Teekyu

Teekyu

Cover of the first manga volume
てーきゅう
(Tēkyū)
Genre Comedy
Manga
Written by Roots
Illustrated by Piyo
Published by Earth Star Entertainment
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Comic Earth Star
Original run February 10, 2012 – ongoing
Volumes 10
Anime television series
Directed by Shin Itagaki
Produced by Yutaka Goto, Eisuke Imanishi, Sei Moriwaki, Atsushi Iwanami
Written by Shin Itagaki
Studio MAPPA (seasons 1-3), Millepensee (seasons 4-7)[1]
Network Tokyo MX, AT-X, Niconico
Original run October 7, 2012 – ongoing
Episodes 78 + 6 OVAs
Manga
Takamiya Nasuno Desu!
Written by Roots
Illustrated by Piyo
Published by Earth Star Entertainment
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Comic Earth Star
Original run April 12, 2014 – ongoing
Volumes 2
Anime television series
Takamiya Nasuno Desu!
Directed by Shin Itagaki
Produced by Yutaka Goto, Eisuke Imanishi, Sei Moriwaki, Atsushi Iwanami
Written by Shin Itagaki
Studio Millepensee[1]
Network Tokyo MX
Original run April 6, 2015 – June 22, 2015
Episodes 12 + 1 OVA

Teekyu (てーきゅう Tēkyū) is a sports comedy manga series serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star since February 2012. Its name is a pun on the Japanese word for tennis, teikyū (庭球).[2] The manga has been adapted into an anime television series, which ran for six seasons in from 2012 to 2015, with a seventh one which started in January 19, 2016.

Teekyu also had a spinoff comedy manga series, also serialized in Comic Earth Star, named Takamiya Nasuno Desu! (高宮なすのです！), translated as "I am Takamiya Nasuno!" (full name Takamiya Nasuno Desu! ~Teekyu Spinoff~ (高宮なすのです！〜てーきゅうスピンオフ〜)), featuring one of the main characters of Teekyu in her own adventures. It has had two tankōbon releases so far, and also received a 12-episode anime adaptation in 2015.

Plot

The story follows the everyday lives of four girls of the Kameido High School's tennis club. The series' focus is not really on tennis, but on the wacky and eccentric characters, with strange object associations and even stranger misconceptions, on their many random adventures. These adventures have included traveling to an army base, going skiing, helping a cake shop owner with financial troubles, and helping an alien refuel her spaceship.

Characters

Teekyu characters in a promotional poster for the 6th season. From left to right, the characters are Marimo, Nasuno, Kanae, Yuri, Tomarin, Annenkov (bottom-right), and Udonko (top-right)

Tennis Club members

Yuri Oshimoto (押本 ユリ Oshimoto Yuri)
Voiced by: Yui Watanabe[3][4]
Yuri is the only member of the club who actually knows how to play tennis. She is considered the only normal girl in the entire group who takes things seriously, much to her chagrin. She plays the straight man, often giving surprised remarks to the other girls' shocking behavior. She has a younger brother in middle school named Yota.
Kanae Shinjō (新庄 かなえ Shinjō Kanae)
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori[3][4]
Kanae is a second year student though she does not act like it at times. She likes to do things that break norms, such as getting a tennis racket with strings made from her grandmother's hair or sleeping by standing up and with her head against the wall, and sometimes even breaks laws of physics, such as sinking into solid ground or splitting herself in two. She tends to freak out Yuri in the process.
Nasuno Takamiya (高宮 なすの Takamiya Nasuno)
Voiced by: Kyōko Narumi[3][4]
Nasuno hails from a rich family. Having returned from a trip in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, she wants to try out for the tennis club, though she has no idea how to play. Nasuno is capable of providing for her own and other characters' outlandish ideas with her vast amounts of wealth. In her spinoff series, Takamiya Nasuno Desu!, she spends her summer at her family's vacation cottage, relaxing and ordering around Yota.
Marimo Bandō (坂東 まりも Bandō Marimo)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[3][4]
Marimo is another second year student who hails from the same school as the other members. She has a large number of misconceptions about the world, and her antics tend to get herself and others in trouble, and sometimes in harm. Examples include wearing and actually eating a girls' panties and kidnapping a child. She does have a kind nature to her, despite her lack of maturity and self-control.

