Silver Spoon | |
Cover of the first volume of "Silver Spoon" featuring main character Yuugo Hachiken.
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銀の匙 (Gin no Saji) |
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Genre | Comedy, Slice of life, Romance |
Manga | |
Written by | Hiromu Arakawa |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Original run | April 6, 2011 – present |
Volumes | 13 |
Anime television series | |
Silver Spoon Season 1 | |
Directed by | Tomohiko Itō, Kotomi Deai |
Produced by | Shunsuke Saitō, Akitoshi Mori |
Written by | Taku Kishimoto |
Music by | Shūsei Murai |
Studio | A-1 Pictures |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV (noitaminA) |
Original run | July 11, 2013 – September 19, 2013 |
Episodes | 11 |
Anime television series | |
Silver Spoon Season 2 | |
Directed by | Tomohiko Itō, Kotomi Deai |
Produced by | Shunsuke Saitō, Akitoshi Mori |
Written by | Taku Kishimoto |
Music by | Shūsei Murai |
Studio | A-1 Pictures |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV (noitaminA) |
Original run | January 9, 2014 – March 27, 2014 |
Episodes | 11 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Keisuke Yoshida |
Produced by | Akiko Ikuno, Tetsutaka Takeda, Hideki Hoshino |
Written by | Keisuke Yoshida, Ryō Takada |
Music by | Takefumi Haketa |
Studio | Toho |
Released | March 7, 2014 |
Runtime | 111 minutes |
Silver Spoon (Japanese: 銀の匙 Hepburn: Gin no Saji?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, set in the fictional Ooezo Agricultural High School in Hokkaido. It depicts the daily life of Yuugo Hachiken, a high school student from Sapporo who enrolled at Ezo fleeing from the demands of his strict father. However, he soon learns that life on an agricultural school is not as easy as he initially believed. Unlike his new classmates, he has no intention of following an agricultural career after graduating, although he envies them for already having set goals for their lives and the pursuit of their dreams.
An anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired two seasons between July and September 2013 and January and March 2014 on Fuji TV's noitaminA block. A live-action film based on the manga produced by Toho was released on March 7, 2014. The manga was well received by its Japanese audience while earning itself awards.
After failing to pass the entrance examination for the high school he plans to attend, mild-mannered student Yuugo Hachiken moves away from his suburban lifestyle and enrolls at Ooezo Agricultural High School (大蝦夷農業高等学校 Ōezo Nōgyō Kōtō Gakkō?) – often abbreviated as Ezonō (エゾノー?, lit. "Ezo Agricultural") – in the countryside. His relationship with his family is strained at the start of the story, which influences his decision to attend a school far from home. He continues to worry about his future career over the course of the series. He soon finds himself slowly getting used to his new environment despite some initial struggles, and grows into an empathetic and compassionate individual as he struggles to understand the world of agriculture and how it affects the lives of his new friends.