Japanese manga can be said to be used in a variety of genres, from hot-blooded teenagers to youth campuses. Among them, it is not uncommon to find works with music as the theme. These works are made in their own distinctive ways, allowing the reader to gain a musical melody in the process of reading, so that the heart also resonates. But which of these comics is more popular with readers? Recently, some Japanese media interviewed women who worked in the office and obtained "the most popular music comics" from them.

Q.Could you please tell us about your favorite music manga?

●1st place / "Symphonic ** Dream" (by Tomoko Ninomiya)...... 47.9％

○2nd place / "NANA" (by Ai Yazawa) ...... 17.4％

●3rd place / "The Moon of the Last Quarter" (by Ai Yazawa)...... 3.4％

○4th place / "Heavy Gold Rock Two-Faced Man" (by Kotoku Wakasugi)...... 3.0％

●4th place / "Light Girl" (by Kakifly)...... 3.0％

○6th place / "Music and the Road" (by Ichito Asano)...... 2.5％

●7th place / "Apollo on Sakamichi" (by Yuki Kodamama)...... 2.1％

○7th place / "Silver Chords" (by Hiiragi Aoi)...... 2.1％

●9th place / "Mother's Violin" (by Tetsuya Chiba)...... 1.3％

○9th place / "Koto no Mori" (by Mato Isshiki) ...... 1.3％

●9th place / "BECK" (written by HAROLD)...... 1.3％

○9th place / "Pride's Road to Glory" (one by Xiangli)...... 1.3％

Through the above results, we can find that everyone expressed full enthusiasm for "Symphonic ** Dream", and this work also accounted for nearly half of the votes. In addition, Ai Yazawa's works won two or three places, which also proves the charm of this female manga artist. At the same time, for some of the works, some respondents also expressed their own comments:

■No. 1 "Symphonic ** Dream"

"Reading this work, I didn't have any interest in classical music, but I began to get in touch with this information little by little, and I fell in love with this kind of music. In the plot of the performance, although the manga does not bring music, the portrayal method makes people feel immersive. (30 years old/Information & IT/Technology Industry)

"Each character has a personality and is a lot of fun to read. In addition, I read this work while I was studying piano, so I resonated with the protagonist and devoted myself to the plot. (28 years old/Apparel & Textiles/Sales & Service Industry)

"I like classical music more, and this work is full of funny and love elements, which makes me feel both hilarious and moved after watching it." (25 years old/Commercial company/Manufacturing/Secretarial/ancillary trade)

■2nd place "NANA"

"Tong guò is a work that I fell in love with rock 'n' roll." (30 years old/Mechanical/Precision Machine/Secretarial/Auxiliary Industry)

"I have a good impression of all the characters!" (26 years old/Commercial company/Manufacturing/clerical trade)

"I care about this complicated relationship." (28 years old/other)

■3rd place "The Moon of the Last Quarter"

"I've always liked Ai Yazawa, and this kind of mysterious story is fascinating enough." (31 years old/Telecommunications/Sales Industry/Service Industry)

"I watched this work and loved the sad atmosphere in it." (27 years old/Food & Beverage/Technology Industry)

"When the manga was serialized, I read it all without falling into it." (27 years old/Hotel, Travel & Entertainment/Business Industry)

■No. 4 "Heavy Rock Two-Faced Man"

"The lyrics of "Tomorrow は父さんほってやる" are the best!" (27 years old/Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries/Management/Consultant)

"It's more fun to think of it as a funny comic than a musical comic." (26 years old/other)

■No. 4 "Light Girl"

"I watch a lot of animation in this work. In short, there are cute girls inside, and it makes people feel healed. I'm just a girl like that. (31 years old/Organization/Public Interest/Government/Civil Service)

"The characters are cute." (33 years old/Commercial company, sales business/clerical trade)

The live-action version of the heroine of "Tokyo Mobgers" was announced

Mitsuta Inoue's manga masterpiece "Tokyo Mobsters" will be adapted into a live-action film version by the ghost superintendent Sonoko Wen. A large number of actors have been announced before, but the actress of the heroine has left a suspense, and it is only now that it has finally been announced that the heroine will be played by 19-year-old emerging actress Naina Kiyono.

Naina Kiyono was born on October 14, 1994, and officially entered the showbiz as a model in 2007. After her debut, she has filmed commercials, TV series, and starred in stage plays. In 2012, she also starred in the live-action movie version of "Urouran High School Men's Public Relations Department", which was her first time in a movie. She is a sports actress, and the stunts recorded in the official profile are action scenes, backflips, martial arts, and athletics. She was a member of the basketball club when she was in junior high school, was promoted to advisor to the track and field club because of her athletic ability, and later participated in the long jump competition, making it all the way to the national competition in Japan.

Now there are more and more acting activities of Naina Kiyono, and this time she has become the heroine of director Yuan Ziwen's latest work, and her future is limitless. Nana Kiyono said, "A phone call (that made me audition) changed my fate. Since it's a matter of deciding what to do, no matter how difficult it is, you must follow through. Having already made up her mind, she threw herself into shooting every day in order to bring a better work. Talking about Superintendent Yuan Ziwen, she said, "At first, I thought it was scary, but he encouraged me when I was down. ”

As the heroine of this work, Naina Kiyono has to perform both rap and action scenes with male actors in the play. She said: "When I was filming an action scene, because I was wearing a miniskirt, every time I kicked a roundhouse, it was like saying 'come and see', and I would show my ** a little bit." She said very confidently about this work: "I think this will be a great movie, and I hope more audiences can see it." ”

The stage of "Tokyo Mobs" is a near-future alternate city "Tokyo" dominated by many mobsters, and turf battles often occur. The story tells the story of the magnificent struggle that broke out between Yonera, the boss of "Maiguro WU-RONZ", and Hai, a member of "Musashino Saru". THE TWO MALE PROTAGONISTS ARE PLAYED BY RYOHEI SUZUKI AND RAPPER YOUNGDAIS, AS WELL AS ACTORS SUCH AS YOSUKE KUBOZUKA, RYUTA SATO, AND SHOTA SOMEYA. The game will be released nationwide on August 30.

"Dating Wars" will hold a music festival this summer

The popular light novel "Date Wars" has become one of the most concerned works in recent years, and the broadcast of related animations has increased the popularity of the work. Recently, it was officially announced that a large-scale festival including a concert will be held this summer. One of the most eye-catching of these is the music festival "Dating Music", which is based on the music that appears in the works. According to the plan of the official Kadokawa Kadokawa (**) bookstore, the first music festival of "Date Wars" will be held at the Hibiya Public Hall on July 27th. Tickets for the event are already on sale, and the pre-selection sales campaign is also in full swing.

"Date Wars" is a popular light novel created by Tachibana Corporation. The work centers on Gokawa Shido, and tells the story of his mission to "date the elves and make them shy" in order to save the earth. This work was very well received after it was made into a TV anime in the spring of 2013, and because of this popularity, "Date Wars II" began to be broadcast on TOKYOMX and other media on April 11 this year. In terms of music, the first season of the anime has released records such as "FIRSTHALF", "SECONDHALF", and "extension", which are very popular with everyone. I believe that in this music festival, these songs will also meet the audience, and everyone can look forward to it.

In "Dating Music", the main voice actors of the anime will also be gathered. Among them, Shimazaki Nobunaga (Gokawa Shimichi), Marina Inoue, Misuzu Tomigashi, Iori Nomizu, Ayana Takeda, Asami Sanada, Asato, Kaori Satohara, Minori Usahara, and others are expected to be present to meet you. Just for such a starring list, it is enough for fans to buy tickets enthusiastically.

Tickets cost 6,500 yen (tax included) and you can reserve any seat. In addition, the second advance lottery sales will be held from April 18th ~ May 6th. Regular ticket sales will be held from 12 o'clock on May 23 ~ 6 pm on July 23. Friends who wish to participate in this music festival should act quickly.

In addition, music related to "Date Wars" (theme song "Trustinyou" sung by sweetARMS, ending song "DaytoStory" sung by Kaori Satohara) will be released on May 6. Both songs are priced at the same price, 1,800 yen (DVD limited disc) and 1,200 yen (regular disc), both excluding tax.

Statistical ranking of locations in the mecca of anime in Japan

With the increasing popularity of the animation industry, it is not uncommon for a work to ignite the tourism industry in a certain region. Recently, a company called DIP selected the "Sacred Land Pilgrimage Location Ranking" based on the statistics of animation stages (i.e., sacred sites) registered in its network service "Holy Land Pilgrimage Map". In the list, there are 1,035 sacred sites set in Tokyo, forming an overwhelming advantage.

