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Someday's Dreamers 魔法遣いに大切なこと
(Things That Are Precious To a Mage)Genre Fantasy, Drama, Romance Manga Written by Norie Yamada Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher 
TokyopopDemographic Shōnen Magazine Comic Dragon Original run May 2002 – January 2003 Volumes 2 TV anime Directed by Masami Shimoda Studio J.C.Staff, Viewworks Licensed by GeneonNetwork TV Asahi, All-Nippon News Network Original run 9 January 2003 – 27 March 2003 Episodes 12 Manga Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound Written by Norie Yamada (story)
Kumichi Yoshizuki (art)Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher TokyopopDemographic Shōnen Magazine Comic Dragon Age Original run December 2003 – February 2006 Volumes 5 Manga Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies Written by Norie Yamada (story)
Kumichi Yoshizuki (art)Published by Kadokawa Shoten Demographic Shōnen Magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace Original run February 26, 2008 – ongoing TV anime Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies Directed by Osamu Kobayashi Written by Norie Yamada (original concept and screenplay) Studio Hal Film Maker Network TV Asahi Original run July 2, 2008 – September 24, 2008 Episodes 12 Someday's Dreamers (魔法遣いに大切なこと Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto, lit. "Things That Are Precious To a Mage") is a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes. In 2006, Tokyopop released the manga in the United States under the name Someday's Dreamers.
Someday's Dreamers was also adapted into an anime series that was produced by J.C.Staff under the direction of Masami Shimoda. It is loosely based on the storyline of the first manga series with new characters added to the story. It ran for a total of 12 episodes on TV Asahi and was later licensed by Geneon Entertainment USA for release on Region 1 DVD.
Another story set in the same universe, Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound (魔法遣いに大切なこと 太陽と風の坂道 Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Taiyō to Kaze no Sakamichi), written and drawn by the same author and illustrator, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon Age. It ran from December 2003 to February 2006 and was later released in five bound volumes. In 2006, Tokyopop released the manga in the United States under the name Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound (魔法遣いに大切なこと 太陽と風の坂道 Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Taiyō to Kaze no Sakamichi).
In 2007, Norie Yamada and Kumichi Yoshizuki began work on a third title in the Someday's Dreamers universe titled Summer Skies (魔法遣いに大切なこと 〜夏のソラ〜 Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora). It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace and began its run in the April issue, released on February 26, 2008. Summer Skies was scheduled to have a live-action movie adaptation released on December 20, 2008, though was originally scheduled for a summer 2008 premiere.[1][2] The story was also adapted into an anime series, following the new main character, Sora. The series is directed by Osamu Kobayashi, is written by the series' original creator Norie Yamada, and is animated by Hal Film Maker. It aired on TV Asahi from July 2, 2008 to September 24, 2008.[2]
Contents
Story
Someday's Dreamers
The story is set in present day Tokyo. Much of the setting is based upon real areas, the more obvious ones being the Shibuya Crossing and Tokyo Tower. The main backdrop of the series where all the characters reside is Shimokitazawa, roughly 6 minutes west of Shibuya on the Keio Inokashira Line. The Bureau of Magic is in Tokyo, which employs Mage Labor for certain special requests by everyday people. However, the mages must only use their magic with special permission, and any unlicensed use results in a penalty. The story is very gentle and centers around the protagonist, a witch named Yume Kikuchi (菊池ユメ Kikuchi Yume), a 2nd-year senior high school student from Tono in Iwate prefecture. In order to train as a magic user, she travels to Tokyo during her summer break to apprentice under the charming Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美 Oyamada Masami). The story tells of Yume's trials and tribulations as she works toward her eventual graduation as a full-fledged magic user licensed by the Bureau of Magic. There is a strong undercurrent of romance which is not resolved.
Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora
Suzuki Sora is a cheerful country girl from the small town of Biei. She made a promise to her father, and following this promise applies and is accepted for a magic internship in Tokyo, where she will face life in a big city. While training to get better with her magic, she meets a mysterious boy also practicing to become a mage. While he cannot use magic that well and he seems distant and cold at first, Sora's fate intertwines with his and the two are thrown together, learning a lot of new things about life and each other.
In the manga, Sora has a strange trait to her magic that manifests itself despite her ire; whenever Sora casts a spell, the end result always involves sunflowers, though otherwise almost always how Sora intended it. This is absent in the anime.
Cast
Someday's Dreamers
- Yume Kikuchi - (voice actor: Aoi Miyazaki, VA: Kari Wahlgren)
- Masami Oyamada - (voice actor: Jun'ichi Suwabe, VA: Otto Towne)
- Angela Charon Brooks - (voice actor: Akeno Watanabe, VA: Shereen Hickman)
- Melinda Iwashita - (voice actor: Akiko Hiramatsu, VA: Stevie Bloch)
- Go Kato - (voice actor: Hiroshi Iida, VA: Stevie Bloch)
- Gin Pun - (voice actor: Kouji Tsujitani, VA: Jake Martin)
Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora
- Sora Suzuki - (voice actor: Kana Hanazawa)
- Seiichirou Hara - (voice actor: Rikiya Koyama)
- Gouta Midorikawa - (voice actor: Tomoaki Maeno)
- Hiyori Yamabuki - (voice actor: Mikako Takahashi)
- Honomi Asagi - (voice actor: Marina Inoue)
- Saori Shiraishi - (voice actor: Urara Takano)
- Kouji Kuroda - (voice actor: Daisuke Namikawa)
Music
The composer of the anime soundtrack, Takefumi Haketa, hoped that girls would identify with the lead role and created music which had a nostalgic feel to it, evoking both English and Irish suburbs but also memories of the European Middle Ages. Using traditional instruments such as Irish whistles, he created tracks based on jigs, reels and a real Salsa track. For two themes he employed the voices of a 10-strong choir of schoolchildren. The vocal songs were also arranged by Haketa and sung by Miki Taoka. The CD soundtrack was released in America in 2003 by Pioneer Anime LDC, inc.
Songs
Someday's Dreamers
- Opening theme: "Kaze no Hana" by Hana Hana
- Ending theme: "Under the Blue Sky" by The Indigo
Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora
- Opening theme: "Fly Away" by Thyme
- Ending theme: "Kawaita Hana" (乾いた花) by micc
Media
Manga
No. Japanese North American Release date ISBN Release date ISBN 01 — — March 7, 2006[3] ISBN 978-1-59816-178-6 02 — — July 11, 2006[3] ISBN 978-1-59816-179-3 No. Japanese North American Release date ISBN Release date ISBN 01 — — December 12, 2006[3] ISBN 978-1-59816-642-2 02 — — April 10, 2007[3] ISBN 978-1-59816-643-9 03 — — August 7, 2007[3] ISBN 978-1-59816-644-6 04 — — December 11, 2007[3] ISBN 978-1-59816-645-3 05 — — March 11, 2008[3] ISBN 978-1-4278-0201-9 Anime
Episode list
Episode # Episode Name 01 Sunset of a Steel Frame, Part One 02 Sunset of a Steel Frame, Part Two 03 The Greatest News 04 A Summer Night and a Mage 05 An Apron and Champagne 06 I Want To Become a Mage 07 A Mage Who Couldn't Become a Mage 08 Enormous Power in the Name of Love 09 Yume, The Girl And A Seed Of Summer 10 Magic's Whereabouts 11 A Broken Rainbow 12 Things Important To A Mage References
- ^ "Someday's Dreamers to be Made into Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. 2007-10-23. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-23/someday's-dreamers-to-be-made-into-live-action-film. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b "Someday's Dreamers Adapted into New Anime This Summer". Anime News Network. 2008-03-26. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-26/someday-dreamers-gets-new-anime-this-summer. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Manga+Comics: Book Catalog". Tokyopop. http://www.tokyopop.com/manga/book_catalog/browse?alphabet=S&hide_adult=Y&p=11. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
External links
- Anime Official website (Japanese)
- North America Anime website
- North America Manga website
- Tokyopop introduction for Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound
- Someday's Dreamers (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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