Sing "Yesterday" for Me
Sing "Yesterday" for Me (Japanese: イエスタデイをうたって, Hepburn: Iesutadei o Utatte) is a Japanese manga series by Kei Toume. It began serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Business Jump in 1997, and it moved to Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine in November 2011 where it ended in June 2015. It was collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired from April 4 to June 20, 2020.
| Sing "Yesterday" for Me | |
 Cover of Sing "Yesterday" for Me volume 1 by Shueisha | |
| イエスタデイをうたって (Iesutadei o Utatte) | |
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| Genre | Coming-of-age[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kei Toume |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 15, 1997 – June 3, 2015 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara |
| Written by | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara |
| Studio | Doga Kobo |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Asahi, AbemaTV, BS Asahi |
| Original run | April 4, 2020 – June 20, 2020 |
| Episodes | 12 + 6 shorts |
Characters
Main Characters
- Rikuo Uozumi (魚住 陸生, Uozumi Rikuo)
- Voiced by: Chikahiro Kobayashi[2]
- Rikuo is a college graduate unsure about his future. He currently works at a convenience store. His hobby is photography. He has feelings for Shinako.
- Haru Nonaka (野中 晴, Nonaka Haru)
- Voiced by: Yume Miyamoto[2]
- Haru is an eccentric girl working at MILK HALL. She adopted a crow and named it Kansuke. Because of the drastic change in her appearance, Rikuo does not remember meeting her five years ago. She often drops by the convenience store before going to work.
- Shinako Morinome (森ノ目 榀子, Morinome Shinako)
- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[2]
- Shinako is Rikuo's classmate from college. She is currently working as a high school teacher. She is still in love with Rō's already deceased older brother.
- Rō Hayakawa (早川 浪, Hayakawa Rō)
- Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[2], Misato Murai (childhood)
- Rō is Shinako's childhood friend from Kanazawa.
Rikuo's Circle
- Kinoshita (木ノ下, Kinoshita)
- Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[3]
- Rikuo's co-worker at a convenience store.
- Takanori Fukuda (福田 タカノリ, Fukuda Takanori)
- Voiced by: Takuma Terashima[3]
- Rikuo and Shinako's college classmate.
- Kozue Fukuda (福田 梢, Fukuda Kozue)
- Voiced by: Aya Suzaki[3]
- Takanori's wife.
- Chika Yuzuhara (柚原 チカ, Yuzuhara Chika)
- Voiced by: Eri Kitamura[3]
- A pianist and Rikuo's ex-girlfriend. She used to be the keyboard player in Rikuo's former band and is considered to be cursed as every band she played for ended up disbanding.
Haru's Circle
- Kōichi Minato (湊 航一, Minato Kōichi)
- Voiced by: Yūki Ono[3]
- A professional photographer and Haru's ex-classmate who has been in love with her.
- Kyōko Sayama (狭山 杏子, Sayama Kyōko)
- Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto[3]
- Haru's employer. Owner of café "MILK HALL".
- Izawa (居沢, Izawa)
- Voiced by: Hiroki Tanaka
- Kyōko's high school classmate who's been in love with her.
- Amamiya (雨宮, Amamiya)
- Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama
- Izawa's co-worker, has been in pursuit of Haru ever since meeting her.
- Mimori (みもり, Mimori)
- Amamiya's childhood friend.
- Yōko Akimoto (秋本 陽子, Akimoto Yōko)
- Voiced by: Takako Honda
- Haru's birth mother.
- Shōgo Kawashima (川島 省吾, Kawashima Shōgo)
- Haru's step-father.
- Kansuke (カンスケ, Kansuke)
- Voiced by: Ryōko Maekawa[3]
- Haru's pet crow.
Shinako's Circle
- Yū Hayakawa (早川 湧, Hayakawa Yū)
- Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi
- Shinako's childhood friend and Rō's brother. Died before the start of the series.
- Morita (杜田, Morita)
- Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka[3]
- Shinako's co-worker.
- Takako Kinoshita (木ノ下 楼子, Kinoshita Takako)
- Shinako's student and Kinoshita's sister.
- Izumi Fukamachi (深町 泉, Fukamachi Izumi)
- Takako's classmate and president of the film club.
