Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch

Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch
Canvas2 〜虹色のスケッチ〜
(Canvas 2 ~Rainbow Colored Sketch~)
Genre Romance, Harem
Game
Developer F&C FC01
Manga
Written by Miki Kodama
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Comp Ace
Original run April 2005 – September 2006
Volumes 4
TV anime
Directed by Itsuro Kawasaki
Studio ZEXCS
Network TV Kanagawa
Original run 3 October 2005 – 27 March 2006
Episodes 24
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Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch (Canvas2 〜虹色のスケッチ〜?), also known as just Canvas 2, is a visual novel by F&C FC01 with a 24-episode romance anime produced by Kadokawa Shoten based on the game, along with a manga series of the same name.

Contents

Plot

The series focuses on the lives of some students and teachers at Nadesico Academy both at school and their private lives. The main character of the series is Kamikura Hiroki, who lives with his younger cousin Elis. Hiroki is training to become a full-fledged art teacher while also trying to take care of Elis. When his childhood friend Kiri starts working at the school, drama begins to flare as he has to juggle his work, private life, and the feelings for these two important girls.

Character

Nadesico staff

Hiroki Kamikura (上倉 浩樹 Kamikura Hiroki?)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai
The main character of the series. He is the older cousin of Elis as well as her current guardian. At the time of the series, he is an adviser to the art club as well as an art teacher in training but he used to be an artistic prodigy when he was in high school. During high school, he was good friends with Kiri and Yanagi. When Kiri confessed that she liked him, Hiroki turned her down even though he had feelings for her. It is believed he did this because he knew that Yanagi also liked Kiri so he didn’t want to get in the way of his friend’s feelings. However, Yanagi didn’t know of Hiroki’s good intentions and stole Hiroki’s composition of Kiri for a national art contest. This destroyed their relationship and left Hiroki alone and heartbroken since he had also turned down Kiri. Since then, he has taken in Elis into his home as her legal guardian. Throughout the series Hiroki struggles with managing his emotions for both Elis and Kiri and ability to paint again.
Kiri Kikyo (桔梗 霧 Kikyō Kiri?)
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame
Childhood friend of Hiroki as well as a Physical Education teacher at Nadesico Academy. She confessed her feelings for Hiroki (by the rooftop on school) while the two of them were in high school but was turned down. It is believed that Kiri took the job as the Physical Education instructor at Nadesico Academy because Hiroki was working there. Kiri still has feelings for Hiroki but has had a difficult time in telling him. She finally works up enough courage to confess to him again as adults (by the rooftop again in the school).
Saya Saginomiya (鷺ノ宮 紗綾 Saginomiya Saya?)
Voiced by: Yuka Inokuchi
She is the acting superintendent at Nadesico Academy. This tall and purple-haired beauty has a well-meaning and caring personality but is surprisingly disliked by the rest of the administration at Nadesico Academy. She looks up to her younger sister, who is a very competent superintendent at a French school that is associated with Nadesico. She likes to practice with her naginata in the school gym while it is empty as a way to relieve the stress of her job.

