Megumi (めぐみ) is a manga based on the life of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese girl who was abducted when she was 13 years old by North Korean spies in 1977. The manga concept was conceived by her mother and father and was penned by Souichi Moto under their supervision.
| Megumi | |
| めぐみ | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, Biography, Historical, Crime |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Souichi Moto Sakie Yokota Shigeru Yokota |
| Published by | Futabasha |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Action |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 2004 – July 2005 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Original net animation | |
| Directed by | Hidetoshi Ōmori |
| Produced by | Hajime Hashimoto Kōji Tsunematsu Shigeyuki Koresawa |
| Written by | Hideki Mitsui |
| Studio | Trans Arts |
| Released | 2008 |
| Related works | |
Plot
editThe manga follows Megumi's final days in her home town before her abduction.
Anime
editAs of 2008, the Government of Japan announced an anime adaptation will be created from the manga. The anime is dubbed in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English and Russian. In addition, there are Japanese dubbed versions with subtitles in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The government authorized a free downloadable version, as well as a DVD release.[1][2]
Cast
editAll Japanese cast members were asked by Kouichi Yamadera for participation through the Japan Actors Union (Nippairen). Yamadera said, "The abduction is an act of disregarding human rights, not accepted. We Japanese people should emphasize our anger."[3]
| Role | Japanese | English | Korean | Mandarin | Russian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrator | Michio Hazama | Walter Roberts | Kyong-wan Park | Zhongling Qi | Grigory Apukhtin |
| Megumi Yokota | Minami Takayama | Soness Stevens | Dal-rae Jin | Liang Li | Marina Artyushenko |
| Shigeru Yokota | Kouichi Yamadera | Walter Roberts | Kyong-wan Park | Zhongling Qi | Grigory Apukhtin |
| Sakie Yokota | Rika Fukami | Sally Koshinaka | Mi-sung Lee | Zhenlin Piao | Marina Belova |
| Takuya Yokota (child) | Megumi Tano | Stacy Powell | Eui-jung Kim | Xiangning Li | Anastasia Boldyreva |
| Takuya Yokota (adult) | Bin Shimada | David Schaufele | Kui-uk Cheon | Wanzhou Wang | Fedor Solntsev |
| Tetsuya Yokota | Thomas Melesky | ||||
| Colleague | Shin-ichiro Miki | David Schaufele | Sung-hee Chang | Yuxing Chang | Anatoly Krasnov |
| Nurse | Yumiko Akaike | Stacy Powell | Eui-jung Kim | Gyomei Ri | Anastasia Boldyreva |
| Clerk | Masahito Kawanago | David Schaufele | Sung-hee Chang | Gyosei Jo | Anatoly Krasnov |
| Administration official | Aruno Tahara | David Schaufele | Sung-hee Chang | Gyosei Jo | Anatoly Krasnov |
| Tsubo | Junko Shimakata | Stacy Powell | Eui-jung Kim | Gyomei Ri | Anastasia Boldyreva |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Megumi Manga about Girl Abducted by N. Korea Gets Anime". Anime News Network. March 19, 2009.
- ^ MEGUMI (Japanese animation film). Abductions of Japanese Citizens by North Korea. Retrieved on May 31, 2009.
- ^ "山寺宏一「めぐみ」のアニメ完成披露会見". Daily Sports. 2008-03-29. Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
External links
edit- MEGUMI Anime: download
- Government of Japan: Secretariat, Headquarters for the Abduction Issue
- Megumi (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia