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Yaky-ky no Uta
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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It follows Yki Mizuhara, a young woman who wants to do veterinary medicine at college but instead she became a baseball player. It was originally serialized in the Kodansha's Japanese manga magazine 'Weekly Shnen Magazine' between 1972 and 1976, and has been adapted into several spin-off manga, a live-action film, an anime television series, an anime film, and a Japanese television drama. In 1973, it received the 4th Kdansha Literature Culture Award for children's manga.
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Manga
The 'Yaky-ky no Uta' manga series was written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima, and originally serialized by Kodansha in 'Weekly Shnen Magazine' from 1972 to 1976. It was published into a single 'tankbon' volume on October 1, 1972, on June 16, 1974, on January 25, 1976, and on January 21, 1979. Between July 12, 1995 and October 12, 1995, it was published in 13 'bunkoban'. A four-'shinsban' version subtitled was released between November 21, 1997 and June 23, 1998.In 1997, a new series entitled started to be serialized by Kodansha in 'Mister Magazine'. Later, it was collected into 3 'tankbon' released between August 7, 1998 and March 9, 2000. was serialized from 2000 to 2005 in 'Comic Morning', and published on 11 'tankbon' between January 23, 2001 and October 21, 2005.
Four bound volumes were published under 'Platinum Comics' line between June 11, 2003 and July 23, 2003: , , , and .
A crossover manga between 'Yaky-ky no Uta' and 'Dokaben', another Mizushima manga, was first published in 2005. On February 8, 2006, it was released by Kodansha in a bound volume under the title . Later, on September 30, 2009, a was published.
On February 10, 2009, a series entitled , that follows the story of Yki Mizuhara, a real-life female baseball player, started to be published. Spawning three bound volumes, it was last published on April 10, 2009 by Kodansha.
Live-action film
Akira Kat directed a live-action adaptation that was released on March 19, 1977. It starred Midori Kinouchi, was produced by Hiromi Higuchi, written by Masayasu ehara and Rokur Kumagaya, and its score was composed by Shin Takada.Cast
* Midori Kinouchi as Yuki MIzuhara
* Asao Koike as Tetsugoro Iwata
* Hiroshi Inuzuka as Mizuhara
* Katsuya Nomura as Himself
* Kei Tani as Sentaro
* Jkei Fujioka as Matsukawa
Anime
A 25-episode anime television series was created by Nippon Animation, and was broadcast on Fuji Television between December 23, 1977 and March 26, 1979. An anime film titled was released in theatres on September 15, 1979 and shown together with the first 'Future Boy Conan' compilation movie. It is an adaptation of chapters 13 and 14: "Kita no kami, Minami no Tora" Part 1 and Part 2.TV drama
The series was adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama broadcast on January 7, 1985 on Fuji Television. It starred Yuki Saito as Yki Mizuhara and Shir It as Tetsugor Iwata.References
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