F (manga)

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F
The cover of the first volume of F
エフ (Efu)
Genre	Sports (Auto racing)
Manga
Written by	Noboru Rokuda
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Spirits
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 15, 1985 – 1992
Volumes	28
Anime television series
Directed by	Koichi Mashimo
Produced by	Yoshinobu Nakao (Fuji TV) Yoko Matsushita (Kitty Film) Satoru Suzuki (Kitty Film) Makoto Kubo (Studio Deen)
Written by	Hideo Takayashiki
Music by	Katz Hoshi Wataru Yahagi
Studio	Studio Deen
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	March 9, 1988 – December 23, 1988
Episodes	31
Manga
F Regeneration Ruri
Written by	Noboru Rokuda
Published by	Sanei Shueisha (compiled volumes)
Magazine	Autosport
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2002 – June 2006
Volumes	12
Manga
F Final
Written by	Noboru Rokuda
Published by	Kodansha BC Futabasha (compiled volumes)
Magazine	Best Car
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 2009 – October 2011
Volumes	3
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F (エフ, Efu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Noboru Rokuda about a country boy who fulfills his dream by racing in a Formula One car. It was serialized in Big Comic Spirits between June 15, 1985 and 1992 in the fourteenth to thirty-fifth issue of the magazine. F received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1991 for seinen/general manga.^[1]

It has been adapted into an anime series by Fuji TV and Kitty Film and was broadcast on Fuji TV between March 9, 1988 and December 23, 1988. Atsuko Nakajima of Ranma ½ fame was an animation director on the series. The anime series was also telecast in Italy under the title F - Motori in pista; the protagonist, Gunma Akagi, was renamed "Patrick" in this version. The anime version of Rokuda's earlier manga Dash Kappei, made by Tatsunoko Production in 1981–1982, had also been successful in Italy.

The sequel, F Regeneration Ruri, was published by Shueisha in 12 bunkobon volumes from 2002 and June 2006.

Anime[]

Cast[]

• Toshihiko Seki as Gunma Akagi
• Akio Ohtsuka as Gorou
• Hiroshi Ito as Souichirou Akagi
• Hirotaka Suzuoki as Kazuto Hiziri
• Kazue Takahashi as Sayuri
• Kiyoyuki Yanada as Shouma
• Kouji Tsujitani as Yuuma
• Rei Sakuma as Ruiko
• Sakiko Tamagawa as Junko Komori
• Shigeru Chiba as Kinoshita
• Shinnosuke Furumoto as Tamotsu Oishi
• Tohru Furuya as Kishida
• You Yoshimura as Yasuda
• Youko Mizutani as Yuki

Music[]

The series uses four pieces of theme songs. The first theme opening theme is "F" by The Burst, which was used for episodes one to twenty-one; the second opening theme is "Love Affair" by Kojiro Shimizu, which was used for episodes twenty-two to thirty-one. The first ending theme is "Jama wa Sasenai" (邪魔はさせない) by Hiroshi, which was used for episodes one to twenty-one; the second ending theme is "You Are My Energy" by Shinji Harada, which was used for episodes twenty-two to thirty-one.

References[]

External links[]

• F at Japan Authors' Gallery
• 5 Ace's Official F website (in Japanese)
• F (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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