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{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{About|the manga|the comedy duo|Yoiko (owarai)}}
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| image = Yoiko (manga) 1.png
| caption = First ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume cover
| ja_kanji = よいこ
| ja_romaji =
| genre = [[Comedy]]<ref name="Pierrot-EN"/><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = [[Yūgo Ishikawa]]
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| demographic = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine = [[Big Comic Spirits]]
| first = 1996
| last = 2001
| volumes = 15
| volume_list =
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = [[Takahiro Omori]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Sukehiro Tomita]]
| music = Yoshio J. Maki
| studio = [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]]
| network = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
| first = November 6, 1998
| last = March 26, 1999
| episodes = 20
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{{nihongo|'''''Yoiko'''''|よいこ}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Yūgo Ishikawa]]. It was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Big Comic Spirits|Weekly Big Comic Spirits]]'' from 1996 to 2001, with its chapters collected in 15 ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes. A 20-episode [[anime]] television series animated by [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]] was broadcast in Japan on [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]] from November 1998 to March 1999.

==Plot==
Fūka Esumi has a full-grown body, standing tall at {{convert|163|cm|abbr=on}}. Despite her appearance, Fūka is just an ordinary elementary school girl. When she moves in with her relatives and enrolls in the local school, her body draws the attention of teachers and students. Totally unaware of this, with a mentality of her own age, Fūka tries to get by her school life with just like her classmates. However, due to the contrast between her appearance and mind, her actions end up causing misunderstandings and troubles among people around her.

==Characters==
;{{Nihongo|Fūka Esumi|江角 風花|Esumi Fūka}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Ryōko Nagata]]}}<ref name="Pierrot-JP">{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ|url=https://pierrot.jp/archive/1995/tv90_22.html|publisher=[[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]]|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122848/https://pierrot.jp/archive/1995/tv90_22.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
;{{Nihongo|Miki Kashima|鹿島 ミキ|Kashima Miki}}
:{{Anime voice|Sawa Ono}}<ref name="Pierrot-JP"/>
;{{Nihongo|Jirō|ジロー}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]}}<ref name="Pierrot-JP"/>
;{{Nihongo|Miss Noguchi|野口 先生|Noguchi-sensei}}
:{{Anime voice|Miki Yoshino}}<ref name="Pierrot-JP"/>
;{{Nihongo|Akira Ozeki|小関 アキラ|Ozeki Akira}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Tomoko Ishimura|Mifuyu Hiiragi]]}}<ref name="Pierrot-JP"/>
;{{Nihongo|Kenji Amimoto|網本 ケンジ|Amimoto Kenji}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Daisuke Sakaguchi]]}}<ref name="Pierrot-JP"/>

==Media==
===Manga===
Written and illustrated by [[Yūgo Ishikawa]], ''Yoiko'' was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Big Comic Spirits|Weekly Big Comic Spirits]]'' from 1996 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:石川優吾|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2172|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|続く1996年、週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツにて「よいこ」を連載開始}}|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122846/https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2172|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「よいこ」無事終了|url=http://spi.shogakukan.co.jp/cgi-bin/inspi_new/view.pl?author=ishi&number=217|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010412181843/http://spi.shogakukan.co.jp/cgi-bin/inspi_new/view.pl?author=ishi&number=217|archive-date=April 12, 2001|language=ja|date=March 18, 2001}}</ref> At first, it was planned to be a short series, and Shogakukan collected its chapters in two volumes, released under the Big Spirits Comics Special imprint in May 1997 and January 1998;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャル よいこ 〈１〉|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848413|website=Kinokuniya|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122903/https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848413|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャル よいこ 〈２〉|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848420|website=Kinokuniya|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122846/https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848420|url-status=live}}</ref> however, after the series began a regular weekly serialization in the magazine, lasting longer than planned, this edition was discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ishikawa, Yūgo|script-title=ja:よいこのページ|url=http://www.you-go.net/ouen/yoiko2.htm|website=you-go.net|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010129235800/http://www.you-go.net/ouen/yoiko2.htm|archive-date=January 29, 2001|language=ja}}</ref> Shogakukan released 15 ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, from June 30, 1998,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ / 1|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=4091851118|website=s-book.com|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030511040630/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=4091851118|archive-date=May 11, 2003|language=ja}}</ref> to May 30, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ / 15|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=409186015X|website=s-book.com|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030704235826/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=409186015X|archive-date=July 4, 2003|language=ja}}</ref>

