Sansha San'yō

Three Leaves, Three Colors
三者三葉 (Sansha San'yō)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Cherry Arai
Published by	Houbunsha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Manga Time Kirara Manga Time Kirara Carat[lower-alpha 1][1]
Original run	February 2003 – present
Volumes	11
Anime television series
Directed by	Yasuhiro Kimura
Produced by	Takashi Yoshizawa , Masumi Takeuchi , Makoto Kusano , Atsushi Yoshikawa
Written by	Hidoaki Koyasu
Music by	ShÅ«hei Mutsuki
Studio	Doga Kobo
Licensed by	^AUS Madman Entertainment ^NA Funimation
Network	Tokyo MX, AT-X, BS11, KBS, SUN
Original run	April 10, 2016 – present
Episodes	12

Sansha San'yō (三者三葉) is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Cherry Arai, serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine since February 2003^{[lower-alpha 1]} and eleven tankōbon volumes have been collected so far. An anime adaptation by Doga Kobo premiered in April 2016.^[2]

Characters

Futaba Odagiri (小田切 双葉 Odagiri Futaba)

Voiced by: Mai Kanazawa

Teru Hayama (葉山 照 Hayama Teru)

Voiced by: Ayaka Imamura

Yōko Nishikawa (西川 葉子 Nishikawa Yōko)

Voiced by: YÅ« Wakui

Kō Hayama (葉山 光 Hayama Kō)

Voiced by: Asuka Nishi

Mitsugu Yamaji (山路 充嗣 Yamaji Mitsugu)

Voiced by: Kenji Akabane

Yū Takezono (竹園 優 Takezono Yū)

Voiced by: Haruka Watanabe

Sakura Usuda (臼田 桜 Usuda Sakura)

Voiced by: Nao Natsuno

Hajime Tsuji (辻 一芽 Tsuji Hajime)

Voiced by: Kotone Kuwayama

Sasame Tsuji (辻 小芽 Tsuji Sasame)

Voiced by: Chiemi Tanaka

Serina Nishiyama (西山 芹奈 Nishiyama Serina)

Voiced by: Machico

Asako Kondō (近藤 亜紗子 Kondō Asako)

Voiced by: Aina Suzuki

Kōsei Nishikawa (西川 孝清 Nishikawa Kōsei)

Shino Sonobe (薗部 篠 Sonobe Shino)

Voiced by: Rika Momokawa

Media

Anime

A 12-episode television anime adaptation by Doga Kobo premiered on April 10, 2016.^[2] It is directed by Yasuhiro Kimura and written by Hidoaki Koyasu. Jun Yamazaki provided the series' character designs.^[3]

Episode list

No.	Official English title[lower-alpha 2] Original Japanese title[4]	Original air date
1	"These Are Bread Crusts" "Pan'nomimidesu wa" (パンの耳ですわ)	April 10, 2016
2	"Nothing Good for You is Tasty" "Karadanīimono wa oishikunai monodesu yo" (カラダにいいものはおいしくないものですよ)	April 17, 2016
3	"A Taste of Maid" "Meido no aji ga shita" (メイドの味がした)	April 24, 2016
4	"Actually, This Is What I Live For" "Mushiro ikigaidesu" (むしろ生きがいです)	May 1, 2016
5	"Your Birthmarks Have Faded" "Uko-han wa mō nai ndesu ne" (うこはんはもうないんですね)	May 8, 2016

Notes

1. The manga is serialized at Manga Time Kirara except between December 2003 to January 2007 when the manga is serialized at Manga Time Kirara Carat.
2. All English titles are taken from Funimation.

References

1. "まんがタイムきららキャラット 2007年1月号" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-04-04.
2. "Sansha Sanyō Anime Casts Machico, Aina Suzuki, Rika Momokawa". Anime News Network. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
3. Chapman, Paul (December 7, 2015). ""Sansha San'yō" TV Anime Scheduled for Spring of 2016". Crunchyroll. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
4. "STORY" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 4, 2016.

External links

• Anime official website (Japanese)
• Sansha Sanyō (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia