Dagashi Kashi | |
だがしかし | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy,[1]slice of life[2] |
Manga | |
Written by | Kotoyama |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Original run | June 25, 2014 – April 11, 2018 |
Volumes | 11 |
Light novel | |
Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsuyasumi | |
Written by | Manta Aisora |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | Gagaga Bunko |
Published | December 18, 2015 |
Volumes | 1 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shigehito Takayanagi |
Written by | Shigehito Takayanagi Yasuko Kamo |
Music by | Tomotaka Osumi Nobuaki Nobusawa |
Studio | Feel |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS, CBC, Sun TV, BS-TBS |
Original run | January 7, 2016 – March 31, 2016 |
Episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
Anime television series | |
Dagashi Kashi 2 | |
Directed by | Satoshi Kuwabara |
Written by | Mayumi Morita |
Music by | Tomotaka Osumi Nobuaki Nobusawa |
Studio | Tezuka Productions |
Licensed by | Funimation |
Original network | TBS, Sun TV, BS-TBS |
Original run | January 12, 2018 – March 30, 2018 |
Episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
Dagashi Kashi (Japanese: だがしかし)[a] is a manga series by Kotoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2014 to April 2018. It has been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes. A light novel adaptation titled Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsu Yasumi, written and illustrated by Manta Aisora, was published in a single volume by Shogakukan on December 18, 2015 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint.
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An anime television series adaptation by Feel aired in Japan between January and March 2016. A second season of the anime aired between January and March 2018.
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Plot[edit]
Shikada Dagashi, a countryside shop selling cheap candy and snacks ('dagashi') has been run by the Shikada family for nine generations, but Kokonotsu does not want to take over the shop from his father, Yō, instead aiming to become a manga artist. Hotaru Shidare visits the shop one day hoping to recruit Yō to her family's company, the sweets manufacturer Shidare Corporation, but Yō refuses unless Hotaru first can convince Kokonotsu to take over Shikada Dagashi.
Characters[edit]
- Hotaru Shidare (枝垂 ほたるShidare Hotaru)
- Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[4] (Japanese); Tabitha Ray[5] (English)
- An eccentric busty girl who is very passionate about sweets and snacks. Her father owns a famous snacks company and she came to Shikada store to recruit Yō as their company's planned shop chain's manager. As Yō will not leave as long as Kokonotsu is unwilling to succeed him as Shikada storekeeper, she quickly strikes a deal with him: she will convince Kokonotsu to take over the store in return for his employment. From then on she tries to persuade Kokonotsu using many different ways such as games, stories, and riddles. Ironically, she sucks at chance games, so she uses her other skills to make Kokonotsu to consider taking over the shop.
- Kokonotsu Shikada (鹿田 ココノツShikada Kokonotsu)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Abe[4] (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn[5] (English)
- Kokonotsu (also known as Coconuts) and his father Yō live in a countryside town where they run a small sweets store. He aspires to be a manga artist, an ambition that puts him at odds with his father who wants him to inherit the store which has been run by the family for eight generations. He constantly finds himself manning the cash register, more often than not a result of his father's trickery. After Hotaru's arrival, he also has to put up with her antics as well. He is nicknamed Kokonatsu(ココナツ, 'Coconuts'). His given name is a Kun'yomi pronunciation of the Japanese numeral九, Kokonotsu(ここのつ, 'Ninth'); it works as a pun, referring to his being the ninth generation of the family that will run the store.
- Saya Endō (遠藤 サヤEndō Saya)
- Voiced by: Manami Numakura[4] (Japanese); Sara Ragsdale[5] (English)
- Kokonotsu's classmate and childhood friend, who runs a nearby cafe with her older twin brother Tō. She has a longstanding crush on Kokonotsu. At first alarmed by Hotaru's presence, she quickly befriends her, as their goals are aligned: Hotaru wishes Kokonotsu to run the store while she wants him to keep staying in town. Saya has a hidden talent of toy mastery like what she did with ohajiki; at one point she defeats a well-prepared Hotaru at a Menko game, an event that leads Hotaru to start addressing her with suffix shi (師) (Master in Funimation dub), an antiquated designation used by disciples to their masters.
- Tō Endō (遠藤 豆Endō Tō)
- Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[4] (Japanese); Justin Pate[5] (English)
- Older twin brother of Saya and a good friend of Kokonotsu. A laid back person who usually wears a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses. He and Saya run a cafe named 'Cafe Endō'. His antics usually earns the wrath of his twin sister Saya, ending with a bruised face and broken sunglasses.
