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Super Yo-Yo

Japanese manga series


Super Yo-Yo[lower-alpha 1] (Japanese: 超速スピナー, Hepburn: Chōsoku Supinā, lit.'Ultra-fast Spinner') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi. The series was serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic magazine between December 1997 and August 2000, and was translated into English and published in Singapore by Chuang Yi.

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In 1998, the manga series was adapted into a 22-episode anime television series produced by Xebec, it ran from November 1998 to September 1999. The television series has been dubbed into English in Singapore by Odex[3] and released in 2003.

A Game Boy video game adaptation has been published by Hudson Soft in Japan on September 18, 1998.

Plot

Shunichi Domoto is a 5th grade boy. He usually helps the sport teams in his school due to his talent in sports. One day his friend, Beso Kimura lost his Yoyo in a Yoyo duel against a bully boy, Benkei Musashimaru and ask Shunichi for help. Shunichi challenges Benkei to a Yoyo duel then defeats him. After that he was challenged by the exceptionally gifted Yoyoer, Seito Hojoin and get beaten because he ridiculed the Yoyo game. So, Shunichi enters Japan's Yoyo championship to get his revenge from his loss with Seito. Throughout this Championship, he learns new Yoyo Skills, meets new friends and powerful rivals.

Manga volume list

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Anime

Cast[4]

  • Shunichi Domoto (堂本 瞬一, Dōmoto Shun'ichi): Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo
  • Seito Hojoin (北条院 聖斗, Hōjōin Seito): Voiced by: Yūji Ueda, Ai Orikasa (childhood)
  • Chuta Kogure (小暮 宙太, Kogure Chūta): Voiced by: Saori Higashi
  • Mai Kirisaki (霧崎 マイ, Kirisaki Mai): Voiced by: Makiko Ohmoto
  • Rian Yumemiya (夢宮 りあん, Yumemiya Rian): Voiced by: Chiemi Chiba
  • Beso Kimura (木村 ベソ, Kimura Beso): Voiced by: Junko Noda
  • Jienma Ano (安濃 慈円馬, Anō Jienma): Voiced by: Yuuki Matsuda
  • Benkei Musashimaru (武蔵丸 弁慶, Musashimaru Benkei): Voiced by: Takuma Suzuki
  • Master Nakamura (中村 名人, Nakamura Meijin): Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki, Noriko Hidaka (childhood)
  • Tsuyoshi Whapa (輪刃 剛志, Wappa Tsuyoshi): Voiced by: Kōichi Tōchika
  • Daiki Akagi (赤城 大樹, Akagi Daiki): Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura

Music

Opening themes

  • "SOMEDAY LET'S GO TOGETHER" performed by rub-down (Episodes 1–14).
  • "Loop & Loop" performed by Showtaro Morikubo (who also voiced the main character) (Episodes 15–22).

Ending theme

  • "Future" performed by Chiaki Nakajima.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album titled Haipā Saundo Gigusu "Chōsoku Supinā" Ongaku Shū (ハイパー・サウンド・ギグス「超速スピナー」音楽集, lit. Hyper Sound Gigs "Ultra-fast Spinner" Music Collection) has been released by Polystar in Japan on September 1, 1999.

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Episode list

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Release

The anime series has been released on VHS in 5 volumes by Bandai Visual.

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Notes

  1. Having never been licensed in North America, this manga and its anime adaptation are most commonly known as Chousoku Spinner. Super Yo-Yo is the title of both the Singaporean English edition of the manga and English dub of the anime, and it is the one adopted in this article.

References

  1. "Chuang Yi English publications catalogue (archived)". Archived from the original on June 8, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "超速スピナー (archived)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 15, 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "「超速スピナー」キャスト (archived)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 15, 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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