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Japanese manga series
- Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. (最終兵器彼女, Saishū Heiki Kanojo), also known as She, the Ultimate Weapon, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shin Takahashi.
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Manga. Written and illustrated by Shin Takahashi, Saikano was serialized in Shogakukan 's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from December 27, 1999, [3] to October 29, 2001. [a] Shogakukan collected its chapters in seven tankōbon volumes, released from May 30, 2000, to December 25, 2001. [6]
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The story begins with Shuji(シュウジ Shūji?), a high school student in a Hokkaidō coastal city, walking up to an observatory and reminiscing about his girlfriend, Chise(ちせ?); there he finds her exchange diaries that she purposefully left behind. The ensuing story is narrated by Shuji through flashbackswhile reading Chise's diary. Chise, a fellow studen...
Main characters
Chise(ちせ?) Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Melissa Hutchinson(English) 1. She is the main female character of the story. Chise is a shy, clumsy girl with very little self-esteem and has poor grades in everything except for World History. She was constantly hospitalized in Tokyo during her elementary years, and thus, has very few friends (except for Akemi). She starts dating Shuji, with Akemi’s help, and tries to make her relationship work with him despite his apparently aloof personalit...
Minor characters
Take Voiced by: Kishô Taniyama(Japanese), Abie Hadjitarkhani (English) 1. The most extroverted guy in Shuji’s circle of friends and Yukari's boyfriend. Take is the first one to get a girlfriend in Shuji's group (a fact Nori is very envious about). His girlfriend is named Yukari and they have been going out for two months by the start of the series. They constantly fight with each other (a fact only Chise seems to notice). He decides to buy a rose quartz at the Sapporo mall to try to get on he...
Others
Sergeant Itou Voiced by: Manabu Muraji 1. Chise’s chaperon. He is in charge of keeping Chise up to date with headquarter decisions and keeping her schedule in order. He later goes insaneafter witnessing the full extent of her powers. He also appears in the OVA. Shingo Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino 1. Atsushi’s army mate. He’s a playful, teasing person and gets along well with Atsushi. He dies when his military baseis attacked. Rie Voiced by: Hiromi Konno 1. Girl who is part of Chise's circle of...
Manga
Originally serialized in Shogakukan magazine, the complete manga series runs for 7 volumes. The Saikano manga has been licensed by VIZ Media and translated into English. It has also been translated into Spanish by Glénat, into Italian by Panini Comics, into German by Carlsen Verlag and into French by Éditions Delcourt. The anime follows the manga very closely until the end, where it takes a dramatic turn. In the manga, Chise is portrayed as the one who, after having been almost completely rep...
Anime
The television series ran for 13 episodes and faithfully adapted all of the chapters in the manga. However, the last TV episode strayed from the manga's continuity and gave an original conclusion to the anime. Saikano first aired on the Family Gekijou channel from July 2, 2002 to September 24, 2002. Two 30 minute OVAepisodes were also released. Opening Theme 1. "Koisuru Kimochi" by Yuria Yato Ending Theme 1. "Sayonara" by Yuria Yato
Live-action film
Numerous differences exist between the live action movie and the anime, due to time restraints. In the movie multiple characters are missing, such as Take, Yukari, Nori, and Akemi’s sister Satomi. Shuji never quit the track team, and Fuyumi was never his middle school teacher-–their relationship never goes past playful flirtation. Tetsu is initially hostile to Chise, and sees her as a monster, but he changes his mind and decides to take care of Chise (in contrast to his immediate embrace of C...
Official SaiKano website (Japanese)Official Official Viz Media SaikanowebsiteOfficial Saikano movie website (Japanese)Official SaiKano video game website (Japanese)- Mitsuko Kase
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Looking for information on the manga Saishuu Heiki Kanojo (SaiKano)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Shuji and Chise are two Hokkaido high school students barely starting a relationship with each other.
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Looking for information on the anime Saishuu Heiki Kanojo (She, The Ultimate Weapon)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Chise is an ordinary schoolgirl: small, frail, and not particularly intelligent.
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In the not-so-distant future, mankind is at war with itself. The lives of Chise and Shuu are torn apart when Chise is chosen to become the ultimate weapon to fight for Japan against their enemies. Death, sadness, and the hardships of love accompany Sai Kano in its grim look at war and its consequences.
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- Abie HADJITARKHANI
- Mitsuko KASE
- September 24, 2002
Shy Chise and nervous Shuji are high school seniors in a small town and have just started dating. But everything changes when Shuji discovers that Chise has been engineered by the Japanese Self Defense Force to transform into the Ultimate Weapon!
Originally a seinen manga series by Shin Takahashi that ran in Big Comic Spirits from 1999 to 2001, it was adapted into a 13-episode anime in 2002. An OVA side-story was released in 2005, Saikano: Another Love Song, as well as a live-action movie in 2006.
