Sketchbook (manga)

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Sketchbook

This is the cover of the first volume of the manga.
スケッチブック
(Suketchibukku)
Genre Comedy, Slice of life
Manga
Author Totan Kobako
Publisher Flag of Japan Mag Garden
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Comic Blade
Original run February 30, 2002
Volumes 5
TV anime: Sketchbook ~full color'S~
Director Yoshimasa Hiraike
Studio Hal Film Maker
Network Flag of Japan TV Tokyo
Original run October 2, 2007 – December 25, 2007
Episodes 13

Sketchbook (スケッチブック Suketchibukku?) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip written and illustrated by Japanese manga author Totan Kobako. The story revolves around a group of high school students, mostly female, in the art club at their high school. The main character is a young, shy and quiet girl named Sora Kajiwara who goes through life at her own pace. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Comic Blade on February 30, 2002, published by Mag Garden. The manga has made additional appearances in another manga magazine published by Mag Garden named Comic Blade Masamune. An anime adaptation, under the title Sketchbook ~full color'S~, began airing in Japan on October 2, 2007, and ended on December 25, 2007.[1]

Contents

[edit] Plot

Sketchbook revolves around a group of high school students who are members of the art club at their school. The plot follows a slice of life style via the students' experiences at school through the club. The main character is a young shy, and quiet girl named Sora Kajiwara who goes through life at her own pace. She tends to look at the little things in life, and is often at awe of the more simple things. Sora knows several stray cats around her town and has given them names.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Art club members

Sora Kajiwara (梶原 空 Kajiwara Sora?)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
A shy and quiet first year high school student. The show is narrated mostly by her thoughts and observations. She always carries her sketchbook with her.
Natsumi Asō (麻生 夏海 Asō Natsumi?)
Voiced by: Asuka Nakase
She is in the same grade as Sora and was the first to approach her and joined the art club with her. She likes to make and play with hand puppets with which she enacts full-on conversations. She also keeps a dog named Kuro.
The members of the art club.
The members of the art club.
Hazuki Torikai (鳥飼 葉月 Torikai Hazuki?)
Voiced by: Yui Makino
A girl with short blond hair who seems to have become best friends with Natsumi. She joined the art club just after Sora and Natsumi. She is always on the look out for a bargain.
Kokage Kuga (空閑 木陰 Kuga Kokage?)
Voiced by: Momoko Saitō
A member of the art club that radiates a rather introverted and dark mood. She is a bit short and sports a black ponytail.
Nagisa Kurihara (栗原 渚 Kurihara Nagisa?)
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura
A short girl in her second year with a preference for insects and nature in general. She is rather knowledgeable about these subjects as well.
Juju Sasaki (佐々木 樹々 Sasaki Juju?)
Voiced by: Tomoe Ōmi
A tall (in comparison to the other female students) member of the art club. She likes to play the guitar and is friends with Nagisa who is in the same class as her.
Asaka Kamiya (神谷 朝霞 Kamiya Asaka?)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu
A short girl with a ponytail and an upbeat personality.
Fū Himuro (氷室 風 Himuro Fū?), Ryō Tanabe (田辺 涼 Tanabe Ryō?)
Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani (Fū), Masumi Asano (Ryō)
Two members of the art club who practically never leave each other's side but rarely show up to club activities. They often appear in the show for side gags.
Kate (ケイト Keito?)
Voiced by: Yūko Gotō
A blond student from Canada. She transfers to the school in the second semester. She is a bit naive often mixes up kanji or uses them inappropriately (for example for foreign words) and on top of that gets taught some false concepts by Himuro and Tanabe. She also speaks with a very thick English accent.
Tsukiyo Ōba (大庭 月夜 Ōba Tsukiyo?)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto
A second-year and rarely seen member of the art club, at least in the anime. Her only speaking appearance was in episode thirteen of the anime, with a number of inconspicuous cameo appearances before then.
Ujō Sugyō (須尭 雨情 Sugyō Ujō?)
Voiced by: Hideki Tasaka
A tall male third-year and the president of the art club. He generally acts as the straight man of the club.
Daichi Negishi (根岸 大地 Negishi Daichi?)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono
A second-year with an anger management problem. However, he is normally friendly and never gets violent.
Hiyori Kasugano (春日野 日和 Kasugano Hiyori?)
Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi
She is the teacher of the art club and has a distinctive fable for chickens. She also keeps a pet chicken named P-chan that she brings to school with her and often resides on her head. She is pretty childish.

