Bari Bari Densetsu

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Bari Bari Densetsu
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Hideyoshi Hijiri
バリバリ伝説 (Baribari Densetsu)
Manga
Written by	Shuichi Shigeno
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Magazine KC
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1983 – 1991
Volumes	38
Original video animation
Directed by	Osamu Uemura (1) Yō Ikegami (2) Hisayuki Toriumi (supervision)
Produced by	Sōsaku Miki (1) Takao Igarashi (2) Ryōhei Suzuki Yūji Nunokawa
Written by	Yūji Watanabe Mami Watanabe (2)
Music by	Ichirō Nitta
Studio	Pierrot
Released	May 10, 1986 – December 16, 1986
Runtime	50 minutes (1) 54 minutes (2)
Episodes	2
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Bari Bari Densetsu (バリバリ伝説, Baribari Densetsu, lit. "Vroom Vroom Legend") is an early motorbike racing manga series by Shuichi Shigeno. It was published in 38 volumes between 1983 and 1991 by Kodansha. In 1985, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen.^[1]

The story has some similarities to Shigeno's later manga Initial D. Earlier parts of the manga focus both on high school life as well as street racing. At first the characters are illegal street racers (Japanese: hashiriya) that race on public roads, particularly on the winding mountain roads known as tōge. Those kind of racers were called "rolling-zoku", a type of bōsōzoku, and were seen as a social problem in Japan. It was claimed they were influenced by manga. Later parts of the story revolve around professional motorcycle racing events held on road circuits like the All Japan Road Race Championship.

Two OVA episodes based on the manga were produced in 1986 by Pierrot, "Part I: Tsukuba Arc" and "Part II: Suzuka Arc." The episodes were later re-edited and released in theaters in August 1987 by Nippon Herald (now part of Kadokawa Pictures), on the same bill as the film Aitsu to Lullaby: Suiyōbi no Cinderella, an anime adaptation of the manga Aitsu to Lullaby by Michiharu Kusunoki, also serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.

In 1989 the manga was also licensed as a commercial video game by Taito for the PC Engine, under the original title.

The character Gun Koma appears as a hidden character in the PlayStation 2 game MotoGP by Namco.

Characters[]

Gun Koma (巨摩 郡, Koma Gun)

Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka

A motorcycle racer. He rides a Honda CB750 as well as a Suzuki GSX-R.

Ai Itou (伊藤 歩惟, Itō Ai)

Voiced by: Yōko Oginome

Gun's girlfriend.

Hideyoshi Hijiri (聖 秀吉, Hijiri Hideyoshi)

Voiced by: Ryūsei Nakao

Gun's friendly rival. He rides a Suzuki Katana.

Hiro Okita (沖田 比呂, Okita Hiro)

Voiced by: Issei Futamata

Gun's best friend. He rides a Kawasaki Z400GP.

Miyuki Ichinose (一ノ瀬 美由紀, Ichinose Miyuki)

Voiced by: Keiko Toda

The daughter of the Ichinose Racing Team president. She's in love with Hiro. Miyuki rides a Honda VT250F.

Tomoyo Hijiri (聖 知代, Hijiri Tomoyo)

Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu

Hideyoshi's sister. She lost her parents in car accident.

References[]

External links[]

• Bari Bari Densetsu (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Bari Bari Densetsu at MobyGames
• Bari Bari Densetsu at Studio Pierrot

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