Aoi Honō

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] The live action drama is legally streaming on Viki with English subtitles.[3]

Aoi Honō
The cover of the first tankōbon of Aoi Honō
アオイホノオ
GenreComing-of-age[1]
Manga
Written byKazuhiko Shimamoto
Published byShogakukan
Magazine
DemographicSeinen, shōnen
Original run2007 – present
Volumes23
Television drama
Directed byYūichi Fukuda
Written byYūichi Fukuda
Music byEishi Segawa
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run July 2014 – October 2014
Episodes11

Cast

Voice

Reception

The manga received 23 points in the 3rd Manga Taishō, placing last among the ten nominees.[4] It won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best General Manga along with Asahinagu.[5] In February 2015, Asahi Shimbun announced that Aoi Honō was one of nine nominees for the nineteenth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[6]

Sales

Volume 2 sold 24,521 copies by 17 May 2009,[7] volume 9 sold 20,415 copies by 18 November 2012,[8] and volume 10 sold 17,068 copies by 16 June 2013.[9]

References
  1. "Ken Yasuda to Play Hideaki Anno in Aoi Honō Drama". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. "College Life Manga Aoi Honō Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. Blue Fire, retrieved 2017-06-26
  4. "Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae Wins Manga Taisho Award (Updated)". Anime News Network. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. Nelkin, Sarah. "Yo-kai Watch, Be Blues Win 60th Shogakukan Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. "19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 11-17 (Updated)". Anime News Network. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  8. "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 12-18". Anime News Network. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  9. "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 10-16". Anime News Network. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
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