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Ginban Kaleidoscope (銀盤カレイドスコープ, Ginban
Kareidosukōpu
?, lit. Skating Rink
Kaleidoscope) is a series of light novels written by Rei Kaibara and
illustrated by Hiro Suzuhira. The manga adaptation is authored by
Jun Hasegawa. There was an anime adaptation of the first arc of the
novels, aired weekly on TV
Tokyo from October 8, 2005 to December 24, 2005.
The series won the 2nd Super Dash Novel
Rookie of the Year Award Grand Prize.[1]
Plot
The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating
candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot. During a
qualifying round in Montreal, Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle
of a Triple Lutz and
loses consciousness. At the same time, Pete dies mid-performance
when his stunt plane crashes due to mechanical trouble.
Unfortunately for Tazusa, Pete ends up involuntarily inhabiting her
body for 100 days.
Characters
- Tazusa Sakurano (桜野タズサ, Sakurano
Tazusa
?)
- Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi
(Japanese), Rizelle Santos (English)
- A Japanese figure skater known for her sharp tongue. She is on
bad terms with the media and the public because of her cold
attitude and string of bad luck in competitions. Her goal is to
compete in the Winter Olympics in Torino (Turin, Italy).
At the beginning of the series is possessed by the ghost of
Pete Pumps and while she initially hated him, she
gradually grew to accept his constant presence in her life and grew
even more to love him.
- While possessed, she picked up the habit of eating tomatoes,
because her possessor Pete hates tomatoes, and using masochism, since Pete can share Tazusa's
pain, to keep him in line. She has an unlucky tendency to fall
asleep when she gets bored, but can never sleep the night before a
competition. In the anime, she describes herself as "The $10
Billion Dollar Beauty."
- Initially Tazusa is potrayed as a bratty, cold girl. She
doesn't have many friends and lives with her coach and sister.
However after spending time with Pete, she slowly changes and opens
her heart. Especially in school where Pete helps her through her
exams. She also starts to express herself more during the skating
routines which enable her to represent Japan in the Olympics. At
the same time she also experiences falling in love with Pete and
she finally realises what's important to her. She even showed Pete
her ways of love for him but in the end Tazusa was not able to say
"I love you" but it surely was obvious that Tazusa and Pete are in
love with one another.
- Pete Pumps (ピート・パンプス, Piito Panpusu
?)
- Voiced by: Hiroyuki
Yoshino (Japanese), David Lee Mckinney (English)
- A Canadian stunt pilot who died when his stunt plane developed
mechanical trouble and crashed in a fireball. As a ghost he needs
to wait 100 days before he can go to Heaven (his date of ascension
is February 23) and inadvertently ends up possessing Tazusa.
- Pete likes Tazusa and tries to help her improve her public
image and succeed in being selected for the Olympics. He even gets
jealous of the reporter Kazuya Nitta, as Tazusa seems to have a
crush on him. Though Tazusa at first doesn't agree with him and
ignores him, he eventually wins her over and she starts to get to
know him better, and he designs her "waitress on ice"
performance.
- Sometimes, as a way to punish him for annoying her or for any
other reason, she will eat tomatoes which he has a strong hatred
for. It is the only way she can torture him without having any
physical or mental pain inflicted upon her as well.
- At the first stage of performing at the Olympics Pete kisses
Tazusa then during their last performance, Pete kisses her in his
ghost form and seems to love her in return. He bids her an
emotional farewell as he finally departs.
- Kyōko Shitō (至藤響子, Shitō Kyōko
?)
- Voiced by: Kazusa
Murai
- She is one of Tazusa's skating rivals. She is the preferred
choice for the Japanese Olympic representative for Women's Figure
Skating because she is closer to the Skating Federation's "ideal"
and as such, she and Tazusa are quite competitive. She has a calm
personality, and never likes to take risks.
- Yūji Takashima (高島優司, Takashima
Yūji
?)
- Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi
- He is Tazusa's coach. He is an all around nice guy, always
seeing the good aspects in everyone. Tazusa and her younger sister
live with him because of their parents' divorce. In the beginning
of the series, he had believed that the reason why Tazusa was
hitting and torturing herself (although it was to hit and torture
Pete) was due to stress from losing at the Olympics. He also
believes that whenever she is insulting Pete, it is him who is the
target of her nasty remarks and also considers this as part of the
"stress" form losing at the Olympics. Near the end, he gets married
(in one episode, Tazusa thought that he was in love with her).
- Kazuya Nitta (新田一也, Nitta Kazuya
?)
- Voiced by: Ishhin
Chiba
- He is a freelance reporter. He has a secret crush on Kyōko and
tries to help Tazusa in her battles with the mass media. He is a
calm and collected figure who believes in and supports Tazusa.
- Yōko Sakurano (桜野ヨーコ, Sakurano Yōko
?)
- Voiced by: Chiwa
Saitō
- She is Tazusa's level-headed younger sister. She is often seen
waking Tazusa up for breakfast and in her competition to cheer her
as well. In the novel series, she also figure skates.
- Mika Honjō (本城ミカ, Honjō Mika
?)
- Voiced by: Marina
Inoue
- She is Tazusa's quiet best friend and the designer of all of
her skating outfits. A running gag in the anime consists of Tazusa
yelling at Pete who is invisible to other people only to have Mika
mistake the target of Tazusa's tirade as herself. Mika's seiyū also
sings the ending theme of the anime series.
- Yukie Mishiro (三代雪絵, Mishiro Yukie
?)
- Voiced by: Hiroko
Suzuki
- She is an official from the Japan Skating Federation who claims
that Tazusa has a "stone face." In return Tazusa calls her Queen
Nasty or Sarcastic the Third. However, she does believe that Tazusa
has special potential, which is why she pushes her so hard. In the
final episode she recognises the changes in Tazusa's personality as
she breaks her "stone face" in her final routine. She hints that
there's more to come from Tazusa, she has only begun.
- Dominique Miller (ドミニク・ミラー, Dominiku
Mirā
?)
- Voiced by: Maya
Okamoto
- She is an American figure skater and one of Tazusa's rivals.
She is very antagonistic towards Tazusa. She is notable in the
anime mainly because all of her lines were in (badly accented)
English.
- Ria Garnet Juiltyve (リア・ガーネット・ジュイティエフ, Ria
Gānetto Juiteifu
?)
- Voiced by: Mamiko Noto
- She is a world-class Russian figure skater and the favorite to
win gold in at the Winter Olympics. As such, she is Tazusa's
strongest rival. She also used the same song as Tazusa in episode
6, prompting her to revise her short program and shift to free
jazz. She is a very quiet but dedicated figure skater worthy of her
title.
Media
Light
novel
The series was written by Rei Kaihara and illustrated by Hiro
Suzuhira. The series was published by Shueisha under the Super Dash Bunko
imprint. The series won the Grand Prize in the 2nd Super Dash Novel
Rookie of the Year Award.[1]
There was a total of 9 volumes published.
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol.1: ショート・プログラム：Road to
dream
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Short Program: Road to dream
(ISBN 4-08-630132-6)
- Release date: June 25, 2003
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．2: フリー・プログラム：Winner takes
all?
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Free Program: Winner takes
all? (ISBN 4-08-630133-4)
- Release date: June 25, 2003
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．3: ペア・プログラム：So shy too-too
princess
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Pair Program: So shy too-too
princess (ISBN 4-08-630167-9)
- Release date: January 23, 2004
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．4: リトル・プログラム：Big sister but
sister
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Little Program: Big sister but
sister (ISBN 4-08-630224-1)
- Release date: February 25, 2004
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．5: ルーキー・プログラム：Candy candy
all my rules
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Rookie Program: Candy candy all my
rules (ISBN 4-08-630255-1)
- Release date: September 22, 2005
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．6: ダブル・プログラム：A long，wrong
time ago
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Double Program: A long, wrong time
ago (ISBN 4-08-630267-5)
- Release date: November 25, 2005
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．7: リリカル・プログラム：Be in love
with your miracle
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Lyrical Program: Be in love with your
miracle (ISBN 4-08-630302-7)
- Release date: June 23, 2006
(銀銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．8: コズミック・プログラム：Big time
again!
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Cosmic Program: Big time
again! (ISBN 4-08-630326-4)
- Release date: November 25, 2006
(銀盤カレイドスコープ vol．9: シンデレラ・プログラム：Say it ain’t
so
?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Cinderella Program: Say it ain't
so (ISBN 4-08-630331-0)
- Release date: November 25, 2006
Manga
The manga adaptation was serialized in Margaret since the 18th issue of
2005 and ended at the 10th issue of 2006 and is authored by Jun
Hasegawa. The manga has 2 volumes.
Anime
There was an anime adaptation of the series that was directed by
Shinji Takamatsu with the series composition done by Akatsuki
Yamatoya and animated by Karaku.[2]
There was 12 episodes and was released into 6 separate DVD
volumes with each volume containing 2 episodes.[3]
All the DVD volumes have both limited and normal edition.[3]
The covers for all the limited edition were drawn by series
illustrator, Hiro Suzuhira.[3]
Music
The anime adaptation uses one opening theme titled as "Dual" by
Yellow
Generation[4],
with ending theme by Marina Inoue, titled "energy"[4]
as well as an insert song titled "way" also by Marina Inoue.[3]
The music composition for the series was done by Kōichirō Kameyama.
An original soundtrack was released and there was a total of 20
tracks with 18 tracks of background music and 2 TV-sized tracks
of the opening and ending theme.[3]
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