Mei-chan no Shitsuji

Mei-chan no Shitsuji (メイちゃんの執事, lit. "Mei-chan's Butler") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riko Miyagi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Margaret magazine. The manga is licensed and published in Chinese in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing. The manga has been adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, which was broadcast on Fuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009.

Mei-chan's Butler
Cover of the first volume of manga.
メイちゃんの執事 (Mei-chan no Shitsuji)
Genre	Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by	Riko Miyagi
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	November 21, 2006 – January 25, 2013
Volumes	20
Manga
Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX
Written by	Riko Miyagi
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	September 5, 2014 – present
Volumes	13
Television drama
Directed by	Ishikawa Junichi Takao Kinoshita Hidenori Jōhō Kazuyuki Iwata
Produced by	Fumi Hashimoto
Written by	Kazunao Furuya
Music by	Shin Kōno Yū Takami
Studio	Fuji TV Kyodo Television
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	January 13, 2009 – March 17, 2009
Episodes	10

Media

Manga

Mei-chan no Shitsuji is written and illustrated by Riko Miyagi. The manga is serialised in Shueisha's Margaret magazine. The individual chapters have been collected into 20 tankōbon by Shueisha. The series ended on January 25, 2013 and was followed by a sequel called Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX in 2014.[1] The manga is licensed and published in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.[2]

Drama

The manga has been adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama,[3] which was broadcast on Fuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009.[4] The Region 2 DVD Box set for the series was released on June 17, 2009.[5]

Cast

Group	Cast	Role	Note
Lead Role	''Nana Eikura''	Shinonome Mei[3]	Hongo's successor
	Hiro Mizushima	Shibata Rihito[3]	Butler, Older brother
	Takeru Sato	Shibata Kento	Butler's Apprentice, Younger brother
	''Yu Yamada'' Rio Sasaki	Lucia (Hongo Shiori) young Hongo Shiori	Hongo's foster daughter, Hongo's successor
	Osamu Mukai	Shinobu	Butler
St. Lucia Girl's Academy	''Horiuchi Keiko''	Sister Rose	Principal
	Kosuke Suzuki	Sakuraba	Principal's Butler
	''Mitsuki Tanimura''	Tami Yamada	Master
	Shinnosuke Abe	Kanda	Butler
	''Mayuko Iwasa''	Ryuonji Izumi	Master, Class's President
	Jutta Yuki	Kiba	Butler
	''Aya Omasa''	Rika Kayama	Master
	Akihiro Mayama	Aoyama	Butler
	''Aoi Nakabeppu''	Fujiko Natsume	Master
	Nobuo Kyo	Nezu	Butler
	''Riko Yoshida''	Miruku Mamahara	Master
	Ryohei Suzuki	Daimon	Butler
	''Shiori Kutsuna''	Rin Amo	Master
	Tomomi Maruyama	Yotsuya	Butler
Sun (Sole) Rank	Usuda Asami	Daichi Yuma
	Horan Chiaki	Mizusawa Satomi
	Yamamoto Ayano	Hino Eriko
	Ishibashi Natsumi	Kazama Ai
Hongo's Family	Masahiko Tsugawa	Hongo Kintaro	Grandfather of Mei & Shiori
	Manpei Takagi	Akabane Ukon	Assistant
	Shinpei Takagi	Akabane Sakon	Assistant
	Hashizume Jun	Shutaro	Mei's father
	Yamashita Yorie	Yu	Mei's mother
Nakamoto's Family	Nanase Hoshii	Nakamoto Natsumi	Younger sister
	Hiromi Kitagawa	Nakamoto Mifuyu	Older sister
	Mako Ishino	Nakamoto Akiko	Mother
	Tetta Sugimoto	Nakamoto Shunpei	Father
Others	Yamaguchi Kaori	Ryuonji Miwako	Izumi's mother
	Kamio Yu	an agent	Episode 5

