is a
manga series, created by
Chika Umino. It is also known as .
Outline
The first fourteen chapters of the manga were serialized in
Shueisha's ''
CUTiEcomic''
magazine from June 2000 to July 2001, and was serialized in ''
Young YOU'' thereafter. With the demise of ''Young YOU'' in 2005, the series moved to the magazine ''
Chorus'', where it has formally ended its serialization, running until July 2006 with chapter 64.
In 2003, the series won the 27th
Kodansha Manga Award for best
shÅjo manga.
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The series was adapted into an
anime series by
J.C. STAFF, first premiering between April to September 2005 across
Fuji TV's ''
Noitamina'' programming block. A second and final season, ''Honey and Clover II'', premiered from June 2006. The series was also adapted into a live action
movie, which was released across theaters on
July 22 2006.
The title of the series, ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'', stems from Chika Umino's two favorite albums: ''Hachimitsu'' by
SPITZ and ''Clover'' by
Suga Shikao, due to which Spitz and Suga Shikao's songs are featured prominently in the anime.
The story takes place in a fictional art college that is based on
Musashino Art University,
Kodaira-shi,
Tokyo, in which SPITZ vocalist Masamune Kusano was also once a student.
Both the anime and the manga feature ferris wheels prominently. All the wheels featured in this anime exist in reality. Episode 3 featured the wheel in
Izu Bio Park,
Higashiizu city. Episode 10 featured
the Great Ferris Wheel of Diamonds and Flowers in
Kasai Rinkai Park,
Edogawa, Tokyo, and Episode 19 had
Cosmo Clock 21 in Yokohama Cosmo World,
Yokohama city.
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Story
YÅ«ta Takemoto, Takumi Mayama and Shinobu Morita are three young men who live in the same apartment complex and are students at an
art college in Tokyo.
One day, one of the art professors, Shūji Hanamoto, introduces his cousin's daughter, Hagumi Hanamoto, who has come to live with him and is a first year at the art school. Upon introduction, Takemoto and Morita fall in love with her. Morita expresses his love for Hagu in ways that scare her, especially calling Hagu 'mousey' and constantly photographing her, while Takemoto hides his feelings and tries to be a friend to Hagu. Hagu herself, though initially timid and afraid of company, gradually warms up to the three.
The group also includes another female: Ayumi Yamada. She is a master of
pottery, and is well known by her name ''"Tetsujin"'' (Iron Lady). When not at school or hanging out with friends from the college, she helps her family run the liquor store. She is very popular with all the guys, whether they are from the shopping district or the other male pottery students, but Mayama is the only man she is in love with.
Unfortunately, although Mayama considers Yamada a friend, he does not return Yamada's love and is busy chasing an older woman, Rika Harada. Rika runs an art business which she used to run with her husband, Harada before he died in a car accident which also left Rika disabled. Rika Harada and Shūji were very close friends and roommates in college. Mayama is sent by Shūji to help Rika, who has a hard time taking care of herself and running her business.
The story follows these five characters in their
love triangles, graduating from college, finding jobs, and learning more about themselves.
Characters
;
:Aged 18 years old (at the beginning of the story), she is affectionately nicknamed ''Hagu'' or ''Hagu-chan'' by her friends and starts the series as a first year student. She has the appearance of a young child, and to an extent, acts like one, even though she is 18. Despite her appearance, she is a highly gifted artist and her work is highly praised by art professionals. She tends to get very nervous when interacting with people and frequently becomes ill under pressure. Raised in a sheltered environment by her grandmother, she reflects the outside world she sees in her artwork. She is from
Azumino city,
Nagano-ken.
:She is introduced to Takemoto, Morita and Mayama by Shūji, her father's cousin and also a professor at the college. Upon seeing her, Morita and Takemoto fall in love with her, though both express it in different ways. Hagu knows not of their feelings towards her, but sees them as friends, even brothers. However, Morita expresses his love for her in very odd ways, and Hagu is often seen trying to escape from whatever shenanigan Morita has planned for her.
