Plot
The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating candidate, as great as Pete Pumps, a Canadian attempt pilot. During a subordinate turn in Montreal, Canada, Tazusa falls in a center of a Triple Lutz as great as loses consciousness. At a same time, Pete dies mid-performance when his attempt craft crashes due to automatic trouble. Unfortunately for Tazusa, Pete ends up involuntarily inhabiting her physique for 100 days.
Characters
Tazusa Sakurano (, Sakurano Tazusa?)
Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Rizelle Santos (English)
A Japanese figure skater great known for her pointy tongue. She is upon bad conditions with a media as great as a open given of her cold perspective as great as fibre of bad fitness in competitions. Her idea is to contest in a Winter Olympics in Torino (Turin, Italy). At a commencement of a array is hexed by a spook of Pete Pumps as great as whilst she primarily hated him, she progressively grew to accept his consistent participation in her hold up as great as grew even some-more to adore him.
While possessed, she picked up a robe of eating tomatoes, given her resident Pete hates tomatoes, as great as regulating masochism, given Pete can share Tazusa’s pain, to keep him in line. She has an detrimental bent to tumble defunct when she gets bored, though can never nap a night prior to a competition. In a anime, she describes herself as “The $10 Billion Dollar Beauty.”
Initially Tazusa is potrayed as a bratty, cold girl. She doesn’t have most friends as great as lives with her manager as great as sister. However after spending time with Pete, she solemnly changes as great as opens her heart. Especially in propagandize where Pete helps her by her exams. She additionally starts to demonstrate herself some-more during a skating routines which capacitate her to paint Japan in a Olympics. At a same time she additionally practice descending in adore with Pete as great as she in a future realises what’s critical to her. She even showed Pete her ways of adore for him though in a finish Tazusa was not means to contend “I adore you” though it certainly was viewable which Tazusa as great as Pete have been in adore with a single another.
Pete Pumps (, Piito Panpusu?)
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese), David Lee Mckinney (English)
A Canadian attempt commander who died when his attempt craft grown automatic difficulty as great as crashed in a fireball. As a spook he needs to wait for 100 days prior to he can go to Heaven (his date of ascent is Feb 23) as great as inadvertently ends up possessing Tazusa.
Pete likes Tazusa as great as tries to assistance her urge her open picture as great as attain in being comparison for a Olympics. He even gets sceptical of a contributor Kazuya Nitta, as Tazusa seems to have a vanquish upon him. Though Tazusa during initial doesn’t determine with him as great as ignores him, he in a future wins her over as great as she starts to get to know him better, as great as he designs her “waitress upon ice” performance.
Sometimes, as a approach to retaliate him for irritating her or for any alternative reason, she will eat tomatoes which he has a clever loathing for. It is a customarily approach she can woe him though carrying any earthy or mental suffering inflicted upon her as great (aside from a digestive problems which come when she cooking as good many, as great as a annoyance ensuing from this).
At a initial theatre of behaving during a Olympics Pete kisses Tazusa afterwards during their last performance, Pete kisses her in his spook form as great as seems to adore her in return. He bids her an romantic farewell as he in a future departs.
Kyko Shit (, Shit Kyko?)
Voiced by: Kazusa Murai
She is a single of Tazusa’s skating rivals. She is a elite preference for a Japanese Olympic deputy for Women’s Figure Skating given she is closer to a Skating Federation’s “ideal” as great as as such, she as great as Tazusa have been utterly competitive. She has a ease personality, as great as never likes to take risks.
Yji Takashima (, Takashima Yji?)
Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi
He is Tazusa’s coach. He is an all around great guy, regularly saying a great aspects in everyone. Tazusa as great as her younger sister live with him given of their parents’ divorce. In a commencement of a series, he had believed which a reason given Tazusa was attack as great as torturing herself (although it was to strike as great as woe Pete) was due to highlight from losing during a Olympics. He additionally believes which during your convenience she is scornful Pete, it is him who is a aim of her nasty remarks as great as additionally considers this as partial of a “stress” form losing during a Olympics. Near a end, he gets tied together (in a single episode, Tazusa suspicion which he was in adore with her).
Kazuya Nitta (, Nitta Kazuya?)
Voiced by: Ishhin Chiba
He is a freelance reporter. He has a tip vanquish upon Kyko as great as tries to assistance Tazusa in her battles with a mass media. He is a ease as great as picked up figure who believes in as great as supports Tazusa.
Yko Sakurano (, Sakurano Yko?)
Voiced by: Chiwa Sait
She is Tazusa’s level-headed younger sister. She is mostly seen waking Tazusa up for breakfast as great as in her foe to hearten her as well. In a novel series, she additionally figure skates.
Mika Honj (, Honj Mika?)
