Hanada Shōnen Shi
{{short description|Media franchise based on Japanese manga by Makoto Isshiki}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Hanada Shōnen Shi 1.png
| caption = First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Hanada Ichiro
| ja_kanji = 花田少年史
| ja_romaji =
| genre = {{ubl|Comedy-drama{{cite web|last=MacLean|first=Nicole|title=Hanada Shounen-Shi|url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1664|website=THEM Anime Reviews|access-date=November 21, 2022|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054159/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1664|url-status=live}}|Slice of life|Supernatural}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Makoto Isshiki
| publisher = Kodansha
| demographic = Seinen
| imprint = Mister Magazine KC
| magazine = Mr. Magazine
| first = 1993
| last = 1995
| volumes = 4
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Masayuki Kojima
| producer = {{ubl|Hiroshi Yamashita|Manabu Tamura|Masao Maruyama}}
| writer =
| music = Yoshihisa Hirano
| studio = Madhouse
| network = Nippon TV
| first = October 2, 2002
| last = March 26, 2003
| episodes = 25
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live film
| director = Nobuo Mizuta
| producer =
| writer = Sumio Ōmori
| music = Taro Iwashiro
| studio = Shochiku
| released = {{Start date|2006|8|19}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Hanada Shōnen Shi|花田少年史||lit. "The Record of Boy Hanada"}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Isshiki. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Mr. Magazine from 1993 to 1995, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes. The story follows a mischievous young boy, called Hanada Ichiro, who attains the ability to see and talk to the supernatural after an accident to the back of his head.
A 25-episode anime television series by Madhouse was broadcast on Nippon TV from October 2002 to March 2003. A live-action film adaptation premiered in August 2006.
In 1995, Hanada Shōnen Shi won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.
Plot
Hanada Ichiro is the troublemaker in a small village. After being hit by a truck and getting stitches in the back of his head, he gains the ability to see ghosts, all of whom want him to fulfill their unfinished business.
Media
=Manga=
Written and illustrated by Makoto Isshiki, Hanada Shōnen Shi was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine {{ill|Mr. Magazine|ja|ミスターマガジン}} from 1993 to 1995.{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史【一挙】|url=https://www.fami-geki.com/detail/index.php?fami_id=02951|publisher=Family Gekijo|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121040635/https://www.fami-geki.com/detail/index.php?fami_id=02951|archive-date=November 21, 2022|url-status=live}} Kodansha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes released from January 1994 to July 1995;{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 1|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316929|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054157/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316929|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 4|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316917|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054153/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316917|url-status=live}} it was republished in a four-volume in 1999;{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 1 [講談社漫画文庫]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316942|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054159/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316942|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 4 [講談社漫画文庫]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316936|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054158/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316936|url-status=live}} a five-volume edition in 2002–03;{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 1 [アッパーズKC]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316942|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054159/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316942|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 5 [アッパーズKC]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316876|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054154/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316876|url-status=live}} a five-volume edition in 2006;{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 1 [モーニングKC]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316871|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054155/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316871|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史 5 [モーニングKC]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316863|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054156/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M316863|url-status=live}} and five-volume edition in 2015.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【10月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/170081|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|date=October 23, 2015|archive-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113143244/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/170081|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【12月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/170081|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|date=December 23, 2015|archive-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113143244/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/170081|url-status=live}}
=Anime=
A 25-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Masayuki Kojima and animated by Madhouse, was broadcast on Nippon TV, from October 2, 2002, to March 26, 2003.{{cite web|last=Mays|first=Jonathan|title=October Anime Premieres: Day One|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-10-02/october-anime-premieres-day-one|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 21, 2022|date=October 2, 2002|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054158/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-10-02/october-anime-premieres-day-one|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C10260|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121045058/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C10260|archive-date=November 21, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}} The opening theme is "The One" and the ending theme is "Drowning", both performed by the American vocal group the Backstreet Boys.{{cite web|last=Manry|first=Gia|title=Gia's List: The 8 Most Intriguing Uses of Western Music in Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/gia-list/the-8-most-intriguing-uses-of-western-music-in-anime/2011-10-15|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 21, 2022|date=October 15, 2011|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054153/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/gia-list/the-8-most-intriguing-uses-of-western-music-in-anime/2011-10-15|url-status=live}}
==Music==
The original soundtrack of the anime series was composed by Yoshihisa Hirano. The album was released on March 24, 2003.{{cite web|title=Hanada Shonenshi Original Soundtrack|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VPCG-84779|website=CDJapan|access-date=November 21, 2022|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121054154/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VPCG-84779|url-status=live}}
=Live-action film=
A live-action film adaptation premiered on August 19, 2006. The film was directed by Nobuo Mizuta and stars Kenta Suga as Ichiro Hanada. It was distributed by Shochiku.{{cite web|script-title=ja:花田少年史|url=https://www.shochiku.co.jp/cinema/database/04640/|publisher=Shochiku|access-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620182819/https://www.shochiku.co.jp/cinema/database/04640/|archive-date=June 20, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}
Reception
The manga received the 19th Kodansha Manga Award for the general category in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|author=Joel Hahn|title=Kodansha Manga Awards|publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=August 21, 2007|archive-date=May 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521041141/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml|url-status=live}}
The anime series received the Tokyo International Anime Festival Grand Prize for the TV Anime category in 2003.{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Isaac|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-03-23/tokyo-international-anime-festival-award-winners|title=Tokyo International Anime Festival Award Winners|date=March 23, 2003|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=March 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327185717/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-03-23/tokyo-international-anime-festival-award-winners|url-status=live}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.ntv.co.jp/hanada/index.html|Official website at Nippon TV}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.vap.co.jp/hanada/|Official website at VAP}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|6012}}
{{Mr. Magazine}}
{{Kodansha Manga Award - General}}
{{Masayuki Kojima}}
{{Madhouse}}
Category:Comedy-drama anime and manga
Category:Nippon Television original programming
Category:Slice of life anime and manga