:Hagu is very shy, and because she is so nervous when interacting with people, the other art students think that she is strange. Hagu doesn't seem to be too close with family members either, with the exception of Shūji, whom she fondly calls "Shū-chan". However, as the series passes, Hagu is able to become closer friends with Takemoto, Mayama, Morita and Yamada. When Shūji leaves to go do a research project in Mongolia, Hagu forms a deeper bond with each of them, essentially seeing them as a sort of family. Hagu lives with Yamada (whom she calls "Ayu") when Shūji is away and they become very close friends.
:During parties, she is seen to be crying because of her envy of Yamada's beautiful legs and beautiful breasts. Mayama tries very hard to comfort her but failing rather miserably saying that "You'll have one of those when you're older....probably". While Hagu is crying, Morita is also crying because of her infectious tears.
:Later in the series, Hagu started to avoid Takemoto after he confessed his feelings for her, leaving doubts if his love for her is reciprocated or not. In the latest manga chapters she admits that she likes Morita, but would rather be with Shūji because she knows that he can take care of her (especially after a life-altering accident that may permanently impair her abilities as an artist).
;
:Aged 19 (at the beginning of the series), YÅ«ta Takemoto is a second-year student at the art college. He is from
Annaka city,
Gunma-ken. He lives in the same apartment complex as Mayama and Morita in room 202. His floormates are Morita and Hasegawa.
:Takemoto is one of the more mellow characters in the series. He falls in love with Hagu immediately after being introduced by his professor and keeps his feelings to himself throughout most of the series. His love for Hagu and his inability to act upon his feelings as freely as Morita causes some internal problems for Takemoto. For example, when Hagu received a bird brooch that was made for her as an anonymous present, Takemoto couldn't bring himself to say that Morita was the one who had made it for her. Instead of acting on his feelings, Takemoto decides to be more of a brother figure to Hagu, giving her friendly support when needed. For example, Takemoto accepts Hagu's requests to build her sophisticated dollhouses and the like. Takemoto is very close to her.
:His relationship with his family also contributes to his mellow mood. His father died when he was still young. Also, his mother works at a hospital as a nurse, so Takemoto would usually spend a lot of his time there, even his Christmas holidays. Furthermore, Takemoto is uncomfortable with his mother's new boyfriend, an outspoken man who's persona seems to a polar opposite to that of his father. However, Takemoto tries to get used to his company and tries to accept the fact that his step-dad is capable of looking after his mother, since Takemoto has worried about his mother's well-being ever since he left home.
:Later in the series Takemoto has to stay another year due to getting a stomach ulcer and not being able to complete his graduation thesis.
:During the end of the first season, Takemoto goes on a journey across Japan on a bicycle, meeting several people on the way, including a group in
Zuigan-ji in
Matsushima which is involved in the renovating of ancient Japanese structures and buildings all around the country (which he wishes to join), finally reaching
Cape SÅya in
Wakkanai, HokkaidÅ. After arriving back to Tokyo, he finally confesses his feelings for Hagu, but she did not have the courage to answer him, thus Takemoto figured his feelings for her were unrequited.
;
:24 years old and a 6th year student in the beginning of the series, Morita occupies room 203, his floormates being Takemoto and Hasegawa. Morita is unable to graduate, as he can never wake up on time to go to classes. This is mainly due to the work that he does, which forces him to go missing for periods of time. What he does for work though remains a mystery. When Morita comes back from his mysterious job, he immediately falls asleep for at least 48 hours, due to the amount of work he does. He also returns with a large sum of money in his back-pocket and brings a food item to share with his flat mates. Although the flat mates believe he does it to mock them, such as when he brings a bag of croquettes instead of meat, Morita does care deeply for his friends such as Takemoto.
:Morita is a very mysterious person. He does many random, crazy things for his personal enjoyment, such as creating a twister game with a little too many colors, which resulted in horrific pain for him and Takemoto. Morita often picks on people such as saying how Mayama secretly stalks Rika outside her apartment, and is usually telling the truth. He also expresses his love for Hagu in weird and quirky ways, such as forcing Hagu to dress up as a mouse. Morita's obsession with Hagu stems from a fondness of cute things during his childhood, such as causing a cat to become neurotic after cuddling it too much. As a result of Morita's obsession Hagu becomes afraid of him and tries to avoid him but eventually falls in love with him later on. Despite the way Morita treats Hagu he sincerely cares for Hagu, getting her a pair of expensive mules and creating a broach with a duck on it, both of which was in her scrapbook of things she wanted.
:Later in the series, Morita leaves for America for work without saying anything to his friends. He eventually returns in about a year's time, and Morita's friends finally discover what he does for his work, being awarded best CGI in the ''Mocademy Awards'' (a spoof of the
Academy Awards) for the movie 'Space Titanic'. Morita's room, which no one had ever been inside, was had also been discovered after his departure, and contained a lot of high tech equipment.
:After returning from America,Morita finally manages to graduate from his course in his 8th year handing his work in on the very last day. Despite graduating and becoming rich from his work in America, Morita applies for a Japanese Arts course believing he hasn't studied for long enough, even though he's been there for 8 years. He re-enters the art school as a 3rd grade student, having already completed half the subjects.
;
:22 years old and a 4th year student at the start of the series, Mayama is from
Kanazawa,
Ishikawa-ken. He lives in the same complex as Takemoto and Morita. He occupies room 101, sharing the floor with an unknown individual and formerly Lohmeyer-senpai. He acts as a senior to Takemoto and tries to help Morita get up for early morning classes. At one point, Takemoto and Morita are seen sleeping alongside him in his futon. Morita also borrows Mayama's shirts from time to time because it's more comfortable.
:Mayama also used to help Rika out with various errands while Rika was disabled due to the accident that left her husband dead. It is during that time that Mayama develops feelings for Rika. It is unknown whether Rika fully reciprocates the feelings that Mayama has for her, but various flashbacks imply that Mayama and Rika have 'fooled around', or Mayama took advantage of Rika's disability to fulfill his desires, although this is cleared up later as not being the case. Rika suggested that Mayama find another job so that she wouldn't have to continue hurting him, as she realizes how much he cares for her, and is unable (and perhaps unwilling at that point) to allow him to enter into her life.
:Mayama eventually landed a job at Fujiwara Design. He has to deal with coworkers that are also very interested in his love life, and make comments whenever they can. Mayama also has to keep watch of his boss, Nomiya, whom he considers to be a playboy, when Nomiya begins to take an interest in Yamada.
:Mayama doesn't return the feelings that Yamada has for him, but he sees Yamada as his close friend. Yamada's innocence is one thing that Mayama has to constantly guard from Nomiya, who has developed an interest with her.
:When Fujiwara Design later broke up, people had to either stay in the Tokyo branch or transfer to the Tottori branch. Nomiya arranged for Mayama to be transfer to the Tottori branch, but as soon as this was announced Mayama quit. He now works again with Rika at her company, Harada Design, after forcing himself into the position in his own way.
:Mayama's character design is based upon Suga Shikao.
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;
:21 years old at the beginning, Yamada is well known by her peers at the art college. First, she is good at pottery, and second, she is nicknamed ''Tetsujin'' (lit. Iron-lady) for running 6km to school every morning with her dog during freshman year in order to help the dog lose weight. Due to her good looks, she also catches the attention of her male friends/coworkers at the shopping district she works with.
:She and Hagu seem to be very close, like siblings. While Hagu addresses the three young men by their last names, she calls Yamada by her first name. Yamada really cares for Hagu like a younger sister. She offers to stay with her while Shuji is gone. Although not shown as much as her relationship with Hagu, she is close friends with Takemoto and Morita.
:Yamada is deeply in love with one of her friends, Mayama. Mayama, however, doesn't return her feelings, asking her why she is in love with him and encouraging her to go find someone else. Even though Yamada recognizes that her love will bear no fruit, she continues to love him. She can't manage to move on and find another man. While Mayama doesn't love her in that sense, Mayama sees Yamada as an important friend, a feeling that Yamada recognizes later on when she cannot return the love of her coworkers, but still thought of them as her precious friends. Mayama's over protectiveness of her causes Yamada to get angry at him whenever he tries to protect her from his former boss, Nomiya.
:Later in the series, Yamada decides to continue as a graduate student at the art college. Furthermore, she also makes pottery for Fujiwara and Harada Design.
;
:Shūji is a professor at the college that Morita, Mayama, Takemoto, Yamada and Hagu attend, serving as the father figure for the group. He is also Hagu's relative and the person that Hagu is really closest to, and gets very overprotective of her at times. Shūji is a close friend of Rika and her late husband.
:When Rika's husband died in a traffic accident, he took care of Rika so that she wouldn't try and join her husband in death, but sometimes Shūji really wonders if Rika would've been happier if she died alongside her husband. Because of this, Shūji recommends Mayama as Rika's new assistant; he thinks Mayama's companionship would be a healthy change for Rika.
;
:Rika is the founder and manager of Harada Design. She also ran it with her husband until he died in a car accident that happened on the opening night of one of the stores they designed. This accident also left her badly scarred on her back, and has damaged her legs so she is unable to walk for long periods without the help of a cane and medicine. She is good friends with Shūji, for they, along with her late husband, were all very good friends in the past. It was her husband that befriended both her and Shūji, having joined both of them in their apartment. She is from
Otaru city,
HokkaidÅ.
:Mayama tends to Rika's injuries and develops feelings for her. Rika knows that Mayama likes her, but pushes Mayama away because she doesn't want to hurt him. It is unclear whether Rika reciprocates the feelings that Mayama has for her, but later chapters of the manga and the first episodes of the second series seem to imply that she does.
:Later in the series, it appears that Rika finally opens her heart to Mayama after a shock ending sequence where Mayama's feelings finally flood out.
;
:Morita's older brother who seems to have a mysterious agenda in earning ridiculously large amounts of money. It is later revealed that he and Morita are working together to buy back his father's company which was purchased by an electrical company when they were kids.
;
:He, along with Yamazaki and Miwako, is first introduced on episode 14 of season 1. He is the type of guy who could "throw a cellphone in the sea full of women's numbers, without caring at all" as said by Mayama.
:Nomiya is Mayama's former boss at Fujiwara Design. He also likes Yamada, and tries to visit her whenever he can, although he is aware of Yamada's feelings for Mayama. Mayama tries to act as the middleman as much as he can in order to protect Yamada, as he considers Nomiya a playboy. However, later in the series, Nomiya comes to realize that he himself has truly fallen in love with Yamada.
;
:Yamazaki is an employee at Fujiwara Design along with Nomiya and Miwako. He is romantically interested in his coworker Miwako, but so far his love is unrequited.
;
:Miwako is another employee at Fujiwara Design along with Nomiya and Yamazaki. She owns a dog named Leader.
;
:Miwako's dog who is with her most of the time.
;
:Takemoto's mother. Works as a nurse.
;
:Takemoto's stepfather.
;
:He currently occupies room 201 of the apartment that Takemoto, Mayama and Morita currently live in. His floormates are Takemoto and Morita. As said in episode 14 of season 1, Hasegawa has taken on the family noodle business. He is very successful, his restaurant is very popular to the tourists and he is also mentioned in some guidebooks.
;
:A former housemate of Takemoto, Morita and Mayama and well-liked. He would bring meat to his housemates, and often in large quantities. Also worked part time as Nyanzaburou in an amusement park and as a result brought a lot of people there. Because of his father's condition, he goes back to his family's farm.
Manga
The first fourteen chapters of the manga series began serialization on June 2000 across Shueisha's ''CUTiEcomic'' magazine till July 2001, after which it was serialized in ''
Young YOU''. With the demise of ''Young YOU'' in 2005, the series moved to the magazine ''
Chorus'', where it formally ended its serialization, running until July 2006 with chapter 64. In 2003, the series won the 27th
Kodansha Manga Award for best shÅjo manga.
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The manga series has also later been licensed for distribution across numerous international regions, including
North America by
Viz Media and
Germany by
Tokyopop.
[5]
TankÅbon volumes
;Published by Shueisha
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 1 - released on
August 24,
2002; ISBN 4088650794
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 2 - released on August 24, 2002; ISBN 4088650808
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 3 - released on January 22, 2003; ISBN 4088651073
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 4 - released on February 24, 2003; ISBN 4088651111
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 5 - released on August 24, 2003; ISBN 4088651391
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 6 - released on May 24, 2004; ISBN 4088652037
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 7 - released on March 23, 2005; ISBN 4088652738
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 8 - released on July 24, 2005; ISBN 4089080398
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 9 - released on July 14, 2006; ISBN 4088653521
★ ''Hachimitsu to KurÅbÄ'' book 10 - released on September 13, 2006; ISBN 4088653580
Anime
Main articles: List of Honey and Clover episodes
The first season of the anime series, directed by
Ken'ichi Kasai, aired between 14 April to 29 September 2005 across
Fuji TV's ''
Noitamina'' programming block. It spanned 24 episodes. Two special episodes continuing the first season, ''Chapter L'' and ''Chapter F'', were released with the series' 5th and 7th volume
DVDs published in December 2005 and March 2006 respectively.
[6]
A second and final season, ''Honey and Clover II'', directed by
Tatsuyuki Nagai, premiered on
June 29,
2006, and finished airing on
September 14,
2006. It spanned 12 episodes.
Both seasons of the anime series were later aired in Japan by the anime
CS television network
Animax, which has also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including its English language network in
Southeast Asia from
August 1,
2006 (where the series received its English language television premiere), as well as its other networks worldwide, including
Hong Kong,
Taiwan,
South Korea and other regions.
[7]
The anime, especially in its second season, often showed
Weider in Jelly, as it was one of the sponsors.
Staff
;First season
:
★ Director:
Ken'ichi Kasai
:
★ Screenplay:
YÅsuke Kuroda
:
★ Character supervision:
Chika Umino
:
★ Character designs: ShÅ«ichi Shimamura
:
★ General animation director: Takahiko Yoshida
:
★ Prop design: Yukako Tsuzuki
:
★ Art director: Chikako Shibata
:
★ Color setting: Miyuki Ishida
:
★ Video design: Nobuo ÅŒkouchi
:
★ Photography director: Yutaka Kurosawa
:
★ Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
:
★ Sound director: Jin Aketagawa
:
★ Sound production: Magic Capsule
:
★ Music: Yuzo Hayashi & Salon'68
:
★ Music production:
Aniplex
:
★ Opening video: Nagi Noda (1-12 episodes), Yuichi Kodama (13-24 episodes)
:
★ Clothing supervision: Kazuki Kuraishi
:
★ Producers:
GENCO
:
★ Animation production:
J.C.Staff
:
★ Production: Hachikuro Production Committee (
Asmik Ace Entertainment,
Shueisha,
Fuji Television,
Dentsu,
Genco)
;Second season:
:
★ Supervisor: Ken'ichi Kasai
:
★ Director:
Tatsuyuki Nagai
:
★ Series composition and screenplay:
YÅsuke Kuroda
:
★ Character supervision:
Chika Umino
:
★ Character designs: ShÅ«ichi Shimamura
:
★ General animation director: Masaru Heiwatari
:
★ Prop design: Yukako Tsuzuki
:
★ Art director: Chikako Shibata
:
★ Color design: Miyuki Ishida
:
★ Photography director: Yoshio ÅŒkouchi
:
★ Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
:
★ Sound director: Jin Aketagawa
:
★ Sound production: Magic Capsule
:
★ Music: DEPAPEPE, Yuzo Hayashi & Salon'68
:
★ Opening image: Fumiko Hirano
:
★ Music production:
SME Records
:
★ Producers:
GENCO
:
★ Animation production:
J.C.Staff
:
★ Production: Hachikuro Production Committee (
Asmik Ace Entertainment,
Shueisha,
Fuji Television,
Dentsu,
Sony Music Entertainment,
Genco)
Cast
:
★ Hagumi Hanamoto:
Haruka Kudo
:
★ Yuta Takemoto:
Hiroshi Kamiya (was replaced in episode 12 of season 2 by
Kenji Nojima due to injury)
:
★ Takumi Mayama:
Tomokazu Sugita
:
★ Shinobu Morita:
Yuji Ueda
:
★ Ayumi Yamada:
Mikako Takahashi
:
★ Shuuji Hanamoto/Leader:
Keiji Fujiwara
:
★ Rika Harada:
Sayaka Ohara
:
★ Harada:
Kenyuu Horiuchi
:
★ Kaoru Morita:
Takuma Takewaka
:
★ Takumi Nomiya:
Kenji Hamada
:
★ Kazushi Yamazaki:
Hiroshi Tsuchida
:
★ Miwako Teshigawara:
Michiko Neya
:
★ Shin-san:
Wataru Hatano
:
★ Rokutarou:
Daisuke Namikawa
:
★ Carpenter:
Takeshi Aono
:
★ Lohmeyer-senpai:
Koichi Yamadera
:
★ Kazuhiko Hasegawa:
Hirofumi Nojima
:
★ Tatsuo Negishi:
Hiroshi Naka
:
★ Kaoro Morita (child):
Junko Minagawa
:
★ Shinobu Morita (child):
Rie Kugimiya
:
★ Floyd:
Takashi Taniguchi
:
★ Akiko Oba-san (aunt):
Miyuki Ichijou
:
★ Mitsuko Takemoto:
Emi Shinohara
:
★ Yuuichi Takemoto:
Akihisa Koseki
:
★ Kazuo Aida:
Kenta Miyake
:
★ Professor Tange:
Masashi Hirose
:
★ Professor Shouda:
Mugihito
:
★ Tokudaiji:
Takayuki Sugo
Theme songs
;Opening themes:
:1. "'Dramatic'" (ドラマãƒãƒƒã‚¯) (First season, episodes 1 - 24)
:: Lyrics and performance:
YUKI, arrangement and music: Kouichi Tsutaya.
:2. "'Fugainaiya'" (ãµãŒã„ãªã„ã‚„) (''Honey and Clover II'', second season, episodes 1 - 12)
:: Lyrics and performance: YUKI, music: ''Kouichi Tsutaya'', arrangement: YUKI, Kenji Tamai, Atsushi Yuasa.
;Ending themes:
:1. "'Waltz'" (ワルツ) (First season, episodes 1 - 12 + 24)
:: Arrangement and performance:
Suneohair, lyrics and music: Kenji Watanabe.
:2. "'Mistake'" (First season, episodes 13-23)
:: Performance: THE BAND HAS NO NAME, music: Tamio Okuda, lyrics: Shinichi Yaguma.
:3. "'Split'" (スプリット) (''Honey and Clover II'', second season, episodes 1 - 12)
:: Arrangement and performance: Suneohair, lyrics and music: Kenji Watanabe.
Insert songs
''First season:''
★ Episode 1: 'Hachimitsu' (ãƒãƒãƒŸãƒ„) by
Spitz
★ Episode 2: '8-gatsu no Serenade' (８月ã®ã‚»ãƒ¬ãƒŠãƒ¼ãƒ‡) by
Suga Shikao
★ Episode 3: 'Tsuki to Knife' (月ã¨ãƒŠã‚¤ãƒ•) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 4: 'Nami Hikari' (波光) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 7: 'Tamagawa' (多摩å·) by Spitz
★ Episode 10: 'Sakana' (éš) by Spitz
★ Episode 13: 'Sorosoro Ikanakucha' (ãã‚ãã‚ã„ã‹ãªãã¡ã‚ƒ) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 14: 'Y' by Spitz
★ Episode 15: 'Yoru wo Kakeru' (夜を駆ã‘ã‚‹) by Spitz
★ Episode 18: 'Yubikiri' (ユビã‚リ) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 19: 'Ougon no Tsuki' (黄金ã®æœˆ) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 22: 'Tsuki ni Kaeru' (月ã«å¸°ã‚‹) by Spitz
★ Episode 23: 'Room 201' by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 24: 'Spica' (スピカ) by Spitz
''Honey and Clover II, second season:''
★ Episode 1: 'Nakayoshi' (仲良ã—) by Spitz
★ Episode 2: 'Pool' (プール) by Spitz
★ Episode 3: 'Koko ni Iru Koto' (ココニイルコト) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 4: 'Honoho' (ã»ã®ã») by Spitz
★ Episode 5: ' Je t'aime' (ジュテーム) by Spitz
★ Episode 6: 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 7: 'Natsukage' (å¤é™°ï½žãªã¤ã‹ã’～) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 8: 'Ringo Juice' (リンゴ・ジュース) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 9: 'Kazenagi' (風ãªãŽ) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 10: 'Namida' (涙) by Spitz
★ Episode 11: 'Futari no Kage' (ãµãŸã‚Šã®ã‹ã’) by Suga Shikao
★ Episode 12: 'Inaka no Seikatsu' (田舎ã®ç”Ÿæ´») by Spitz
Movie
The live action movie adaptation of the series was first released across Japanese theatres on
July 22,
2006. The DVD for the film was released on
January 12,
2007.
Staff
★ Director:
Masahiro Takada
★ Screenplay: Masahiko Kawahara, Masahiro Takada
★ Producers: Shinji Ogawa, Keiko Imamura, Maho Tada
★ Photography: Keiji Hasegawa
★ Lighting: Kimihiko Yamazaki
★ Art: Momoko Nakamura
★ Sound: Makio Ika
★ Recording: Tadao Tasai
★ Stylist: Haruhisa Shiroyama
★ Music Producers: Toyohiko Kinhashi, Kyoto Megei
★ Music:
Yoko Kanno
★ Hagumi's Painting Work: Maya Maxx
★ Morita's Sculpture Work: Taisho Morita
★ Production: ''Hachimitsu to KurÅba'' Film Partners
★ Distribution:
Asmik Ace
Cast
★ YÅ«ta Takemoto:
ShÅ Sakurai (
Arashi)
★ Hagumi Hanamoto:
YÅ« Aoi
★ Shinobu Morita:
YÅ«suke Iseya
★ Takumi Mayama:
RyÅ Kase
★ Ayumi Yamada:
Megumi Seki
★ ShÅ«ji Hanamoto:
Masato Sakai
★ Rika Harada:
Naomi Nishida
★ Luigi Fujiwara:
Keisuke Horibe
★ Mario Fujiwara:
Tomu Miyazaki
★ KÅda-sensei:
GinpunchÅ
★ Repairman:
ShidÅ Nakamura
★ Master of Teahouse:
Tsuoyoshi Toshishige
★ Policeman:
Junichi Haruta
★ TV Reporter:
Yumi Shimizu
★ Designer:
Tetsuhiro Ikeda
★ Art Student:
Kei Majima
★ Student:
Kenta Hamano (
Sakerock)
★ Harada:
Seiichi Tanabe
Theme song
★ (performance:
Spitz)
Insert songs
★ ''
Aozora Pedal'' (performance:
Arashi, lyrics and composition:
Suga Shikao)
★ Opera ''
Wally'': (composition:
Alfredo Catalani)
Notes and references
★
1. Kodansha Manga Award
2. Umino Chika interview by s-woman.net
3. Suga Shikao on extra of ''Honey and Clover'' DVD.
4. Kodansha Manga Award
5. Honey and Clover (manga)
6. Honey & Clover official website
7. Official Animax Asia Website - Retrieved August 1, 2006. Animax Rave, July 2006 Issue, Official Animax newsletter, July 2006 issue, Animax East Asia official website, retrieved July 2006.
See also
★
List of Honey and Clover episodes
External links
★
''Honey and Clover'' official site
★
Chika Umino official site
★
''Honey and Clover'' live-action movie official site
★
ANN entry on the live-action movie
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