Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Kamikaze Kaitō Jeane


caption = Cover of volume 1 of the original Japanese publication
ja_name = 神風怪盗ジャンヌ
ja_name_trans = Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu
genre = Kaitō, Magical Girl, RomanceInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Arina Tanemura
publisher = flagicon|Japan Shueisha
publisher_en = flagicon|United States flagicon|Canada CMX Manga
publisher_other = flagicon|South Korea Haksan Publish
flagicon|Spain Planeta DeAgostini
flagicon|Germany Egmont Manga & Anime
flagicon|Sweden Egmont Kärnan
flagicon|Poland Egmont
flagicon|Finland Egmont flagicon|Indonesia M&C Comics
flagicon|Italy Planet Manga
demographic = Shōjo
magazine = Ribon Magazine
first = February 1998
last = July 2000
volumes = 7Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Atsunobu Umezawa
studio = Toei Animation
network = flagicon|Japan TV Asahi flagicon|Germany RTL II flagicon|Spain K3
first = February 13, 1999
last = January 29, 2000
episodes = 44

nihongo|"Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne"|神風怪盗ジャンヌ|Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu is a fantasy shōjo manga by Arina Tanemura. It was initially called "Phantom-Thief Jeanne" by its North American licensor, CMX Manga, before the title was changed to "Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne"; the anime adaptation is called "Jeanne, the Kamikaze Thief" on the Toei Animation English language website. It is about the adventures of a high school girl, Maron Kusakabe, who is the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc and transforms into a magical girl phantom thief [cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-08-25/latest-magical-girl-anime-manga-based-on-pachinko-game | title=Latest Magical Girl Anime, Manga Based on Pachinko Game | publisher=Anime News Network | date=2007-08-25 | accessdate=2008-08-11 | quote=The project will be the latest kaitō (thief) magical girl series after Kaitō Saint Tail and Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne.] to collect the scattered pieces of God captured by Demons in works of art.

The manga was published by Shueisha in "Ribon Magazine" between February 1998 and July 2000, and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The series was adapated by Toei Animation as a 44-episode anime television series that was broadcast on TV Asahi from February 1999 to January 2000.

Plot

Shortly before the year 2000, 16-year-old high-school gymnast Maron Kusakabe is visited by the angel Finn Fish, who gives her a task. God's power is scattered across the Earth, and if He does not gather enough by the turn of the millenium, He will die. To block Him, the Devil has sent out agents to gather His power, which is the beauty in human hearts, in the form of chess pieces. With Finn's assistance, Maron transforms into the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc in order to hunt Demons hidden within works of art.

When Maron defeats a Demon, the artwork disappears, and to the outside world it is as if she has stolen it, and she becomes known as a "kaitō" ("phantom-thief"). Maron's best friend is Miyako, the daughter of a police detective in charge of Jeanne's case.

As the series progresses, Maron and Miyako fall in love with new classmate Chiaki, who is also secretly a demon hunter, Kaitō Sindbad. Chiaki at first "fakes" falling in love to get closer to Maron, knowing Maron is Jeanne. Later he falls in love truthfully after realizing that Maron's worth the effort, even if she does "hate" him. Maron, on the other hand, is confused and does not know what "love" means because her parents abandoned her when she was around ten years old because they were having problems getting along, so no one taught her. As a result, she does not know how to respond to Chiaki's advances. Eventually, she realizes that Chiaki is not a bad guy after all. She is deeply hurt, however, when she learns that Chiaki is her rival, Sinbad, and that he only went after her because he knew she was Jeanne.

Adaptation

The manga relates in detail Finn Fish's background, expounding on Finn's relationships with other angels and the events that led to her becoming Maron's partner. This backstory of the angels is not shown in the anime.

Characters

; nihongo|Maron Kusakabe|日下部 まろん|Kusakabe Maron|extra2=/ nihongo|"Kaito Jeanne"|怪盗 ジャンヌ|Kaitō Jannu: The protagonist of the series, Maron appears to be an ordinary 16-year-old high school student who is gifted in gymnastics. At the start of the series, she receives a mission from God to seal away the Demons who steal the beauty in human hearts, and through a hair ribbon given to her by the angel Finn, she transforms into her alter ego Kamikaze Jeanne Kaito (literally, "divine wind phantom thief Jeanne"), the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc. As Jeanne, she captures Demons that hide inside objects of great beauty such as works of art by sticking them with her pushpin and shouting "Checkmate!", thus turning them into white chess pieces. Maron is depicted as a lonely young woman who hides her feelings behind a warm smile. She lives alone, her parents having left her for their jobs when she was young, and the first contact she has from them in years is a phone call informing her that they are a divorcing. Maron is very close to the family of her best friend and neighbor Miyako. When she first meets Chiaki, she dislikes him, but falls in love with him as the series progresses. At the end of the series, Maron marries Chiaki and they have a daughter named Natsuki, who is a reincarnation of Finn. : Jeanne's weapons include her Checkmate pin, which she summons from a small demon-detecting device called Petit Claire, her gymnastic ribbon that can slice through anything if whipped, and a fan used to deflect attacks. In the manga, she also uses a sword, which can be used to checkmate Demons. In the anime, she can use her gymnastic ribbon to checkmate Demons, and also has a Rebound Ball, which is like a rubber yo-yo that can stick to almost anything. anime voice|Houko Kuwashima

; nihongo|Chiaki Nagoya|名古屋稚空|Nagoya Chiaki|extra2=/ nihongo|"Kaito Sinbad"|怪盗 シンドバッド|Kaitō Shindobaddo: Chiaki is a 16-year-old high school student in Maron's and Miyako's class, who lives next-door to them. Like Maron, Chiaki also has an alter ego as Kaito Sinbad, who can also seal demons using pins except the chess pieces are black. Chiaki was given the power to become a "kaitō" by Access Time. In the manga, it is not explained how they met. In the anime, when Finn Fish was kidnapped by the Devil, Access was unable to help her until he met a young man, Chiaki, who could see him, and he gave Chiaki the bandanna or headband that lets him transform into Kaito Sinbad. Initially, Chiaki appears to be just a womanizer who gets in Maron's way as he tries to seduce her, in both her identities. As the series progresses, however, Chiaki falls in love with Maron. Chiaki lives alone, having run away from home because he does not get along with his father and stepmother. Eventually, Maron convinces him to talk with his parents and reconcile with them. : As Kaitō Sinbad, Chiaki uses pins and daggers in the manga, but a tri-headed boomerang-like weapon in the anime. Later in the anime, Sinbad also traps Demons using a special string. Unlike Jeanne, Sinbad is able to conjure several pins at once. As Sinbad, he initially wears a piece of cloth over his mouth to hide his identity from Maron, but stops wearing it after she discovers it. anime voice|Susumu Chiba

; nihongo|Finn Fish|フィン・フィッシュ|Fin Fisshu: Finn Fish is the semi-angel ("jun-tenshi") who helps Maron detect demons and gave her the power to transform into Kaito Jeanne. As the series progresses, it is shown that Finn is actually a fallen angel manipulating Maron to gather the chess pieces for another entity, who is the Devil in the manga and the angel Emerald Dragon in the anime. In the manga, Finn is the angelic incarnation of a girl named Natsuki who had been killed by her brother, Sagami. When she met Sagami as an angel, before the series began, she arranged that he die using a strand of her hair, for which she was tried in heaven for murder but was saved from annihilation by the Devil in return for her becoming his servant. It is later explained (in volume 7) that she sided with the Devil in order to meet Access again. In the anime, Finn is kidnapped by the Devil, who brainwashes her but then wipes her memory and turns her back into a semi-angel so that Maron would not be suspicious. She is brought back to her true self by Maron in episode 44. : At the end of the series, Finn sacrifies herself so that Maron survives the battle with the Devil. When she dies, Access gives her his earring, and when Chiaki and Maron's daughter Natsuki is born, she holds the earring in her hand. anime voice|Kumiko Nishihara

; nihongo|Access Time|アクセス・タイム|Akusesu Taimu: Access Time is the dark angel ("kuro-tenshi") who helps Chiaki detects demons and gave him the power to transform into Kaitō Sinbad. He depicted as being in love with Finn despite teasing her a lot, and he works hard to become a full angel so he could be reincarnated with her. Access becomes a semi-angel ("jun-tenshi") in volume 6 of the manga, whereupon he gives his holy power to Finn so she could be a full angel, thus turning back into a dark angel. In the manga, Access is reborn as Miyako and Yamato's son Shinji, and when he sees Natsuki with the earring that he gave her as Finn died, he proposes to her on the spot. anime voice|Akiko Yajima

