Time Stranger Kyoko

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Time Stranger Kyoko
Cover of Japanese volume 1
Cover of Japanese volume 1
時空異邦人KYOKO
Genre Magical girl, Romance
Manga: [1]
Author Arina Tanemura
Publisher Flag of Japan Shueisha
Demographic Shōjo
Serialized in Ribon
Original run September 2000 – September 2001
Volumes 3
OVA: Leave it to Chocola[2]
Director Masatsugu Arakawa
Writer Fumihiko Shimo
Studio Production I.G, Transarts
Episodes 1
Released Flag of Japan 2001
Runtime 11 minutes

Time Stranger Kyoko (時空異邦人KYOKO?) is a manga by mangaka Arina Tanemura. There are three volumes in the series. Viz Media has licensed the series and will be releasing the English version in North America starting in July 2008. [1]

An OVA was released in 2001 for the manga publisher's "Ribon Festival", which mainly centered around the character Chocola. [2]

Contents

[edit] Story Synopsis

In the 30th Century, the Earth has united as one country called Earth. Kyoko is the princess of the country and is protected by the last remaining of the Dragon clan (Ryuuzoku): Hizuki and his younger brother Sakataki (the prince of Ryuuzoku). She has attended primary school and junior high school and is currently in senior high where no one knows her true identity as the nation's first princess. When the Smashers gang turn up at Kyoko's and Widoshiku since their leader takes a liking to Karen (Kyoko's friend) she has no choice but to reveal her identity to save the school.

She is then offered the chance by a man reading from a user manual, to pass the throne onto her twin sister Ui, who has been in a coma-like state since she was born. To wake her, she has to assemble 12 power stones and their owners, the "Strangers", and awaken their powers. But just as she thought she was getting close to finally being able to speak with her sister, her sister murmurs in her sleep that she was born alone.

Kyoko is the "Time Stranger" and the leader of them all. She has the "Scorpion Cane" which can talk and helps her find the other Strangers. Kyoko can also "Time Halt" (stop the time) and "Time Slip" (go back in time). All the Strangers seem to be the head of their clan.

[edit] Characters

  • Kyoko Suomi - Time Stranger
  • Hizuki Jin - Ice Stranger
  • Sakataki Jin - Crystal Stranger
  • Chocola - Voiced by: Rumi Shishido
  • Karen Momoto - Flower Stranger
  • Akira Onishi

[edit] Volumes

Japanese
  1. ISBN 4-08-856265-8 published in March 2001
  2. ISBN 4-08-856296-8 published in July 2001
  3. ISBN 4-08-856333-6 published in December 2001

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Time Stranger Kyoko (manga). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  2. ^ a b Time Stranger Kyoko (OAV). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.

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