The "Holy Land Touring Map" is a service that allows netizens to explore the "Holy Land" of the anime stage. The service aggregates the number of sacred sites registered in Japan's 47 prefectures. In addition to Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture (253) and Kyoto Prefecture (137) ranked second and third. The prefectures with the fewest numbers are Miyazaki and Iwate prefectures. Users can use the Guò website to conduct simulated tours, and if you are planning to visit a holy place in Japan in the future, you may want to use this service to determine your itinerary.

【Ranking of Holy Land Pilgrimage Locations】

The first place is 1,035 in Tokyo

The second place is Kanagawa Prefecture 253

The third place is 137 in Kyoto Prefecture

Fourth, there are 89 places in Saitama Prefecture

The fifth place is 77 in Chiba Prefecture

Sixth, 72 in Gunma Prefecture

7th place: 62 places in Hokkaido

8th place, 61 in Nagano Prefecture

Ninth place: 51 in Hiroshima Prefecture

10th place: 46 places in Shizuoka Prefecture

10th place: 46 in Gifu Prefecture

TSUTAYA's latest anime music sales chart is released

Recently, Japan's largest online mall, TSUTAYA Anime Online Mall, announced the sales ranking of the music department of the online store in April this year. Among them, the first place was "His Royal Highness the Prince of Song's Idol Ge Shou Ling II". Since the "His Royal Highness the Prince of Songs" series has already received a large number of fans, it is not surprising that the song won the top spot.

In addition to the "Idol of His Royal Highness the Prince of Songs", the female singers in April are also quite active. In second place, "SUPERNALLIBERTY" was by Nana Mizuki, in fourth place, "Akira Zen X-SHOMEI-" was sung by Hideri Kitamura, and ClariS's "STEP" was also ranked seventh.

On the other hand, in addition to the booming three-dimensional idol industry in Japan, two-dimensional idols derived from anime are also attracting attention. In this list, we found that the fifth work is from the compilation "CalendarGirls" from the girl-to-idol anime "Idol Life". In addition, among the TOP20, "LoveLive!" also has two songs shortlisted, ranking eighth and fourteenth respectively.

And we can't ignore the songs that come from the theatrical version of the anime. Not only did Disney's film "Frozen" break numerous records and become the highest-grossing overseas theatrical anime in Japan, but the original soundtrack of the work also reached No. 6 in April. From here, we can also feel the popularity of "Frozen".

At the same time, the TV anime "Yokai Watch", which is currently growing in popularity, also released the related song "Song of Geragerabo", which was performed by King Cream Soda, which achieved the 19th place. As a song for children, it is also very rare that "Song of Geragerabo" will be selected.

【TSUTAYA Anime Online Mall April 2014 Music Chart】

(Ranking/Title)

The first "His Royal Highness the Prince of Songs" Idol Utajuryi II" His Royal Highness the Prince of Songs/Shouling II (Voice actor: Shotaro Morikubo)

THE SECOND PLACE "SUPERNALLIBERTY" NANA MIZUKI

The third place, What'sthis? 》End of the Bakugo Rock/Super Soul Troupe

The fourth place "Evidence X Ming -SHOMEI-" Hideri Kitamura

5th "Idol Life" compilation "CalendarGirls"

Sixth place "Frozen" original soundtrack

7th place "STEP (with DVD)" ClariS

No. 8 "This is Our Miracle" / LoveLive!/μ's

9th place "ASilent, withinTheRoar" OLDCODEX

THE TENTH "REASONFOR..." PRANK OF THE GODS

THE ELEVENTH TILLTHEEND: A PRANK OF THE GODS

12th "VOCALOID Samadhi (with DVD)" Suzuka YU sub-with and 楫器band

The thirteenth "LUCKYDUCKY!! 》Yui Xia Ori

14th place: "ParadiseLive"/LoveLive!/μ's

Fifteenth place "Kuroko's basketball radio drama CDDRAMATHEATER3rdGAMES may have passed by"

No. 16 "Imprisoning a Man ~The Secret of the Bathroom~"

Seventeenth place "NOISYLab." ZAQ

18th "Kuroko's Basketball Character Song DUETSERIES vol.8" Atsushi Shihara (Voice Actor: Kenichi Suzumura), Tatsuya Himuro (Voice Actor: Kisho Taniyama)

19th place "Song of geragerabo" KING cream soda

Twentieth "STANDPROUD" Hitoshi Hashimoto

*(Statistics from April 1, 2014 ~ April 30, 2014)

The theatrical version of "The Tiger and the Rabbit" will release a set set

Released on February 8, 2014, "Theatrical TIGER &BUNNY-TheRising-" was well received by the audience. Recently, it was officially announced that the setting data set containing various details of the theatrical version will be released on June 20. The title of the canon is "Theatrical TIGER &BUNNY - The Rising-KINGOFWORKS".

