The Kabocha Wine

The Kabocha Wine (Theかぼちゃワイン, The Kabocha Wain, trans. The Pumpkin Wine) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1981 to 1984. The Kabocha Wine received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[1]

The Kabocha Wine
Cover of the first manga volume
Theかぼちゃワイン
(The Kabocha Wain)
Manga
Written byMitsuru Miura
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run1981 – 1984
Volumes18
Manga
The Kabocha Wine - Sequel
Written byMitsuru Miura
Published bySeirindo
PublishedOctober 15, 2006
Volumes1
Manga
The Kabocha Wine - Another
Written byMitsuru Miura
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazinePlay Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 20, 2007 – 2009
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byKimio Yabuki
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run July 5, 1982 – August 27, 1984
Episodes95
Anime film
The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari
Directed byKimio Yabuki
Produced byChiaki Imada
Music byOsamu Shooji
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedJuly 14, 1984
Runtime24 minutes
Live-action film
The Kabocha Wine - Another
Directed byHitoshi Ishikawa
ReleasedOctober 26, 2007
Runtime78 minutes

The sequel to the manga, The Kabocha Wine - Sequel (The かぼちゃワイン sequel, lit. "The Pumpkin Wine - Sequel") is a one-shot manga published by Seirindo on October 15, 2006.[2]

The third series of the manga, The Kabocha Wine - Another (The♥かぼちゃワインAnother, lit. "The Pumpkin Wine - Another") is published by Akita Shoten.[3]

It has been adapted into a 95 episode anime series by Toei Animation.[4]

The sequel to the anime was in the form of an animated movie, called The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari (Ｔｈｅかぼちゃワイン ニタの愛情物語, The Pumpkin Wine: Nita's Love Story), which was released on July 14, 1984 by Toei Animation.[5]

On October 26, 2007, wint released a DVD for the live-action movie adaptation of the third manga series, called The Kabocha Wine - Another (The かぼちゃワインAnother, lit. "The Pumpkin Wine - Another"). Directed by Hitoshi Ishikawa, the movie starred Yoko Kumada.[6]

Characters
Shunsuke Aoba (青葉春助, Aoba Shunsuke) Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa
Shunsuke is the main character of the series, and Natsumi's love interest. A very short and snarky highschool student.
Natsumi Asaoka (朝丘夏美, Asaoka Natsumi) (aka. L (Eru in Japanese phonetics)) Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa
Natsumi is the female protagonist of the series, and Shunsuke's girlfriend. She is taller and bustier than the average Japanese girl, and also very kindhearted and naive.

Media

The Kabocha Wine - Another

The third series of the manga is published by Akita Shoten.[3] As of April 2009, Akita Shoten has published six tankōbon of the manga.[7]

No. Release date ISBN
1 June 20, 2007[3]978-4-253-25091-7
2 December 20, 2007[8]978-4-253-25092-4
3 April 18, 2008[9]978-4-253-25093-1
4 August 20, 2008[10]978-4-253-25094-8
5 January 20, 2009[7]978-4-253-25095-5

Anime
Cover of The Kabocha Wine 1st DVD Box

Toei Animation broadcast the 95 episodes of The Kabocha Wine on TV Asahi between July 5, 1982 and August 27, 1984.[4][11] The anime is also broadcast in French by Mangas and TF1.[12] It is also broadcast in Italy on Europa 7 and Italia 7.[13]

The anime uses three pieces of theme music. "L(Eru) wa Lovely" (Ｌはラブリー, L Wa Raburii) by Kumiko Kaori is the opening theme for the series. "The Nature of Aoba Shunsuke" (青葉春介、ザ・根性, Aoba Shunsuke The Konjou) by Toshio Furukawa is the first ending theme, while "Pumpkin Night" by Toshio Furukawa and Keiko Yokozawa is the second ending theme for the anime.[4]

On September 27, 2006, wint released the first DVD box set for The Kabocha Wine. The box set contains the first 48 episodes over 8 DVDs, each with 6 episodes.[14] On November 29, 2006, wint released the second DVD box set for The Kabocha Wine. The second DVD box contains eight DVDs spanning the episodes 49 to 95.[15]

Animation CD

On March 21, 2007, Columbia Music Entertainment released an animation CD for The Kabocha Wine, called The Kabocha Wine Ongakushu. The songs were sung by Osamu Shouji.[16]

References
  1. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  2. Theかぼちゃワインsequel (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. ASIN 4792603978.
  3. "The♥かぼちゃワインAnother 第1巻" (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  4. Ｔｈｅかぼちゃワイン (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  5. "Ｔｈｅかぼちゃワイン ニタの愛情物語(1984)". allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  6. "The Kabocha Wine Another". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  7. "The♥かぼちゃワインAnother 第5巻" (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  8. "The♥かぼちゃワインAnother 第2巻" (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  9. "The♥かぼちゃワインAnother 第3巻" (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  10. "The♥かぼちゃワインAnother 第4巻" (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  11. "Shun-ichi Yukimuro's works list". TV Asahi. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  12. "Mes Tendres Années" (in French). planete-jeunesse.com. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  13. "Sun College" (in Italian). antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  14. "The Kabocha Wine DVD Box 1". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  15. "The Kabocha Wine DVD Box 2". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  16. "The Kabocha Wine Ongakushu [Limited Release]". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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