lead=yes, also known by the title of its anime adaptation, Pani Poni Dasshu!, is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways.
A 26-episode anime television series adaptation aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between July 4 and December 26, 2005 with its title renamed as Pani Poni Dash!. The anime is licensed by Funimation in North America.
Plot
Pani Poni Dash!s central storyline revolves around Rebecca Miyamoto, a
child prodigy homeroom teacher, and the antics of her class 1-C. The characters attend a high school called the Momotsuki Gakuen where Rebecca has taken up a job as one of the teachers after being the youngest graduate at MIT and is being watched by space aliens who screw up the story every now and then. Though the story hardly strays from the focus of the four first-year classes labeled 1-A through 1-D, the mishaps that occur in them, the teacher's lounge, and on school trips also become sources of material for topical
allusions regarding satire, anime, Internet, gaming, and popular culture.
Media
Manga
Pani Poni was serialized in the manga magazine
G Fantasy published by Square Enix between the November 2000 and October 2011 issues.
Seventeen volumes were released in Japan.
The translated versions of the manga are also released in
Taiwan and
South Korea, from Chingwin Publishing Group in
Taipei and Haksan Culture Company in
Seoul.
There are four spin-offs of original Pani Poni manga. Most of them features yonkoma style. TG Tenshi Jaiko-chan is currently serialized in Tech Gian (Enterbrain) from July 2001, and focuses on Hikaru Nikaido (class 1-A) as a heroine. まろまゆ was serialized in Dengeki Moeoh between March 2002 and June 2008. It featured Kurumi Momose (1-C) as a heroine and illustrated her part-time job on a cafe. Rei Tachibana (1-C) also took part in some episodes as Chūkaya no Rei-chan. 桃組っ!! was serialized in Ace Momogumi (Kadokawa Shoten) from June 2003 to December 2004, when the company discontinued the magazine. It described the fictional Japanese idol group named Momo-gumi!! that Yuna Kashiwagi (1-A) belongs to. Shin Kankaku Iyashikei Mahō Shōjo Behoimi-chan is alternately serialized in G Fantasy with Pani Poni from August 2006. It shows how Behoimi (1-D) became a "real" magical girl, and fights against the invaders from other planets.
Drama CDs
Pani Poni has also created ten
based on the series, the first of which was released in Japan on February 27, 2004.
While the first seven preceded the anime, and thus were based on the manga version, the last three released have been based on the anime adaptation.
Anime
An
anime television series adaptation titled
Pani Poni Dash! aired in Japan between July 4 and December 26, 2005, and contained 26 episodes. King Records subsidiary Starchild has the video and music rights for the anime. A special OVA was released with a DVD box set containing the anime series, on April 15, 2009.
A Blu-ray box set of the series including the OVA was released in Japan on April 26, 2017.
The anime was licensed
Funimation in North America (it was once licensed by
ADV Films for $138,666 effective on June 30, 2006,
but through a fallout of ADV's license partner Sojitz/ARM Corporation,
Pani Poni was transferred to Funimation), ADV Films in the
United Kingdom, Mighty Media in Taiwan, and TVee.co.kr in South Korea. Funimation released a complete DVD box set on March 10, 2009.
The episode names are based on and . Each episode is only loosely connected to the central plot. Many of the jokes in the series rely on satire, established character behavior, Japanese Internet and anime culture such as emoticons (at some points in the series, a character's face is replaced by an emoticon), or non sequitur comments and actions (especially by Ichijo). The series also contains numerous parodies and references to popular culture,
Music
- Opening themes
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Kiiroi bakansu by Peach Moon Academy Class 1-C (feat. Fumiko Orikasa in TV episodes 2–9, 14, DVD episodes 1–8, 25 and OVA; feat. Satsuki Yukino in TV episodes 11, 13, 16; feat. Kana Ueda in TV episode 17 and DVD episode 15; feat. Rokugō in TV episodes 19, 22)
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Rūretto☆Rūretto by Peach Moon Academy Class 1-C (feat. Ai Nonaka in TV episodes 10, 12, 15, 18 and DVD episodes 9-14, 16)
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Shōjo kyū by Peach Moon Academy Class 1-C (feat. Yui Horie in TV episodes 20–21, 23 and DVD episodes 17–23; feat. Rokugō in TV episode 24 and DVD episode 24)
- Ending themes
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Gāruppi by Peach Moon Academy Class 1-A&B (in TV and DVD episodes 1–7, 9-12)
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Iyashikei mahō shōjo behoimi by Mai Kadowaki (in TV and DVD episodes 8)
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Haruka na yume by Chiwa Saito (in TV and DVD episodes 13, 25)
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Mūnraito rabu by Peach Moon Academy Class 1-D (in TV and DVD episodes 14-23 and OVA)
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Setsugekka by Rebecca Miyamoto (in TV and DVD episode 24)
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Kiiroi bakansu by Peach Moon Academy Class 1-C (feat. Himeko in TV and DVD episode 26)
Internet radio shows
Pani Poni Dash has two
internet radio shows titled Mahō Shōjo Behoimi no Shinkankaku Iyashi Kenkyūshitsu and Pani Raji Dasshu!. The first one was aired from November 2005 to February 2006, while the latter one was aired from December 2005 to September 2006, both on Animate TV. The shows were hosted by
Mai Kadowaki and
Chiwa Saito who played Behoimi (1-D) and Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto in the anime respectively.
While the latter one was remixed as "DJCD"s, the former has never been officially released.
Notes
- General
- Specific
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