Hyakushō Kizoku

Hyakushō Kizoku
First wideban volume cover
百姓貴族
Genre
Manga
Written byHiromu Arakawa
Published byShinshokan
English publisher
ImprintWings Comics
Magazine
  • Un Poco [ja] (2006–2009)
  • Wings (2009–present)
DemographicShōjo
Original runDecember 28, 2006 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byYūtarō Sawada
Written byYūtarō Sawada
Music byPrecious tone
StudioPie in the sky
Licensed byRemow
Original networkTokyo MX, BS Asahi
Original run July 7, 2023 – present
Episodes24
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Hyakushō Kizoku (百姓貴族, lit. 'The Noble Farmer') is a Japanese autobiographical manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Shinshokan's manga magazine Un Poco [ja] from December 2006 to March 2009, when the magazine ceased its publication, and the series was then transferred to Wings in June of the same year. The series is infrequently published. Its chapters have been collected in eight wideban volumes as of December 2023. An anime television series adaptation was broadcast from July to September 2023. A second season aired from October to December 2024. A third season has been announced.

Characters

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘, Arakawa Hiromu)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura[3]
The author herself. She explains the content of this work based on her personal experience on the family ranch, and uses her agricultural knowledge to tease Ishii.
Ishii (イシイ)
Voiced by: Mariko Honda[3]
The editor in charge of this work. She is often teased by the author's agricultural knowledge and retorts that her knowledge is different from that of ordinary people.
Oyaji-dono (親父殿)
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba[3]
The author's father, and he's the owner of the family ranch. He has a casual personality and often performs all kinds of bizarre behaviors. He is very good at using or transforming agricultural facilities in unique ways to complete his unconstrained behaviors. Many times he escaped from danger in some accidents, and then the livestock in the family ranch would die for no reason, and the author believed that they became scapegoats.
Okan (おかん)
Voiced by: Kujira[3]
The author's mother handled various housework at home and administrative work on the ranch, and she continued to work on the ranch even when she was pregnant, which the author admires very much.

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, Hyakushō Kizoku started in Shinshokan's manga magazine Un Poco [ja] on December 28, 2006.[4] Un Poco ceased its publication with its 17th issue, released on March 28, 2009,[5][6] and the series was transferred to the publisher's magazine Wings on July 28, 2009.[5] The series is published on an irregular basis.[7][8] Shinshokan has collected its chapters into individual wideban volumes. The first volume was released on December 11, 2009.[9] As of December 20, 2023, eight volumes have been released.[10]

The manga was digitally published in English by JManga in 2012.[1]

Volumes

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No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 December 11, 2009[9]978-4-403-67085-5
2 February 25, 2012[11]978-4-403-67114-2
3 February 25, 2014[12]978-4-403-67153-1
4 February 25, 2016[13]978-4-403-67175-3
5 November 25, 2017[14]978-4-403-67177-7
6 November 22, 2019[15]978-4-403-67180-7
7 October 22, 2021[16]978-4-403-67183-8
8 December 20, 2023[10]978-4-403-67189-0

Anime

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In October 2022, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation.[17][7] The series was animated by Pie in the sky and directed and scripted by Yūtarō Sawada, with Aayne Matsumoto serving as character designer, animation director and animator, Ari in charge of backgrounds, and Minori Yamada credited for ending animation. The music was composed by Precious tone. The Japan Agriculture Group's Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives is credited for supervising the agricultural aspects. The ending theme song is "Cyan Innocence" (シアン・イノセンス, Shian Inosensu), performed by FRAM.[18] It was broadcast for 12 episodes on Tokyo MX and BS Asahi from July 7 to September 22, 2023.[19][3][20] It consists of four-minute-long episodes. The episodes were released on a DVD volume, along two unaired episodes, bundled with the manga's eighth volume, released on December 20, 2023.[21][22]

A second season was announced in December 2023.[23] It aired from October 4 to December 20, 2024.[24][25][26] The ending theme song is "Chōaizoku" (寵愛族), performed by Sanetii.[25]

A third season was announced in December 2024.[26]

The series has been streamed by Remow on the It's Anime YouTube channel.[27]

Reception

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By December 2023, the manga had over 4.1 million copies in circulation.[28] Hyakushō Kizoku was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2012.[29][30] The series ranked 42nd on the 2014 "Book of the Year" list from Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine, where professional book reviewers, bookstore employees, and Da Vinci readers participate;[31] it ranked 30th on the 2016 list;[32] and 36th on the 2020 list.[33]

References

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  27. ^ Beveridge, Chris (February 27, 2024). "Hyakusho Kizoku – The Farmer's Days Episode #01 Anime Review". The Fandom Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  28. ^ TVアニメ2期制作決定！ 荒川弘が描く累計410万部突破の農家エッセイ・コミック『百姓貴族』最新8巻発売！ (Press release) (in Japanese). Shinshokan. December 18, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via PR Times.
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