Dan Doh!!
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Dan Doh!! manga vol. 1.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Tadamichi Aoba
| genre = Sports
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = {{ill|Nobuhiro Sakata|ja|坂田信弘}}
| illustrator = Daichi Banjō
| publisher = Shogakukan
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Sunday
| first = March 15, 1995
| last = June 21, 2000
| volumes = 29
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Dan Doh! Xi
| author = Nobuhiro Sakata
| illustrator = Daichi Banjō
| publisher = Shogakukan
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Sunday
| published =
| first = July 5, 2000
| last = April 9, 2003
| volumes = 15
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| title = Dandoh!
| director = Hidetoshi Oomori
| producer =
| writer =
| music = Yoko Shimomura
| studio = {{ubl|Tokyo Kids}}
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA= Bandai Entertainment}}
| first = April 3, 2004
| last = September 25, 2004
| episodes = 26
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Dan Doh! Next Generation
| author = Nobuhiro Sakata
| illustrator = Daichi Banjō
| publisher = Shogakukan
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Sunday
| first = March 24, 2004
| last = December 1, 2004
| volumes = 4
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
Dan Doh!! (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese sports manga series written by {{ill|Nobuhiro Sakata|ja|坂田信弘}} and illustrated by Daichi Banjō. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1995 to June 2000. It was followed by Dan Doh! Xi (serialized from July 2000 to April 2003) and Dan Doh! Next Generation (March to December 2004). Dan Doh!! was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series broadcast on TV Tokyo from April to September 2004.
Plot
Dan Doh!! focuses on a fifth grader named Tadamichi Aoba also nicknamed Dandoh. Dandoh and his two friends are their baseball team's best players, but after an incident with their school principal, they are introduced to the world of golf. Dandoh and his friends are taught by a former professional golfer named Shinjō Mikiyasu, who believes that they can surpass even him. As Dandoh begins to play in tournaments, his friendly spirit, determination, and hard working and competitive attitude brings the best in the players around him and earns him many friends.
Characters
;{{Nihongo|Tadamichi Aoba|青葉弾道|Aoba Tadamichi}}
:{{Voiced by|Yū Kobayashi|Chio Su Ping}}
:Tadamichi Aoba, also called Dandoh by his friends, was originally a talented baseball player with the ability to hit long-distance home runs. He is introduced to golf by his school's principal. Dandoh quits baseball and decides to play golf instead partly after hearing he could win 30 million yen in a tournament. He believes if he wins the money, his mother would come back after she left him, his older sister, and his father Shigemichi Aoba because of money problems. His nickname comes from an alternate pronunciation of his given name, the Japanese word {{Nihongo||弾道|dandō|{{lit|Trajectory}}}}.
;{{Nihongo|Yuka Sunada|砂田優香|Sunada Yūka}}
:{{Voiced by|Aya Hirayama|Denise Tan Shu Fen}}
:Yuka Sunada is Dandoh's friend who follows him to play golf. She constantly worries about Dandoh, but also gets excited after his accomplishments. Yuka's swinging pivot is firm, which allows her to keep her form when under pressure and even when being harassed during her first tournament game. She has a calm and kind personality. Yuka shows talent in golf like Aoba whom she falls in love with.
;{{Nihongo|Kōhei Ooike|大池弘平|Ooike Kōhei}}
:{{Voiced by|Rie Ichita|Mark Kaufmann}}
:Kōhei Ooike is Dandoh's friend who follows him to play golf. He also played baseball and could hit further than Dandoh. Along with his strength to hit the ball far, Kōhei excels in putting.
;{{Nihongo|Shinjō Mikiyasu|新庄樹靖|Mikiyasu Shinjō}}
:{{Voiced by|Shigeru Nakahara|Mark Kaufmann}}
:Shinjō Mikiyasu was a Japanese pro golfer who won a tournament over fictional pro golfer Jimmy McGray a year and seven months prior to the beginning of the story. His career came to an end after a car accident, which left him unable to swing a golf club. He envies Dandoh because he has good friends that back him up, thus agrees to teach Dandoh, Yuka, and Kōhei after they show him their determination and patience.
Media
=Manga=
Written by {{ill|Nobuhiro Sakata|ja|坂田信弘}} and illustrated by Daichi Banjō, Dan Doh!! was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 15, 1995, to June 21, 2000.{{efn|It started in the magazine's 15th issue of 1995 (with cover date March 29),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1995年 表示号数15|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M578027|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008054701/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M578027|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on March 15 of that same year;{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://img.mandarake.co.jp/webshopimg/01/00/756/0100367756/01003677562.jpg|magazine=Weekly Shōnen Sunday|publisher=Shogakukan|issue=14|year=1995|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008054720/https://img.mandarake.co.jp/webshopimg/01/00/756/0100367756/01003677562.jpg|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|次号第15号は 3月15日(水)発売}}|url-status=live}} it finished in the magazine's 30th issue of 2000 (with cover date July 5),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2000年 表示号数30|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577768|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008054707/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577768|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on June 21 of that same year.{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://img.mandarake.co.jp/webshopimg/01/00/845/0100453845/01004538455.jpg|magazine=Weekly Shōnen Sunday|publisher=Shogakukan|issue=29|year=2000|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008055347/https://img.mandarake.co.jp/webshopimg/01/00/845/0100453845/01004538455.jpg|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|次号第15号は 3月15日(水)発売}}|url-status=live}}}} Shogakukan collected its chapters in 29 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, published from September 18, 1995, to November 18, 2000.{{cite web|script-title=ja:DAN DOH！！ / 1|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091236219|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050226105242/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091236219|archive-date=February 26, 2005|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:DAN DOH！！ / 29|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091255795|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051105132351/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091255795|archive-date=November 5, 2005|language=ja}}
The manga was followed by a sequel titled Dan Doh! Xi, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 5, 2000, to April 9, 2003.{{efn|It started in the magazine's 32nd issue of 2000 (with cover date July 19),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2000年 表示号数32|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577766|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008053020/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577766|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on July 5 of that same year;{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://img.mandarake.co.jp/webshopimg/01/00/847/0100453847/01004538475.jpg|magazine=Weekly Shōnen Sunday|publisher=Shogakukan|issue=31|year=2000|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008050721/https://img.mandarake.co.jp/webshopimg/01/00/847/0100453847/01004538475.jpg|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|週刊少年サンデー次号第32号は 7月5日(水)発売!!}}|url-status=live}} it finished in the magazine's 19th issue of 2003 (with cover date April 23),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2003年 表示号数19|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577631|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008053315/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577631|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on April 9 of that same year.{{cite web|script-title=ja:小学館雑誌バックナンバー|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_mag2kback?zname=81&lpc=1&type=c&keitai=0&sha=1|website=s-book.com|publisher=Shogakukan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030508003003/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_mag2kback?zname=81&lpc=1&type=c&keitai=0&sha=1|archive-date=May 8, 2003|language=ja}}}} Shogakukan collected its chapters in fifteen {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from December 18, 2000, to May 17, 2003.{{cite web|title=DAN DOH!! Xi / 1|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091261213|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041106001649/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091261213|archive-date=November 6, 2004|language=ja}}{{cite web|title=DAN DOH!! Xi / 15|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091266053|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041106001649/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091266053|archive-date=November 6, 2004|language=ja}}
A third series, {{Nihongo|Dan Doh! Next Generation|DAN DOH!! ネクストジェネレーション|Dandō Nekusuto Jenerēshon}}, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 24 to December 1, 2004.{{efn|It started in the magazine's 17th issue of 2004 (with cover date April 7),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2004年 表示号数17|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577585|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008051932/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577585|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on March 24 of that same year;{{cite web|script-title=ja:小学館雑誌バックナンバー|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_magback_1?zname=2066&lpc=1&type=c&keitai=0&sha=1|website=s-book.com|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040326201056/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_magback_1?zname=2066&lpc=1&type=c&keitai=0&sha=1|archive-date=March 26, 2004|language=ja}} it finished in the magazine's first issue of 2005 (with cover date December 15),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2005年 表示号数1|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577552|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008052500/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M577552|archive-date=October 8, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on December 1, 2004.{{cite web|script-title=ja:雑誌＞バックナンバー＞小学館|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magback?sha=1&zname=2066&type=s&keitai=0&page=2|website=s-book.com|publisher=Shogakukan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324232959/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magback?sha=1&zname=2066&type=s&keitai=0&page=2|archive-date=March 24, 2005|language=ja}}}} Shogakukan collected its chapters in four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from July 16, 2004, to January 18, 2005.{{cite web|script-title=ja:DAN DOH!! ネクストジェネレーション / 1|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091271618|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113055700/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091271618|archive-date=November 13, 2005|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:DAN DOH!! ネクストジェネレーション / 4|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091271642|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107060911/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091271642|archive-date=November 7, 2005|language=ja}}
=Anime=
Dan Doh!! was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series which was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 3 to September 25, 2004.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ＤＡＮ ＤＯＨ!!（ダンドー）|url=https://www.at-x.com/program/detail/1713|publisher=AT-X|access-date=June 19, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621155511/https://www.at-x.com/program/detail/1713|url-status=live}}
Dan Doh!! was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment, which they announced at Anime Expo 2004 when they wanted to establish a strong presence in the sports genre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-07-04/bandai-entertainment-new-licenses|title=Bandai Entertainment New Licenses|access-date=2007-11-17|work=Anime News Network|archive-date=2023-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311103915/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-07-04/bandai-entertainment-new-licenses|url-status=live}} The English dub was produced by Odex Pte Ltd., a Singapore-based anime licensor company.{{Cite web|first=Chris|last=Beveridge|url=http://www.mania.com/dan-doh-vol-1_article_77724.html|title=Dan Doh!! Vol. #1|work=Mania|publisher=Demand Media|date=December 30, 2005|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910210055/http://www.mania.com/dan-doh-vol-1_article_77724.html|archive-date=September 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}
==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Dandoh's Dream!
| TranslitTitle = Dandō no Yume!
| NativeTitle = ダンドーの夢！
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|3}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = The Championship
| TranslitTitle = Senshuken
| NativeTitle = 選手権
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|10}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Yuka
| TranslitTitle = Yūka
| NativeTitle = 優香
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|17}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Miss Shot
| TranslitTitle = Misu Shotto
| NativeTitle = ミスショット
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|24}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Smiley Ball
| TranslitTitle = Niko Bōru
| NativeTitle = ニコボール
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|1}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Yokota
| TranslitTitle = Yokota
| NativeTitle = 横田
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|8}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Final Round
| TranslitTitle = Kesshō Raundo
| NativeTitle = 決勝ラウンド
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|15}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Father
| TranslitTitle = Chichi
| NativeTitle = 父
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|22}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = The 6-iron
| TranslitTitle = Rokuban Aian
| NativeTitle = ６番アイアン
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|29}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Over the Valley
| TranslitTitle = Tani Koe
| NativeTitle = 谷越え
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|5}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Gathering of the Strong
| TranslitTitle = Tsuyosha Tsudou
| NativeTitle = 強者つどう
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|12}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = The Only One in the World
| TranslitTitle = Sekai de tada Ippon
| NativeTitle = 世界でただ一本
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|19}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = The Light That Reaches the Hearrt
| TranslitTitle = Kokoro ni Todoku Hikari
| NativeTitle = 心に届く光
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|26}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = A Man to Man Duel
| TranslitTitle = Otoko to Otoko no Kettō
| NativeTitle = 男と男の決闘
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|3}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = Disqualified
| TranslitTitle = Shikkaku
| NativeTitle = 失格
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|10}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = To Hokkaido
| TranslitTitle = Hokkaido e
| NativeTitle = 北海道へ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|17}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = Caddie
| TranslitTitle = Kyadī
| NativeTitle = キャディー
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|24}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title = My Favorite Shot!
| TranslitTitle = Daisukina Shotto!
| NativeTitle = 大好きなショット！
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|31}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title = Challenge
| TranslitTitle = Chōsen
| NativeTitle = 挑戦
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|7}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title = Together We Are One
| TranslitTitle = Futari de Hitori
| NativeTitle = 二人で一人
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|14}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| Title = Faith
| TranslitTitle = Shin'nen
| NativeTitle = 信念
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|21}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| Title = Mr. Taku
| TranslitTitle = Taku-san
| NativeTitle = 拓さん
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|28}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title = A Test
| TranslitTitle = Shiren
| NativeTitle = 試練
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|4}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title = Birth of a Winner!
| TranslitTitle = Shiyū kessu!
| NativeTitle = 雌雄决す！
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|11}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| Title = Kazama
| TranslitTitle = Kazama
| NativeTitle = 風間
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|18}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| Title = Inside the Light
| TranslitTitle = Hikari no Naka de
| NativeTitle = 光の中で
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|25}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
==Theme songs==
;Opening theme
: "Going On" by Bullet 77
;Ending themes
: {{Nihongo|"Wild Flower: Hana ni Arashi no Tatoe ari"|WILD FLOWER ~花に嵐の喩えあり~}} by Bullet 77 (episodes 1–13)
: "Believe in Love" by Bullet 77 (episodes 14–25)
: "Going On" by Bullet 77 (episode 26)
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/dandoh/|Official anime website at TV Tokyo}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|4982}}
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