Other characters

Tomarin (トマリン)
Voiced by: Yui Ogura[5]
An alien from another planet, she crash lands on Earth due to her spaceship losing fuel, and she meets Marimo. Marimo and Tomarin then become roommates and friends. She is pretty cheerful, but can be easily scared. Tomarin has humorous misconceptions about Earth, which are not helped by Marimo's own misconceptions.
Udonko Kondo (近藤 うどん子 Kondō Udonko)
Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara[4]
A classmate of Yuri's, she works for the school's newspaper. She has a lot of curiosity, but generally means well. She seems to have abnormal priorities in her life, and focuses on things that other people wouldn't focus on.
Annenkov Kondo (近藤 アネンコフ Kondō Anenkofu)
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura[4]
Udonko's older sister. She works as an exorcist.
Yota Oshimoto (押本 陽太 Oshimoto Yōta)
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka[4][6]
Yuri's younger brother who seems to live a rather average life. Nasuno employed him as her butler during their summer break, often having him perform meaningless tasks or tasks with outrageous conditions or rules. Throughout the spinoff, Takamiya Nasuno Desu!, he acts as the straight man, giving snappy or confused remarks to the actions of Nasuno and her weird family. He tends to be the responsible person in situations where Nasuno's family is not.
Ayano Takamiya (高宮 あやの Takamiya Ayano)
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura[6][7]
Nasuno's mother, she looks extremely young for her age. She is pretty energetic and sometimes direct. She tends to join Nasuno and Yota on their adventures, but is generally care-free, leaving Yota to have to be the responsible one.
Nasuno's father (なすの “父” Nasuno “chichi”)
Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi[8]
Cake shop manager / Tenchio Keikiya (ケーキ屋の店長 / 形木矢 貂千雄 Kēki-ya no tenchō / Keikiya Tenchio)
Voiced by: Hirokazu Machida[8]
Yucatan (ユカタン Yukatan)
Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi[8]
Mika-san (ミカさん)
Voiced by: Hitomi Ohwada[8]
Bobby (ボビー Bobī)
Voiced by: Yoshiyuki Shimozuma[8]

Media

Manga

Teekyu

The Teekyu manga series is written by Roots and illustrated by Piyo. Its first chapter was published by Earth Star Entertainment in Comic Earth Star's 12th issue, released on February 10, 2012,[9] and since then the series has also been compiled in 10 tankōbon volumes.

No.Release date ISBN
1 August 11, 2012[10]ISBN 978-4-8030-0363-5
2 October 12, 2012[11]ISBN 978-4-8030-0385-7
3 December 12, 2012[12]ISBN 978-4-8030-0395-6
4 June 12, 2013[13]ISBN 978-4-8030-0470-0
5 August 12, 2013[14]ISBN 978-4-8030-0488-5
6 October 12, 2013[15]ISBN 978-4-8030-0507-3
7 December 12, 2013[16]ISBN 978-4-8030-0518-9
8 July 11, 2014[17]ISBN 978-4-8030-0593-6
9 March 12, 2015[18]ISBN 978-4-8030-0691-9
10 September 12, 2015[19]ISBN 978-4-8030-0784-8

Takamiya Nasuno Desu!

The Takamiya Nasuno Desu! manga is also written by Roots and illustrated by Piyo, and also published by Earth Star Entertainment.[20] It is a spinoff of Teekyu that focuses on the daily life of Takamiya Nasuno. It has, as of October 10, 2015, had two tankōbon volumes released.

No.Release date ISBN
1 March 12, 2015[18][20]ISBN 978-4-8030-0693-3
2 October 10, 2015[21]ISBN 978-4-8030-0799-2

Anime

Announcement of an anime adaptation of Teekyu came in August 2012, alongside the release of the first tankobon. The announcement came five months after the manga was first published, the fastest manga-release-to-anime-announcement time that Earth Star Entertainment has ever had.[2] Each episode of the anime is about 2 minutes long, so characters speak and actions are performed at a very quick pace, with shortcuts used to save time on animation sometimes. Shin Itagaki is the director and writer for each season.

The series has had seven seasons so far. The first season aired between October 7 and December 23, 2012,[2] the second one between July 7 and September 22, 2013,[22] and the third one between October 6 and December 22, 2013.[23][24] The fourth season aired from April 6, 2015 to June 22, 2015.[25] The fifth season began airing on July 6, 2015.[26] The sixth season aired from October 5, 2015 to December 21, 2015.[4][27] The anime has been renewed for a 7th season in January 2016.[28]

Takamiya Nasuno Desu! received a 12-episode adaptation, and aired on the same days as the fourth season of Teekyu, from April 6, 2015 to June 22, 2015.[25] Like Teekyu, each episode is two minutes in length, and character speech and actions are performed at a quick pace. Shin Itagaki is also the director and writer for this series.

