Moyashimon
Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, in Japan also known as Moyashimon (もやしもん), is a manga series created by Masayuki Ishikawa. It won the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Grand Prize and the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.[1]
Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture | |
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Genre | Comedy, Educational |
Manga | |
Written by | Masayuki Ishikawa |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Evening, Morning two |
Original run | July 20, 2004 – January 22, 2014 |
Volumes | 13 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yūichirō Yano |
Written by | Natsuko Takahashi |
Music by | Naoki Satō |
Studio | Shirogumi Telecom Animation Film |
Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
Original run | October 12, 2007 – December 21, 2007 |
Episodes | 11 |
Television drama | |
Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
Original run | July 8, 2010 – September 16, 2010 |
Episodes | 11 |
Anime television series | |
Moyasimon Returns | |
Directed by | Yūichirō Yano |
Music by | Takefumi Haketa |
Studio | Shirogumi Telecom Animation Film |
Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
Original run | July 5, 2012 – September 13, 2012 |
Episodes | 11 |
It is said that the setting is based on Tokyo University of Agriculture. However, the author has said that it is just any agricultural college, and is unrelated to a real university.
Plot
Moyasimon follows the life of Tadayasu Sawaki, a first-year college student at an agricultural university.
He can see and communicate with microorganisms and bacteria.
Characters
Human
- Tadayasu Souemon Sawaki
- Kei Yūki
- Keizō Itsuki
- Haruka Hasegawa
- Kaoru Misato
- Takuma Kawahama
- Aoi Mutō
- Hazuki Oikawa
Bacteria
- A.Orize (Aspergillus oryzae)
- A.Sōe (Aspergillus sojae)
- C.torikoidesu (Cladosporium trichoides)
- E.Kori (Escherichia coli)
- P.kurisogenumu (Penicillium chrysogenum)
- S.Serebishie (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
Other websites
- Moyasimon official website Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Telecom Animation Film's official Moyasimon website Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine Funimation Channel on YouTube