Short Program (manga)

Short Program (Japanese: ショート・プログラム, Hepburn: Shōto Puroguramu) is the title of a series of unrelated short manga collections by Mitsuru Adachi. Four volumes compile stories selected from shōjo, shōnen, josei and seinen works released from 1985 until 2009.

Volumes

Short Program

The first collection, titled simply Short Program, collected stories published between 1985 and 1988. In Japan, Shogakukan published this in November 1988. In the United States, Viz Media published this collection in March 2000. The chapters are arranged differently from the Japanese release, for unknown reasons. As was customary with most manga published in the US at the time, the pages were 'flopped' so that they read left to right, rather than right to left as originally drawn. It is also printed at a larger paper size than the now-standard manga size.

Short Program				ISBN 4-09-121881-4 (original release)
				ISBN 4-09-127871-X (2005 re-release)
Short Program				ISBN 1-56931-473-X
Japanese chapter	Viz chapter	English title	Japanese title	Rōmaji title	Serialized	Publication date
1	7	The Current State of Affairs	近況	Kinkyō	Shōnen Big Comic	January 1987
2	6	At the Intersection	交差点前	Kōsaten Mae	Shōnen Big Comic	April 1986
3	3	Short Program	ショート・プログラム	Shōto Puroguramu	Young Sunday	March 1987
4	2	Take Off	テイク・オフ	Teiku Ofu	Young Sunday	April 1988
5	1	Change	チェンジ	Chenji	Weekly Shōnen Sunday	November 1985
6	8	Plus 1	プラス1	Purasu Wan	Ciao	June 1986
7	9	Purple	むらさき	Murasaki	Ciao	June 1985
8	4-5	What's Going On!?	なにがなんだか	Nani ga Nanda ka	Shōnen Big Comic	January 1985

Short Program 2

The second collection, titled Short Program 2, collected stories published between 1988 and 1995. In Japan, Shogakukan published this in June 1996. In the United States, Viz Media published this collection in April 2004. Unlike the first volume, this collection was published right to left, in the now-standard paper size for manga.

Short Program 2			ISBN 4-09-121882-2 (original release)
			ISBN 4-09-127872-8 (2005 re-release)
Short Program 2			ISBN 1-56931-473-X
Chapter	English title	Japanese title	Rōmaji title	Serialized	Publication date
1	Before Spring Comes	春が来る前に…	Haru ga Kuru Mae ni...	Petit Comic	April 1992
2	Subject - Wakaba	若葉マーク	Wakaba Māku	Weekly Young Sunday	January 1995
3	A Stop on the Way	途中下車	Tochūgesha	Weekly Shōnen Sunday	September 1994
4	5×4P			Big Comic Superior	July - September 1992
5	4 on the Richter Scale	震度4	Shindo Yon	Weekly Shōnen Sunday	July 1988
6	Aim at the Ace	エースをつぶせ!	Ēsu o Tsubuse!	Shōgaku Shinensei	June 1986
7	Spring Call	スプリング・コール	Supuringu Kōru	Weekly Shōnen Sunday	April 1993
8	Spring Passes	ゆく春	Yuku Haru	Big Comic Spirits	May 1993
9	The Road Home	帰り道	Kaeri Michi	Young Sunday	October - November 1989
10	Sayonara Game	サヨナラゲーム	Sayonara Gēmu	Big Comic	1991 Summer Special

Short Program 3

This volume was published in July 2007 in Japan. No announcements have been made regarding an English-language release in North America.

Short Program 3			ISBN 4-09-127873-6 (original release)
			unreleased
Chapter	English title	Japanese title	Rōmaji title	Serialized	Publication date
1	Geta and Diamonds	下駄とダイヤモンド		Young Sunday	1999 issue 17
2	Blowing Any Which Way	どこ吹く風		Big Comic Spirits	1992 issue 8
3	Angel's Hammer	天使のハンマー		Big Comic	1998 issue 6
4	Memory Off	メモリーオフ		Weekly Shōnen Sunday	2000 issues 6-7
5	White Summer	白い夏		Weekly Shōnen Sunday	2002 issues 36-37
6	Square Sea	四角い海		Weekly Shōnen Sunday	1998 30th Anniversary Special Issue,
7	Idol A	アイドルA		Young Sunday	2005 issue 36/37 - 2007 issue 5/6,
8	The Runaway God	逃げた神様		Big Comic One	16 October 2005
9	Short Mail	ショートメール		Shōnen Sunday Super	2006 Special Winter Issue

Short Program: Girl's Type

This volume was published 11 May 2009 in Japan. No announcements have been made regarding an English-language release in North America.

Short Program: Girl's type			ISBN 4-09-121674-9 (original release)
			unreleased
Chapter	English title	Japanese title	Rōmaji title	Serialized	Publication date
1	A Word from the Freeloader			Weekly Shōjo Comic	1978 issue 11
2	A Word from the Freeloader, Continued
3	It's Hard Being a Freeloader
4	Lovers Declaration
5	Season
6	Pair of Aces			Weekly Shōjo Comic	1978 issue 16
7	Whimsical Punch			Weekly Shōjo Comic	1977 issue 34

Reception

The Wilamette Week's Jamie Rich called the first volume of Short Program "solid, escapist entertainment" and "as irresistibly infatuating as comic books can get." He described the worlds created by Adachi as "ageless", describing his style as having "crisp, delicate [lines]" and having a "genuine sweetness".^[1]

References

External links

• あだち充作品 リスト (Japanese) - Listing of Mitsuru Adachi's short stories
• Short Program (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Short Program 2 (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia