Recent PostsThis article is about the manga by Mitsuru Adachi. For other uses, see Nine (disambiguation).
Nine
Cover of volume 1 of wideban release.
ナイン
Genre
Romantic comedy, Sports (baseball)
Manga
Author
Mitsuru Adachi
Demographic
Shōnen
Magazine
Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan
Original run
October 1978 – May 1979
Volumes
5 (tankōbon)
3 (bunkoban)
2 (wideban)
TV movie anime
Director
Gisaburō Sugii
Studio
Group TAC
Original run
1983-05-04
Animated film: Nine the Original
Director
Gisaburō Sugii
Studio
Group TAC
Licensor
Toho
TV movie anime: Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration
Director
Gisaburō Sugii
Studio
Group TAC
Licensor
Toho
Original run
1983-12-18
TV movie anime: Nine 3: Final
Director
Gisaburō Sugii
Studio
Group TAC
Licensor
Toho
Original run
1984-09-05
TV drama
Original run
1987-01-05 – ongoing
Episodes
1
Nine (ナイン, Nain?) is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through May 1979 issues.
The story is about two friends who were star athletes in junior high school who decide, on entering high school, to join the struggling baseball club so they can have a challenge. The title comes from the nine members of a baseball team.
Contents
- 1 Plot summary
- 2 Characters
- 3 TV movies
- 4 Theatrical movie
- 5 TV live action drama
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
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Plot summary
Just before entering Seishū High School, track star Katsuya Niimi and judo champion Susumu Karasawa see a girl crying as the school loses a baseball game. The boys decide to join the team and improve it in order to make her smile. The girl turns out to be Yuri Nakao, daughter of the baseball coach, and they learn the baseball team will be shut down if it doesn’t start winning. The series follows the three, as well as pitcher Eiji Kurahashi, as Niimi and Karasawa learn about baseball and what it means to be one of nine players on a team, as they work together through high school make it to Kōshien.
Characters
Character voices listed are for the anime releases only.
Katsuya Niimi (新見 克也, Katsuya Niimi?)
Voiced by: Toru Furuya
Center fielder on the Seishū High School baseball club, in love with Yuri. In junior high, he held the school records for the 100 meter and 200 m races. His favorite food is gomokuzushi. He wears the number 1 on his jersey.
Yuri Nakao (中尾 百合, Yuri Nakao?)
Voiced by: Mariko Ishihara (TV movie 1), Mariko Kurata (TV movie 2), Narumi Yasuda (TV movie 3)
A manager of the Seishū High School baseball club and daughter of the baseball coach. There is a growing romance between Yuri and Katsuya.
Susumu Karasawa (唐沢 進, Susumu Karasawa?)
Voiced by: Kei Tomiyama
Right fielder on the Seishū High School baseball club. In junior high, he was prefectural champion in judo. He wears the number 5.
Eiji Kurahashi (倉橋 永二, Eiji Kurahashi?)
Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
Left-handed pitching ace on the Seishū High School baseball club. Lives with his father, a truck driver.
Yukimi Yasuda (安田 雪美, Yukimi Yasuda?)
Voiced by: Chika Sakamoto
A manager of the Seishū High School baseball club, who has a crush on Katsuya. After transferring to Seishū at the beginning of the school year, she begins pursuing him, much to the annoyance of Yuri.
Kentarō Yamanaka (山中 健太郎, Kentarō Yamanaka?)
Voiced by: Akira Kamiya
A childhood friend of Yuri, and ace pitcher at Bunan High School where he has taken his team to victory at Kōshien. After an unexpected reunion with Yuri, he becomes the romantic rival of Katsuya.
Jirō Yamanaka (山中 二郎, Jirō Yamanaka?)
Voiced by: Yoshikazu Hirano
Kentarō’s younger brother and a new member of the Seishū High School baseball club, playing third base. He has a crush on Yukimi. He wears the number 2.
Chimi Yamanaka (山中 智美, )?)
Younger sister of the Yamanaka brothers. She tries to mediate the relationship between Yuri and Kentarō, who in turn uses her to interfere with the developing romance between Yuri and Katsuya.
Coach Nakao
Voiced by: Ichirō Nagai (TV movies), Kōichi Kitamura (theatrical movie)
The coach of the Seishū High School baseball club. He is in jeopardy of losing his job for not having won a single game, and very happy when Susumu Kurahashi joined the team. He formerly coached Kentarō for a short time.
Kazuya Niimi’s father
Voiced by: Tatsuyuki Jinnai
A former baseball player who helps Eiji join the baseball team after talking to his father.
Kazuya Niimi’s mother
Voiced by: Kazuko Makino
Appears in the theatrical movie.
Eiji Kurashashi’s father
Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
Appears in the theatrical movie.
Yukimi Yasuda’s mother
Voiced by: Miyoko Asō
Appears in the theatrical movie.
Sources:
TV movies
Nine
The first Nine TV movie aired on 1983-05-04 on Fuji TV’s Nissei Family Special program.
Opening theme
“Love – Innocent” (LOVE・イノセント, Rabu Inosento?)
- Vocals: Mariko Tsubota
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Insert songs
“Invited Desires” (つのる思い, Tsunoru Omoi?)
“Goodbye to Sadness” (悲しみにサヨナラ, Kanashimi ni Sayonara?)
- Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Ending theme
“Midsummer Runner” (真夏のランナー, Mannatsu no Runner?)
- Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Director: Gisaburō Sugii
- Teleplay: Hiroichi Fuse
- Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
- Art Director: Hiroshi Ōno
- Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
- Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
Sources:
Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration
The second Nine TV movie, Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration (ナイン2 恋人宣言, Nain Tsū Koibito Sengen?), aired on 1983-12-18 on Fuji TV’s Nissei Family Special program.
Opening theme
“Sweetheart Declaration” (恋人宣言, Koibito Sengen?)
- Vocals: Mariko Tsubota
- Lyrics: Mariko Ryū
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Insert songs
“Blue Sky Feelings” (青空気分, Aozora Kibun?)
“My Young Boy” (私のYoung Boy, Watashi no Yangu Bōi?)
- Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Mariko Ryū
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Ending theme
“Midsummer Runner”
- Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Director: Gisaburō Sugii
- Teleplay: Shin’ichi Shirayama
- Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
- Chief Animator: Minoru Maeda
- Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
- Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
- Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
Sources:
Nine 3: Final
The third Nine TV movie, Nine 3: Final (ナイン 完結編, Nain Surī Kanketsuhen?), aired on 1984-09-05 on Fuji TV’s Nissei Family Special program.
Opening theme
“Endless Summer” (エンドレスサマー, Endoresu Samā?)
- Vocals: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Insert songs
“Around August” (八月のゆくえ, Hachigatsu no Yukue?)
“Boys in Love” (Boys in love, Bōisu in Rabu?)
- Vocals: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Ending theme
“Midsummer Runner”
- Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Director: Gisaburō Sugii
- Teleplay: Yumiko Takaboshi
- Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
- Key Animation Director: Minoru Maeda
- Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
- Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
- Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
Sources:
Theatrical movie
The first Nine TV movie was remade into a theatrical movie titled Nine the Original (ナイン オリジナル版, Nain Orijinaruban?), released on 1983-09-16 by Toho. Modifications were made to the original TV movie to fix problems with it, and some of the seiyū and background music were changed as well. When the Nine movies are rebroadcast on TV, this movie is shown in place of the original TV movie.
Theme songs
“Amateur Photograph” (青いフォトグラフ, Aoi Fotogurafu?)
“Love Taking Flight” (愛を翼にして, Ai o Tsubasa ni Shite?)
- Vocals: Mariko Kurata
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Insert songs
“Invited Desires”
“Sentimental Season” (涙色の季節, Namida-iro no Kisetsu?)
“Midsummer Runner”
- Vocals: Mariko Kurata and Hiroaki Serizawa
- Lyrics: Masao Urino
- Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
- Director: Gisaburō Sugii
- Screenplay: Hiroichi Fuse
- Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
- Art Director: Hiroshi Ōno
- Music: Hiroaki Serizawa, Yasunori Tsuchida
- Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
- Producers: Yūkichi Ōhashi, Atsushi Tashiro
- Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
Sources:
TV live action drama
A Nine live action TV drama special aired on 1987-01-05 on Fuji TV’s Monday Dramaland (月曜ドラマランド, Getsuyō Doramarando?) program.
- Aki Asakura (Yuri Nakao)
- Kazuya Takahashi (Katsuya Niimi)
- Kōyō Maeda (Jirō Yamanaka)
- Mikio Ōsawa (Kentarō Yamanaka)
- Mami Ōtsuka (Yukimi Yasuda)
- Original Work: Mitsuru Adachi
- Director: Yoshiharu Ueki
- Teleplay: Fumiyo Asō
- Production: Fuji TV
Sources:
See also
These are titles with a similar theme of baseball.
- Captain
- H2
- Hiatari Ryōkō!
- Play Ball
- Princess Nine
- Touch
References
- ^ “Nine (manga)”. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ Van Huffel, Peter (2004-01-17). “Adachi Mitsuru あだち充”. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c “あだち充 アニメ” (in Japanese). あだち充 ＤＡＴＡＢＡＳＥ. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c “劇場アニメ「ナイン」” (in Japanese). あだち充 ＤＡＴＡＢＡＳＥ. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c “ナイン(1983)” (in Japanese). goo 映画.
- ^ a b “Nine”. AdachiFan. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c d “BS夏休みアニメ特選｜ナイン” (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ Hitoshi Doi. “Search results for “Nine” in anime database”. Seiyū Database. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
- ^ “Nine (special)”. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
External links
- Nine (manga) at Anime News Network’s Encyclopedia
- Nine (first television movie) (anime) at Anime News Network’s Encyclopedia
The Works of Mitsuru Adachi
Manga
Bōken Shōnen • • Cross Game • • H2 • • Hiatari Ryōkō! • • Idol Ace • • Itsumo Misora • • Jinbē • • Katsu! • • Little Boy • • Miyuki • • Niji Iro Tōgarashi • • Nine • • Oira Hōkago Wakadaishō • • Rough • • Short Program • • Slow Step • • Touch
As artist
Gamushara (by Jūzō Yamasaki) • • Hatsukoi Kōshien (by Jūzō Yamasaki) • • Heart no A (by Akira Saiga) • • Hirahira-kun Seishun Jingi (by Mamoru Sasaki) • • Hirahira-kun Seishun Ondo (by Mamoru Sasaki) • • Hirahira-kun Seishun Taiko (by Mamoru Sasaki) • • Kibasen (by Kai Takizawa) • • Kieta Bakuon (by Riki Kitazawa) • • Kōshientama (by Mamoru Sasaki) • • Nakimushi Kōshien (by Jūzō Yamasaki) • • Ohikenasutte! Yakyū Jingi (by Mamoru Sasaki) • • Rainbowman (by Kōhan Kawauchi) • • Yūhi yo Nobore!! (by Jūzō Yamasaki)
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