"KINGOFWORKS" will be divided into 4 books: a set of materials, a book of original art, a complete script book, and a super fan book. Each book can be called a "final set", and the thickness of the four books together is as much as 960 pages (scheduled). The price is 7,000 yen excluding tax. In addition, the set is currently available for pre-order production until May 7, 2014.

Set the data set to B4 size, a total of 224 pages. You can read about the new settings of popular characters such as Hu Che and Barney through this book. In addition, the original characters Leon and Virgil of the theatrical version are also included. In addition, the surprising quality of art paper is believed to attract the attention of a large number of fans. And the art paper is all colored, showing the charm of the work to the greatest extent, and the setting of the props may not be missed, right?

The original art book is 144 pages long and contains original drawings carefully selected by the animators. In addition, the full line book is 352 pages, and this line book restores the version used by the voice actors to record to the greatest extent. It can be said that both the original painting and the line book can allow fans to further understand the secrets behind the work, experience the process of animation production, and understand the work better.

On top of that, superfan books are also eye-catching products. The book is highly readable, with 240 pages of interviews and anecdotes about 18 people. The selected storyboard will include storyboards centered on the most popular action scenes in the theatrical version. In addition, the archives of the 10 characters, as well as the latest official illustrations, are worth collecting.

THE TIGER & BUNNY SERIES IS A SCI-FI ACTION ANIMATION FROM SUNRISE. The work tells the story of a superhero in the near future, with a unique superpower "NEXT". The names on the armor of the heroes in the work are all real companies in the third dimension, and it can be regarded as an animation that makes the product placement advertising incisive. The main character, Kazuki T. Tiger is a seasoned connoisseur in the hero industry, and he also has the stage name Wild Tiger. Due to the merger and acquisition of the original company, he was transferred to the new company, and was forced by the boss to form a team with the rookie hero Barnaby to fight for peace and sponsorship. Although the two were reluctant at first, they became very tacit partners later. And Gui Zhenghe's character design also makes the protagonists look very beautiful. Therefore, the appearance of the male protagonists has also attracted the close attention of special groups, and they can also be said to have contributed to the fact that this work was able to launch two theatrical versions in a row after the end of the TV anime.

["Theatrical TIGER &BUNNY - TheRising-KINGOFWORKS"

Reservation deadline: May 7, 2014

Release date: June 20, 2014

Price: 7,000 yen (excluding tax)

Issued and released: BandaiVisual

"Black Butler" new animation adds a luxury voice actor

The popular female work "Black Butler", which has been serialized in the monthly magazine GFantasy since October 2006 by Japanese manga artist Shu Liang, has previously announced that a new animated series will be released in July this year. Recently, the list of additional voice actors for the new work "Circus Chapter" was also announced along with the magazine's sneak run.

The additional voice actors include: Ryohei Kimura, Tomoaki Maeno, Mayuki Shinya, Yoshihiro Koyanagi, and Tasu Courage. It can be said that they are all well-known voice actors in the industry, especially Ryohei Kimura, as one of the popular stars in recent years, it is also worth paying attention to what kind of performance he will have in "Black Butler".

The Black Butler tells the story of a deacon named Sebastian Micaellis, who takes care of the 12-year-old nobleman, Master Charles Fadomhain. In fact, Sebastian Mikalis is not human, his true identity is a demon. And he made a pact with Master Charles Fadomhain, swearing to be loyal to his master forever. But the price of the contract is the soul of the contractor. This kind of work full of joys, sorrows and sorrows, not only has a very exciting plot, but the eternal classic pairing of deacon X master in a fixed group has also won a large number of female audiences in the work itself.

