Kure-nai
 

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Kure-nai

Official anime site:
http://www.samidareso.com/

Based on a shounen(boy's) light novel series (light novel series for boys).

Based on a light novel thats published under the shounen light novel label Super Dash Bunko.
There are 4 volumes released of this light novel.
Covers:



Shounen light novel.
少年向けライトノベル

Author: Katayama Kentarou
Illustrator: Yamamoto Yamato

Super Dash Bunko's site for this light novel:
http://dash.shueisha.co.jp/-kurenai/

An official Kure-nai fanbook was released on 23/5/2008:



A manga adaptation of Kure-nai light novel started in the first issue of the shounen manga magazine Jump Square.

There's a page for the Kure-nai manga on Jump Square's site:
http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/content...nai/index.html

Genre: Shounen, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kure-nai will be getting a manga adaptation in the new shounen magazine Jump Square :)

so... whats this all about???

I was doing some *more* browsing through this section and found that this didn't have a description of the story.

Synopsis (~by Bryan from animeonline~):

The anime will be based on the manga's story of 16-year-old Shintaro Kurenai, a specialist in settling squabbles between people, who is one day approached by the daughter of a powerful plutocratic family asking him to be her bodyguard. Think Combat Butler Hayate without the, uh, butlers. It seems like there's very little going on here regarding the other kind of "kurenai" - female ninja - but you never know.

Speaking of the Kure-nai manga adaption in Jump Square Issue #01 which will be released on the 2nd November 2007.....the same day Claymore Chapter 74 will be out.:D

Yeah, I forgot to mention this >.< a manga adaptation of Kure-nai will start in the new shounen manga magazine Jump Square on its first issue :)

There's already a page for Kure-nai manga on Jump Square's site:
http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/content...nai/index.html

Also an original story drama cd of Kure-nai will be released:
http://www.shueisha.co.jp/s-book/kurenai/

An official site for the Kure-nai anime has opened:
http://www.samidareso.com/

The first chapter of the Kure-nai manga can be read online here.

The first chapter of the manga will appear in the first issue of the new shounen manga magazine Jump Square.

Anyway, still no broadcast schedule for the anime yet :P I'll post about it when its announced.

The third volume of the boy's light novel series Kure-nai got released today.
Cover:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1483/31965020uo1.jpg

Shounen light novel.
Published under the shounen light novel label Super Dash Bunko.

So who's doing the animation? Can someone translate the staff page that was included with the manga that came out in SQ.

This is the info that's on MoonPhase:

Director & Series Composition: Matsuo Kou
Character Design: Ishii Kumi
Animation Production: Brain's Base

A trailer is available on the official site:
http://www.samidareso.com/

hmm i've seen the trailer and i cant seem to help but think that the animation looks a lot like witch hunter robin.

and the little girl's manga look is much better than its anime counterpart(or is it just me)


the trailers looks dark(figuratively) but its supposed to be a "hayate" type series. not that im complaining though, its already on my watch list =)

I've read all the novels that are published (3 volumes, the story is still going btw), it's got some light moments, but it's not a Hayate type series by a long shot. It actually gets quite a fair bit darker and more disturbing/violent as the story progresses, so I would say the serious, dark coloured look compared with your average anime is probably intentional.

and another thing

the manga and novel's character styles are quite different from the anime it seems.

Anyone know who voices that little girl... I don't know her name *looks for manga*

EDIT - Read the 3 chapters that are out, good stuff.

The little girl's name is Kuhouin Murasaki - she is voiced by Yuuki Aoi.

some info and pics on the novels, in my blog ^^ => Kurenai Pimping - I AM SOLD

a glimpse of the novel was enough for me to anticipate this ^-^

Not what i thought the plot could of been but ill give it a go, anywho is this coming out in Aprill as in one preview (one with pics) it doesnt have this anime but in another it does??

Slightly looking forward to it because of Ko Matsuo (loved Red Garden), but was somewhat underwhelmed by the synopsis.

We'll see, I guess.