Kamikaze Girls

Kamikaze Girls

Cover from the English paperback version of the Kamikaze Girls novel
下妻物語
(Shimotsuma Monogatari)
Genre Comedy
Light novel
Written by Novala Takemoto
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher Viz Media
Published September 2002[1]
Live-action film
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Written by Tetsuya Nakashima
Music by Yoko Kanno[2]
Released
  • May 13, 2004 (2004-05-13) (Cannes)
  • May 29, 2004 (2004-05-29) (Japan)

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Runtime 102 minutes
Manga
Written by Yukio Kanesada
Novala Takemoto
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher Viz Media
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Betsucomi
Original run June 11, 2004 – present
Volumes 1

Kamikaze Girls, originally released in Japan as Shimotsuma Story–Yankee Girl & Lolita Girl[4][5] (下妻物語――ヤンキーちゃんとロリータちゃん Shimotsuma Monogatari-Yanki-chan to Rorita-chan), is a 2002 light novel written by Novala Takemoto. It has been adapted into a manga and film.

Kamikaze Girls centers on two students, Momoko Ryugasaki (Kyoko Fukada) and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri (Anna Tsuchiya), who are from completely different backgrounds: one is a Lolita-fashioned girl, the other, her antithesis, a Yankī. The story showcases their friendship.

The movie was released on DVD in the United States in January 2006 under the title Kamikaze Girls. The movie was filmed in the town of Shimotsuma, in the Ibaraki Prefecture in Eastern Japan. The movie premiered in 2004. The U.S. DVD has English subtitles hardcoded and the original Japanese vocals and musical score. The DVD extras include the original Japanese movie trailers, an interview with each of the movie's two stars, along with a music video by Anna Tsuchiya. A Blu-ray Disc of the film with optional English subtitles, the same extras and the short film Birth of Unicorn Ryuji was released in the United Kingdom by Third Window Films in February 2010.[2]

A manga based on the book was also created by Yukio Kanesada. It was published in English by Viz Media. A preview of the manga was in the November 2005 issue of Shojo Beat.

Plot

The book begins with Momoko talking about her life as a Lolita living in a small town in the Japanese countryside. She is the only Lolita in her town and has no friends, but she doesn't care and believes that her Lolita clothes are all she needs to make her happy. When she runs out of money though she becomes obsessed with getting clothes from Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, her favorite clothing boutique. She decides to sell some of her father's old bootleg clothes. When Ichiko, a member of an all-girl biker gang finds out about the bootleg apparel, she decides to take a look and is easily impressed with them. She soon shows up at Momoko's house almost daily to buy stuff for the members of her gang.

When the members of Ichigo's biker gang find out about her new friend,Momoko they are enraged and decide to throw her out of the gang. They plan to challenge her, which means beating her up very badly. Momoko finds out about the challenge and goes to Ichigo's aid. After accidentally scaring the gang out of their minds, Momoko is considered the winner and saves Ichigo, who she secretly believes to be the best friend she could ever have.

When it comes time for Momoko to show Isobe, the work she did on the dress he needed embroidered, she arrives on time and everyone loves her work. When it comes time for the photo shoot though there is an accident and the model can not do the shoot. Being the only person there the right size to wear the dress, Ichigo hesitantly agrees to model even though she hates Lolita fashion.....but she wants to work at biker shop...

Media

Cast

Staff

Manga

The manga version of Kamikaze Girls comprises only one volume and is a condensed version of the novel. The main part of the manga only takes up about half of the book, and afterward is a bonus story where Ichigo falls in love with the twin brother of the guy she fell in love with in the novel. Viz Media licensed the manga for an English-language release in North America and published it on February 7, 2006.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "下妻物語―ヤンキーちゃんとロリータちゃん: 嶽本 野ばら: 本". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Kamikaze Girls". Third Window Films. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Shimotsuma monogatari (2004) release dates". IMDb. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Takemoto, Novala. "Shimotsuma Story". novala2.quilala.jp. Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Novala". novala2.quilala.jp. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kamikaze Girls". Viz Media. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
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