Stage Play

There was a stage play adaptation of Teekyu called "Butai-ban Teekyu Senpai to Meguriau Jikantachi" (舞台版てーきゅう　～先輩とめぐりあう時間たち～) ("Stage Play Edition Teekyu: The Times to Come Across with Senpai"), about a musical being put on by the tennis club members during their high school's Culture Festival. The play was performed at Japan Newart College Omori Campus Theater in Tokyo, Japan, from July 29 and August 2, 2015.[29]

Reception

Chris Beveridge of Fandompost.com, reviewing the first three episodes, gave the anime a C, stating that he enjoyed the comedy, but the short length of the episodes and the quick pace ruined the experience.[30][31] Ryan Hand of B-TEN, reviewing the first 3 seasons, gave the show a 5.25 out of 10, again stating that he enjoyed the show and its characters (despite there being no character development). However, he criticized the poor animation and art, although he commented on how it fits the fast-paced action of the show.[32] It has been suggested that the show has not been as well received outside of Japan due to the language barrier for non-native speakers, causing difficulty in following the unusually fast-paced dialogue. [33]

The official Twitter account for the franchise has over 12,000 followers.[34]

References

  1. 1 2 "4th Teekyū Season, Takamiya Nasuno Desu! Slated for April 6 With New Studio". Anime News Network. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Crunchyroll to Stream Teekyū Anime About Girls' Tennis Team". Anime News Network. October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "キャラクター - TVアニメ『てーきゅう』公式サイト" [Characters - TV Anime "Teekyu" Official Website] (in Japanese). Teekyu Production Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Chapman, Paul (14 August 2015). "Crunchyroll - "Teekyu" Gets 6th Season in October". Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "TVアニメ『てーきゅう』第6期が2015年10月より放送開始。主題歌は"アース・スター ドリーム"が担当" [TV Anime "Teekyu" 6th Season's October 2015 Broadcast Announcement. Theme Song Determined as "Earth Star Dream"]. moca (in Japanese). MoCa. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "TVアニメ「高宮なすのです！〜てーきゅうスピンオフ〜」公式サイト" [TV Anime "Takamiya Nasuno Desu! ~Teekyu Spinoff~" Official Website] (in Japanese). Teekyu Production Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Yukari Tamura Joins Takamiya Nasuno Desu! Spinoff Anime's Cast". Anime News Network. Anime News Network. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Anime Ending Credit.
  9. ↑ 月刊 コミックアーススター 2012年 03月号 [雑誌] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ 【8月11日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[August 11] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ 【10月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[October 12] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. October 12, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ 【12月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[December 12] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. December 12, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ 【6月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[June 12] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. June 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  14. ↑ 【8月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[August 12] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. August 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ 【10月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[October 12] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. October 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ 【12月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[December 12] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. December 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  17. ↑ 【7月11日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[July 11] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  18. 1 2 【3月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト [[March 12] Today's Release of Single Manga Volumes List] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu Comic. March 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  19. ↑ "てーきゅう10 (アース・スターコミックス)" [Teekyu 10 (Earth Star Entertainment)] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  20. 1 2 高宮なすのです! 1―てーきゅうスピンオフ (アース・スターコミックス) [Takamiya Nasuno Desu! 1 Teekyu Spinoff (Earth Star Entertainment)] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  21. ↑ "高宮なすのです!~てーきゅうスピンオフ~(2) (アース・スターコミックス)" [Takamiya Nasuno Desu! -Teekyu Spinoff- (2) (Earth Star Entertainment)] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Crunchyroll to Stream Teekyū Anime's 2nd Season". Anime News Network. June 26, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Crunchyroll to Stream White Album 2, 3rd Season of Teekyū Anime". Anime News Network. October 3, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  24. ↑ 「てーきゅう」アニメ3期で関西進出、サンテレビでも放送 (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  25. 1 2 "Crunchyroll Streams Teekyu 4th Season, Takamiya Nasuno Desu! Anime". Anime News Network. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  26. ↑ "Teekyū Anime Renewed for 5th Season". Anime News Network. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  27. ↑ てーきゅう6期大決定！ [Teekyu 6th Season Big Announcement] (in Japanese). Teekyu Production Committee. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  28. ↑ "Teekyu anime renewed for 7th season in January". Anime News Network. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  29. ↑ Komatsu Mikikazu (1 June 2015). ""Teekyu" Gets Stage Play Adaptation This Summer". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  30. ↑ Beveridge, Chris (14 October 2012). "Teekyu Episode #01 – 02 Anime Review". The Fandom Post. FandomPost.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  31. ↑ Beveridge, Chris (21 October 2012). "Teekyu Episode #03 Anime Review". The Fandom Post. FandomPost. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  32. ↑ Hand, Ryan (8 February 2012). "Anime Review - Teekyu". B-TEN: Technology and Entertainment News. B-TEN. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  33. ↑ Hand, Ryan (8 February 2012). "Anime Review - Teekyu". B-TEN: Technology and Entertainment News. B-TEN. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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