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:Kuri and Shiro are a pair of a child and dog ghosts who always seen together. Kuri was killed by his own mother when her mother driven nuts to the fact that her boyfriend left her (due to her pregnancy), and Shiro was a stray dog who wanted to take care of Kuri.
:Kuri and Shiro are a pair of a child and dog ghosts who always seen together. Kuri was killed by his own mother when her mother driven nuts to the fact that her boyfriend left her (due to her pregnancy), and Shiro was a stray dog who wanted to take care of Kuri. A running gag is that Hase is referred to as his "Daddy" while Yushi is by proxy his "Mommy" by the residents.
;{{nihongo|Ryū|龍}}
;{{nihongo|Ryū|龍}}
:{{voiced by|[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]]}}<ref name="cast 3">{{cite web|title=Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime Reveals 7 More Cast Members, Theme Song Artists|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-15/yokai-apato-no-yuga-na-nichijo-anime-reveals-7-more-cast-members-theme-song-artists/.117502|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
:{{voiced by|[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]]}}<ref name="cast 3">{{cite web|title=Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime Reveals 7 More Cast Members, Theme Song Artists|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-15/yokai-apato-no-yuga-na-nichijo-anime-reveals-7-more-cast-members-theme-song-artists/.117502|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
:A resident in room 203, although it seems he has another home, Ryū is a psychic with considerable power. He is respected by the spiritual creatures in the apartment.
:A resident in room 203, although it seems he has another home, Ryū is a psychic with considerable power. He is respected both by the spiritual creatures in the apartment and human alike.
;{{nihongo|Secondhand Bookshop Employee|古本屋|Furuhon'ya}}
;{{nihongo|Secondhand Bookshop Employee|古本屋|Furuhon'ya}}
:{{voiced by|[[Tomokazu Sugita]]}}<ref name="cast 2" />
:{{voiced by|[[Tomokazu Sugita]]}}<ref name="cast 2" />
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;{{nihongo|Hase Mizuki|長谷泉貴|Mizuki Hase}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor)|Yuichi Nakamura]]}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor)|Yuichi Nakamura]]}}
:Yushi's best friend having known each other since their early childhood. Hase comes from a rich family and is quite smart and cunning, his deviousness often used for comic relief. He is well liked by the residents of the apartment as he often brings them lots of gifts, he likewise respects the many adults found there as proper examples of maturity rather than people who suck up to him because of his status. He is very fond of Kuri to the point he is referred to as his "Daddy" by the residents which in turn causes them to call Yushi the "Mommy" much to his chagrin.
;{{nihongo|Naomi Chiaki|千晶直美|Chiaki Naomi}}
;{{nihongo|Naomi Chiaki|千晶直美|Chiaki Naomi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Toshihiko Seki]]}}<ref name="More cast">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-19/elegant-yokai-apartment-life-tv-anime-casts-toshihiko-seki/.120330|title=Elegant Yokai Apartment Life TV Anime Casts Toshihiko Seki|website=Anime News Network|date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
:{{voiced by|[[Toshihiko Seki]]}}<ref name="More cast">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-19/elegant-yokai-apartment-life-tv-anime-casts-toshihiko-seki/.120330|title=Elegant Yokai Apartment Life TV Anime Casts Toshihiko Seki|website=Anime News Network|date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
:A new teacher in Yushi's school who is on his 30s. He is usually laidback, carefree and easygoing. While it looks like he is being irresponsible, in truth he trusts the students and often lets small matters go unpunished or allow late students to come in, which results him in being quite popular especially amongst troublemakers. He will, however get angry and scold the alumni when needed and will go as far as [[Door-in-the-face technique|putting on a front of strict behavior]] in order to coerce students to behave better, well aware that he may be misunderstood. He is well liked by Yushi's class, especially him and Tashiro, the latter having a crush on him.
;{{nihongo|Haruka Aoki|青木春香|Aoki Haruka}}
;{{nihongo|Haruka Aoki|青木春香|Aoki Haruka}}
:{{voiced by|[[Fumiko Orikasa]]}}<ref name="More cast"/>
:{{voiced by|[[Fumiko Orikasa]]}}<ref name="More cast"/>
:A new teacher in Yushi's school. A woman of elegance and refined mannerisms, it is said by The Fool that she has an imperturbable aura, very much like Ryu has although she does not seem to be a psychic. Although she has good intentions at heart her overprotective, one-sided view of things leads her to assume things above the students based on sheer prejudice like believing Yushi was suffering and in need of affection due to his family situation, despite the fact he is moving onwards with his life with the residents of the apartment, or believing Yamamoto was bullied by the English Club for leaving crying for a fight she started. This in turn leads many students very angry without her knowledge, but decide to simply go with the flow as they know trying to convince her will be pointless. Yushi notes that when compared to Ryu's strict but present kindness, Aoki's is uncalled and irresponsible.
;{{nihongo|Konatsu Yamamoto|山本小夏|Yamamoto Konatsu}}
;{{nihongo|Konatsu Yamamoto|山本小夏|Yamamoto Konatsu}}
:{{voiced by|[[Rie Kugimiya]]}}<ref name="More cast"/>
:{{voiced by|[[Rie Kugimiya]]}}<ref name="More cast"/>
:A student at Yushi's school who recently joined the English Club. She is quite short, bespectacled and has very long black hair. Konatsu has deep emotional problems and a severe inferiority complex with her older sister, given Konatsu was often sick this had led her to believe she was overprotected and given a different treatment in comparison to her academically and socially excelling sister. This in turn has made her to thrive to excel by any means possible in order to show her independence, showing off her intelligence whenever she can and trying to look smarter than she actually is. This has made her socially ostracized, very difficult to interact with and emotionally unstable as she will often try to belittle others while burst in tears when called out for her behavior.


