Daily Lives of High School Boys is a 2011-12 slice of life Japanese anime series based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Yasunobu Yamauchi. The story revolves around the daily lives of Tadakuni, Hidenori Tabata and Yoshitake Tanaka of Sanada North Boys High school and their various interactions with other students of and around their school and their hilarious coming of age endeavors. Each episode is divided into a series of shorts, with each short being only a few minutes in length.
The anime is produced by Sunrise and directed by Shinji Takamatsu along with character designs by Yoshinori Yumoto, editing by Emi Onodera and soundtrack music composed by Audio Highs. Eight five-minute pilot episodes were released for streaming on Niconico between November 3 and December 22, 2011 prior to the television premiere of the full-length anime which also included them. The anime premiered on TV Tokyo on January 9, 2012 followed by later airings on AT-X, Bandai Channel, TVA, TVO and online streaming on Niconico. The series was eventually picked up by Hulu for online streaming in the United States.
The series was licensed by NIS America for a home media release in North America and by Hanabee Entertainment for release in Australia. Happinet released the series in Japan on 6 Blu-ray and DVD volumes beginning on April 3, 2012.
For the anime television, the main opening theme for all episodes is "Shiny tale" by Mix Speaker's,Inc.[1] while the ending theme is "O-hi-sama" (おひさま, lit. "Sun") by Amesaki Annainin.[2] "Capsule" by Mix Speaker's,Inc. is used as the insert song of episode 3.
Episode list
editPilot episodes
editNo. | English title Japanese title |
Original air date |
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1 | "High School Boys and Literary Girl" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Bungaku Shōjo" (Japanese: 男子高校生と文学少女) | November 3, 2011 |
2 | "High School Boys and Skirts" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Sukāto" (Japanese: 男子高校生とスカート) | November 10, 2011 |
3 | "High School Boys and After School" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Hōkago" (Japanese: 男子高校生と放課後) | November 17, 2011 |
4 | "High School Boys and the Morning Journey" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Tabidachi no Asa" (Japanese: 男子高校生と旅立ちの朝) | November 24, 2011 |
5 | "High School Boys and Convex Mirror Girl" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Totsumenkyō Shōjo" (Japanese: 男子高校生と凸面鏡少女) | December 1, 2011 |
6 | "High School Boys and Friendship Power" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Yūjō Pawā" (Japanese: 男子高校生と友情パワー) | December 8, 2011 |
7 | "High School Boys and the Radio DJ" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Rajio DJ" (Japanese: 男子高校生とラジオDJ) | December 15, 2011 |
8 | "High School Boys and the Train to School" Transliteration: "Danshi Kōkōsei to Tsūgaku Densha" (Japanese: 男子高校生と通学電車) | December 22, 2011 |
TV episodes
editNo. | English title / Japanese title | Original air date |
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1 |
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January 9, 2012 |
2 |
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January 16, 2012 |
3 |
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January 23, 2012 |
4 |
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January 30, 2012 |
5 |
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February 6, 2012 |
6 |
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February 13, 2012 |
7 |
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February 20, 2012 |
8 |
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February 27, 2012 |
9 |
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March 5, 2012 |
10 |
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March 12, 2012 |
11 |
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March 19, 2012 |
12 |
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March 26, 2012 |
Home media
editHappinet released the series in Japan on 6 Blu-ray and DVD volumes between April 3 and September 4, 2012. NIS America released the complete series in a 2-disc Blu-ray set with English subtitles on August 6, 2013.[3] Hanabee Entertainment released the complete series on a single DVD volume in Australia on July 31, 2013.[4]
Vol. | Episodes | Bonus disc | Release date | Ref. | |
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1 | 1, 2 | Special CD | April 3, 2012 | [5] | |
2 | 3, 4 | Special CD | May 2, 2012 | [6] | |
3 | 5, 6 | Special CD | June 2, 2012 | [7] | |
4 | 7, 8 | Special CD | July 3, 2012 | [8] | |
5 | 9, 10 | Special CD | August 2, 2012 | [9] | |
6 | 11, 12 | Special CD | September 4, 2012 | [10] |
References
edit- ^ "商品情報 TVアニメ「男子高校生の日常」オフィシャルサイト [Opening theme]" (in Japanese). Sunrise. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "商品情報 TVアニメ「男子高校生の日常」オフィシャルサイト [Ending theme]" (in Japanese). Sunrise. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "Daily Lives of High School Boys". 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Daily Lives of High School Boys | Hanabee Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ "Men's High School Student Daily Life with Special CD Vol. 1 Blu-ray". 3 April 2012.
- ^ "男子高校生の日常 スペシャルCd付き初回限定版 Vol.2". 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Men's High School Student Daily Life with Special CD Vol. 3 Blu-ray". 2 June 2012.
- ^ "男子高校生の日常 スペシャルCd付き初回限定版 Vol.4". 3 July 2012.
- ^ "男子高校生の日常 スペシャルCd付き初回限定版 Vol.5". 2 August 2012.
- ^ "Men's High School Student Daily Life with Special CD Vol. 6 Blu-ray". 4 September 2012.
External links
edit- Official anime website (in Japanese)