Aoi Honō

アオイホノオ
Aoi Honō
The cover of the first tankōbon of Aoi Honō
Genre	Coming-of-age story, drama
Manga
Written by	Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Young Sunday Spirits Zokan YS Special Monthly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	2007 – present
Volumes	14
Television drama
Directed by	Yūichi Fukuda
Written by	Yūichi Fukuda
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	July 2014 – October 2014
Episodes	11

Aoi Honō (アオイホノオ, lit. "Blue Blazes") is a Japanese coming-of-age manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It is a fictionalized account of his time as a student at the Osaka University of Arts, which he attended alongside Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Takami Akai.^[1] It was adapted into a Japanese television drama that aired in July 2014 and ended in October 2014.^[2]

Cast

Yūya Yagira - Moyuru Honō
Ken Yasuda - Hideaki Anno
Tsuyoshi Muro - Hiroyuki Yamaga
Tomoya Nakamura - Takami Akai
Mizuki Yamamoto - Tonko Morinaga
Yuina Kuroshima - Hiromi Tsuda
Kaname Endō - Masahiko Minami
Gaku Hamada - Toshio Okada
Kenji Urai - Kentarō Yano
Yui Ichikawa - Jun Iwase
Haruna Kojima - Masumi
Seika Taketomi - Miyuki
Jirō Satō - MAD Holy
Toshio Okada - Osamu Tezuka

Voice

Tōru Furuya - Narrator and Katsuya Niimi (Nine)
Hiromi Tsuru - Yuri Nakao (Nine)
Makio Inoue - Captain Harlock (Space Pirate Captain Harlock)
Masako Nozawa - Tetsuro (Galaxy Express 999)
Masako Ikeda - Maetel (Galaxy Express 999)
Teruhiko Aoi - Jō Yabuki (Ashita no Joe)
Hiroko Ushida - Yōko Shiraki (Ashita no Joe)
Kōichi Yamadera - Captain Juzo Okita, Susumu Kodai and Ryu Hijikata (Space Battleship Yamato)
Katsumi Toriumi - Masato Wakamatsu (Miyuki)
Ryōtarō Okiayu - Jun Kenzaki (Ring ni Kakero)
Kappei Yamaguchi - Nobotta Ōyama (Otoko Oidon)

Reception

It received 23 points in the 3rd Manga Taishō, placing last among the ten nominees.^[3]

In February 2015, Asahi Shimbun announced that Aoi Honō was one of nine nominees for the nineteenth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.^[4]

Sales

Volume 2 sold 24,521 copies by 17 May 2009,^[5] volume 9 sold 20,415 copies by 18 November 2012,^[6] and volume 10 sold 17,068 copies by 16 June 2013.^[7]

References

↑ "Ken Yasuda to Play Hideaki Anno in Aoi Honō Drama". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
↑ "College Life Manga Aoi Honō Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae Wins Manga Taisho Award (Updated)". Anime News Network. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 11-17 (Updated)". Anime News Network. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 12-18". Anime News Network. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 10-16". Anime News Network. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

External links

Aoi Honō (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Shogakukan Manga Award – General

1950s	Būtan by Noboru Baba (1955) Oyama no Kaba-chan by Eijo Ishida (1956) Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan by Osamu Tezuka (1957) Little Black Sambo and Shiawase no Ōji by Tarō Senba (1958) Korisu no Pokko by Jirō Ōta and Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san by Toshiko Ueda (1959)

1960s	Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō by Reiji Aki (1961) Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan by Fujiko Fujio (1962) Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan by Hisashi Sekitani (1963) Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka (1964) Paki-chan to Ganta by Kazuo Maekawa (1965) Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae by Shotaro Ishinomori (1967) Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō by Noboru Kawasaki (1968) Fire! by Hideko Mizuno (1969)

1970s	Glass no Shiro by Masako Watanabe and Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku by Ryuzan Aki (1970) Hana Ichimonme by Shinji Nagashima and Minashigo Hutch by Tatsuo Yoshida (1971) Tōchan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro by Hiroshi Asuna (1972) Otoko Doahō Kōshien and Deba to Batto by Shinji Mizushima (1973) The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu (1974) Golgo 13 by Takao Saito (1975) Abu-san by Shinji Mizushima (1976) Notari Matsutarō by Tetsuya Chiba (1977) Haguregumo by George Akiyama (1978) Tosa no Ippon Tsuri by Yūsuke Aoyagi (1979)

1980s	Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan by Hōsei Hasegawa and Jarinko Chie by Etsumi Haruki (1980) Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan (1981) Tsuribaka Nisshi by Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami (1982) Hidamari no Ki by Osamu Tezuka (1983) Human Crossing by Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane (1984) Bokkemon by Takashi Iwashige (1985) Oishinbo by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki (1986) Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon by Shotaro Ishinomori (1987) Genji Monogatari by Miyako Maki (1988) Yawara! by Naoki Urasawa (1989)

1990s	F by Noboru Rokuda (1990) Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho by Fumi Saimon (1991) Okami-san by Ichimaru and Miyamoto kara Kimi e by Hideki Arai (1992) Kaze no Daichi by Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama (1993) Bokkō by Hideki Mori (1994) Ron by Motoka Murakami and Gallery Fake and Tarō by Fujihiko Hosono (1995) Gekka no Kishi by Junichi Nōjō (1996) Azumi by Yū Koyama (1997) Aji Ichi Monme by Zenta Abe and Yoshimi Kurata (1998)

2000s	Monster by Naoki Urasawa (2000) Heat by Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami (2001) 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (2002) Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo by Takatoshi Yamada (2003) Team Medical Dragon by Tarō Nogizaka and Akira Nagai (2004) A Spirit of the Sun by Kaiji Kawaguchi and Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin by George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (2005) Bengoshi no Kuzu by Hideo Iura (2006) Bambino! by Tetsuji Sekiya and Kurosagi by Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (2007) Gaku: Minna no Yama by Shin'ichi Ishizuka (2008) Shinya Shokudō by Yarō Abe (2009)

2010s	Ushijima the Loan Shark by Manabe Shōhei and Space Brothers by Chūya Koyama (2010) Kids on the Slope by Yūki Kodama (2011) I Am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa (2012) Mogura no Uta by Noboru Takahashi (2013) Asahinagu by Ai Kozaki and Aoi Honō by Kazuhiko Shimamoto (2014) Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida and Sunny by Taiyo Matsumoto (2015)

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