- Yō Shikada (鹿田 ヨウShikada Yō)
- Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara[4] (Japanese); Jeremy Inman[5] (English)
- Kokonotsu's father as well as the current owner of Shikada store. He is desperate to make his son the 9th head of the shop so that his legacy will continue. He agrees to Hotaru's bargain that if she can convince his son to be the next head of his shop, he would start working for Hotaru's company as the company's planned dagashi shop chain manager. Like his son, his given name is a Kun'yomi pronunciation of the Japanese numeral八, Yō(ヨウ, 'Eighth'), and works as a pun for his generation of shop owner.
- Hajime Owari (尾張 ハジメOwari Hajime)
- Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki[6] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass[7] (English)
- An intelligent woman who has trouble keeping a job due to her laziness and other personality quirks. She ends up working at Shikada Dagashi in exchange for room and board.
- Beniyutaka Shidare (枝垂 紅豊Shidare Beniyutaka)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese); Chris Wehkamp[7] (English)
- Hotaru's older brother and the manager of the local convenience store that recently opened across from Shikada Dagashi. Beni finds dagashi shops too old fashioned. He considers Kokonotsu virtuous and his rival, after he comments on how the stores overpriced cakes wouldn't sell, and recommended selling dagashi aimed at children and adults who would easily buy them.
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
Dagashi Kashi is written and illustrated by Kotoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 25, 2014 to April 11, 2018.[8][9] As of May 18, 2018, the series has been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes.[10]
Light novel[edit]
A light novel adaptation titled Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsu Yasumi, written and illustrated by Manta Aisora, was published in a single volume by Shogakukan on December 18, 2015 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint.[11]
Anime[edit]
A 12-episode anime adaptation aired between January 7 and March 31, 2016.[12] It was produced at Feel, and was directed by Shigehito Takayanagi, who also handled the series composition together with Yasuko Kamo. Kanetoshi Kamimoto was in charge of character design, and Satoshi Motoyama was the series' sound director.[13] The series' opening theme is 'Checkmate!?' by Michi, and the ending theme is 'Hey Caloric Queen' by Ayana Taketatsu.[4]
A second season, Dagashi Kashi 2,[14] aired between January 12, 2018 and March 30, 2018, on TBS, and aired on Sun TV and BS-TBS.[15] For Dagashi Kashi 2, Tezuka Productions took over the series production, with Feel instead being credited for setting cooperation. While Motoyama returns as sound director, several other duties were taken over by new staff: Satoshi Kuwabara directed the season, Mayumi Morita handled the series composition, Nana Miura designed the characters,[13] and Michiko Yokote wrote the script. The voice cast from the first season reprised their roles,[14] and was joined by Chinatsu Akasaki, who voices the new character Hajime Owari,[16] and Tomokazu Sugita, who voices Yutaka Beni.[17][16] The second season's opening theme is 'Oh My Sugar Feeling!!' (Oh My シュガーフィーリング!!Oh My Shugā Fīringu!!) by Taketatsu,[6] and the ending theme is 'Okashi na Watashi to Hachimitsu no Kimi' (おかしなわたしとはちみつのきみ, 'The Candied Me and the Honeyed You') by Hachimitsu Rocket.[18]Dagashi Kashi 2 aired in a shared half-hour time slot together with Takunomi., both of which consist of fifteen-minute episodes.[15] Like its first season, Dagashi Kashi 2 lasted for 12 episodes.[19]
Reception[edit]
The series was nominated for the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards in 2017, in the 'best shōnen manga' category.[20]
Sales[edit]
In September 2015, when the anime adaptation was announced, the two manga volumes that were released at the time had sold a 450,000 copies combined; when the fourth volume came out in December 2015, sales had risen to a total of 1.2 million copies. By the time the anime premiered in January 2016, the manga has 1.6 million copies in print, doubling the average number of copies sold per volumes compared to before the anime announcement, to 400,000 copies per volume.[21] The manga had over 3 million copies in print as of April, 2018.[22]
Notes[edit]
- ^The title can be read as either 'Cheap Sweets Candy' or 'However.'[3]
References[edit]
- ^'Dagashi Kashi - The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide'. Anime News Network. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^Creamer, Nick (June 23, 2017). 'Dagashi Kashi BD+DVD - Review'. Anime News Network. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^'Dagashi Kashi Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation'. Anime News Network. September 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ abcdef'Dagashi Kashi Anime's Cast, Song Artists Revealed'. Anime News Network. November 15, 2015. Archived from the original on June 26, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ abcde'Dagashi Kashi's English Broadcast Dub Casts Todd Haberkorn, Tabitha Ray, Sara Ragsdale'. Anime News Network. February 10, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ ab'Ayana Taketatsu Performs Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime's Opening Theme'. Anime News Network. November 1, 2017. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ ab'Dagashi Kashi English Cast & Crew'. www.funimation.com. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^'「コナン」連載900回でコメント続々、SPアニメも制作決定'. Natalie (in Japanese). June 25, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 17, 2018). 'Kotoyama's Dagashi Kashi Manga Ends in 3 Chapters'. Anime News Network. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^'だがしかし 11' (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^'Dagashi Kashi Gets Light Novel Adaptation by Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Creator'. Anime News Network. October 22, 2015. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^'Dagashi Kashi Anime's Staff, January Premiere Revealed'. Anime News Network. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- ^ ab'Dagashi Kashi Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2018'. Anime News Network. August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^ ab'Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Reveals Teaser Video, Visuals, Staff'. Anime News Network. August 8, 2017. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ ab'Dagashi Kashi 2, Takunomi. Reveal Shared Timeslot, New Videos, Visuals'. Anime News Network. December 5, 2017. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ ab'Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Reveals January Premiere, New Cast Member'. Anime News Network. October 7, 2017. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^'Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Premieres on January 11, Casts Tomokazu Sugita'. Anime News Network. December 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^'Idol Group Hachimitsu Rocket Performs Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime's Ending Theme'. Anime News Network. December 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^'Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Listed With 12 Episodes'. Anime News Network. January 12, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^'41st Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced'. Anime News Network. April 2, 2017. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^Chapman, Paul (January 17, 2016). ''Dagashi Kashi' Manga Volumes Double Circulation in Under 4 Months'. Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/10-1/dagashi-kashi-manga-final-11th-volume-comes-with-special-hotaru-figure
External links[edit]
- Official anime website(in Japanese)
- Dagashi Kashi (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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An assortment of Dagashi
Dagashi (Japanese: 駄菓子) refers to cheap candies and snack foods. Dagashi are comparable to American penny candy.
The word 'dagashi' is derived from the Japanese words 'da' ('futile' or 'negligible') and 'kashi' (snacks). The low price and fun packaging is designed to attract children with small allowances, and 'dagashi' came to be known as the small candies that children can afford with pocket money.
Most dagashi are packaged in bright, childish wrapping and sometimes come with a small toy or prize. The toys are often small figurines, and a common prize is a randomized prize that will allow the holder to claim a second free snack.
Dagashi used to be sold in stores specializing primarily in dagashi called 'dagashiya' (Japanese: 駄菓子屋), but are now increasingly sold in convenience stores as well.
History[edit]
Recreation of a dagashiya at Ōme Akasuka Fujio Kaikan Museum (Retro Museum of Packaging from the Showa Era, 1926-1989)
While modern dagashi developed after World War II, dagashi has been around since the Edo period (1603-1868). 'Dagashi', made from starch or corn, was the commoner equivalent of the more expensive 'jōgashi', which was higher quality and made from white sugar.
Modern dagashi experienced its greatest popularity in the post-war Shōwa period (from the 1950s to the early 1980s) when dagashiya (stores that specialized in dagashi) were common and a staple after-school hangout spot for younger students.
During the Bubble Economy period (1986-1991), the amount of spending money schoolchildren had access to rapidly increased. Many dagashiya began to diversify their products or were replaced by convenience stores.
As of 2018, dagashi can still be found in the occasional dagashiya, in convenience stores, or ordered online. Culture expos in Japan (especially for schools) sometimes include dagashi and dagashiya displays.
Types[edit]
The key considerations for companies producing dagashi are:
- Low price - each piece should retail between 10 and 200 yen, a reasonable amount for a school child
- Shelf stability - the lack of refrigeration or air conditioning in traditional dagashiya in the summer should not cause spoilage or affect taste
- Attractiveness to children
- Wrappers and mascots - distinctive to help pre-literate children in making selections and promote brand loyalty
- Interactiveness - dagashi that can be played with extends the amount of time the child has with a small portion of candy, including candy cigarettes, Fue Ramune (a hard candy that can be played as a whistle), neri-ame, etc.
