Elf-ban Kakyūsei
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Elf-ban Kakyūsei | |
エルフ版 下級生 (Erufuban Kakyūsei) | |
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Genre | Drama, Harem, Romance |
Game | |
Kakyūsei | |
Developer | ELF |
Publisher | ELF |
Genre | Visual Novel, Dating Simulation |
Platform | PC and Sega Saturn |
Released | June 7, 1997 |
Original video animation | |
Elf-ban Kakyūsei | |
Directed by | Norio Kashima |
Produced by | Saburō Ōmiya |
Written by | Norio Kashima |
Music by | CUE |
Studio | PP Project |
Licensed by | ADV |
Released | January 24, 1998 – September 25, 1998 |
Runtime | 27–29 minutes |
Episodes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Kakyūsei | |
Directed by | Norio Kashima |
Produced by | Saburō Ōmiya Takashi Terasaki |
Written by | Shigeru Yanagawa |
Music by | Hiroshi Igarashi CUE Ryō Yonemitsu Masaaki Sainoo Tarō Todoroki |
Studio | PP Project |
Original network | Chiba TV, Sun TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama |
Original run | July 5, 1999 – September 26, 1999 |
Episodes | 14 |
Anime television series | |
Kakyūsei 2 | |
Directed by | Yōsei Morino |
Produced by | Yasunori Muratake |
Written by | Shigenori Kageyama |
Studio | ARMS |
Original network | Chiba TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama |
Original run | October 1, 2004 – December 24, 2004 |
Episodes | 13 |
Elf-ban Kakyūsei (エルフ版 下級生, Erufuban Kakyūsei, lit. "Elf Version Underclassmates") is an anime. It is unrelated to a different series of the same title, , also produced by Pink Pineapple in 1995. It was based on a game originally created by more popularly known as Elf and had a TV series produced after the success of the OVA. The 14th episode of the TV series was never aired on television. The TV series produced further sequels and spin-offs that were considerably more explicit than their earlier versions.
Kakyūsei game[]
Originally created by Masato Hiruta.
Elf ban Kakyūsei OVA[]
Plot[]
The story revolves around Mizuho Yuuki, whose best friend Miko has fallen in love with Tohru. Miko is fairly innocent and comes from a strict background so Mizuho tries not to get in the way of their relationship despite her growing awareness of Tohru who is currently boarding with her family, and accepts going on a date with the wealthy Haruhiko. There is also outside interference from Ai, a younger student in their school, who also likes Tohru.
Characters[]
- Mizuho Yuuki - Voiced by: (Japanese) - active with a strong personality, she enjoys playing tennis.
- Miko Kamiyama - Voiced by: (Japanese) - innocent, comes from a strict family background.
- Tohru Nagase - Voiced by: Susumu Chiba (Japanese) - popular and well liked, he is currently boarding with Mizuho's family as well as being her class mate.
- Haruhiko Satake - Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa (Japanese) - comes from a rich family and has strong feelings for Mizuho.
- Tatsuya Yuuki - Voiced by: Hiroko Takemasa (Japanese) - Mizuho's little brother.
- Ai Minamizato - Voiced by: Minako Sango (Japanese)
- Mahoko Mochida - Voiced by: Ai Uchikawa (Japanese)
- Miyuki Iijima - Voiced by: Mie Sonozaki (Japanese)
- Minatsu Yamashita - Voiced by: (Japanese)
- Reiko Shindou - Voiced by: (Japanese)
- Nana Minagawa - Voiced by: Kanoko Hatamiya (Japanese)
- Minoru Goto - Voiced by: Mitsuaki Madono (Japanese)
- Shizuka Mitsuki - Voiced by: (Japanese)
- Mizuho's mother - Voiced by: Kumiko Takizawa (Japanese)
- Dogeza Master - Voiced by: Yoshio Kawai (Japanese)
Sequels and spinoffs[]
- Kakyūsei (TV): an alternative retelling of the OVA series.
- Kakyūsei 2 (TV): a sequel to Kakyūsei (TV)
- Kakyūsei 2: Anthology (OAV): An alternative retelling of Kakyūsei 2 (TV)
- Kakyūsei 2: Sketchbook (OAV): A spin-off from Kakyūsei 2 (TV) series.
References[]
External links[]
- Kakyuusei OVA
- Elf-ban Kakyūsei (television series) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Elf-ban Kakyūsei (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- 1998 anime OVAs
- 1999 anime television series
- 2004 anime television series
- 1997 anime OVAs
- Drama anime and manga
- Harem anime and manga
- Harem video games
- Anime series stubs