Someday's Dreamers

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Someday's Dreamers
魔法遣いに大切なこと
(Things That Are Precious To a Mage)
Genre Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Manga
Author Norie Yamada (story)
Kumichi Yoshizuki (art)
Publisher Flag of Japan Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Comic Dragon
Original run May 2002 – January 2003
Volumes 2
TV anime
Director Masami Shimoda
Studio J.C.Staff
Licensor Flag of the United States Flag of Canada Geneon
Network TV Asahi, All-Nippon News Network
Original run 9 January 2003 – 27 March 2003
Episodes 12
Manga: Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound
Author Norie Yamada (story)
Kumichi Yoshizuki (art)
Publisher Flag of Japan Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Comic Dragon Age
Original run December 2003 – February 2006
Volumes 5
Manga: Someday's Dreamers: Summer's Sora
Author Norie Yamada (story)
Kumichi Yoshizuki (art)
Publisher Flag of Japan Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace
Original run February 26, 2008
TV anime: Someday's Dreamers: Summer's Sora
Director Osamu Kobayashi
Studio Hal Film Maker

Someday's Dreamers (魔法遣いに大切なこと Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto?, lit. "Things That Are Precious To a Mage") is a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes. Someday's Dreamers received an animated adaptation in 2003. Produced by J.C.Staff under the direction of Masami Shimoda, the television series loosely follows the storyline of the manga, but adds new characters and follows a different plot line. It ran for a total of twelve episodes on TV Asahi and was later licensed by Geneon Entertainment USA for release on Region 1 DVD.

Another story set in the same universe, Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound (魔法遣いに大切なこと 太陽と風の坂道 Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Taiyō to Kaze no Sakamichi?), written and drawn by the same author and illustrator, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon Age. It ran from December 2003 to February 2006 and was later released in five bound volumes.

In 2007, Norie Yamada and Kumichi Yoshizuki began work on a third title in the Someday's Dreamers universe, Summer's Sora (魔法遣いに大切なこと 〜夏のソラ〜 Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora?). It is serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace and began its run in the April issue, released on February 26, 2008. It has a live-action movie adaptation, shot in September-October 2007 and slated for a summer 2008 release,[1][2] and an announced television anime series adaptation, produced by Hal Film Maker and directed by Osamu Kobayashi, also slated to air in summer 2008.[2]

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[edit] Story

The story is set in present day Tokyo. Much of the setting is based upon real areas, the more obvious ones being the Shibuya Crossing and Tokyo Tower. The main backdrop of the series where they all reside is in Shimokitazawa, roughly 6 minutes west of Shibuya on the Keio Inokashira Line. In Tokyo is the Bureau of Magic, which employs Mage Labour for certain special requests by everyday people. However, the mages must only use their magic with special permission, and any unlicensed use results in a penalty. The story is very gentle and centres around the protagonist, a witch named Yume Kikuchi (菊池ユメ Kikuchi Yume?), a 2nd year senior high school student from Tono in Iwate prefecture. In order to train as a magic user, she travels to Tokyo during her summer break to apprentice under the charming Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美 Oyamada Masami?). The story is very peaceful and tells of Yume's trials and tribulations as she works toward her eventual graduation as a full-fledged magic user licensed by the Bureau of Magic. There is a strong undercurrent of romance which is not resolved.

On 7 March 2006, Tokyopop translated the Somedays Dreamers manga for an international release. In December 2006 they also released a spinoff series named Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound (魔法遣いに大切なこと 太陽と風の坂道 Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto; Taiyō to Kaze no Sakamichi?).

[edit] Music

The composer of the anime soundtrack, Takefumi Haketa, hoped that girls would identify with the lead role and created music which had a nostalgic feel to it, evoking both English and Irish suburbs but also memories of the European Middle Ages. Using traditional instruments such as Irish whistles, he created tracks based on jigs, reels and a real Salsa track. For two themes he employed the voices of a 10-strong choir of schoolchildren. The vocal songs were also arranged by Haketa and sung by Miki Taoka. The cd soundtrack was released in America in 2003 by Pioneer Anime LDC, inc.

[edit] Characters

  • Yume Kikuchi (Yume Kikuchi (菊池ユメ Kikuchi Yume?))-(Seiyū:Aoi Miyazaki, VA:Kari Wahlgren)
  • Masami Oyamada (Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美 Oyamada Masami?))-(Seiyū:Jun'ichi Suwabe, VA:?)
  • Angela Charon Brooks (アンジェラ・シャロン・ブルックス) - (Seiyū:Akeno Watanabe, VA:?)

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Someday's Dreamers to be Made into Live-Action Film. Anime News Network (October 23, 2007). Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Someday's Dreamers Adapted into New Anime This Summer Anime News Network (March 26, 2008). Retrieved on March 26, 2008.