Voiced by: Marina Inoue
She is Tazusa’s still most appropriate crony as great as a engineer of all of her skating outfits. A using wisecrack in a anime consists of Tazusa yelling during Pete who is invisible to alternative people customarily to have Mika inapplicable designation a aim of Tazusa’s harangue as herself. Mika’s seiy additionally sings a finale thesis of a anime series.
Yukie Mishiro (, Mishiro Yukie?)
Voiced by: Hiroko Suzuki
She is an central from a Japan Skating Federation who claims which Tazusa has a “stone face.” In lapse Tazusa calls her Queen Nasty or Sarcastic a Third. However, she does hold which Tazusa has special potential, which is given she pushes her so hard. In a last part she recognises a changes in Tazusa’s celebrity as she breaks her “stone face” in her last routine. She hints which there’s some-more to come from Tazusa, she has customarily begun.
Dominique Miller (, Dominiku Mir?)
Voiced by: Maya Okamoto
She is an American figure skater as great as a single of Tazusa’s rivals. She is really repugnant towards Tazusa. She is important in a anime especially given all of her lines were in (badly accented) English.
Ria Garnet Juiltyve (, Ria Gnetto Juiteifu?)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto
She is a world-class Russian figure skater as great as a a a single preferred to win bullion in during a Winter Olympics. As such, she is Tazusa’s strongest rival. She additionally used a same strain as Tazusa in part 6, call her to correct her reduced module as great as change to giveaway jazz. She is a really still though dedicated figure skater estimable of her title.
Media
Light novel
The array was created by Rei Kaihara as great as with pictures by Hiro Suzuhira. The array was published by Shueisha underneath a Super Dash Bunko imprint. The array won a Grand Prize in a 2nd Super Dash Novel Rookie of a Year Award.
There was a sum of 9 volumes published.
( vol.1: Road to dream?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Short Program: Road to mental condition (ISBN 4-08-630132-6)
Release date: June 25, 2003
( vol2: Winner takes all??)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Free Program: Winner takes all? (ISBN 4-08-630133-4)
Release date: June 25, 2003
( vol3: So bashful too-too princess?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Pair Program: So bashful too-too princess (ISBN 4-08-630167-9)
Release date: Jan 23, 2004
( vol4: Big sister though sister?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Little Program: Big sister though sister (ISBN 4-08-630224-1)
Release date: Feb 25, 2004
( vol5: Candy sweets all my rules?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Rookie Program: Candy sweets all my manners (ISBN 4-08-630255-1)
Release date: Sep 22, 2005
( vol6: A longrong time ago?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Double Program: A long, wrong time ago (ISBN 4-08-630267-5)
Release date: Nov 25, 2005
( vol7: Be in adore with your miracle?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Lyrical Program: Be in adore with your spectacle (ISBN 4-08-630302-7)
Release date: June 23, 2006
( vol8: Big time again!?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Cosmic Program: Big time again! (ISBN 4-08-630326-4)
Release date: Nov 25, 2006
( vol9: Say it ain so?)
Ginban Kaleidoscope Cinderella Program: Say it ain’t so (ISBN 4-08-630331-0)
Release date: Nov 25, 2006
Manga
The manga instrumentation was serialized in Margaret given a 18th emanate of 2005 as great as finished during a 10th emanate of 2006 as great as is authored by June Hasegawa. The manga has 2 volumes.
Anime
Main article: List of Ginban Kaleidoscope episodes
There was an anime instrumentation of a array which was destined by Shinji Takamatsu with a array combination finished by Akatsuki Yamatoya as great as charcterised by Karaku.
There was twelve episodes as great as was expelled in to 6 apart DVD volumes with any volume containing 2 episodes. All a DVD volumes have both singular as great as normal edition. The covers for all a singular book were drawn by array illustrator, Hiro Suzuhira.
Music
The anime instrumentation uses a single opening thesis patrician as “Dual” by Yellow Generation, with finale thesis by Marina Inoue, patrician “energy” as great as an insert strain patrician “way” additionally by Marina Inoue. The song combination for a array was finished by Kichir Kameyama. An strange soundtrack was expelled as great as there was a sum of twenty marks with eighteen marks of credentials song as great as 2 TV-sized marks of a opening as great as finale theme.
References
^ a b ” – ” (in Japanese). Super Dash Bunko/Shueisha. http://dash.shueisha.co.jp/sinjin/sd_2.html. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
^ ” – Staff” (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan/Aniplex. http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/ginban/staff.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
^ a b c d e ” – DVD/CD” (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan/Aniplex. http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/ginban/dvdcd/index.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
^ a b ” – Music” (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan/Aniplex. http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/ginban/music/index.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
External links
Ginban Kaleidoscope during Super Dash Bunko (Japanese)
Official TV Tokyo website for Ginban Kaleidoscope (Japanese)
Aniplex’s site for a anime array (Japanese)
Interview with Rei Kaihara (Japanese)
Ginban Kaleidoscope during Anime News Network
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