Arashi no Yoru Ni

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Arashi no Yoru Ni
あらしのよるに
(Stormy Night)
Genre Drama, Action
Light novel
Author Yūichi Kimura
Illustrator Hiroshi Abe
Animated film
Director Gisaburô Sugii
Studio (n/a)
Released Flag of Japan December 10, 2005
Flag of the Republic of China (January 16, 2006 - special premiere), (January 20, 2006 - public premiere)
Runtime 115 Minutes

Arashi no Yoru Ni (あらしのよるに Arashi no Yoru Ni?), or On a Stormy Night, is the first of a series of light novels authored by Yūichi Kimura and illustrated by Hiroshi Abe, and an animated movie based on the book. It is also a video game for the Nintendo DS released in Japan.

In 1994 when "Arashi no Yoru Ni" was published, Kimura did not expect it to become so popular, and so he originally had no plans to continue the story as a series. However, upon receiving considerable positive encouragement to continue the story, he wrote five other books, ending with "Fubuki no Ashita (After the Snowstorm)." However, after the series had grown even more popular, a series compilation called "Shiroiyami no Hatede" was released and a movie based on the book was put into production. Soon after, Kimura wrote the seventh book, "Mangetsu no Yoru Ni", finally ending the series.

Contents

[edit] Story

A goat named Mei wanders into a barn during the night for shelter from a storm. In the barn, the goat finds another refugee. The two can neither see nor smell each other, yet huddled together fending off the cold, they begin to talk and eventually develop a friendship. They decide to meet at a later time using the password "one stormy night". The next day, when the two meet, Mei learns that his companion from the night before was a wolf named Gabu. Despite the fact that the two are naturally supposed to be enemies, they share a bond and begin meeting regularly. However, Mei's flock and Gabu's pack eventually find out about this and forbid their friendship. Mei and Gabu, hoping to preserve their friendship, cross a river during a storm, hoping to find an "emerald forest" free from persecution for their friendship.

However, Giro, the leader of Gabu's old pack, holds a grudge against all goats, and views Gabu as a traitor to his kind. Giro and his pack go on the hunt to track down the two companions. Gabu and Mei, having reached the summit of a mountain and exhausted from fighting their way through a snow storm, stop and rest. Gabu hears his pack approaching and hides Mei in a nearby cave, ready to defend his goat friend to the death. As he is about to go face the wolf pack, there is an avalanche. The next morning, Mei digs through the snow blocking the cave and sees the "emerald forest" they had been searching for in the distance. However, Gabu has gone missing...

[edit] Book series

The light novel series, published by Kodansha, Ltd., has been released in Japanese in seven serializations.

  1. Arashi no Yoru Ni (1994) ISBN 4-06-252852-5
  2. Aru Hareta Hi Ni (1996) ISBN 4-06-252870-3
  3. Kumo no Kirema Ni (1997) ISBN 4-06-252874-6
  4. Kiri no Naka De (1999) ISBN 4-06-252875-4
  5. Doshaburi no Hi Ni (2000) ISBN 4-06-252876-2
  6. Fubuki no Ashita (2002) ISBN 4-06-252877-0
  7. Mangetsu no Yoru Ni (2005) ISBN 4-06-252878-9

[edit] Movie edition

The movie "Arashi no Yoru Ni" was released in Japan on December 10th, 2005. The movie stayed within the top 10 in the Japanese box office for well over a month, with over 1,200,000 viewers in the first month alone. On January 20th, 2006, "Arashi no Yoru Ni" was screened in Taiwan, and screening worldwide in 26 other countries, including England and Korea, is planned for the future.

The Japanese DVD was released on June 23rd, 2006 as both a special edition and a standard edition.

The movie was broadcasted on a Swedish channel, SVT2, for the first time on September 8th, 2007.

There is some blood and violence in the movie. For instance, one of the few violent scenes shows Mei's mother biting an ear off of one of the wolves.

[edit] Cast

  • Giro (Wolf Boss) - Riki Takeuchi
  • Barry (Gabu's older brother) - Kōichi Yamadera
  • Bicchi (Companion of Gabu) - Tetsuya Yanagihara
  • Zaku (Companion of Gabu) - Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Tapu (Mei's older brother) - Shōzō Hayashiya
  • Mii (Friend of Mei) - Maya Kobayashi
  • Grandmother goat - KABA-chan
  • Elder goat - Eiji Bandō
  • Gabu's Mother - Yū Hayami (Friendship Performance)
  • Mei's Grandmother - Etsuko Ichihara (Special Performance)

[edit] Staff

  • Original story - Yūichi Kimura
  • Director - Gisaburo Sugii
  • Animation supervisor - Tsuneo Maeda
  • Character Design - Marisuke Eguchi
  • Art director - Yukio Abe
  • Music - Keisuke Shinohara
  • Theme song: "Star" by aiko

[edit] References

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Japanese-language Wikipedia article.

[edit] External links