Rō's Circle
- Katsumi Takishita (滝下 克美, Takishita Katsumi)
- Voiced by: Shun Horie[3]
- Rō's classmate at prep school.
- Rio (莉緒, Rio)
- A model working at Rō's prep school. At some point Rō's girlfriend.
- Misato Kuzuhara (葛原 未里, Kuzuhara Misato)
- Rō's classmate at prep school. Katsumi's target of affection.
- Natsuki Nakahara (中原 夏樹, Nakahara Natsuki)
- Rō's classmate at prep school. Funatsuka's girlfriend.
- Funatsuka (船塚, Funatsuka)
- Rō's classmate at prep school. Natsuki's boyfriend.
Media
Manga
Sing "Yesterday" for Me manga began serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Business Jump in 1997, and it moved to Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine in November 2011 where it ended in June 2015. It was collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. The name was inspired by a song of the Japanese rock group RC Succession.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in the 10th issue of Grand Jump magazine on April 17, 2019.[1] The series is animated by Doga Kobo and directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, with Fujiwara and Jin Tanaka writing the scripts and Junichirō Taniguchi designing the characters. DMM.futureworks is listed as producers. It aired from April 4 to June 20, 2020 on TV Asahi's NUManimation block, AbemaTV, and BS Asahi.[2][4] The series ran for 12 episodes, airing on television and streaming simultaneously on AbemaTV. AbemaTV streams include extra segments for half the episodes for a total of six.
| No. | Title[5][lower-alpha 1] | Original air date |
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| 1 | "A Misfit's Attempt at Self-Reform" Transcription: "Shakai no Hamidashisha wa Jiko Henkaku wo Mezasu" (Japanese: 社会のはみ出し者は自己変革を目指す) | April 4, 2020 |
| 2 | "cul-de-sac" Transcription: "Fukurokouji" (Japanese: 袋小路) | April 11, 2020 |
| 3 | "What is Love?" Transcription: "Ai to wa Nanzo ya" (Japanese: 愛とはなんぞや) | April 18, 2020 |
| 4 | "As the River Flows, Shinako Returns Home" Transcription: "Kawa wa Nagarete Shinako Kikyō" (Japanese: 川は流れて 榀子帰郷) | April 25, 2020 |
| 5 | "The Man Named Minato" Transcription: "Minato to Iu Otoko" (Japanese: ミナトという男) | May 2, 2020 |
| 6 | "The Woman Named Yuzuhara" Transcription: "Yuzuhara to Iu Onna" (Japanese: ユズハラという女) | May 9, 2020 |
| 7 | "Premonition of a Couple" Transcription: "Koibitotachi no Yokan" (Japanese: 恋人たちの予感) | May 16, 2020 |
| 8 | "Innocent Blue" Transcription: "Inosento Burū" (Japanese: イノセント・ブルー) | May 23, 2020 |
| 9 | "Christmas Carol" Transcription: "Kurisumasu Kyaroru" (Japanese: クリスマス・キャロル) | May 30, 2020 |
| 10 | "A New Year of Beginnings" Transcription: "Hajimari no Shinnen" (Japanese: はじまりの新年) | June 6, 2020 |
| 11 | "A Spring Storm" Transcription: "Haru no Arashi" (Japanese: はるの嵐) | June 13, 2020 |
| 12 | "The Long Way" Transcription: "Tōmawari" (Japanese: 遠回り) | June 20, 2020 |
Notes
- All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
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gollark: I can mostly just not remember that. Arbitrarily spontaneously generating memories would be troubling.
gollark: It's going to be using the quadratic formula internally, yes, but calculator.
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gollark: I use this to remember the ten-ish things I somewhat need to remember but forget regularly.
References
- "Kei Toume's Sing 'Yesterday' for Me Manga Listed With TV Anime". Anime News Network. April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- "Sing 'Yesterday' for Me Anime Reveals Cast, April 4 Premiere". Anime News Network. January 21, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- "CAST / STAFF | TVアニメ『イエスタデイをうたって』公式サイト". singyesterday.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- "Sing 'Yesterday' for Me Anime Reveals Staff, Visual, Spring 2020 Debut". Anime News Network. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "Story TVアニメ『イエスタデイをうたって』公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 5, 2020.
External links
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Sing "Yesterday" for Me (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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