; nihongo|Miyako Todaiji|東大寺 都|Tōdaiji Miyako: Miyako is Maron's classmate and best friend, who lives across the hall from Maron. Miyako's parents are detectives, and Miyako is always trying to catch Jeanne. In the manga, Miyako knows that Maron is Jeanne and says that she tries to catch Jeanne so she could make a mistake and release her, with the excuse that she was just a minor. In the anime, Miyako does not know that Maron is Jeanne until the end of the series; she creates complex and rather dangerous plots to catch Jeanne, causing Jeanne a lot of trouble. Miyako is depicted as stubborn, unafraid to fight, and with a fierce temper that she loses when Jeanne escapes. Miyako is in love with her classmate Chiaki but gives up on him because he is more interested in Maron. When Yamato confesses to her, she initially believes he is joking and ignores him. In the manga, at the end of the series, she marries Yamato and has a son named Shinji, the reincarnation of Access. anime voice|Naoko Matsui

; nihongo|Yamato Minazuki|水無月 大和|Minazuki Yamato: Yamato is a classmate of Maron, Chiaki, and Miyako. Yamato is depicted as a shy young man with a big crush on Maron. He is the class president, though the other students do not respect him because of his gentle, unassuming nature. His innocence and pure heart makes it easy for Demons to possess him. Later in the series, he joins Miyako in trying to catch Sinbad. Though he still has a crush on Maron, Miyako catches his attention, and in the manga, he confesses that he likes her. In response, she gets angry and pushes him into a lake, thinking he was making fun of her. At the end of the series, however, he marries Miyako. anime voice|Naozumi Takahashi

; Noin Claude: Noin is a Demon who disguises himself as the history teacher in Maron's class, Hijiri Shikaido. Five hundred years ago, he was Noin Claude, a knight who assisted the original Jeanne d'Arc. In the manga, he became a Demon when his present-day self traveled into the past with Maron and caused a Demon to possess his past self. In the anime, he became a Demon after God did not save Jeanne d'Arc from burning at the stake, for which he cursed God and surrendered his soul to the Devil. As the series progresses, he falls in love with Marron. In the manga, he vows to love Jeanne's next reincarnated form. In the end of the anime, he dies protecting Maron and rises up to Heaven to join Jeanne d'Arc. In the manga, he has a pet dragon named Silk who is devoted to him despite his harsh treatment. anime voice|Kappei Yamaguchi

; nihongo|Myst|ミスト|Misuto: Myst, who only appears in the anime, is a Demon sent to kill Maron. She is depicted as being more powerful than Noin, who is a human who became a Demon, because a pure-bred demon. Myst uses a candy box to hold other Demons, who can only be defeated by Maron's gymnastics ribbon. She is defeated by Maron, aided by Noin, but when Maron sees her broken and bruised form, she takes pity on Myst and returns her candy box. anime voice|Wakana Yamazaki

Media

Manga

"Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne" was published in Japan by Shueisha in "Ribon Magazine" in 30 chapters between February 1998 and July 2000, and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. Starting in July 2007, the series was reprinted kanzenban format in six volumes. It is licenced in North America by CMX Manga, in South Korea by Haksan Publish, in Indonesia by M&C Comics, in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini, in Italy by Planet Manga, and in Germany, Sweden, Poland, and Finland by Egmont Publishing.cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=2749 | title=Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne (manga) | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2008-08-11]

Graphic novel list/header
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OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-856100-4
LicensedRelDate = 2005-10-26cite book | last=Tanemura | first=Tanemura | authorlink=Arina Tanemura | title=Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Volume 1 | year=2005 | language=English | publisher=CMX Manga | isbn=978-1-4012-0555-3 ]
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Anime

"Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne" was adapted Toei Animation as a 44-episode anime television series that was broadcast on TV Asahi from 13 February 1999 to 29 January 2000. The series was directed by Atsunobu Umezawa with music by Michiaki Kato, and starred Houko Kuwashima as Maron Kusakabe/"Kaito Jeanne". The opening themes are "Piece of Love" by Shazna for episodes 1–27 and "Dive into Shine" by Lastier for episodes 28–44, and the ending themes are nihongo|"Haruka..."|ハルカ... by Pierrot for episodes 1–27 and "Till The End" by Hibiki for episodes 28–44.cite web | url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/jeanne/ | title=神風怪盗ジャンヌ | language=Japanese | publisher=Toei Animation | accessdate=2008-08-11] cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=362 | title=Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (TV) | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2008-08-11]

The anime is licensed in Spain by Arait Multimedia, which has produced both Spanish and Catalan dubs, where it was broadcast on K3. It is licensed in Germany by Anime-Virtual, where it was broadcast on RTL II.

References

External links

* [http://www.dccomics.com/cmx/?action=on_sale&i=4248 Official CMX manga site]
* [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/jeanne/ Official Toei Animation anime site] ja icon
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