【Voice Actor List】

Charles Van Domheyway: Maaya Sakamoto

Sebastian Mikaellis: Daisuke Ono

Barudo: Hiroki Higashichi

Finian: Yuki Kaji

Mei Lin: Eimiri Kato

Tanaka: Shunji Fujimura

Elizabeth Midoford: Yukari Tamura

Angelina Darez: Lumi Park

Greel Sardocliffe: Jun Fukuyama

Liu: Koji Yusa

Funeral House (UnderTaker): Shunichi Suwabe

William S. T. Spears: Norikaki Sugiyama

Paula: YUI Izuki

Pluto: Shitaka Yamaguchi

Soma Asman Kadaru: Shinnosuke Tachibana

Agni: An Yuan Yanggui

Angela Brown: Akiko Yajima

Shu: Satoshi Hino

Dorousel Keynes: Katsu Anri

Aba Rhine: Hisayi Kannuma

(New)

Charles Gray: Ryohei Kimura

Charles Phipps: Tomoaki Maeno

Wendy: Shintani Masaki

Ebo: Yoshihiro Koyanagi

Peter: Ty's courage

"Fleet Collection" has spawned a new craze for models

Since its birth last year, the online web game "Armada Collection-Ship Colle-" has continued to break the registration record and has exploded in many fields such as games, animation, and comics. And this terrifying popularity has finally affected the model industry, and the sales of related ship models are now becoming more and more hot.

According to figures provided by a model store in Akihabara, Tokyo, since the launch of the "Fleet Collection-Ship Colle-", the store's turnover has increased by about 10 times compared to the previous year, and the sales of some of these ship models have also increased significantly, and some ships have even sold 5 times the turnover of the previous year. Such hot sales have led to the lack of inventory of related goods, and some model manufacturers are surprised and painful to say: "Our production speed can no longer keep up with demand." "It can be said that the current ship model.

◇ Some models are already sold out

Japan's major ship model manufacturers are Tamiya Corporation, Qingdao Culture Textbook Society, Hasegawa Corporation, and so on. According to the information they provided, the sales of the model began to rise, probably last summer. Last summer also happened to be the period when the ship girl game began to cause social topics. Although the Japanese ship model market has a history of more than 40 years, before the advent of the "Fleet Collection-Ship Colle-", most of the buyers were men over 50 years old, and the market size of ship models was only about half that of the more popular models of combat vehicles and airplanes.

However, with the advent of the ship's craze, a large number of young men in their 20s and 30s have begun to appear among the consumer groups who buy models. For example, the light cruiser "Tenryu" and "Tatsuda" models manufactured by Hasegawa were only sold for 400~500 units per year in previous years, but since last summer, this number has increased by about 5 times year-on-year. According to the person in charge, "there are some models that are completely out of stock and are completely out of stock. ”

◇ An opportunity for consumers to become interested in ship models

Tokyo Akihabara Volkshobby Heaven, which is in charge of selling the model, began to set up an exclusive area for the "Fleet Collection-Ship Colle-" in August last year, and when they used the posters of the ship girls as a means of promotion, sales increased dramatically, reaching about 10 times that of the same period last year. According to the store, not only ship models, but also related products such as props that can be refined from models have also been well received by customers, and sales have increased at the same time.

The person in charge of the Qingdao Cultural Textbook Club said: "We are also happy to see that Jianniang can become an opportunity for young people to become interested in models." "Because of the relationship between "Fleet Collection-Ship Colle-", the model consumer group that was gradually aging began to show a tendency to be "youthful", and the model industry is also full of expectations for this.

Continuing with this boom, model manufacturers have launched an all-round cooperation with "Fleet Collection-Ship Colle-". For example, the "WATERLINE" series of ship models jointly launched by Tamiya Corporation, Qingdao Culture Textbook Society, and Hasegawa Corporation was released in November last year. The cover of the product adopts the character shape of the ship's mother, and the ship's card and pad board are added to the product, and this design has also made the product very well received. The person in charge explained, "Kensuke Tanaka, who is in charge of the game system, is also a fan of the WL series, so the collaboration between us started very smoothly. "Because both sides have sincerity, it can be said that they hit it off, and the cooperation between the ship's mother and the model has been realized smoothly.

The reason for the rapid increase in the sales of ship models can be considered that after players came into contact with the game "Fleet Collection-Ship Colle-", they became interested in the prototype of the ship girls, that is, the battleship, so they tried to obtain the battleship model in reality. In addition, "Fleet Collection-Ship Colle-" will continue to launch a variety of figure goods in the future, related books, etc., but in the summer of last year, there were not many types of related peripheral products, which also led players to have nowhere to vent for the "**" of the work, so as to aim at the model market that is inextricably linked with the ship girl. Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why the model market was hot at that time.

However, with the increase of the surrounding area, will the model fever subside? The clerk at the model store said there was no need to worry: "Although the number of related peripherals is increasing, the sales of ship models will not decline. ”