Nyanko Days
Nyanko Days (にゃんこデイズ) is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Tarabagani. It has been serialized since August 2014 in Kadokawa's seinen manga magazine Comic Cune, which was originally a magazine supplement in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive until August 2015. As of September 2016, it has been collected in a single tankōbon volume. Nyanko Days is also available on Kadokawa Corporation's ComicWalker website. An anime television series adaptation was announced and aired from January 8, 2017[2] to March 26, 2017.
Nyanko Days | |
Cover of the first manga volume | |
にゃんこデイズ | |
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Genre | Slice of life[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Tarabagani |
Published by | Media Factory |
Magazine | Comic Cune |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 2014 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshimasa Hiraike |
Produced by | Noriko Ito Akiko Ooyama Yūi Sakurai Natsuko Kawasaki Kōta Ishida Takaori Hiraga Atsushi Iizuka Hideaki Miyamoto |
Written by | Yoshimasa Hiraike |
Music by | Koji Nagashima |
Studio | EMT Squared |
Original network | Sun TV, Tokyo MX, AT-X |
Original run | January 8, 2017 – March 26, 2017 |
Episodes | 12 |
Characters
- Yuko Konagai (小長井 友子, Konagai Yūko)
- Voiced by: Akari Uehara[2]
- The main protagonist of the series. She is shy by nature and has 3 cats (Maa, Shii and Rou).
- Maa (まー)
- Voiced by: Ibuki Kido[2]
- One of Yuko's cats. She is a mischievous Munchkin who loves to explore.
- Shii (しー)
- Voiced by: Erii Yamazaki[2]
- One of Yuko's cats. She is a laid back Singapura cat.
- Ro (ろー)
- Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[2]
- One of Yuko's cats. She is a level headed Russian Blue.
- Azumi Shiratori (白鳥 あづみ, Shiratori Azumi)
- Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora[2]
- Yuko's friend/classmate and a popular girl in their class. She is from a rich family and has a cat named Elza.
- Arashi Iketani (池谷 嵐, Iketani Arashi)
- Voiced by: Kazusa Aranami[2]
- A gyaru-ish girl and Azumi's self-proclaimed rival, who often challenges her, and has a fear of cats.
- Elza (エルザ, Eruza)
- Voiced by: Mayu Udono[2]
- Azumi's Turkish Angora cat.
Media
Manga
Nyanko Days is a four-panel manga series by Tarabagani, a Japanese manga artist who mainly draws adult comics. It began serialization in Comic Cune's October 2014 issue released on August 27, 2014; At first, Comic Cune was a "magazine in magazine" placed in Monthly Comic Alive,[3] later it became independent of Comic Alive and changed to a formal magazine on August 27, 2015.[4] Nyanko Days is also available on Kadokawa Corporation's ComicWalker website.[5] It has been collected in a single tankōbon volume.[6]
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced[7] and it aired from January[8] to March 2017. Yoshimasa Hiraike directed the series at EMT Squared. Miwa Oshima designed the characters. Crunchyroll streamed the anime.[9]
Episode list
No. | Official English title[lower-alpha 1] Original Japanese title | Original air date | |
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1 | "Me and My Kitties" "Watashi to, nyanko-tachi" (私と、にゃんこ達) | January 8, 2017 | |
Yuko spends a day in school and returns home to be greeted by her cats. | |||
2 | "Weekend with Cats 1" "Neko to no kyūjitsu 1" (ネコとの休日1) | January 15, 2017 | |
Yuko is spending her weekend playing a video game and feeding her cats. | |||
3 | "Weekend with Cats 2" "Neko to no kyūjitsu 2" (ネコとの休日2) | January 22, 2017 | |
Yuko takes her cats out for a walk and meets Azumi by accident. | |||
4 | "Yuko and Azumi" "Yūko to Azumi" (友子とあづみ) | January 29, 2017 | |
Yuko tries to talk to Azumi at school. | |||
5 | "First Side Stop Together" "Hajimete no yorimichi" (はじめての寄り道) | February 5, 2017 | |
Yuko and Azumi go to a coffee shop together after school. | |||
6 | "Azumi and Elza" "Azumi to eruza" (あずみとエルザ) | February 12, 2017 | |
Azumi returns home and talks to Elza about her relationship with Yuko. | |||
7 | "The Cats' Day" "Neko-tachi no nichijō 1" (ネコたちの日常1) | February 19, 2017 | |
Maa, Shii and Rou mimic Yuko's writing, studying and eating her snacks. | |||
8 | "The Cats' Day 2" "Neko-tachi no nichijō 2" (ネコたちの日常2) | February 26, 2017 | |
Maa and Rou get into a fight over what to watch on TV. Their fight made Shii cry. Yuko returns home and fixes everything. | |||
9 | "Her Name Is Ran" "Sononaha, arashi" (その名は、嵐) | March 5, 2017 | |
After the Midterm Exams, Iketani approaches Azumi, admits defeat and says that she is not going to lose in combined PE class marathon. | |||
10 | "Secrets and Tsundere" "Himitsu to tsundere" (秘密とツンデレ) | March 12, 2017 | |
The combined PE class marathon begins and Yuko learns a secret about Iketani. | |||
11 | "Let's Go to the Festival" "Omatsuri ni ikōyo" (お祭りに行こうよ) | March 19, 2017 | |
Yuko goes to the festival with her 3 cats. They meet Azumi and Elza there and decide to enjoy it together. | |||
12 | "With My Cats" "Nyanko-tachi to issho ni" (にゃんこ達と一緒に) | March 26, 2017 | |
Maa and Elza got separated from Yuko and Azumi and start looking for them together. |
Note
- All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
References
- "Your Summer 2017 Anime Guide". Kotaku Australia. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- "Nyanko Days TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Song Artist, January 8 Premiere". Anime News Network. November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- 4コマ誌コミックキューン、アライブ内に誕生 (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. August 27, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- 4コマ誌キューン創刊、なもりポスター付録&「パンでPeace!」アニメ化 (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. August 27, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- 新4コマ誌コミックキューンの全連載作品が、ComicWalkerで無料配信 (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. October 28, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- にゃんこデイズ 1 (in Japanese). Media Factory. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- "Nyanko Days 4-Panel Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- "Gugure! Kokkuri-san/Momokuri Director, Character Designer Reunite for Nyanko Days Anime". Anime News Network. October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- "Crunchyroll to Stream Nyanko Days Anime". Anime News Network. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Nyanko Days at ComicWalker (in Japanese)
- Anime official website(in Japanese)
- Nyanko Days (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia