Anime and comics about bamboo swords

The Bamboo Sword Girl is also called the Bamboo Sword Girl

Japanese name: バンブーブレード

English name: BAMBOO BLADE

Official Chinese name: Bamboo Sword

Other translations: Bamboo Sword Girl, Bamboo Sword Girl

"Bamboo Sword" is a Japanese manga with the theme of kendo, originally written by Tsuchizuka Rihiro and illustrated by Igarashi Yuki. It has been serialized in the magazine "YOUNG GANGAN" since December 3, 2004. The Taiwanese Chinese version is represented by Shanghe Publishing House and is currently published in the 7th volume of the single volume. It was adapted into a TV animation and began broadcasting in October 2007, and was completed in March 2008. Animation production is by AIC A.S.T.A; supervision is by Hisashi Saito, who is serving as TVA supervisor for the first time, and Hideyuki Kurata is in charge of the script. The animated version has a strong voice cast, with Ryo Hirohashi, who played Koyuki Higashiya in "Keroro" as the voice actor for the heroine, as well as Noriko Kuwashima as the "double personality lady" and Rina Sato as the "girl with glasses". , the "subtle roles" of "Poor Teacher" Katsuyuki Konishi, "Millennium Commentator" Daisuke Sakaguchi and Akira Ishida.

In addition, the side story manga "The Bamboo Sword Boy", which is also written by Tsuchizuka Rihiro and Igarashi Igarashi and draws on the same timeline as the protagonist Kawazoe Shuhime, has also begun to be serialized on "YOUNG GANGAN".

[Edit this paragraph] Plot introduction

The stage of the story is Muroe High School, which has a pretty good admission rate. The consultant of the swordsmanship team, Torashiro Ishida (commonly known as Kojiro), is a lack of motivation. A poor teacher who is also embarrassed about paying for tomorrow's food. However, suddenly one day a chance to make a comeback appeared in front of Kojiro. As long as he can make the kendo club win the competition, he can eat free sushi for a year! But the prerequisite for participating is that there must be 5 female members. As the date for the practice match approaches, Kojiro starts running around in order to gather these five people...

What is the so-called secret plan of Kojiro for the competition? And what is the so-called original intention behind the practice competition?

Kawazoe Tamahime looks like a girl but is actually an expert in kendo. Unfortunately, as the daughter of a dojo master, she is not interested in kendo. However, she has the idea of ??becoming a righteous hero who polices evil, punishes rape, and hoe rape. If you are weak, how can you do it without swordsmanship? The plot is based on this very subtle setting~

[Edit this paragraph] Character introduction and voice actor

Ishida Tiger Warrior Ishida Tiger Warrior

Torashi Ishida (いしだとらじ)

Voice actor: Katsuyuki Konishi

The consultant teacher of Muroe High School Kendo Club is a person who worries about food expenses every day. Poor teachers. Height 176cm. Nicknamed "Kojiro". The subjects taught were political economy. He can be regarded as the protagonist of this work.

Originally, I had a laissez-faire attitude towards the club I was guiding, but after making a bet with my senior Kenzaburo to win free all-you-can-eat Edomae sushi for a year, I began to actively recruit and train newcomers to the kendo club. Then he provoked a friend of the wife of the chairman of Muroe High School, and in order to save the unemployment crisis, he had to bring the kendo club into the national competition.

When I was a student, I won the championship, but due to an incident where I was robbed while working in a convenience store, my kendo was abandoned halfway. The hometown was originally a liquor store and was converted into a convenience store a few years ago. Because of this The bad memories also made him rarely return to his hometown.

The origin of the surname comes from "Ishida Toshiya" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Heisei 4 and 7, or "Ishida Kenichi" who won the Showa 57th year.

Tamahime Kawazoe

Tamahime Kawazoe (かわぞえたまき)

Voiced by: Ryo Hirohashi

1st year at Muroe High School Class 9. Height 149cm. Commonly known as "small beads".

In a sense, he is more like a protagonist than Tiger Warrior. She is the only daughter of a kendo dojo. She has been practicing kendo since she was a child and has superb skills that even adults cannot match. My hobby is appreciating special photography and animation, and I especially admire the heroes in the drama "Super Sword Sentai". Being influenced by them, I have a sense of justice that is twice as strong as others. Because my family runs a dojo, I feel that learning kendo is like helping with housework, so I have no interest in the kendo club in the school. However, due to a certain incident, I decided to join the kendo club on the grounds of "maintaining justice and fighting against bad guys."

He has a taciturn personality and does not understand the world. His emotions are calm and rarely fluctuate, and his expressions lack changes. After joining the club and getting in touch with his peers, he gradually grew up spiritually and his expressions also became richer.

Due to the powerful thrust, this move is sealed and can only be used against "male", "older", and "learned" opponents.

The origin of the surname comes from "Tetsuo Kawazoe" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 46 and 50.

Chiba Kirino

Chiba Kirino (ちばきりの)

Voiced by: Toyoguchi Emi

Muroe High School 2 Year 3 class. Height 157cm. The president of the Kendo Club is the only member who actually exists at the beginning of the story. Commonly known as "Kirinai".

I have been practicing kendo since middle school and love club activities from the bottom of my heart.

Her family runs a delicatessen, and she has a lively and cheerful personality, so she has a wide circle of friends. She is the leader who promotes the atmosphere of the kendo club. She takes care of the members like a sister and is deeply trusted by the members. His personality is sometimes dull, but sometimes he is smart. He has excellent grades in school and ranks 20th in the whole school year, but he also does stupid things like writing Bamboo Sword as Takeuchi.

The origin of the surname comes from "Chiba Jin" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 41, 44, and 47 years

Miyazaki City

Miyazaki City ( (みやざきみやこ)

Voiced by: Noriko Kuwashima

A first-year student at Muroe High School, 165cm tall. Commonly known as "MIYA MIYA".

She and Ronghua are in love with each other. She was originally a bad girl in middle school. She always acted like a young lady in front of her boyfriend, but when she wasn't paying attention, she often revealed her dark side in private. Bad personality. Originally, she just accompanied her boyfriend Ronghua to join the kendo club. She was just a complete beginner and reluctantly participated in club activities. However, during the practice, she realized the awakening of her S personality and enjoyed the fun of beating people.

Why he fell in love with Ronghua is an unsolved mystery in this game. Rumor has it that Ronghua looks like his deceased pet, a pangolin.

There is an older sister in the family who doesn’t really like cooking, but she learned good cooking skills in order not to be poisoned by her older sister who is a cooking idiot.

The origin of the surname comes from "Miyazaki Masahiro" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Heisei 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11 years.

Kuwahara Sheath

Kuwahara Sheath (くわはらさやこ)

Voiced by: Kojima Sachiko

Muroe High School 2nd year 5 class. Height 170cm. Commonly known as "little sheath".

Kiri and Kirino have been childhood sweethearts since elementary school. They were in the softball club in middle school and joined the kendo club in high school.

Although he joined the kendo club in the first grade, he often fell into depression and quit the club because of trivial things, and became a ghost club member in name only. Emotional ups and downs are intense and excessive, and often over-investment leads to wasted work afterwards. In order to find something suitable for me, in addition to kendo, I also tried novels and guitar, but all in vain. When I fell into depression, I used to ride a bicycle and shout "I am excellent! I am a genius!" to cheer myself up.

The origin of the surname comes from "Tetsuaki Kuwahara" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 35.

Higashi Satori

Higashi Satori (あずま さとり)

Voiced by: Rina Sato

Class 3, Grade 1, Muroe High School. Height 154cm. Commonly known as "Congli".

I have been learning kendo since I was in elementary school and have considerable strength. Although she looks like a bespectacled girl who always holds a book, she is actually a confused person with terrible academic performance. Her eyesight is actually 2.5 in both eyes. , but I put on glasses to add a little bit of wisdom. He has a simple personality and is easy to be led around. He originally gave up kendo and did not join the club because of his poor grades in order to concentrate on his studies. However, he joined the club under the wise words of Dou, but since then he has become an errand boy who is ordered by Dou. .

The origin of the surname comes from "Higashi Ichiro" who won the All Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 58.

Yuji Nakata

Yuji Nakata (なかたゆうじ)

Voice actor: Daisuke Sakaguchi

I went to the Kawazoe dojo of Tamahime's house when I was in elementary school In training, she and she were childhood sweethearts. In middle school, she reached the quarterfinals of the county competition and had certain kendo prowess. Zhuhime said that her strength was superior to that of Waishan. Her school test score was fourth in the whole school year. However, in the story, she was far inferior to Zhuhime in kendo and her test scores were always the same. After Ronghua, he didn't have a beautiful girlfriend like him, so he thought he was an ordinary person who couldn't become powerful. As the most serious person in the club, he becomes the narrator of the story.

Although Zhu Ji is disgusted, she is the only one who still calls Zhu Ji Xiaozhu.

The origin of the surname comes from "Hideshi Nakata" who won the All Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 56.

Eika Danjuro

Eika Danjuro (えいがだんじゅうろう)

Voiced by: Akira Ishida

Muroe High School 1 Year 3 class. Commonly known as "Duan Lang".

Originally I wanted to join the billiards club, but there was no billiards club at Muroe High School, so I had to join the kendo club with Yuuji and his girlfriend Koto. Although he is a beginner, he has talent in kendo. Unexpectedly, he ranked second in the whole school year. He is also very good at painting. When he first appeared, he was about the same height as Yuuji. Later, he became shorter as the series continued. When the height and drawing settings were announced, Calling him tall was a matter of improvisation.

The origin of the surname comes from "Eika Naoki" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in 2012.

Totoyama

Totoyama (とやま)

Voiced by: Atsushi Imaruoka

Class 1, Grade 2, Muroe High School. The ghost member of the Kendo Club was originally the strongest member of the Kendo Club and a sadist who liked to bully new members. In the end, she was defeated miserably by Tamaki, which also led to Tamaki to join the Kendo Club on the grounds of protecting the Kendo Club. There were no scenes after that.

The origin of the surname comes from "Toyama Mitsuri" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 55.

Iwasa

Iwasa (いわさ)

Voiced by: Yuichi Ishigami

A second-year student at Muroe High School. He is a ghost member of the kendo club together with Toishan Chang, but he actually likes kendo quite a lot. Like Waishan, there are no subsequent scenes, but they often appear in the bonus pages of single volumes.

The origin of the surname comes from "Iwasa Hideno" who won the All Japan Kendo Competition in 2013.

Mr. Yoshikawa

Mr. Yoshikawa (よしかわせんせい)

Voiced by: Sasaki Hinako

A female teacher who works with Torasami. The subjects taught are unknown.

Instructor Sensei

Mr. Instructor (きょうとうせんせい)

Voice actor: Kunihiro Kawamoto

Kenzaburo Ishibashi

< p>Kenzaburo Ishibashi (いしばしけんざぶろう)

Voiced by: Toru Inada

He is also a consultant teacher for the Kendo Club of Machido High School and another school.

Torasagi's senior in high school was very concerned about losing to Tosagi in the finals of the kendo tournament. If he won the practice match with Tosagi, he would take back the trophy of the competition. Unlike Tosagi, he has never had any interest in kendo. Practiced intermittently. Good at upper position.

The origin of the surname comes from "Ishibashi Masahisa" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 53.

Harada Konatsu

Harada Konatsu (はらだ こなつ)

Voice actor: Shindo Kei

The third-year vice president of Machido High School. The strength is No. 2 in the company. Girl with glasses.

He has good etiquette and is the most upright common-sense person in the practice team. Although he is not particularly outstanding, he practices seriously every day and has long experience in kendo, and he has the qualification of second degree. Served as a pioneer in the practice match with Muroe High School.

The origin of the surname comes from "Tetsuo Harada" who won the All Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 1959.

Yokoo Maya

Yokoo Maya (よこお まや)

Voiced by: Kiyomi Yazawa

A third year at Machido High School. He has a bold and cheerful personality, and has the momentum and destructive power to surpass men. He often makes his opponents cry and eats a lot. He served as a general in the practice match with Muroe High School.

The origin of the surname comes from "Yokoo Eiji" who won the All Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 49.

Ando Yuri

Ando Yuri (あんどうゆうり)

Voiced by: おみむらまゆこ (Mayuko Asachimura)

Machido Second year of high school. He has a sinister character who likes to use despicable means to bully his opponents, and often reads dark and weird books. Served as deputy general during the practice match with Muroe High School.

The origin of the surname comes from "Ando Kaigyu" who won the All Japan Kendo Competition in 2014.

Nishiyama Kaori

Nishiyama Kaori (にしやま かれん)

Voiced by: Natsuki Mori

A third year at Machido High School. Originally, he was the number one in the club in terms of strength and had the majesty of a general, but in reality he was a coward and was completely unable to display his strength in competitions. He claimed that he could not do such an extreme thing as repeatedly hitting the person he met for the first time with a bamboo sword. He served as a backbone in the practice match with Muroe High School.

The origin of the surname comes from "Yasuhiro Nishiyama" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 40.

Asakawa Akemi

Asakawa Akemi (あさかわ あけみ)

Voiced by: Kondo Ayuki

Second year at Machido High School. He has qualities but values ??love more than club activities. He served as the second forward in the practice match against Muroe High School.

The origin of the surname comes from "Asakawa Haruo" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 31.

Tadaaki Hayashi

Tadaaki Hayashi (はやし ただあき)

Voiced by: Shinji Ogawa

The consultant of the Kendo Club of Chengmei University. A famous priest of the seventh degree. In order to strengthen the strength of the club, a fun club was brought in from other schools to change the name of the kendo club, and strict guidelines were adopted, causing the members to be afraid and continue to withdraw from the club, and they also had doubts about their own guidelines.

The origin of the surname comes from "Lin Lang" who won the All Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 63.

Ogawa Mei

Ogawa Mei (おがわ めい)

Voiced by: Nazuka Kaori

1st year at Seimei High School. Length 152cm. Commonly known as "bud clothes". A weak and petite girl.

Originally, she had the intention of quitting due to the harsh training in the club, but after practicing with Zhuji, she was moved and her original thoughts changed a bit.

The origin of the surname comes from "Isao Ogawa" who won the All-Japan Kendo Competition in Showa 52.

Odajima Reimi

Odajima Reimi (おだじまれいみ)

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara

First year of Seimei High School . Length 158cm. Photography club.

Yuto was a classmate in middle school. Yuto was entangled with him because he beat up the person whom Remi liked at the time. In fact, he fell in love with Yu and became a stalker and voyeur. Abnormally persistent, she seems to be the eldest sister of a group of delinquent boys outside school. Her mother is a friend of the wife of the chairman of Muroe High School. Because of her slander, Torasami will be unemployed next school year.

Sakakishin

Sakakishin

Voiced by: Unknown

In the manga, she is a second-year student at Momoryu Academy. She once won the national championship at the same time. The champion of the individual and team competitions in the middle school kendo competition is known as the "genius seen once in 10 years." But now, influenced by the star Junya Takigawa abandoning the sword in the follow-up work "Black Duran" to "Super Sword Sentai", he decided to give up kendo and became his crazy fan. In the animation, he only appears for a few seconds at the end, which can be seen as a foreshadowing for the next game.

The following are the original characters of the animation

Kelly Nishikawa

キャリー西川 (キャリーにしかわ)

Voiced by: Kobayashi Sanae

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A member of the Kendo Club of Yingjin High School, an American, but because he has lived in Japan for 8 years, he is quite fluent in Japanese.

Because she accidentally saw Xiaodu and Duan Lang dating in a kendo equipment store, she fell in love with Duan Lang (the appearance), so she used Duan Lang as a bet and had an informal competition with Xiaodu. In Zhuji's opinion, , her wrist strength is extremely strong.

He is good at using the "two-sword style" moves (the two-sword style is strictly prohibited in official competitions in current high school kendo competitions).

Suzuki Rin

Suzuki Rin (すずきりん),

Voiced by: Sakamoto Maaya

Like Tamaki, it is a special series Fans of the series also like the "Super Sword Sentai" series, but their favorite character is Snyder.

In the original manga, he appears in the name of Rin Suzuki, the strongest player in the same area of ??Muroe High School. The relationship between the setting of the animated version and the original work is currently unknown.

Other characters:

Tama's father--Chang Katsumi

Tama's part-time jewelry store manager--Ohara Sayaka

Tiger Maid Mother--Pan Keiko

Tiger Maid Father--Jurōta Kosugi

[Edit this paragraph] Theme Song

Opening Song "BAMBOO BEAT" (Released on November 28, 2007/VTCL-35010)

Lyricist: Miles Kawai

Composer and arranger: Koma2 Kaz

Singer: Kawazoe Tamaki (Ryo Hirohashi), Chiba Kirino (Toyoguchi Megumi), Kuwahara Sheiko (Kojima Sachiko), Miyazaki Miyazaki (Kuwashima Noriko), Azuma Satori (Sato Rina)

Ending theme " STAR RISE" (released on November 28, 2007/VTCL-35010)

Lyricist: Miles Kawai

Composer and arranger: Koma2 Kaz

Singer: Tamahime Kawazoe (Ryo Hirohashi), Kirino Chiba (Megumi Toyoguchi), Sheiko Kuwahara (Sachiko Kojima), Mitsuru Miyazaki (Noriko Kuwashima), Satori Higashi (Rina Sato)

Insert song "Super Fighter Squadron" (appears in many episodes)

Lyricist: Nagae Kuwahara

Composer: Kotaro Nakagawa

Singer: Ishihara Shinichi

[Edit this paragraph] Titles of each chapter

The Japanese version titles are in brackets

Chapter 1: Bamboo Broom and the Partner of Justice (take ぼうき とJustice's Flavored Side)

Chapter 2: Sword Samurai and Bento (ブレードブレイバーとおBendang)

Chapter 3: Black and Blue (ブラックとブルー)

< p>Chapter 4: Pink and Blue (ピンクとブルー)

