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Yoiko

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Yoiko
First tankōbon volume cover
よいこ
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byYūgo Ishikawa
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Big Comic Spirits
Original run1996 – 2001
Volumes15
Anime television series
Directed byTakahiro Omori
Written bySukehiro Tomita
Music byYoshio J. Maki
StudioStudio Pierrot
Original networkTBS
Original run November 6, 1998 – March 26, 1999
Episodes20
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Yoiko (よいこ; lit. 'Good Girl') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 2001, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. A 20-episode anime television series animated by Studio Pierrot was broadcast in Japan on TBS from November 1998 to March 1999.

Plot

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Fūka Esumi has a full-grown body, standing tall at 163 cm (64 in). Despite her appearance, Fūka is otherwise an ordinary elementary school girl. When she moves in with her relatives and enrolls in the local school, her body draws the attention of teachers and students. Totally unaware of this, with a mentality of her own age, Fūka tries to get by her school life just like her classmates. However, due to the contrast between her appearance and mind, her actions end up causing misunderstandings and troubles among people around her.

Characters

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Fūka Esumi (江角 風花, Esumi Fūka)
Voiced by: Ryōko Nagata[2]
Miki Kashima (鹿島 ミキ, Kashima Miki)
Voiced by: Sawa Ono [ja][2]
Jirō (ジロー)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama[2]
Miss Noguchi (野口 先生, Noguchi-sensei)
Voiced by: Miki Yoshino [ja][2]
Akira Ozeki (小関 アキラ, Ozeki Akira)
Voiced by: Mifuyu Hiiragi[2]
Kenji Amimoto (網本 ケンジ, Amimoto Kenji)
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi[2]

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa, Yoiko was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 2001.[3][4] Initially, it was planned as a short series, and Shogakukan collected its chapters in two volumes and released them under the Big Spirits Comics Special imprint in May 1997 and January 1998;[5][6] however, after the series began a regular weekly serialization in the magazine, lasting longer than planned, this edition was discontinued.[7] Shogakukan released 15 tankōbon volumes, from June 30, 1998,[8] to May 30, 2001.[9]

Anime

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A 20-episode anime television series adaptation, animated by Studio Pierrot,[1] was broadcast in Japan on TBS from November 7, 1998, to March 27, 1999.[10]

Reception

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John Oppliger of AnimeNation called the series a "Golden Boy style ribald comedy".[11] Oppliger also identified it as one of the earliest true fan service anime television series, noting, however, that its depictions of nudity and sexual humor were "innocent and humorous" and circumstantial in nature, contrasting them with the more provocative fan service commonly found in later anime titles.[12]

References

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  1. 1 2 "YOIKO -That Girl!-". Studio Pierrot. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 よいこ (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ 石川優吾. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022. 続く1996年、週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツにて「よいこ」を連載開始
  4. ↑ 「よいこ」無事終了. Spinet-Inside Spirits (in Japanese). Shogakukan. March 18, 2001. Archived from the original on April 12, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  5. ↑ ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャル よいこ 〈1〉. Kinokuniya (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  6. ↑ ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャル よいこ 〈2〉. Kinokuniya (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ Ishikawa, Yūgo. よいこのページ. you-go.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 29, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ よいこ / 1. s-book.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 11, 2003. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ よいこ / 15. s-book.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 4, 2003. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ よいこ. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  11. ↑ Oppliger, John (July 13, 2010). "Ask John: Are There More Obscene Anime Comedies?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  12. ↑ Oppliger, John (August 17, 2012). "Ask John: What are the Best Vintage Fan Service Anime?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
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