- Prizes, including a chance to win another dagashi, figurines, or menko
Dagashi include hard candy, gum, chocolates, cakes, and certain types of pastries, like donuts. Dagashi also includes snacks such as juice powders and flavorings, potato and corn snacks, small cups of ramen, rice crackers, flavored squid, and preserved fruit.
Dagashiya[edit]
A dagashiya in Yokohama
Dagashiya are the traditional stores that sell dagashi. Besides dagashi, dagashiya often small toys and may have coin-operated arcade-style games or gashapon.
During the post-war Showa period, children often stopped by a dagashiya after school to purchase the cheap snacks and socialize with each other and the shop owners.
Though in decline due to convenience stores, dagashiya can still be found in Japan, with around 50 in the Tokyo area.[1] Today, dagashiya are regarded as nostalgic and are frequently found in resort or vacation towns.
Cultural references[edit]
The oldest continuously operating dagashiya in Tokyo is Kami-kawaguchiya, which was establish in 1781.[2] It is located on the grounds of Kishibojin Shrine and served as the model for the dagashiya in the Studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday.
With the proliferation of convenience stores and the falling Japanese birthrate, traditional dagashiyas have been declining rapidly. However, dagashi and dagashiyas have attained more attention in Japanese pop culture with the release of the animeDagashi Kashi. The anime covers some of the most popular dagashi, as well as more obscure kinds.
Common Dagashi[edit]
- Anzu-bō (stick candy made of dried apricots)
- Baby Star Ramen, Yatta Men, or Ramen Baba (flavored fried noodle snacks)
- Big Katsu (fish surimi shaped to look like tonkatsu)
- Butamen (mini instant cup ramen)
- Cabbage Taro (corn snack flavored like okonomiyaki)
- Choco Bat (chocolate shaped biscuit shaped like a baseball bat)
- Dice Caramel (caramels in cube paper packaging printed to look like dice)
- Fugashi (long strips of dough baked to a spongey and flakey texture and coated in brown sugar)
- Ikasomen (thin noodle-like strips of dried squid)
- Kinako-bō (kinako flavored candy eaten with a toothpick)
- Konpeitō (traditional sugar candy)
- Morocco Yogur (powdered candy in a plastic yoghurt jar eaten with a stick)
- Namaiki Beer (tablet that when added to water creates a carbonated juice drink that looks like beer)
- Neri-ame (flavored malt glucose syrup which you knead with chopsticks until it becomes taffy-like)
- Ninjin (puffed rice in a tapered bag that looks like a carrot)
- Ramune candy (hard candy flavored like soda or lemonade often packaged in a plastic ramune bottle), including Fue Ramune (ramune with a hole you can play like a whistle) and Bottle Ramune (powdered candy in an edible wafer bottle packaged with a straw)
- Sakura Daikon (slice of fermented daikon with ume which gives its pink color)
- Sukonbu (vinegar flavored dried kelp)
- Tirol Choco (a type of chocolate dagashi that comes in cube paper packaging sometimes printed to look like Japanese pop culture or anime icons)
- Umaibō or Umai-bou (Cheetos-like snacks that come in over 36 flavors[3])
- Ume Jam (a pickled plum soaked and packaged in sour, red sauce, often eaten spread on a milk cracker)
- Yocchan Ika (dried squid flavored with soy sauce or vinegar, either whole on a stick or cut into pieces)
- Young Donuts (miniature sugar donuts)
Examples[edit]
- Dice caramel
- Fue ramune, ramune candy that can be played as a whistle and comes with a randomized prize
- Orion Mini Cola
- Miyako Kombu, a kind of sukonbu
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'The Nostalgic Taste of 'Dagashi' Snacks'. nippon.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- ^The Nostalgic Taste of “Dagashi” Snacks. Nippon.com. Published September 1, 2013.
- ^'Have you tried Japanese snack DAGASHI?'. Japan Info. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
Further reading[edit]
- 'Time Traveling with Dagashi Candies'. Web-Japan. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- 'Dagashi'. Tokyo Treat. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- 'The Nostalgic Taste of 'Dagashi' Snacks'. Nippon.com. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- 'In Our Candy Drawer - Dagashi'. Candy Atlas. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
External links[edit]
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- Have you tried Japanese snack DAGASHI? at Japan Info
- In Our Candy Drawer - Dagashi at Candy Atlas
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