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Revision as of 00:35, 1 December 2017

Elegant Yokai Apartment Life
The first volume of the light novel
妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常
(Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō)
GenreSupernatural[1]
Light novel
Written byHinowa Kōzuki
Published byKodansha
ImprintYA!ENTERTAINMENT
Original runOctober 2003 – August 2013
Volumes11
Manga
Written byHinowa Kōzuki
Illustrated byWaka Miyama
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 9, 2011 – present
Volumes14
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuo Hashimoto
Written byYasunori Yamada
Music byShigeo Komori
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Original networkTokyo MX, ytv, BS11
Original run July 3, 2017 – present
Episodes21 (List of episodes)

Elegant Yokai Apartment Life (妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常, Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō) is a Japanese light novel series by Hinowa Kōzuki. Kōzuki first released the light novel in 2003, and concluded it in 2009 within 10 volumes (and a later side-story collection in 2013). An anime television series adaptation by Shin-Ei Animation premiered in July 2017.[1]

Plot

The high school freshman Yūshi Inaba has to look for new place to live after his high school dormitory burnt down. Having no parents and wanting to live independently from his uncle, he eventually finds a cheap apartment for 25,000 yen called Kotobuki-sō, only to find out that the place has human and supernatural creatures such as ghosts, yōkai, and mononoke living together. There, Yūshi's new daily life begins.

Characters

Kotobuki-sō residents

Yūshi Inaba (稲葉 夕士, Inaba Yūshi)
Voiced by: Atsushi Abe[2]
Yūshi is a high school freshman who lost his parents in a car accident three years prior to the story, and has been living with his uncle and his family who don't seem to want him. Having determination to live independently, Yūshi chooses JTB, a school with a dormitory. But the school's dormitory burned down and forced him to search for a temporary place to live for 6 months, where he found Kotobuki-sō. After living there, Yūshi gains the ability to absorb his own injuries.
Akine Kuga (久賀 秋音, Kuga Akine) / Mayuko Suzuki (鈴木 まゆこ, Suzuki Mayuko)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[3]
Akine is an easy-going resident in room 204, she goes to Takinodai High School and works as an exorcist at night in a hospital. "Akine Kuga" is the name she uses as a psychic.
Reimei Isshiki (一色 黎明, Isshiki Reimei)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[3]
A resident at room 102, Reimei is a famous poet and fairytale writer. Nobody knows his real name and despite being a male, he refers to himself as "Atashi", a more feminine form of "Watashi".
Akira Fukase (深瀬 明, Fukase Akira)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai[3]
A resident in room 103. Akira is a painter who owns a dog named Cigar.
Kuri (クリ) and Shiro (シロ)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Kuri) & Mutsumi Tamura (Shiro)[3]
Kuri and Shiro are a pair of a child and dog ghosts who always seen together. Kuri was killed by his own mother when her mother driven nuts to the fact that her boyfriend left her (due to her pregnancy), and Shiro was a stray dog who wanted to take care of Kuri. A running gag is that Hase is referred to as his "Daddy" while Yushi is by proxy his "Mommy" by the residents.
Ryū (龍)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[4]
A resident in room 203, although it seems he has another home, Ryū is a psychic with considerable power. He is respected both by the spiritual creatures in the apartment and human alike.
Secondhand Bookshop Employee (古本屋, Furuhon'ya)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[3]
Antiquary (古本屋, Kottō-ya)
Voiced by: Shō Hayami[3]

