ ッ ク ビ デ オ -orange ver.- DVD 付 き 限定 版 (Japanese) . Futabasha .
- ↑ orange 1 (Shueisha) (Japanese) . Shueisha . Archived August 30, 2012.
- ↑ orange 1 (Futabasha) (Japanese) . Futabasha .
- ↑ orange 2 (Shueisha) (Japanese) . Shueisha . Archived October 23, 2012.
- ↑ orange 2 (Futabasha) (Japanese) . Futabasha .
- ↑ orange 3 (Japanese) . Futabasha .
- ↑ orange 4 (Japanese) . Futabasha .
- ↑ 双 葉 社 ジ ュ ニ ア 文庫 orange 【オ レ ン ジ】 1 . Futabasha .
- ↑ 双 葉 社 ジ ュ ニ ア 文庫 orange 【オ レ ン ジ】 2 . Futabasha .
- ↑ 双 葉 社 ジ ュ ニ ア 文庫 orange 【オ レ ン ジ】 3 . Futabasha .
- ↑ 映 画 ノ ベ ラ イ ズ orange- オ レ ン ジ - . Futabasha .
- ↑ Orange Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Theme Songs . Anime News Network .
- ↑ STORY (Japanese) . orange-anime.com.
- ↑ orange の 放送 情報 - ア ニ メ - TOKYO MX (Japanese) . Tokyo MX .
- ↑ Orange Anime Sequel Film Teases Another Future in New Trailer . Anime News Network .
Links
- Official manga website (jap.)
- Official Anime Website (Japanese)
- The official website of the feature film (Japanese)
- Manga “Orange” in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Orange" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime “Orange” in the AniDB Database
- The film “Orange: Mirai” in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Fiction film "Orange" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network