Chapter 5: Muroe High School and Machido High School (Muroe High School and Machido High School)

Chapter 6 : Kawazoe Tamahime and the Late Takereha (Kawazoe Tamahime and the Late Takereha)

Chapter 7: Sushi and Croquettes (Sushiとメンチカツ)

Chapter 7 Chapter 8: Kozu and the Part-Time Job (タマちゃんとアルバイト)

Chapter 9: Kojiro’s Divergence of Destiny (コジローと风面のdivergence point)

Chapter 10: Miyazaki The Melancholy of the City and the First Conference (Miyazaki Miyazaki's Melancholy and the First Conference)

Chapter 11: Animation and Dreams (アニメーションとドリーム)

Chapter 12: Toyo Mei Yi’s Hidden Secret (东の事とメイの事)

Chapter 13: Teacher and Students (Mr. たちと生士たち)

Chapter 14: Clever Decision and Aguahgu (さとりんのdetermination ともぎゅもぎゅ)

Chapter 15: The first stay together and the bathhouse (the first joint stay and the first bathhouse)

Tenth Chapter Six: Kirino's Absence and the First Preliminary Round (キリノの无码とPreliminary Competition)

Chapter 17: Light and Shadow (光と影)

Chapter 18: Competition &The Muro Etaka after that (大とその后の木江高)

Chapter 19: Armadillo and Pangolin (アルマジロとセンザンコウ)

Chapter 20: Sword Samurai and Bamboo Sword Samurai (ブレイバーとシナイダー)

Chapter 21: Kawazoe Tamahime and Suzuki Rin (Kawazoe Tamahime and Suzuki Rin)

Chapter 22 ：Loser and Winner (Loser and Winner)

Chapter 23: Lies and Silence (Shhと神黙)

Chapter 24: Sword and Dao (剣道とと道)

Chapter 25: Kendo and the things it brings (剣道とそれがもたらすもの)

Chapter 26: The future and the future ("それから"と"これから")

[Edit this paragraph] Producer

Manga

Original artist: Riko Totsuka

Illustration: Aya Igarashi

Publisher: Square Enix Japan

Serial magazine: YOUNG GANGAN

Serialization period: December 3, 2004 Japan (first issue) – Serialized

Number of volumes: 12

Number of episodes: 104

TV animation

Director: Hisashi Saito

Script: Hideyuki Kurata

Character design: Yukichi Soyanagi

Art design: Yoshinori Shiozawa, Maho Takahashi

< p>Art director: Takahashi Maho

Color design: Suzuki Yuko

Background: Sugaru

Photography supervisor: Nomura Tatsuya

Photography: アニメフィルム

3D production: Watanabe Tatsuya

Editor: Morita Seiji

Sound supervisor: Miwa Iwanami

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Sound production: HALF H?P STUDIO

Animation production: AIC A.S.T.A.

Production: BAMBOO BLADE Partners

Broadcast TV station: Japan TV TOKYO System

Broadcast date: October 1 (month) 25:30 midnight

Broadcast period: October 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008

Number of episodes: 26 episodes in total

[Edit this paragraph] Bamboo Sword Game

The PSP game adapted from the cute kendo animation "Bamboo Sword Girl" was published in "Weekly" New news was released in the 12/12 supplementary issue of "Famitsu". The game is tentatively titled "Bamboo Blade "Future" Challenge" and is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2009.

"Bamboo Sword Girl" is a kendo-themed comic originally written by Totsuka Rihiro and illustrated by Igarashi Aya. It was serialized in the first issue of Square Enix's comic magazine "YoungGanGan" on December 3, 2004. The animated version was broadcast from October 2007 to March 2008. Later, novels and drama CDs were also released. This is the first time that the game has been gamified.

The characters, illustrations, etc. in the game will be handled by the animation production company AIC ASTA. The animation supervisors are Watanabe Yoshihiro and Watanabe Atsuko, while the game development will be handled by Digital Creates. This work will be conducted in AVG format, and the plot will revolve around the kendo club consultant Ishida Torasi and the members. In the combat part, this game uses cards. The cards in the game are divided into 4 types. Players must use the characteristics of various cards to defeat their opponents. In addition, each character in the game has its own ending, which must meet certain conditions to achieve it, just like other Galgames.

[Edit this paragraph]DVD

VOL.1 will be released on January 23, 2008

VOL.2 will be released on February 20, 2008

VOL.3 will be released on March 26, 2008

Extended reading:

1. (Japanese) Bamboo Sword Comic Version Japan Official Website/f?kw=%D6 %F1%B5%B6%C9%D9%C5%AE