Anime Spotlight - Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun)
by Anthony Foronda,Key Staff
- Director:Mitsue Yamasaki
- (Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East, Episode Director Durarara!! (Eps.4), Kampfer (Eps. 1,10)
- Character Design: Junichiro Taniguchi
- (Genshiken Second Season, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 1: The Beginnings, Ryoko's Case Files)
- Art Director: Jiro Kouno
- (Magical Warfare, Ikki Tousen :Xtreme Xecutor, Amnesia)
Story
Chiyo Sakura, a high school girl who fell in love with the unrefined boy schoolmate Umetaro Nozaki, decides to be courageous one day and asks him out. Her feelings weren't conveyed properly, and before she knew it she ends up helping a particular job of his as an assistant... The series is a shojo manga boy comedy which centers around Nozaki, a high school boy that is a popular shojo manga artist, and has a story woven by very individualistic characters.
Characters
Umetaro Nozaki
VA:Yuichi Nakamura Grade and class: 11th grade, 2-B “You didn't notice for the four hours you were filling in the black areas?” Despite being a high school student, he is a popular shojo manga artist currently running a series. With his nom-de-plume “Sakuko Yumeno” he runs a series titled “Let's Have a Romance!” in the shojo manga magazine Monthly Shojo Romance. He has many fans as a manga artist that can portray girls' emotions to their delicate sensibilities, but Nozaki himself is dense and lacks tact. |
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Chiyo Sakura
VA:Ari Ozawa Grade and class:11th grade, 2-A “N-Nozaki-kun, I'll do my best!” A high school girl in love with Nozaki. She thought she asked him out, but due to Nozaki's misunderstanding, she somehow ends up helping Nozaki's manuscripts as his assistant... As a member of the Art Club, her technique is one that is evaluated highly by Nozaki. |
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Mikoto Mikoshiba
VA:Nobuhiko Okamoto Grade and class:11th grade, 2-G “I've been here as assistant longer than you have, so show me some respect to the utmost.”
One of the assistants helping Nozaki draw his manga. Popular among girls due to his looks and behavior. Nozaki used him as the model for a certain character within “Let's Have a Romance!” but Mikoshiba doesn't realize that at all. |
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Masayuki Hori
VA:Yuki Ono Grade and class:12th grade, 3-C
“Dammit Kashima, don't be running late!” One of the assistants helping Nozaki draw his manga. Captain of the Drama Club, he is in charge of making the props. He has no mercy in disciplining Kashima, an underclassman that also is in the Drama Club. . |
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Hirotaka Wakamatsu
VA:Ryouhei Kimura Grade and class:10th grade, 1-D
“If you're going to be nice to me, senpai, please be nice to the very end like you're supposed to.”
A 10th grade boy on the basketball team. He was part of the basketball team back in junior high as well, and looked up to Nozaki who was also part of the team back then. One with a heart that is delicate in all sorts of ways. |
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Yu Kashima
VA:Mai Nakahara Grade and class:11th grade, 2-G “I thought for a moment that a rose fairy had appeared.”
An 11th grade girl that is in the Drama Club. With her handsome face and gentlemanly demeanor, she is very popular among the schoolgirls. |
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Yuzuki Seo
VA:Miyuki Sawashiro Grade and class:11th grade, 2-A
“In the first place, I think I look out for others a lot.”
Chiyo's classmate and a member of the choir. She often says something without taking a hint, and often irritates the people around her. |
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Cast
- Umetaro Nozaki
- Yuichi Nakamura
- Chiyo Sakura
- Ari Ozawa
- Mikoto Mikoshiba
- Nobuhiko Okamoto
- Masayuki Hori
- Yuki Ono
- Hirotaka Wakamatsu
- Ryouhei Kimura
- Yu Kashima
- Mai Nakahara
- Ken Miyamae
- Kenta Miyake
- Mitsuya Maeno
- Daisuke Ono
- Yukari Miyako
- Ayako Kawasumi
- Saburo Suzuki
- Mamoru Miyano
- Mamiko
- Marie Miyake
Staff
- Original story
- Izumi Tsubaki (serialized in GANGAN ONLINE from SQUARE ENIX)
- Director
- Mitsue Yamasaki
- Series supervisor / Screenplay
- Yoshiko Nakamura
- Character designs / Chief animation director
- Junichiro Taniguchi
- Chief effect direction
- Ryohei Takeshita
- Art director
- Mai Matsuura
- Art director
- Jiro Kouno
- Color coordinator
- Kei Ishiguro
- Filming director
- Kunihiko Ito
- Editing
- Mutsumi Takemiya
- Sound director
- Kou Matsuo
- Music
- Yukari Hashimoto
- Music production
- KADOKAWA (Media Factory)
- Animation production
- Douga Kobo
- Production
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Production Committee
©Izumi Tsubaki/SQUARE ENIX, GEKKAN SHOJO NOZAKI KUN Project
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