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Higanjima (Japanese: 彼岸島, lit. "Island of Paramita") is a Japanese manga series by Kōji Matsumoto. It was adapted into a live action film in 2010.[2] It also spawned two sequel series, Higanjima: Saigo no 47 Nichikan, and Higanjima 48 Nichigo…, both published in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine.[1]

Higanjima
Cover of the first volume of Higanjima
彼岸島
Genre	Horror[1]
Manga
Written by	Kōji Matsumoto
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Young Magazine
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 2, 2002 – July 12, 2010
Volumes	33
Live-action film
Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island
Directed by	Kim Tae-kyun
Music by	Hiroyuki Sawano
Licensed by	NA Funimation
Released	January 9, 2010 (2010-01-09)
Runtime	122 minutes
Manga
Higanjima: Saigo no 47 Nichikan
Written by	Kōji Matsumoto
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Young Magazine
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	August 2, 2010 – July 28, 2014
Volumes	16
Television drama
Higanjima (Island of the Equinox)
Directed by	Kenji Yokoi
Written by	Masaru Nakamura
Music by	Kōji Endō
Original network	MBS, TBS
Original run	October 24, 2013 – December 26, 2013
Episodes	10
Manga
Higanjima 48 Nichigo…
Written by	Kōji Matsumoto
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Young Magazine
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	August 18, 2014 – present
Volumes	35
Television drama
Higanjima Love is over
Directed by	Akira Iwamoto
Produced by	Yasuyuki Fukasako Toshihiro Satō
Written by	Kōji Matsumoto Midori Satō
Music by	Kōji Endō
Original network	MBS, TBS
Original run	September 20, 2016 – October 11, 2016
Episodes	4
Live-action film
Higanjima: Deluxe
Directed by	Takeshi Watanabe
Written by	Kōji Matsumoto Sakichi Satō Hidehiro Ito
Released	October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)
Runtime	117 minutes
Manga
Kare, Kishijima
Written by	Tarō Sasebo
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	YanMaga Web Comic Days
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	October 20, 2020 – present
Volumes	4

Plot

When Akira Miyamoto learns that his older brother, Atsushi, is missing, his family begins to fall apart. The family business fails, and his father becomes an alcoholic. His two parents constantly compare Akira to Atsushi. Worse, Akira has a crush on a girl named Yuki, who already has a boyfriend, his friend Ken.

One day, Akira finds a girl unconscious in front of his house. The girl, Rei Aoyama, shows Akira Atsushi's ID card, claiming that Atsushi is alive. Rei explains that Atsushi is trapped on Higanjima Island, said to be inhabited by vampires. Akira invites his friends to help his brother, under the guise of a vacation to celebrate their graduation.

Upon arrival, vampires attack their boat and capture all of them except Rei. However, Akira escapes with his friends before vampires can drain their blood. On the island, he meets with Atsushi, who explains that the vampires are led by Miyabi, another vampire. Trained by Atsushi, Akira and his friends begin the battle against Miyabi and his vampire army in order to escape the island alive. The Plot of Higanjima 47 days set after the events of the original series has Akira and his allies try to stop the invasion only for the second sequel Higanjima 48 days later showed the vampire invasion succeeded.

Characters

Akira Miyamoto is the main protagonist of the franchise appearing in all three installments While Miyabi is the main antagonists appear in all three installments as well.

Publication

Higanjima was serialized between 2002 and 2010 in the Weekly Young Magazine. Kodansha released the first tankōbon volume on April 4, 2003, and the 33rd was published on December 6, 2010.[3][4] A sequel series, Higanjima: Saigo no 47 Nichikan (彼岸島 最後の47日間), was serialized in the same magazine from October 2, 2010, to July 28, 2014.[5][6] Sixteen volumes were published between January 6, 2011, and September 5, 2014.[7][8] Another sequel, Higanjima 48 Nichigo... (彼岸島 48日後…), started to be serialized on August 18, 2014.[9] The first volume was published on December 5, 2014; as of April 6, 2020, twenty-four volumes have been released.[10][11]

The first series was published in France by Soleil Manga.[12] Taiwanese publisher Tohan translated all the three series into Chinese.[13]

A gag comedy spin-off manga written and illustrated by Tarō Sasebo was serialized on the YanMaga Web website and the Comic Days app from October 19, 2020 to December 6, 2021.[14][15]

Film

Cast

• Hideo Ishiguro – Akira
• Dai Watanabe – Atsushi
• Miori Takimoto – Yuki
• Tomohisa Yuge – Ken-chan
• Osamu Adachi – Nishiyama
• Asami Mizukawa – Rei
• Koji Yamamoto – Miyabi

Reception

Mark Schilling of The Japan Times describes the vampires as "not the sensitive heartthrobs of Twilight but vicious, ravenous types who revel in terror and torture."[16] The film grossed $1,247,050 in Japan and $22,142 in Taiwan.[17]

Anime shorts

A short anime adaptation, titled Higanjima X, debuted on YouTube streaming service on October 15, 2016.[18] On January 8, 2017, Multimedia Studio Tetra announced that Tomokazu Seki will voice all of the characters from episode seven through nine.[19]

Television drama

A live-action television adaptation aired between October 24, and December 26, 2013, on MBS, and TBS.[20] Starring Shunya Shiraishi as Akira, other cast members include Ryohei Suzuki, Rio Yamashita, Megumi Sato, Rui Kurihara, Yuya Endo, Shingo Tsurumi, and Yūga Yamato.[21] The series was released on DVD on March 26, 2014.[22] A sequel television series adapting Higanjima: Saigo no 47 Nichikan and featuring the same cast was announced in August 2014.[23]

Video game

A video game adaptation of Higanjima was released in 2005 by Now Production for the PlayStation Portable.[24][25]

See also

• List of vampire television series

References

External links

• Higanjima at IMDb
• Higanjima: Deluxe at IMDb
• Higanjima (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

На других языках

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- [en] Higanjima

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[fr] Higanjima, l'île des vampires

Higanjima, l'île des vampires (彼岸島, Higanjima?) est un manga de Kōji Matsumoto. Il a été prépublié entre 2002 et 2010 dans le magazine Young Magazine et a été compilé en un total de 33 volumes. La deuxième série intitulée Higanjima Saigo no 47-Hiai (彼岸島　最後の４７日間?) a été prépubliée entre août 2010 et juillet 2014 dans le même magazine et a été compilé en un total de 16 volumes. La troisième série intitulée Higanjima 48 Nichigo (彼岸島 48日後…?) est prépubliée depuis août 2014. La version française de la première série est publiée par Soleil Manga.

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