- Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
Infobox animanga/Header
name = Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
caption = "Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu" logo.
ja_name = イリヤの空、UFOの夏
ja_name_trans = Iriya's Sky, Summer of the UFOs
genre =Drama , Romance, Sci-fiInfobox animanga/Novel
light = yes
author =Akiyama Mizuhito
illustrator =Eeji Komatsu
publisher = flagicon|JapanDengeki Bunko
publisher_other = flagicon|Taiwan flagicon|Hong Kong Kadokawa Media
flagicon|KORDaiwon C.I.
demographic = Male
first = October 2001
last = August 2003
volumes = 4Infobox animanga/OVA
director =Naoyuki Itō
studio =Toei Animation
episodes = 6
released =February 25 2005 –July 29 2005
runtime = 25 minutes eachInfobox animanga/Game
developer = MediaWorks
publisher = MediaWorks
released =January 11 2007
genre =Sound novel
ratings =
platforms =Nintendo DS Infobox animanga/Manga
author =Akiyama Mizuhito
illustrator =Tōko Kanno
publisher = flagicon|JapanASCII Media Works
demographic =Seinen
magazine =Dengeki Maoh
first =August 27 2007
last = ongoing
volumes = 1Infobox animanga/Game
title = Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu II
developer = MediaWorks
publisher = MediaWorks
released =October 25 2007
genre =Sound novel
ratings =
platforms =Nintendo DS Nihongo|"Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu"|イリヤの空、UFOの夏|lit. "Iriya's Sky, Summer of the UFOs" is aJapan ese sci-filight novel series written byAkiyama Mizuhito with illustrations byEeji Komatsu that centers on the relationship between Kana Iriya, a high school girl who has to fight alien invaders, and Naoyuki Asaba, a member of the school newspaper club and one of her few friends. There were four light novels published by MediaWorks under their "Dengeki Bunko " label; the series was once nominated for theSeiun Award . Later, a six-episode OVA adaptation was created based on the novels; theDVD s were released in Japan betweenFebruary 25 2005 andJuly 29 2005 . Twosound novel video game s for theNintendo DS were released in Japan; the first in January 2007, and the second in October 2007. Amanga series illustrated byTōko Kanno began serialization inASCII Media Works 'seinen magazine "Dengeki Maoh " onAugust 27 2007 .Plot
"Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu" is a story revolving around a secret war that has been going on below the public's eye since 1947 and a group of people involved in the war, either directly or indirectly. The main protagonist is a young high school student named Naoyuki Asaba who, on the last day of summer break, sneaks into the school at night to swim in secret. However, upon arrival at the pool, he meets the mysterious Kana Iriya, who is there for the same reason. However, she doesn't know how to swim, so Naoyuki offers to teach her how to swim. During this private lesson, a group of people show up in search of Kana and take her back to the nearby air force base where she is staying.
The next day, Naoyuki is surprised to find that Kana joins his class as the new term begins. Eventually, both of them take a liking to each other and Naoyuki even gets her to join the school newspaper club. Little does Naoyuki know that Kana is in fact an expert fighter pilot engaged in a war between humans and aliens that has been going on since the Kenneth Arnold incident on
June 24 1947 . The whole world's fate rests in the hands of Kana Iriya and if she can ultimately hold off the invasion in the final battle.Characters
;Nihongo|Naoyuki Asaba|浅羽 直之|Asaba Naoyuki:anime voices|
Daisuke Namikawa (OVA),Hisayoshi Suganuma (radio drama):The main character, Naoyuki is usually a relatively quiet boy who spends time with his close friends most of the time. A member of the school newspaper club, he spent the previous summer keeping a watch out for UFOs near a local military base with the club's chairman for company. At the beginning of the school year, he meets the new transfer student, Kana Iriya, and quickly forms a crush on her. Naoyuki usually tries his best to be assertive when needed, but is also very sensitive and cries several times throughout the series.;Nihongo|Kana Iriya|伊里野 加奈|Iriya Kana:anime voices|
Ai Nonaka (OVA),Ryo Hirohashi (radio drama):Kana is a very mysterious girl who transfers into Naoyuki's class at the beginning of the school term at the end of the summer vacation. She tends to have very little social skills and rarely talks to anyone. In effect, most of her classmates dislike her rude attitude and avoid her most of the time. The truth is, however, that she is humanity's last hope at defeating alien invaders from completely annihilating the human race. To save mankind, she is forced to pilot the "Black Manta", a fighter plane with which she battles often the invaders with though all the while taking a horrible toll on her body and mind. Soon after meeting Naoyuki at school, she quickly develops a crush on him and because of this, she joins the school newspaper club to be with him.;Nihongo|Akiho Sudō|須藤 晶穂|Sudō Akiho:anime voices|
Saeko Chiba (OVA),Satsuki Yukino (radio drama):Akiho is one of Naoyuki's classmates and has known Asaba long enough to have developed a crush on him. At first, she dislikes Kana and excludes her from club activities, but after an eating contest where they both overeat and get sick they finally become friends.;Nihongo|Kunihiro Suizenji|水前寺 邦博|Suizenji Kunihiro:anime voices|
Hiroshi Kamiya (OVA),Shinichiro Miki (radio drama):He is the chairman of the "Sonohara Wave Press" otherwise known as is the school newspaper club. He is always filled with energy and is very loud because of it. He refers to the other members of the club as "Special Correspondents" and often gets very in to his work. Also, he is relatively knowledgeable about computers as once he was able to listen in on Naoyuki's and Kana's conversation when they were on a date together. In the novels, it is mentioned that he is actually quite good in both studies and sports; his record for running the 100 meter dash is eleven seconds.;Nihongo|Enomoto|榎本|Enomoto:anime voices|
Kazuhiko Inoue (OVA),Yasunori Matsumoto (radio drama):Supposedly Kana's older brother, he is an older man who is more or less in charge of Kana and is very protective of her. Usually he tends to be a very care-free type of person, though can sometimes be driven to be very violent, especially when Kana is concerned.;Nihongo|Mayumi Shiina|椎名 真由美|Shiina Mayumi:anime voices|
Houko Kuwashima (OVA),Yumi Toma (radio drama):She is Enomoto's colleague who is also connected with protecting Kana at all costs. She impersonates the school nurse at Naoyuki's school in order to keep an eye on Kana, though she really does seem to have some knowledge about medicine. Also, she can be a very violent person and once brutally fought with Naoyuki after they had a talk about Kana. "Mayumi Shiina" is not her real name, which remains unknown; the initials of her true name, as seen in her letter to Naoyuki, is "T.S.".;Nihongo|Yūko Asaba|浅羽 夕子|Asaba Yūko:anime voices|Naoko Takano (OVA):Naoyuki's younger sister who is in junior high school. She tends to be very loud and annoying to her older brother and does not back down easily. When Naoyuki went on a date with Kana, Yūko ended up following and spying on them, which is probably because she was interested in finding out who Kana was. After the spying, she got into a fight with Suizenji.
;Nihongo|Yuuji Hanamura|花村 祐二|Hanamura Yūji:anime voices|Hirofumi Tanaka (OVA):Naoyuki's classmate, who often hangs out with him.
;Nihongo|Taizou Kawaguchi|河口 泰蔵|Kawaguchi Taizou:anime voices|Masaya Takatsuka (OVA):Naoyuki's form teacher.
Media
Light novels
The
light novel series of "Iriya no Sora" is written by Japanese authorAkiyama Mizuhito and illustrated byEeji Komatsu , also known for his work on "". The series was four volumes in length and published by MediaWorks under their "Dengeki Bunko " label. Eventually, the series was nominated for theSeiun Award . The Chinese translation is published by Kadokawa Media.List of chapters
Original video animation
A six-episode
original video animation series based on the novels was produced by the animation studioToei Animation . The OVAs were released as sixDVD s betweenFebruary 25 2005 andJuly 29 2005 . Five of the DVD titles are taken from the chapter titles of the novels. The OVA's opening theme was "Forever Blue" and the ending theme was "Himawari", both sung byChihiro Imai .Episodes
Video games
A
sound novel and card gamevideo game for theNintendo DS based on the series was released in Japan onJanuary 11 2007 by MediaWorks. [citeweb|url= http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/d_original/dsgame/iriya/index.php|title=Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu video game official website| publisher=MediaWorks|accessdate=2007-12-08|language=Japanese] A sequel named "Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu II" was released onOctober 25 2007 . [citeweb|url= http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/d_original/dsgame/iriya2/index.php|title=Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu II video game official website| publisher=MediaWorks|accessdate=2007-12-08|language=Japanese] On the same day the second game came out, a bundle back containing the two games went on sale.Manga
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manga adaptation for the series began serialization in theseinen magazine "Dengeki Maoh " onAugust 27 2007 , published byASCII Media Works . [citeweb|url=http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/magazine/backno/dmo_200710.php|title="Dengeki Maoh" October 2007 issue|publisher=ASCII Media Works |accessdate=2007-12-08|language=Japanese] The first bound volume of the manga will be released onJune 27 2008 under ASCII Media Works' "Dengeki Comics " label. The manga's artist, Tōko Kanno, is also the artist of the manga adaptation of "".References
External links
* [http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/d_original/dsgame/iriya/index.php Video games official website] jp icon
* [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/animeister/iriya/ OVA official website] jp icon
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