Other characters

Hase Mizuki (長谷泉貴, Mizuki Hase)
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
Yushi's best friend having known each other since their early childhood. Hase comes from a rich family and is quite smart and cunning, his deviousness often used for comic relief. He is well liked by the residents of the apartment as he often brings them lots of gifts, he likewise respects the many adults found there as proper examples of maturity rather than people who suck up to him because of his status. He is very fond of Kuri to the point he is referred to as his "Daddy" by the residents which in turn causes them to call Yushi the "Mommy" much to his chagrin.
Naomi Chiaki (千晶直美, Chiaki Naomi)
Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki[5]
A new teacher in Yushi's school who is on his 30s. He is usually laidback, carefree and easygoing. While it looks like he is being irresponsible, in truth he trusts the students and often lets small matters go unpunished or allow late students to come in, which results him in being quite popular especially amongst troublemakers. He will, however get angry and scold the alumni when needed and will go as far as putting on a front of strict behavior in order to coerce students to behave better, well aware that he may be misunderstood. He is well liked by Yushi's class, especially him and Tashiro, the latter having a crush on him.
Haruka Aoki (青木春香, Aoki Haruka)
Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa[5]
A new teacher in Yushi's school. A woman of elegance and refined mannerisms, it is said by The Fool that she has an imperturbable aura, very much like Ryu has although she does not seem to be a psychic. Although she has good intentions at heart her overprotective, one-sided view of things leads her to assume things above the students based on sheer prejudice like believing Yushi was suffering and in need of affection due to his family situation, despite the fact he is moving onwards with his life with the residents of the apartment, or believing Yamamoto was bullied by the English Club for leaving crying for a fight she started. This in turn leads many students very angry without her knowledge, but decide to simply go with the flow as they know trying to convince her will be pointless. Yushi notes that when compared to Ryu's strict but present kindness, Aoki's is uncalled and irresponsible.
Konatsu Yamamoto (山本小夏, Yamamoto Konatsu)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya[5]
A student at Yushi's school who recently joined the English Club. She is quite short, bespectacled and has very long black hair. Konatsu has deep emotional problems and a severe inferiority complex with her older sister, given Konatsu was often sick this had led her to believe she was overprotected and given a different treatment in comparison to her academically and socially excelling sister. This in turn has made her to thrive to excel by any means possible in order to show her independence, showing off her intelligence whenever she can and trying to look smarter than she actually is. This has made her socially ostracized, very difficult to interact with and emotionally unstable as she will often try to belittle others while burst in tears when called out for her behavior.

Media

Light novel

Hinowa Kōzuki first published the series in 2003 through Kodansha's YA!ENTERTAINMENT. It concluded in 2013 with a total of 10 volumes and 1 side stories compilation volume. Kadokawa Bunko later republished the series in 2008 until 2014 with renewed art.[4]

Manga

A manga adaptation by Waka Miyama was first published in 2011 by Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius. So far, 14 volumes have been released.[6] Kodansha Comics are publishing the manga in English in a digital format.[7]

Anime

The anime adaptation was first announced via the May issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius on March 18, 2017.[1] Mitsuo Hashimoto is directing the anime at Shin-Ei Animation with series composition by Yasunori Yamada. Tomomi Shimazaki is designing the characters for animation.[4] The anime premiered on July 3, 2017 on Tokyo MX, Yomiuri TV, and BS11's Anime no Me programming block.[8] It will run for a second cour.[9] Lozareena performed the opening theme song titled "Good Night Mare" while Atsushi Abe and Yūichi Nakamura is performing the ending theme song "Nichijōshiki Broken Down" (日常識Broken down).[10] The second opening theme is performed by Wi-Fi-5.[11] Crunchyroll holds the right for the stream.[12]

Episode List

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Notes

  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Supernatural Light Novels Get TV Anime in July". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Atsushi Abe, Yūichi Nakamura Star in Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime Reveals Additional Cast, Staff, July 3 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime Reveals 7 More Cast Members, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Elegant Yokai Apartment Life TV Anime Casts Toshihiko Seki". Anime News Network. August 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常（１４）". 講談社コミックプラス. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Kodansha USA Adds Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Black Panther and Sweet 16 Manga Digitally". Anime News Network. August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  8. ^ "Atsushi Abe, Yūichi Nakamura Narrate Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime's Teaser Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Elegant Yokai Apartment Life Anime to Continue for 2nd Cour". Anime News Network. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime's Promo Video Previews Lozareena's Opening Theme Son". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Elegant Yokai Apartment Life Anime Previews Show's 2nd Cour in Video". Anime News Network. September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  12. ^ "Crunchyroll to Simulcast Aho-Girl, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Netsuzou Trap, Tsuredure Children Anime". Anime News Network. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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