Sunset on Third Street
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Sunset on Third Street v1 cover.jpg
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = 三丁目の夕日
| ja_romaji = San-Chōme no Yūhi
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = {{Interlanguage link multi|Ryōhei Saigan|ja|3=西岸良平}}
| publisher = Shogakukan
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine = Big Comic Original
| first = September 1974
| last =
| volumes = 71
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Tsuneo Maeda
| producer =
| writer =
| music = Kentarō Haneda
| studio = Group TAC
| network = MBS
| first = October 12, 1990
| last = September 21, 1991
| episodes = 27
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Live-action films
| content =
- Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
- Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Sunset on Third Street|三丁目の夕日 夕焼けの詩|San-Chōme no Yūhi Yūyake no Uta|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by {{Interlanguage link multi|Ryōhei Saigan|ja|3=西岸良平}}. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Seinen manga Big Comic Original since 1974, with its chapters collected in 71 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes as of June 2024.
It was adapted into an anime television series broadcast from 1990 to 1991 and three live-action films: Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) and Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012).
It won the 27th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1982.
Overview
Set in post-war Japan between 1955 and 1964, it focuses on stories illustrating the humor and pathos of ordinary life in the Japan of that era, mainly about the residents of the fictional Tokyo neighborhood "Sunset on Third Street". However, many stories take place with one-story characters (not only people but animals and legendary creatures) and in other parts of Japan.
Media
=Manga=
Written and illustrated by {{Interlanguage link multi|Ryōhei Saigan|ja|3=西岸良平}}, Sunset on Third Street has been serialized for over forty-five years in Shogakukan's Seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since September 1974.{{cite web|script-title=ja:漫画『三丁目の夕日』連載45年で1000回到達 昭和30年代の日本の暮らし描く|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2154654/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220314161726/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2154654/full/|archive-date=March 14, 2022|language=ja|date=February 5, 2020|url-status=live}} Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The first volume was released on September 29, 1975.{{cite web|script-title=ja:夕焼けの詩 / 1 / プロフェッショナル列伝|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=4091800610|website=s-book.com|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030521232305/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=4091800610|archive-date=May 21, 2003|language=ja}} As of June 28, 2024, 71 volumes have been released.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【6月28日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/575257|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=September 11, 2024|language=ja|date=June 28, 2024|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628020902/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/575257|url-status=live}}
=Anime=
A twenty-seven episode anime television series adaptation by Group TAC was broadcast on MBS from October 12, 1990, to September 21, 1991.{{cite web|script-title=ja:三丁目の夕日|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C8676|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314163232/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C8676|archive-date=March 14, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}
=Live-action films=
{{main|Always: Sunset on Third Street|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street '64}}
The series has been adapted into three live-action films premiered in Japan. Always: Sunset on Third Street, premiered on November 5, 2005;{{cite web|script-title=ja:ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日|url=https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/always3/welcome-j.html|publisher=Toho|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513063138/https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/always3/welcome-j.html|archive-date=May 13, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}} Always: Sunset on Third Street 2, premiered on November 3, 2007;{{cite web|script-title=ja:[BUMP OF CHICKEN] 1年ぶり新シングルは2枚同時発売|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/3126|website=Music Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2022|language=ja|date=August 24, 2007|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314164658/https://natalie.mu/music/news/3126|url-status=live}} and Always: Sunset on Third Street '64, premiered on January 21, 2012.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日'64|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/film/156168|website=Eiga Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314164700/https://natalie.mu/eiga/film/156168|url-status=live}}
Reception
Sunset on Third Street won the 27th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1982.{{cite web|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=2009-12-27|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524005238/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=May 24, 2012}}
The manga has been credited for causing a nostalgia boom.{{cite web|script-title=ja:昭和レトロはどこへ行く――令和の若者にウケるわけ|url=https://chuokoron.jp/culture/125070.html|publisher=Chūō Kōron|access-date=November 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918212641/https://chuokoron.jp/culture/125070.html|archive-date=September 18, 2024|language=ja|date=May 10, 2024|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Anime News Network|manga|6490}}
{{Sunset on Third Street}}
{{Big Comic Original}}
{{Shogakukan Manga Award - General}}
{{Group TAC}}
Category:Anime series based on manga
Category:Mainichi Broadcasting System original programming
Category:TBS Television (Japan) original programming
Category:Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga