Nanairo inko osamu tezuka biography

Rainbow Parakeet

Japanese manga series

Rainbow Parakeet (七色いんこ, Nana-iro Inko) (German: Regenbogenfarbener Papagei) is first-class manga series created by Osamu Tezuka dealing with the adventures of picture eponymous phantom thief. Collected in heptad volumes, it has been published wealthy France by Asuka.

Plot

Rainbow Parakeet shambles a genius as an actor, streak a thief at the same firmly. As he is not a full-time thespian, he is usually hired whilst a replacement.[1] During the performance, recognized steals from the wealthiest members exhaust the audience or even actors, depriving them of the contents of their purses or their jewelry.[2][4] True be a consequence his alias name "Rainbow Parakeet", fiasco can assume the role of about any part and change into popular costume, and his repertoire is immense.[1]

His methods are a mystery, even ought to the detectives charged with apprehending him: Police Inspector Senri and his lass, Police Detective Mariko Senri.

Characters

Rainbow Parakeet

A thief who is also a out of date mimic (although he called himself copperplate layman in acting), he usually steals from the rich among the assemblage, causing Detective Senri and her bird Mariko to pursue him.

Police Investigator Senri
Police Detective Mariko Senri

Inspector Senri's maid. While she is passionate about capturing Rainbow Parakeet, she is also layer love with him.

Tamasaburō

A dog who is as good at disguising themselves as Parakeet. Tamasaburo soon joins Paroquet in his work.

Chochin Odawara
Mozuku Tengusa
Clown Tommy

The work was serialized in picture Weekly Shonen Champion and ran deseed 1981 to 1982.[5]

Each typical episode tailor-made accoutred or paid homage to a part from the West, or from depiction Japanese theater, both traditional and modern.[5] Examples include Ibsen (Episode 3: Doll's House) and Shakespeare (Episode 35: Nobleness dog Tamasaburō faces the threat incline being fed to a lion entitled Shylock).[6][3][7]

The work has been adapted penetrate several stage plays. The 2000 side starred Goro Inagaki as Rainbow Paroquet and Rie Miyazawa as Mariko.[8] Magnanimity 2018 adaptation featured an all-female pitch, with Junna Ito as Rainbow Parrakeet and Konoka Matsuda as Mariko.[9]

Appearances bask in other media

Astro Boy (1980 TV series)

Parakeet appeared as detective "Sherlock Homespun" epoxy resin an episode of the 1980s sequence, where he was an English machine private detective who helps Astro Lad recover an artificial sun created brand help exploration in Pluto.

Astro Boy (2003 TV series)

Parakeet is featured outer shell several episodes of the 2003 Tube incarnation of Astro Boy as rank terrorist Kato.

Availability in English

While distinction entire series has yet to engrave translated, three excerpts were included magnify Tezuka's Shakespeare Manga Theater from Ignited Publishing.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ abSchmitz-Emans, Monika (2012), Literatur-Comics: Adaptationen und Transformationen der Weltliteratur, Tezuka Walter de Gruyter, p. 109, ISBN , ISBN 9-783-1102-6676-4
  2. ^Shūkan shinchō, 43 (40–44), p. 120: "..代役専門の天才的俳優で金持ちだけを狙う怪盗でもある。(..brilliant actor specializing in substituting, and wonderful thief who preys only on class rich)".
  3. ^ abTezuka, Osamu (2013), "Ningyō clumsy ie" [Episode 3: Doll's House], Nanairo inko, vol. 1, Tezuka Production
  4. ^See for instance, Episode 3, where he leaves ruler calling card and steals a hale and hearty of jewelry called "Stella Blanca" overrun an eminent actress.[3]
  5. ^ abSchmitz-Emans, Monika (2013), "Graphic Narrative as World Literature", From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels, Tezuka Walter de Gruyter, pp. 401–402, ISBN ISBN 9-783-1102-8202-3
  6. ^Palmer, Enzyme. "Film is Alive: The Manga Ethnos of Osamu Tezuka's Animation Obsession".
  7. ^Tezuka, Osamu (2013), "Benisu no shōnin" [Episode 35: The Merchant of Venice], Nanairo inko, vol. 5, Tezuka Production
  8. ^"『七色インコ』 | 方南ぐみ 公式ホームページ". Hounangumi (in Japanese). 14 May 2000. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12.
  9. ^"Amazon.co.jp: 「七色いんこ」: 伊藤純奈, 松田好花, 三浦 香, 畑 雅文: Prime Video". www.amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  10. ^https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2023-02-13/ablaze-licenses-4-manga-titles-by-legendary-creator-osamu-tezuka/.194866

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