Chameleon (manga)
| Chameleon | |
_vol47_Cover.jpg) Cover of Chameleon volume 47 as published by Kodansha | |
| カメレオン (Kamereon) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, parody |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Atsushi Kase |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 1990 – 1999 |
| Volumes | 47 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by |
Mitsuo Hashimoto Hiromichi Matano Ken Bluestem Takao Yotsuji |
| Produced by | HoriPro |
| Written by | Takao Yotsuji |
| Music by | Saburo Takada |
| Studio | Tanaka Productions |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 1992 – 1996 |
| Runtime | 50 min per episode |
| Episodes | 6 |
Chameleon (カメレオン Kamereon) is a Japanese manga series created by Atsushi Kase which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1990 and 1999; forty-seven bound volumes were released. The manga won the twenty-third round of the Kodansha Manga Award in 1999 for shōnen manga, beating out titles such as One Piece and Karakuri Circus. A remake of the manga by Hiro Mashima will return to Weekly Shōnen Sunday in March 2008.[1] The series follows the antics of tenth-grade student Eisaku Yazawa who wants to become a bōsōzoku.
It was adapted into an OVA series consisting of six 50-minute episodes running from 1992-96 produced by Tanaka Productions. The first two episodes were directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto, the third was by Hiromichi Matano, the fourth by Ken Bluestem and the last two by scriptwriter Takao Yotsuji. The first episode was released in America by ADV Films in 1998. It was also adapted into a live action film directed by Noboru Matsui and starring Hosei Yamazaki as Eisaku Yazawa in 1996.
References
- ↑ "Shōnen Magazine Marks 50th with New, Returning Manga". Anime News Network. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
External links
- Anime Jump Review of the OVA
- Bite Me! Chameleon (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia