Violinist of Hameln
| Violinist of Hameln | |
Volume 1 of Violinist of Hameln
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ハーメルンのバイオリン弾き (Hamerun no Baiorin Hiki) |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Michiaki Watanabe |
| Published by | Enix |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
| Original run | 1991 – 2001 |
| Volumes | 37 |
| Game | |
| Developer | Daft |
| Publisher | Enix |
| Genre | Side-scrolling platform game |
| Platform | Super Famicom |
| Released | 29 September 1995 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Takashi Imanishi |
| Produced by | Kenji Kume (Pony Canyon) Masahiko Kobayashi (Nippon Animation) Tsuyoshi Yoshida (Shochiku) |
| Written by | Takashi Imanishi |
| Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Released | 20 April 1996 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Junji Nishimura |
| Produced by | Takashi Watanabe (Pony Canyon) |
| Written by | Yasuhiro Imagawa |
| Music by |
Kohei Tanaka Shirō Hamaguchi (Arrangement) |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 2 October 1996 – 26 March 1997 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Manga | |
| Violinist of Hameln: Shchelkunchik | |
| Written by | Michiaki Watanabe |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Gangan |
| Original run | 18 January 2008 – 21 October 2011 |
| Volumes | 8 |
Violinist of Hameln (Japanese: ハーメルンのバイオリン弾き Hepburn: Hamerun no Baiorin Hiki?) is a fantasy adventure manga created by Michiaki Watanabe. Its premise is that a group of adventurers are traveling north to the Northern Capital (a.k.a. Hameln) to prevent a catastrophe. In this world, music has magical qualities. The manga and the anime are very different. The anime has a darker tone, whereas the manga, at least initially, tends toward a lighter, more comedic tone. No official English translations exist to date for the manga or its adaptations.
GanGan Comics ran the manga for approximately ten years and 37 volumes were published.
The manga combines a serious story with an irreverent tone; characters frequently shift between heroic and pathetic as the situation warrants. The manga also contains a myriad of unconventional running gags, such as Hamel's repeated attempts to force other members of the party into costume. Each chapter is referred to as a movement.
The setting resembles a medieval Europe judging by the architecture, the way people are dressed, and the local environment shown in the background. The world in which the story takes place is like an alternate universe in which, chronologically, many things do not makes sense. In fact, despite the medieval feeling with demons and magic, there are also technologically super advanced flying battleships and carriers, tanks and cities made completely of metal platings with siege machines. Also, the pieces played by Hamel and Raiel on their instruments are actually real pieces composed by real historical composers such as Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, etc. despite many of these figures existing much later in history.
The world they live in is referred to as Europe, however, the map shown has absolutely no resemblance to Europe at all. Most countries and characters are named after musical themes, be they instruments, tones, beats, etc. There is presence of both fantasy and science fiction elements.
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