Soreike Apprentice Bride
Series title: はいからさんが
- Studio
- Nippon Animation
- Animation studio
- Trance Arts.
Background Studio: Mukuo Studio.
Ink and Paint Studio: Studio Robin
Synopsis
In early 20th-century Tokyo, new Western ideas and ways are mixed in with traditional Japanese culture. This is a hilarious story about a young girl who carries a romantic idea about her future while seeking to be liberated from the old customs.
Born as the only child of a major, Benio Hanamura becomes a complete tomboy, acquiring skills in martial arts. At age 17, she is ordered to marry the son of a well-established family. That's the beginning of her story. Her clumsy behavior and straightforward attitude always lead her into trouble, but everyone seems to forgive this honest, optimistic and charming girl. Her life is full of troubles and laughter. Let's see what kind of excitement lies in store for her today.
Born as the only child of a major, Benio Hanamura becomes a complete tomboy, acquiring skills in martial arts. At age 17, she is ordered to marry the son of a well-established family. That's the beginning of her story. Her clumsy behavior and straightforward attitude always lead her into trouble, but everyone seems to forgive this honest, optimistic and charming girl. Her life is full of troubles and laughter. Let's see what kind of excitement lies in store for her today.
Characters
Benio Hanamura, Shinobu Ijuin, Kichiji, Ookouchi, Ushigoro, Lieutenant Hanamura, Innen, Harue Ranmaru, Count, Countess, Fuyusei Aoe, Tosei, Larisa, Baaya, Jotsuki, Tamaki, Shingo Onishima
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Producing
- Producer
- Koichi Takahashi
Writing
- Writer
- Fumi Takahashi, Nizou Takahashi
Animation
- Animator
- Tatsuhiro Nagaki, Eiji Tanaka, Takashi Saijo
Voices
- Voice
- Keiko Yokozawa (Benio Hanamura), Katsuji Mori (Shinobu Ijuin), Eiko Masuyama (Kichiji), Eken Mine (Ookouchi), Hiroshi Masuoka (Ushigoro), Ichirô Nagai (Lieutenant Hanamura, Narrator), Kaneta Kimotsuki (Innen), Kazuko Sugiyama (Harue Ranmaru), Atsuko Mine (Countess), Kôhei Miyauchi (Count), Makio Inoue (Fuyusei Aoe, Tosei), Mami Koyama (Larisa), Reiko Suzuki (Baaya), Reiko Yamada (Jotsuki), Rihoko Yoshida (Tamaki), Yoshito Yasuhara (Shingo Onishima)
Music
- Music
- Masuhiro Yamaguchia
Crew
- Original Creator
- Waki Yamato
- Planning
- Shoji Sato
- Character Design
- Tsutomu Shibayam
- Backgrounds
- Kazu Setouchi, Takafumi Kase
- Storyboards
- Hiroshi Yoshida, Teppei Matsuura, Yokoo Yoko
- Animation Directors
- Eiji Kawakita, Eiji Tanaka, Takashi Saijo, Tatsuhiro Nagaki, Yoshiyuki Kishi
- Key Animators
- Hirokazu Ishiyuki, Mariko Ioka, Nobuyuki Kitashima
- Finish Check
- Toshio Suzuki
- Director of Photography
- Jun Hagiwara
- Photography
- Seiichi Hashitani, Toshiaki Morita
- Episode Director
- Kazuyoshi Yokota
- Assistant Episode Director
- Yukio Okazaki
- Music
- Masuhiro Yamaguchia
- Recording Director
- Sadayoshi Fujino
- Production Advancement
- Miho Kuriyama
- Production Desk
- Susumu Ohara
Companies and other credits
- Director: Episode Director: Kazuyoshi Yokota
Production notes
This TV series ran for 42 episodes; it was originally planed to run longer, but Nippon Animation cut it short.
Based on Waki Yamato's hugely successful 1975 manga in "Shojo Friend."
"Haikara," a Japanese corruption of "high collar," was a 1920s Japanese slang term of mild ridicule, referring to a slavish adherent to Western fads.
Based on Waki Yamato's hugely successful 1975 manga in "Shojo Friend."
"Haikara," a Japanese corruption of "high collar," was a 1920s Japanese slang term of mild ridicule, referring to a slavish adherent to Western fads.