Elegant Yokai Apartment Life
| Elegant Yokai Apartment Life | |
 The first volume of the light novel | |
| 妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常 (Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Supernatural[1] |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Hinowa Kōzuki |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | YA!ENTERTAINMENT |
| Original run | October 2003 – August 2013 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hinowa Kōzuki |
| Illustrated by | Waka Miyama |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Sirius |
| Original run | November 9, 2011 – present |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mitsuo Hashimoto |
| Written by | Yasunori Yamada |
| Music by | Shigeo Komori |
| Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, Yomiuri TV, BS11 |
| Original run | July 3, 2017 – present |
| Episodes | 6 |
Elegant Yokai Apartment Life (妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常 Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō) is a Japanese light novel series by Hinowa Kōzuki. Kōzuki first released the light novel in 2003, and concluded it in 2009 within 10 volumes (and a later side-story collection in 2013). An anime television series adaptation by Shin-Ei Animation premiered in July 2017.[1]
Plot
The high school freshman Yūshi Inaba has to look for new place to live after his high school dormitory burnt down. Having no parents and wanting to live independently from his uncle, he eventually finds a cheap apartment for 25,000 yen called Kotobuki-sō, only to find out that the place has human and supernatural creatures such as ghosts, yōkai, and mononoke living together. There, Yūshi's new daily life begins.
Characters
Kotobuki-sō residents
- Yūshi Inaba (稲葉 夕士 Inaba Yūshi)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Abe[2]
- Yūshi is a high school freshman who lost his parents in a car accident three years prior to the story, and has been living with his uncle and his family who don't seem to want him. Having determination to live independently, Yūshi chooses JTB, a school with a dormitory. But the school's dormitory burned down and forced him to search for a temporary place to live for 6 months, where he found Kotobuki-sō. After living there, Yūshi gains the ability to absorb his own injuries.
- Akine Kuga (久賀 秋音 Kuga Akine) / Mayuko Suzuki (鈴木 まゆこ Suzuki Mayuko)
- Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[3]
- Akine is an easy-going resident in room 204, she goes to Takinodai High School and works as an exorcist at night in a hospital. "Akine Kuga" is the name she uses as a psychic.
- Reimei Isshiki (一色 黎明 Isshiki Reimei)
- Voiced by: Akira Ishida[3]
- A resident at room 102, Reimei is a famous poet and fairytale writer. Nobody knows his real name and despite being a male, he refers to himself as "Atashi", a more feminine form of "Watashi".
- Akira Fukase (深瀬 明 Fukase Akira)
- Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai[3]
- A resident in room 103. Akira is a painter who owns a dog named Cigar.
- Kuri (クリ) and Shiro (シロ)
- Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Kuri) & Mutsumi Tamura (Shiro)[3]
- Kuri and Kuri are a pair of a child and dog ghosts who always seen together. Kuri was killed by his own mother when her mother driven nuts to the fact that her boyfriend left her (due to her pregnancy), and Shiro was a stray dog who wanted to taking care of Kuri.
- Ryū (龍)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[4]
- A resident in room 203, although it seems he has another home, Ryū is a psychic with considerable power. He is respected by the spiritual creatures in the apartment.
- Secondhand Bookshop Employee (古本屋 Furuhon'ya)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[3]
- Antiquary (古本屋 Kottō-ya)
- Voiced by: Shō Hayami[3]
Media
Light novel
Hinowa Kōzuki first published the series in 2003 through Kodansha's YA!ENTERTAINMENT. It concluded in 2013 with a total of 10 volumes and 1 side stories compilation volume. Kadokawa Bunko later republished the series in 2008 until 2014 with renewed art.[4]
Manga
A manga adaptation by Waka Miyama was first published in 2011 by Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius. So far, 14 volumes have been released.[5]
Anime
The anime adaptation was first announced via the May issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius on March 18, 2017.[1] Mitsuo Hashimoto is directing the anime at Shin-Ei Animation with series composition by Yasunori Yamada. Tomomi Shimazaki is designing the characters for animation.[4] The anime premiered on July 3, 2017 on Tokyo MX, Yomiuri TV, and BS11's Anime no Me programming block.[6] It will run for a second cour.[7] Lozareena performs the opening theme song titled "Good Night Mare" while Atsushi Abe and Yūichi Nakamura is performing the ending theme song "Nichijōshiki Broken Down" (日常識Broken down).[8] Crunchyroll holds the right for the stream.[9]
Episode List
| No. | Official English title[lower-alpha 1] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yushi and Kotobuki-so" "Yūshi to Kotobuki-sō" (夕士と寿荘) | July 3, 2017 |
| 2 | "The Residents of the Yokai Apartments" "Yōkai apāto no jūnin-tachi" (妖怪アパートの住人たち) | July 10, 2017 |
| 3 | "Kuri and Shiro" "Kuri to Shiro" (クリとシロ) | July 17, 2017 |
| 4 | "This Side" "Kocchi-gawa" (こっち側) | July 24, 2017 |
| 5 | "A Place to Call Home" "Tadaima to ieru basho" (ただいまと言える場所) | July 31, 2017 |
| 6 | "Petit Hirozoikon" "Puchi hirozoikon" (プチ・ヒエロゾイコン) | August 7, 2017 |
| 7 | "I'm in Training!" "Shugyō-chūdesu!" (修行中です！) |
Notes
- ↑ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
References
- 1 2 3 "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Supernatural Light Novels Get TV Anime in July". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ "Atsushi Abe, Yūichi Nakamura Star in Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime Reveals Additional Cast, Staff, July 3 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime Reveals 7 More Cast Members, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ "妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常（１４）". 講談社コミックプラス. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ "Atsushi Abe, Yūichi Nakamura Narrate Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime's Teaser Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ "Elegant Yokai Apartment Life Anime to Continue for 2nd Cour". Anime News Network. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ↑ "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime's Promo Video Previews Lozareena's Opening Theme Son". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll to Simulcast Aho-Girl, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Netsuzou Trap, Tsuredure Children Anime". Anime News Network. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Elegant Yokai Apartment Life (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
