Clean Freak! Aoyama kun
Clean Freak! Aoyama kun | |
Cover of Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun volume 1 by Shueisha | |
潔癖男子!青山くん (Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Taku Sakamoto |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Original run | 2014 – present |
Volumes | 7 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kazuya Ichikawa |
Produced by | TMS Entertainment |
Written by | Midori Gotou |
Music by | Pony Canyon |
Studio | Studio Hibari |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, ytv, BS11 |
Original run | July 2, 2017 – present |
Episodes | 6 |
Clean Freak! Aoyama kun (潔癖男子!青山くん Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun), also known as Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun, is a Japanese manga series by Taku Sakamoto. It has been serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since 2014 and has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Hibari began airing from July 2, 2017.
Plot
A first-year student, Aoyama, is a genius soccer player who is also obsessed with cleanliness.
Characters
Fujimi High
- Aoyama (青山)
- Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu[2]
- Aoyama is a first-year and Fujimi High School's midfielder and has competed in U-16 matches. He is a clean freak, causing him to play soccer in a unique style, involving being extremely careful of physical contact with other players and the ball. He also insists on cleaning the club room and soccer balls after school. He is popular and often garners many spectators during club activities, which annoys Zaizen. Aoyama chose Fujimi High for the school's 'uniqueness', which turned out to be its toilet flush.
- Kaoru Zaizen (財前 かおる Zaizen Kaoru)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki[2]
- A rich kid who was the playmaker before Aoyama's arrival. He is the only person who isn't used to Aoyama's eccentricities. While not good with his kick, he is good at using his head, literally.
- Moka Gotō (後藤 もか Gotō Moka)
- Voiced by: Anzu Haruno[2]
- A girl who has a crush on Aoyama. She is good at lockpicking and has created her own weapon; a baseball bat with nails and cute stickers. After the soccer club members found out that she has been cleaning the club room, she becomes a manager for the club.
- Kazuma Sakai (坂井 一馬 Sakai Kazuma)
- Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi[3]
- A no-nonsense defender with leadership qualities.
- Jin Tsukamoto (塚本 仁 Tsukamoto Jin)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi[3]
- Tsukamoto is the right wing player who wears red-framed glasses and known for living up the club's mood by playing the soccer ball with his butt. In middle school, he was bullied by the soccer club members because of his habit, causing him to grow fear to the club's captain.
- Taichi Yoshioka (吉岡 太一 Yoshioka Taichi)
- Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino[3]
- A gentle player who loves to eat.
- Gaku Ishikawa (石川 岳 Ishikawa Gaku)
- Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama[3]
- The soccer club captain. The only player on the team with a girlfriend, but since his girlfriend is a fan of Aoyama, he ended up a member of Aoyama's fan club.
- Hikaru Tada (多田 光 Tada Hikaru)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio[3]
- A narcissistic player who views himself as a step above Aoyama.
- Kiyoshi Satō (佐藤 清 Satō Kiyoshi)
- Voiced by: Daiki Hamano[4]
- The wisecracking goalkeeper of the team.
- Miwa Takei (武井 美和 Takei Miwa)
- Voiced by: Michiko Neya[4]
- The coach of the Fujimi High School's soccer team.
- Tsubasa Umeya (梅屋 翼 Umeya Tsubasa)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa[4]
- Atsumu Ozaki (尾崎 篤夢 Ozaki Atsumu)
- Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo[4]
- Nobody what he's thinking about, Ozaki is known for his cool-handsome aura. He is actually a popular manga author under pen name Mirai Takada. He loves observing things around him and is lately interested with Aoyama's uniqueness and people around Aoyama.
- Shion Narita (成田 紫苑 Narita Shion)
- Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima[4]
- One of Aoyama classmates who is also a clean freak, but hides it to not draw attention. Narita likes to play online games, specifically "Beasts Hunter", because online world is where he does not need to worry about being dirty.
- Mio Odagiri (小田切 美緒 Odagiri Mio)
- Voiced by: Mai Nakahara[4]
- The school's idol.
- Yuri Tamura (田村 百合 Tamura Yuri)
- Voiced by: Rina Satou[4]
- Gaku's girlfriend and one of Aoyama's fans.
Oshigami-Minami High
- Akira Takechi (武智 彰 Takechi Akira)
- Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu[4]
- Oshigami-Minami High's forward who always insisted Aoyama to join their soccer club instead and looking down at the rest of Fujimi High's soccer club members. He always shows his abs when talking to Aoyama.
- Seigo Ibuki (伊吹 誠吾 Ibuki Seigo)
- Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki[4]
Takada High
- Kana (カナ)
- Voiced by: Manami Numakura
- Kana is Yōji's girlfriend who initially tasked to lock Aoyama up in their clubroom to ensure Takada High's win, but ended up becomes his fan instead.
- Yōji Orihara (折原 洋二 Orihara Yōji)
- Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
- Takada High soccer club's captain with yankee hairstyle. It is said that soccer is the only thing he does seriously but, he likes to playing dirty to ensure his win.
Media
Anime
An anime television series adaptation by Studio Hibari premiered on July 2, 2017.[2] With Kazuya Ichikawa directing and Midori Gotou supervising scripts. TMS Entertainment are credited with producing the anime.[5][6][2] The opening theme is "White" by Bentham, while Ryotaro Okiayu,Tomokazu Seki, Sōichirō Hoshi, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Yoshino is performing the ending theme "Taiyō ga Kureta Kisetsu" (The Season the Sun Gave Us) under the name "Fujimi High School Soccer Team."[3] Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.[7]
No. | Title[lower-alpha 1] | Original air date |
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1 | "Aoyama-kun Is a Clean Freak!" "Aoyama-kun wa kireizuki" (青山くんはキレイ好き) | July 2, 2017 |
2 | "Aoyama-kun, Do You Remember?" "Aoyama-kun wa oboeteru?" (青山くんは覚えてる?) | July 9, 2017 |
3 | "The Reason Aoyama-kun Isn't here" "Aoyama-kun ga inai riyū" (青山くんがいない理由) | July 16, 2017 |
4 | "Narita-kun Keeps It a Secret" "Narita-kun wa himitsu ni shi te iru" (成田くんは秘密にしている) | July 23, 2017 |
5 | "Tsukamoto-kun's Life Is All About Laughs" "Tsukamoto-kun wa uke ga inochi" (塚本くんはウケが命) | July 30, 2017 |
6 | "Ozaki-kun Has His Pride" "Ozaki-kun ni wa puraido ga aru" (尾崎くんにはプライドがある) | August 6, 2017 |
7 | "Odagiri-san Can't get It In" "Odagiri-san wa nakanaka haira nai" (小田切さんはなかなか入らない) |
Notes
- ↑ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
References
- ↑ http://kda-anime.com/us/index.html
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun Anime Reveals Main Cast, July 2 Premiere". Anime News Network. June 3, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun Anime's Promo Video Reveals More Cast, Ending Song Artists". Anime News Network. June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun Anime Casts Daiki Hamano, Michiko Neya, Daisuke Namikawa". Anime News Network. June 29, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Taku Sakamoto's Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. January 28, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun Anime's Main Staff, Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll to Stream Clean Freak! Aoyama kun Anime". Anime News Network. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
External links
- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Clean Freak! Aoyama kun (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia