Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar


caption = Cover of "Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar", Volume 7
ja_name = ピューと吹く!ジャガー
ja_name_trans = Flute-Blower! Jaguar
genre = Comedy, MusicInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Kyosuke Usuta
publisher = flagicon|Japan Shueisha
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump
first = 2000
last = ongoing
volumes = 14

Nihongo|"Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar"|ピューと吹く!ジャガー is a Japanese gag manga about recorders, musicians, and their bizarre daily lives. It has a vague overall plot, but is mainly episodic. Although it is about aspiring musicians, Jaguar's characters are atypical of the hard-working Shōnen jump heroes as they seem to move away from their goals with every chapter. Though it has not yet been made into an anime, a series of Drama CDs and video games have been released, as well as an OVA made in Flash animation. A live-action film, starring Jun Kaname as Jaguar, was released on January 12, 2008. The DVD was released on June 23rd 2008.

Story

The story starts out with Saketome Kiyohiko trying to take a band audition. In his way he sees a strange man named Jaguar carrying a big case, which turns out to be holding only a small recorder. Kiyohiko tries not to get distracted by him but fails, because when Jaguar plays his recorder, the most beautiful, passionate guitar-like sound comes out of it. He tries more and more record companies, but every time he meets Jaguar and somehow manages to miss his audition. Finally, Piyohiko gets accepted at a record company only to find at his new dorm that he is roommates with Jaguar. Jaguar becomes a teacher and sets up a recorder class at their music school, and Piyohiko ends up in that class instead of the guitar class he wanted...

Characters

; Nihongo|Jaguar Junichi|ジャガージュン市|Jāgā Jun'ichi : Jaguar is a strange man who likes to play the recorder. He and Piyohiko are roommates in Gari Dormitories, where he runs a recorder class. He is a musical genius, able to play any instrument with astounding skill. His performances can conjure up vivid images in people's minds. Jaguar can even make his recorder sound like a guitar if he wants.

: Jaguar appears to have no purpose in life but to teach his recorder class, although his lessons are so lazy that it's the same as doing no work at all. However, he is strangely transcendent and nothing at all seems to truly bother him. He always wins his battles, and can always convince people to see his way. He contrasts Hammer, who has the same lazy lifestyle but is always the loser.

: Later on, it is revealed that Jaguar is one of several children brainwashed in an experiment to create a band so amazing that it could shake the world, and bring world peace using the power of music. The laboratory where this experiment took place was called the Hotel Riverside Laboratory, also known as "Softcream". Jaguar's "father", one of the scientists at the lab, opposed the brainwashing and released all of the children.: Seiyū: Keiji Fujiwara: Live-Action Film: Jun Kaname

; Nihongo|Kyohiko Saketome|酒留清彦|Saketome Kiyohiko: "Nickname: Piyohiko (ピヨ彦 Piyohiko)": Piyohiko is a normal man who dreams of being a great guitarist. Even though he thinks flutes are lame, he's in the Flute Class (mostly because of Jaguar) and, ironically, his family owns a flute shop (and his father is as weird as Jaguar). Piyohiko is the narrator of the story and is very similar, if not identical, to from (both play the role of tsukkomi to Masaru/Jaguar's boke (see Manzai), and are very similar in appearance).: Seiyū: Junichi Kanemaru: Live-Action Film: Manabu Ōmura

; nihongo|Hammer|ハマー|Hamā: "Real Name: nihongo|Hiromitsu Hamawatari|浜渡浩満|Hamawatari Hiromitsu": A Hip hop ninja who lives in the attic above Jaguar and Piyohiko's room. He wants more than anything to be cool and popular, but goes about it in a way that always ends in failure and humiliation. He is known for ending his sentences with YO, adding -dono to people's names, and referring to himself in the first person as nihongo|Sessha|拙者|an archaic word for "I". Despite this he refuses to admit he is a ninja, because it would be bad for his trendy image.: Seiyū: Katsuyuki Konishi: Live-Action Film: Hiroaki Ogi

; nihongo|Takana Shirakawa|白川高菜|Shirakawa Takana: A female student who once belonged to the Idol department before joining the flute department. She is also the internet idol Chim Li (チムリー) and is highly self-conscious.: Seiyū: Izumi Kasagi: Live-Action Film: Mai Takahashi

; Nihongo|Porgy|ポギー|Pogī: "Real Name: nihongo|Wataru Hogi|保木渡流|Hogi Wataru": Bassist and lyricist in the popular band JULY (ジュライ "jurai"). Very handsome and pretentious, he likes to show off his poetry skills to his squealing fangirls. After meeting Jaguar, though, he is never the same again. Jaguar destroys Porgy's confidence in his poetry by first beating him in a poetry contest, then telling him that his poems are nothing but pretty lies. Porgy becomes unable to write and is kicked out of JULY, eventually spending his life stalking Jaguar and challenging him to poetry contests as his masked alter-ego Wrestler Mask (レスラー仮面 Resuraa Kamen). He is also trying to get back his position in JULY, but they have already replaced him with a new bassist.: Seiyū: Mitsuaki Madono

; Nihongo|Billy|ビリー|Birī: A man who looks like a typical delinquent, with a regent hairstyle. He is aggressive toward Jaguar and his friends, but is really a soft-hearted guy who's just lonely and friendless. He is Hamidento's guardian and tries to be a good father, but doesn't notice that Hamii doesn't appreciate it. Like Hammer, he strives to get attention but fails miserably.: Seiyū: Yūji Ueda

; Nihongo|Hamidento|ハミデント|Hamidento: "Nickname: Hamī (ハミー)": A cute little robot under the care of Billy. He doesn't acknowledge Billy as a parent at all, and while he pretends to be cute and loveable around him, a mean side of him comes out when Billy's not around. He smokes and sometimes acts like a teenage delinquent, and has everyone he knows ranked in order of respect. Jaguar is inexplicably high on the list, Hammer is always on the bottom. He also has amazing fighting power. Hamii is the series' mascot character.: Seiyū: Yūji Ueda

; Nihongo|Chichijirou Saketome|酒留父次郎|Saketome Chichijirō: Piyohiko's father, a maker of weird and rare flutes. Is close buddies with Jaguar due to their shared interest in flutes and desire to make Piyohiko play them. Piyohiko's dislike of flutes is most likely because of his father, who hopes for him to take over his business. Chichijirou is so laughably uncreative when designing flutes that to him, every one of Piyohiko's average ideas seems like a stroke of genius.

; Nihongo|Michael|間池留|Maikeru: A mysterious Caucasian man whom Jaguar treats as his father. His name is written Ma-ike-ru, with Japanese characters for "between", "pond" and "stop". He sometimes turns transparent, and there are many not-so-subtle hints that he is a ghost. Jaguar believes his "father" is Japanese, and most certainly not a ghost.

In other media

He has 2 games one on Game Boy Advance and another on Playstation 2. Several characters from the series have also made both Nintendo DS WSJ crossover games, "Jump Superstars" and "Jump Ultimate Stars", with Jaguar acting as a playable character in both.

External links

* [http://www.j-jaguar.com/ Pyuu To Fuku! Jaguar Official Site]
* [http://www.liverp.co.jp/jaguar/cinema_top.html Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar The Movie Official Site]