[edit] Others

Ao Kajiwara (梶原 青 Kajiwara Ao?)
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara
Sora's younger brother. He is caring and constantly looks out for his rather spacey sister.
Minamo Negishi (根岸 みなも Negishi Minamo?)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa
Daichi's little sister. She is in the the first grade of middle school and always carries a camera with her. Often gets mistaken for a grade schooler.
Mike (ミケ?)
Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda
One of the more dominant stray cats from the neighborhood who becomes the main character in episode five of the anime. He is modeled after the cat of the original artist. He has white fur with large light and dark brown patches.
Haa (ハー?)
Voiced by: Shizuka Itō
A stray cat with gray and white fur and thick dark gray stripes. He is more or less Mike's sidekick. He speaks cat-English, and translates for Mike who can only speak cat-Japanese.
Grey (グレ Gure?)
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara
A stray turned house-cat with white and gray fur and thin gray stripes and his back and cheeks. During the episodes of the anime that are about the cats, he does not speak but still meows.
Kuma (クマ?)
Voiced by: George Nakata
A cat with a big face and light brown fur. In the cat episodes he speaks in a very old-fashioned way and has a respect-demanding personality. He gets taken in by Asaka.
Buchi (ぶち?)
Voiced by: Miho Saiki
A grey and white Persian cat that belongs to Kate. He wears a red collar with a bell on it and only speaks cat-English which makes Haa the only other cat who can understand him.

[edit] Media

[edit] Manga

The Sketchbook four-panel comic strip manga series, written and illustrated by Totan Kobako, was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Comic Blade on February 30, 2002, pulished by Mag Garden. The manga has made additional appearances in another manga magazine published by Mag Garden named Comic Blade Masamune. As of March 2008, five bound volumes of the series have been released in Japan.

[edit] Anime

The anime series, under the title Sketchbook ~full color'S~, is produced by the animation studio Hal Film Maker and began airing in Japan on October 2, 2007 on TV Tokyo. The series is directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike.[1]

[edit] Episode list

# Title Original air date
01 "The Girl With The Sketchbook"
"Suketchibukku no Shōjo" (スケッチブックの少女) 		 October 2, 2007
 
02 "Everyday Scenery"
"Itsumo no Fūkei" (いつもの風景) 		 October 9, 2007
 
03 "Ao's Worry"
"Ao no Shinpai" (青の心配) 		 October 16, 2007
 
04 "Sketch Competition Between Three People"
"Sannin Dake no Suketchi Taikai" (三人だけのスケッチ大会) 		 October 23, 2007
 
05 "Kitty Cat Day"
"Neko Neko no Hi" (ねこねこの日) 		 October 30, 2007
 
06 "Summer Memories"
"Natsu no Omoide" (夏の想ひ出) 		 November 6, 2007
 
07 "One September Day..."
"Kugatsu no Hi ni..." (９月の日に・・・) 		 November 13, 2007
 
08 "A Radio-cassette and Young Girl Double Feature"
"Rajikase to Shōjo no Nihondate" (ラジカセと少女の二本立て) 		 November 20, 2007
 
09 "For the Sake of Something"
"Nanika no Tame ni" (ナニかの為に) 		 November 27, 2007
 
10 "Prior Meeting"
"Deai no Saki" (出会いの先) 		 December 4, 2007
 
11 "A Day With a Cold, and Kitty Cat Part 3"
"Kaze no Hi to Nekoneko part3" (風邪の日と、ねこねこpart3) 		 December 11, 2007
 
12 "Sketchbook Day"
"Suketchibukku no Hi" (スケッチブックの日) 		 December 18, 2007
 
13 "Lonely Art Club"
"Hitoribocchi no Bijutsubu" (ひとりぼっちの美術部) 		 December 25, 2007
 

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (TV). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.

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