===Anime===
A 20-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation, animated by [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]],<ref name="Pierrot-EN">{{cite web|title=YOIKO -That Girl!-|url=http://en.pierrot.jp/anime_1990s.html|publisher=[[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]]|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806084921/http://en.pierrot.jp/anime_1990s.html#anime_024|archive-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> was broadcast in Japan on [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]] from November 7, 1998, to March 27, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9693|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110110703/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9693|archive-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
John Oppliger of [[AnimeNation]] called the series a "''[[Golden Boy (manga)|Golden Boy]]'' style ribald comedy".<ref>{{cite web|last=Oppliger|first=John|title=Ask John: Are There More Obscene Anime Comedies?|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/07/13/ask-john-are-there-more-obscene-anime-comedies/|website=[[AnimeNation]]|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108014149/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/07/13/ask-john-are-there-more-obscene-anime-comedies/|archive-date=January 8, 2013|date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> Oppliger also considered it one of the earliest true [[fan service]] anime television series, but he commented that unlike contemporary fan service anime, ''Yoiko''{{'}}s nudity and sex gags were "innocent and humorous, circumstantial rather than provocative like today's "fan service.""<ref>{{cite web|last=Oppliger|first=John|title=Ask John: What are the Best Vintage Fan Service Anime?|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2012/08/17/ask-john-what-are-the-best-vintage-fan-service-anime|website=[[AnimeNation]]|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314035644/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2012/08/17/ask-john-what-are-the-best-vintage-fan-service-anime|archive-date=March 14, 2013|date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Recorder and Randsell]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Anime News Network|manga|4977|Yoiko}}

{{Yūgo Ishikawa}}
{{Weekly Big Comic Spirits}}
{{Pierrot (company)}}

[[Category:Anime series based on manga]]
[[Category:Comedy anime and manga]]
[[Category:Anime and manga set in schools]]
[[Category:Seinen manga]]
[[Category:Shogakukan franchises]]
[[Category:Shogakukan manga]]
[[Category:Pierrot (company)]]
[[Category:TBS Television (Japan) original programming]]

Latest revision as of 00:12, 31 December 2023

This article is about the manga. For the comedy duo, see Yoiko (owarai).
Yoiko
First tankōbon volume cover
よいこ
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byYūgo Ishikawa
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original run1996 – 2001
Volumes15
Anime television series
Directed byTakahiro Omori
Written bySukehiro Tomita
Music byYoshio J. Maki
StudioPierrot
Original networkTBS
Original run November 6, 1998 – March 26, 1999
Episodes20

Yoiko (よいこ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 2001, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. A 20-episode anime television series animated by Pierrot was broadcast in Japan on TBS from November 1998 to March 1999.

Plot[edit]

Fūka Esumi has a full-grown body, standing tall at 163 cm (64 in). Despite her appearance, Fūka is just an ordinary elementary school girl. When she moves in with her relatives and enrolls in the local school, her body draws the attention of teachers and students. Totally unaware of this, with a mentality of her own age, Fūka tries to get by her school life with just like her classmates. However, due to the contrast between her appearance and mind, her actions end up causing misunderstandings and troubles among people around her.

Characters[edit]

Fūka Esumi (江角 風花, Esumi Fūka)
Voiced by: Ryōko Nagata[2]
Miki Kashima (鹿島 ミキ, Kashima Miki)
Voiced by: Sawa Ono[2]
Jirō (ジロー)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama[2]
Miss Noguchi (野口 先生, Noguchi-sensei)
Voiced by: Miki Yoshino[2]
Akira Ozeki (小関 アキラ, Ozeki Akira)
Voiced by: Mifuyu Hiiragi[2]
Kenji Amimoto (網本 ケンジ, Amimoto Kenji)
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi[2]

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

Written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa, Yoiko was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 2001.[3][4] At first, it was planned to be a short series, and Shogakukan collected its chapters in two volumes, released under the Big Spirits Comics Special imprint in May 1997 and January 1998;[5][6] however, after the series began a regular weekly serialization in the magazine, lasting longer than planned, this edition was discontinued.[7] Shogakukan released 15 tankōbon volumes, from June 30, 1998,[8] to May 30, 2001.[9]

Anime[edit]

A 20-episode anime television series adaptation, animated by Pierrot,[1] was broadcast in Japan on TBS from November 7, 1998, to March 27, 1999.[10]

Reception[edit]

John Oppliger of AnimeNation called the series a "Golden Boy style ribald comedy".[11] Oppliger also considered it one of the earliest true fan service anime television series, but he commented that unlike contemporary fan service anime, Yoiko's nudity and sex gags were "innocent and humorous, circumstantial rather than provocative like today's "fan service.""[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "YOIKO -That Girl!-". Pierrot. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f よいこ (in Japanese). Pierrot. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  3. ^ 石川優吾. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022. 続く1996年、週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツにて「よいこ」を連載開始
  4. ^ 「よいこ」無事終了 (in Japanese). March 18, 2001. Archived from the original on April 12, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  5. ^ ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャル よいこ 〈１〉. Kinokuniya (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  6. ^ ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャル よいこ 〈２〉. Kinokuniya (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  7. ^ Ishikawa, Yūgo. よいこのページ. you-go.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 29, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  8. ^ よいこ / 1. s-book.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 11, 2003. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  9. ^ よいこ / 15. s-book.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 4, 2003. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  10. ^ よいこ. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  11. ^ Oppliger, John (July 13, 2010). "Ask John: Are There More Obscene Anime Comedies?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  12. ^ Oppliger, John (August 17, 2012). "Ask John: What are the Best Vintage Fan Service Anime?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

External links[edit]

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