Students

Elis Hosen (鳳仙 エリス Hōsen Erisu?)
Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka
Elis is a freshman at Nadesico Academy. Her parents died in a tragic car accident and she was left in the foster care of her cousin, Kamikura Hiroki. Because of the accident, she was left traumatized and unable to tolerate the colour red—since it reminds her of blood—to the extent in which eating red colored food or using the colour red in her artwork can became very painful. Like Hiroki, she is a very talented artist but her fear of the color red prevents her from realizing her full potential. Elis develops strong affections for Hiroki and confesses her feelings for him but only to be turned down because Hiroki thinks of her as a little sister rather than a woman that he could love. She has a tough time dealing with her feelings as well as the distance that seems to be created between her and Hiroki when he begins to spend more time with Kiri. She eventually intends to go to France on a scholarship and live with a relative there but is stopped by Hiroki who returns her feelings.
Kana Hagino (萩野 可奈 Hagino Kana?)
Voiced by: Ai Tokunaga
Despite her short stature, Hagino is actually a sophomore at Nadesico Academy. She is a novelist that focuses mainly on romance stories. To keep her identity hidden, she writes under the pen name of Naka Nogiwa (那珂 野際). She is very interested in the relationships of the other characters in the series so that she can generate ideas for her novels. She is constantly badgered by her editor, Sugihara Shie, to finish writing novels by her many deadlines. She has a crush on Hiroki.
Tomoko Fujinami (藤浪 朋子 Fujinami Tomoko?)
Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi
A friend of Elis. She has a medical problem concerning her heart, and is often absent from school. This prevents her from making many friends and leads her to have anti-social behavior. Hiroki reaches out to her and she eventually begins to open up and become friends with the other girls, she is the 'tsundere' character of the anime and over the time she develops minor feelings for Hiroki. When she was a child, she always moves from one hospital to another, she had been in a hospital in Hokkaido (at the same hospital that Elis was admitted after the accident), and she always meets up with a person that shows her his sketchbook, who she developed feelings for. In the end, it was revealed that the person whom she remembers as "the oni-chan from the hospital" is actually Hiroki. It is shown at the very end during the credits that Tomoko's surgery was a success as she opens her eyes.
Mami Takeuchi (竹内 麻巳 Takeuchi Mami?)
Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi
The president of the art club at Nadesico Academy. Although she sees Elis as a rival, she is there to help Elis when she is in need of advice. She encourages Elise to try to use the color red.
Sumire Misaki (美咲 菫 Misaki Sumire?)
Voiced by: Aya Hirano
Youngest daughter of a family of great musicians. She is always compared to her parents and older sister and thus has high expectations. She feels a lot of pressure and anxiety because of this. She cares deeply for Elise. She is part of the choir and has a soprano voice.
Shota Hashidsume (橋爪 彰太 Hashizume Shōta?)
Voiced by: Junji Majima
One of Elis’s classmates. He is a good natured boy but he likes to have fun with the occasional prank. An enthusiast in ceramics and pottery, and occasionally can be found looking through wooded areas for good quality clay. He has a crush on Elis and confesses to her during a camping trip but gets rejected.

Other characters

Shie Sugihara (杉原 紫衣 Sugihara Shie?)
Voiced by: Miho Miyakawa
She is Kana’s editor and is constantly pressuring her to finish within writing deadlines. She is strict but understanding of others. She is also a college friend of Kiri and gives her advice on love and how to approach Hiroki.
Shin-ichiro Yanagi (柳 慎一郎 Yanagi Shin'ichirō?)
Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama
Childhood friend of Hiroki and Kiri. His relationship with Hiroki went sour after Yanagi had stolen Hiroki’s composition of Kiri and then went on to win a national award with the painting. They do make up with each other later thanks to Kiri and Saya.
He has a crush on Kiri and confesses to her when they are adults but Kiri turns him down. He then supports Kiri into confessing her feelings for Hiroki.

Episodes

Episode Original Title Translated Title
1 禁断のクラシックレッド Classic Red Prohibition
2 マンダリンオレンジの再会 Mandarin Orange Meeting
3 悪戯なカナリアイエロー Mischievous Canary Yellow
4 焦燥のコバルトブルー Cobalt Blue Impatience
5 溜息のムーングレイ Moon Gray Sigh
6 誘惑のエメラルドグリーン Emerald Green Temptation
7 潮騒のサンドベージュ Sand Beige Sea Roar
8 哀愁のミッドナイトブルー Midnight Blue Sadness
9 瑠璃色のセンチメンタル Sentimental Azure
10 追憶のスノーホワイト Snow White Recollections
11 浅支子の距離 Light Yellow Distance
12 無邪気なエバーグリーン Evergreen Innocence
13 セピアのトライアングル Sepia Triangle
14 ひめごとはダークネイビー Dark Navy Secret
15 藍色のプレッシャー Indigo Blue Pressure
16 薄紫のオールナイトロング Light Purple All Night Long
17 チェリーピンクを届けたい Want to Deliver Cherry Pink
18 トマトレッドを撃て! Shoot at Tomato Red!
19 ミルキィホワイトの一夜 A Milky White Night
20 マーマレード色の夕暮れ Marmalade Colored Evening
21 クリスタルの白地図 Crystal Blank Map
22 インディゴの夜明けに On An Indigo Dawn
23 クリスマスカラーの決意 Christmas Colored Decision
24 虹色(なないろ)のフィナーレ Rainbow Colored Finale

Theme songs

PC Game

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PlayStation2/Canvas2 DVD EDITION(PC)

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Anime

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Manga

A manga based on Canvas 2 was serialized in Comp Ace magazine from April 2005 to September 2006. The series was authored and illustrated by Miki Kodama, and four tankōbon were published by Kadokawa Shoten.

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