Angel's 3Piece!
| Angel's 3Piece! | |
 First light novel volume cover | |
| 天使の3P! (Tenshi no 3P!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Sagu Aoyama |
| Illustrated by | Tinkle |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Original run | June 10, 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Manga | |
| Tenshi no 3P! no 3P!! | |
| Illustrated by | Omiya |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Moeoh |
| Original run | December 2013 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Illustrated by | Yuzu Mizutani |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Dengeki G's Comic |
| Original run | July 2014 – present |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinsuke Yanagi |
| Produced by |
Jin Kawamura Atsushi Wada Kôji Hyakutake Mika Shimizu Fumiki Yamazaki Yōhei Kisara Sōji Miyagi Takema Okamura |
| Written by | Gō Zappa |
| Music by | Akito Matsuda |
| Studio | Project No.9 |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, BS Fuji, tvk |
| Original run | July 10, 2017 – present |
| Episodes | 12 |
Angel's 3Piece! (天使の3P!, also titled Tenshi no 3P! and Here Comes the Three Angels) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama and illustrated by Tinkle. ASCII Media Works have published eight volumes since June 2012 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Two manga adaptations have been produced published by ASCII Media Works. An anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 premiered on July 2017.
Plot
Kyō Nukui is a teenager who refuses to go to school, and spends his days composing songs and publishing them online. One day, he is approached by a trio of orphaned little girls who ask for his help to hold a performance at the church where they live. Intrigued by their request and impressed with their skills, Kyō decides to help them.
Characters
- Kyō Nukui (貫井 響 Nukui Kyō)
- Voiced by: Yūki Inoue[1]
- The main protagonist of the series. A shut-in high-schooler, he has a love for music and publishes his own songs online under the fake name of HibikiP.
- Jun Gotō (五島 潤 Gotō Jun)
- Voiced by: Yuko Ono[1]
- Jun is the youngest of the band girls, and the guitarist. She is the most innocent and shyest one, having trouble to express herself.
- Nozomi Momijidani (紅葉谷 希美 Momijidani Nozomi)
- Voiced by: Yurika Endō[1]
- The oldest girl of the band and the bassist, she takes it upon herself to lead the group and thus is mostly the one in-charge, addressing them as "little sisters".
- Sora Kaneshiro (金城そら Kaneshiro Sora)
- Voiced by: Aoi Koga[1]
- Sora is the band's drummer and the second oldest of the trio. She is the most passive girl, always sleepy with a vacant expression on her face.
- Kurumi Nukui (貫井 くるみ Nukui Kurumi)
- Voiced by: Rina Hidaka[1]
- Kyō's little sister who usually berates him for his decision to not go to school, but loves to be by his side. She is also a classmate of Jun and the others and is a little jealous of them getting along with her brother.
- Sakura Toriumi (鳥海桜花 Toriumi Sakura)
- Voiced by: Kanae Itō[1]
- One of Kyō's classmates and a childhood friend of his, she is also an orphan from Little Wing and acts as the girls' older sister. She secretly likes him and supports his efforts to return to school and reassume his student life.
- Masayoshi Sawatari (佐渡正義 Sawatari Masayoshi)
- Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa[1]
- A former priest who is the owner of the Little Wings Orphanage where the girls live.
- Kōme Ogi (尾城小梅 Ogi Kōme)
- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
- Yuzuha Aigae (相ヶ江柚葉 Aigae Yuzuha)
- Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi
Media
Angel's 3Piece! is written by Sagu Aoyama and illustrated by Tinkle. The first light novel volume was released on June 10, 2012;[2] eight volumes have been published as of October 8, 2016 on ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint.[3]
A manga adaptation illustrated by Yuzu Mizutani began serialization in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki G's Comic from the July 2014 issue.[4] The first tankōbon volume was released on November 10, 2014;[5] three volumes have been published as of February 10, 2016.[6] A spin-off manga series titled Tenshi no 3P! no 3P!! illustrated by Omiya began serialization in ASCII Media Works' magazine Dengeki Moeoh from the December 2013 issue.[7] The first volume of the spin-off manga was released on July 10, 2015.[8]
Anime
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 premiered on July 10, 2017.[1][9] The series is directed by Shinsuke Yanagi, with scripts written by Gō Zappa and the music is composed by Akito Matsuda. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.[10]
| No. | Title[lower-alpha 1] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Heart Throbbing for Elementary School Kids!" "Shōgakusei ni Dokkiri!" (小学生にドッキリ!) | July 10, 2017 |
| Kyo Nukui is a shut-in high-schooler with a love for music, often posting his music online under the fake name of HibikiP. One day, an anonymous sender wants to meet him at a park, to which Kyo agrees, thinking it to be a middle-aged man interested in discussing music like him. However, the anonymous sender turns out to be three elementary school girls Jūn Goto, Nozomi Momijidani, and Sora Kaneshiro, who request that he play his music with their band in an upcoming concert. They perform first for him, and despite being highly impressed with their musical skills and vintage instruments, is still unsure about his decision. | ||
| 2 | "A Desire to Do It Together" "Issho ni Yaritai Kimochi" (いっしょにやりたい気持ち) | July 17, 2017 |
| Kyo agrees to help the girls with the concert, but Masayoshi Sawatari, the head of the orphanage where they live, asks him to dissuade them. | ||
| 3 | "The Boy on Hiatus Descends and Flees, and the Girls from the Church" "Teitaisuru Shōnen no Kakō to Tōsō, Soshite Kyōkai kara Kita Shōjotachi" (停滞する少年の下降と逃走、そして教会から来た少女達) | July 24, 2017 |
| Kyo discovers that Jūn and the others are classmates of his younger sister Kurumi, but for some reason do not get well with the other kids at school. He also finds out that his childhood friend Sakura Toriumi is also an orphan from Little Wing, and asks him to keep it a secret. | ||
| 4 | "The World is but Rock n' Roll" "Kono Yo wa Subete Rokkunrōru" (この世はすべてロックンロール) | July 31, 2017 |
| Kyo and the girls have no success at all to gather attendants to the concert, and he then decides to return to school and ask for his classmates' help, while suggesting the girls to do the same at theirs. | ||
| 5 | "It's so Fun Taking Pictures of You, Because You Don't Realize How Cute You Are" "Kimi no Sugata o Toru no ga Tanoshiin da. Nazenara Kimi wa Totemo Kawaii no ni Sore ni Mattaku Ki ga Tsuiteinai kara" (君の姿を撮るのが楽しいんだ。なぜなら君はとても可愛いのにそれに全く気がついていないから) | August 7, 2017 |
| The concert is a success, and Kyo and the girls' next step is to gather more public to make a steady income from their gigs. By suggestion of a friend, Kyo decides to make a PV of them for advertising. | ||
| 6 | "Don't Take the Bassist!" "Bēshisuto o Tsureteku na!" (ベーシストを連れてくな!) | |
See also
- Ro-Kyu-Bu! — Another light novel series by the same author
Notes
- ↑ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Tenshi no 3P!/Here Comes the Three Angels Anime Reveals Video, More of Cast, July 10 Debut". Anime News Network. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ↑ "天使の3P!" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ↑ "天使の3P!×8" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ↑ 電撃Ｇ'ｓコミック(2) 2014年7月号 (in Japanese). Tohan Corporation. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ↑ "天使の3P!(1)" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ↑ "天使の3P!(3)" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ↑ 電撃萌王 2013年12月号 (in Japanese). Rakuten. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ↑ "天使の3P!の3P!!#1" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ↑ "BD/DVD" (in Japanese). Project No.9. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll Streams Angel's 3Piece! Anime". Anime News Network. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)