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Recipient
2009	60th Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Drama
2009	60th Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Takeru Sato
2010	Élan d'Or Award	Newcomer of the Year	Nana Eikura

Reception

The Mei-chan no Shitsuji series was ranked 6th best selling manga series in Japan in the first half of 2009 with an estimated 2,580,155 copies sold between November 17, 2008 to May 17, 2009.[6] The first volume of Mei-chan no Shitsuji was ranked the 36th best selling manga in Japan in the first half of 2009 with 334,536 copies sold from November 17, 2008 to May 17, 2009.[7] The Mei-chan no Shitsuji series was ranked 7th best-selling manga series in 2009 with 3,076,659 copies sold.[8] The first volume was ranked 12th on the Tohan charts between January 13 and 19, 2009.[9] It was ranked 12th again between January 27 and February 2, 2009,[10] and was ranked 10th between February 10 and 16, 2009.[11] The second volume was ranked 13th between January 13 and 19, 2009.[9] The third volume was ranked 19th.[9] The fourth volume was ranked 37th.[9] The fifth volume was ranked 24th.[9] The sixth volume was ranked 25th.[9] The seventh volume was ranked 23rd and 30th.[9][12] The ninth volume was ranked 1st, 5th and 16th.[13][14][15] The tenth volume was ranked 2nd, 14th and 30th.[16][17][18]

All 10 episodes of Mei-chan no Shitsuji drama have been listed on the Japanese Anime TV rankings.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] The DVD box for the drama series was ranked the second best selling DVD between June 8–14, 2009 with 11,170 copies sold.[29] Mei-chan no Shitsuji was awarded two prizes at the 60th Japanese Drama Academy Awards on April 22, 2009. Mei-chan no Shitsuji was awarded best drama and Takeru Satoh was awarded best supporting actor.[30]

References

1. メイちゃんの執事 / 15 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
2. 小咩的管家 1 (in Chinese). books.com.tw. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
3. "Mei-chan no Shitsuji Shōjo Manga to Get TV Drama". Anime News Network. November 20, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
4. メイちゃんの執事 (in Japanese). tvdrama-db. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
5. "メイちゃんの執事 DVD-Box" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
6. "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 1st Half of 2009 (Updated)". Anime News Network. June 15, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
7. "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 1st Half of 2009 (Updated)". Anime News Network. June 15, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
8. "2009's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, by Series". Anime News Network. December 4, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
9. "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 13-19 (Updated)". Anime News Network. January 21, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
10. "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 27-February 2". Anime News Network. February 4, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
11. "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 10-16". Anime News Network. February 18, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
12. "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 3-9 (Updated)". Anime News Network. February 11, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
13. "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 19-26". Anime News Network. April 29, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
14. "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 27-May 3 (Updated)". Anime News Network. May 6, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
15. "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 4-10". Anime News Network. May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
16. "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 24-30". Anime News Network. September 3, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
17. "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 31-September 6 (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 9, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
18. "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 7-13". Anime News Network. September 16, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
19. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, January 12-18". Anime News Network. February 3, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
20. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, January 19-25". Anime News Network. February 9, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
21. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, January 26-February 1". Anime News Network. February 15, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
22. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, February 2-8". Anime News Network. March 2, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
23. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, February 9-15". Anime News Network. March 16, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
24. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, February 16-22". Anime News Network. March 20, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
25. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, February 23-March 1". Anime News Network. March 22, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
26. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, March 2-8". Anime News Network. March 24, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
27. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, March 9-15". Anime News Network. March 29, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
28. "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, March 16-22". Anime News Network. March 29, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
29. "Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, June 8-14". Anime News Network. June 24, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
30. ザテレビジョン ドラマアカデミー賞: 結果発表 (in Japanese). Japanese Drama Academy Awards. Retrieved July 13, 2009.

External links

• Official Fuji TV Mei-chan no Shitsuji website (in Japanese)
• Mei-chan no Shitsuji (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia