Kurogane Communication | |
鉄コミュニケイション (Kurogane Komyunikeishon) | |
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Genre | Adventure, mecha, science fiction |
Manga | |
Written by | Hideo Kato |
Illustrated by | Tomomasa Takuma |
Published by | MediaWorks |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1997 – 1999 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yasuhito Kikuchi |
Written by | Mitsuhiro Yamada |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | A.P.P.P. |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Wowow |
English network | |
Original run | October 5, 1998 – March 29, 1999 |
Episodes | 24 |
Light novel | |
Written by | Mizuhito Akiyama |
Illustrated by | Tomomasa Takuma |
Published by | MediaWorks |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | October 10, 1998 – March 10, 1999 |
Volumes | 2 |
Kurogane Communication (Japanese: 鉄コミュニケイション, Hepburn: Kurogane Komyunikeishon, "Iron Communication") is a Japanese manga series written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. The individual chapters were originally serialized in Dengeki Daioh in 1997 and published in two tankōbon volume by MediaWorks. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a lone human survivor, a girl named Haruka, lives with a family of five robots. The manga series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Go! Comi.
A 24-episode anime television series adaptation animated by A.P.P.P. premiered in Japan on Wowow on October 5, 1998 and ran until its conclusion on March 29, 1999. The anime series was released to Region 1 DVD in North America by Media Blasters. A two volume light novel series, written by Mizuhito Akiyama, was also published in Japan 1998 and 1999 by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label.
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Plot
Haruka is an ordinary 13-year-old girl, but her life is extraordinary because as far as she knows, she is the sole human survivor of a global nuclear war. Surviving the war in cold sleep, she is awakened by five robots about 30 years later. Things are fine, but she is constantly haunted by sudden flashbacks and dreams about her parents. There is also a constant danger of roving war machines and threats like water depletion, yet despite all this, life is still in quite good shape. The robots are her family and friends, and do everything they can to help the human girl. However, deep inside Haruka is yearning to meet other surviving humans.
In the ending of the anime adaption, Haruka discovers that surviving humans left Earth to build a colony on Mars, and she takes a surviving battleship to join them. The epilogue shows her years later when she returns to Earth with a daughter and meets her old robot comrades.
Characters
- Haruka is a 13-year-old girl, and initially the only known human survivor on earth. During the final war, her parents put her in a cold sleep chamber, sacrificing themselves to help the machine obtain the necessary temperature. She slept in the machine for thirty years before being discovered by her robot family a year before the time frame the series is set in. Her thinking is very positive and she is a hardworking person. She loves all the robots and considers them her family. In the anime series, she is voiced by Yui Horie in Japanese, and Julie Maddalena in English.
- Spike is a domestic robot constructed to look like a humanoid. Spike's job is mostly to keep up with Haruka and repair some mechanical equipment. In the anime series, he is voiced by Hiromi Ishikawa in Japanese, and Mona Marshall in English.
- Angela is a dueling robot, resembling a human female in her twenties. She masks her face and initially hates humans and wanted the other robots to kill the sleeping Haruka rather than wake her. She eventually warms to Haruka when Haruka gives her an Angela Rose. Her job is to protect Haruka and the others from hostile robots that may attack and any other dangers. In the anime series, she is voiced by Rica Fukami in Japanese, and Wendee Lee in English.
- Reeves is a mean-looking, but effeminate speaking maintenance robot with high skill levels in matters like cooking. Reeves sometimes acts as Haruka's father figure. In the anime series, he is voiced by Norio Horiuchi in Japanese, and Kirk Thornton in English.
- Cleric is the group's source of information who gathers and processes data. He also serves as the "teacher" of Haruka and the others, holding daily lectures. In the anime series, he is voiced by Houchu Ohtsuka in Japanese, and Dave Mallow in English.
- Trigger is a ball-shaped robot who likes to collect guns. In the anime series, he is voiced by Junko Shimakata in Japanese, and Wendee Lee in English.
- Kanato is a boy similar to Haruka's age whom Haruka and the others discover living in some jungle ruins. Unlike Haruka, he hates machines and robots, abusing his own and acting very aggressively. He treasures his mother-robot with both disgust and respect. After meeting Haruka and getting to know her, he begins to develop romantic feelings for her. In the anime series, he is voiced by Yuka Imai in Japanese, and Dave Wittenberg in English.
- Honi is Kanato's guardian robot. Designed for war and having a programming glitch, Honi desires to kill all humans but Kanato. In the anime series, he is voiced by Akio Ohtsuka in Japanese, and Michael McConnohie in English.
- Lillith & Alice are Kanato's robot-servants, constructed to look like teenager girls with jewels in their foreheads. They are obsessed with their master and even show signs of human love. In the anime series, they are voiced by Etsuko Kozakura and Naomi Nagasawa, respectively in Japanese, and Wendee Lee and Julie Ann Taylor, respectively in English.
Media
Manga
Written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma, Kurogane Communication was serialized in Dengeki Daioh in 1997. The individual chapters were also published in two tankōbon volumes by MediaWorks in September 1998.[1][2] It is licensed for an English language release in North America by Go! Comi,[3] which released the first on July 1, and the second on September 15, 2008.[4][5]
Anime
A 24-episode anime television series adaptation animated by A.P.P.P. premiered in Japan on Wowow on October 5, 1998 and ran until its conclusion on March 29, 1999. It was released to Region 1 DVD in North America by Media Blasters.
The series uses two pieces of theme songs, both performed by Yui Horie. "my best friend" is used for the opening, while "Dear mama" is used for the ending.
Light novels
A two volume light novel adaptation, written by Mizuhito Akiyama, was published in Japan on October 10, 1998, and March 10, 1999 by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ 鉄コミュニケイション (1) (DENGEKI COMICS) (in Japanese). ASIN 4073099442.
- ^ 鉄コミュニケイション (2) (DENGEKI COMICS) (in Japanese). ASIN 4073099507.
- ^ "'Kurogane Communication' Category". Go! Comi. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ^ Takuma, Tomomasa (2008). Kurogane Communication Vol. 1. Go! Comi. ISBN 978-1933617930.
- ^ Takuma, Tomomasa (2008). Kurogane Communication Volume 2 (Kurogane Communication (Go! Comi)). Go! Media Entertainment LLC. ISBN 978-1933617947.
- ^ 鉄コミュニケイション(1) (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ^ 鉄コミュニケイション(2) (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
Subtitles
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_01[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Pleased to meet you.
My name is Haruka.
As in far, far away.
I'm just an ordinary girl.
But the only thing different about me...
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_02[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Miss Haruka, where are you?
That day, I just wanted to be alone.
I knew it wasn't right, but I left without saying anything to the robots.
I had no idea that it would cause such trouble.
Damn it, stop being so down!
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_03[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Huh?
Have we run out of water?
Spike, we have a problem.
The water...
What's the matter?
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_04[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
What's this noise, this late at night?
Miss Haruka, please stay in your room!
What is it?
W-Watch out!
Spike, behind you!
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_05[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
What do you fight for?
I fight for myself!
You may not understand yet...
I slept well.
Another beautiful day!
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_06[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
That day began with Miss Angela's sudden hospitalization.
They are performing surgery right now.
I don't know what this is about.
All I can do is wait and worry.
Just wait and worry...
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_07[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
What, shaved ice?
It's from that underground water, so I don't know if it's good, but...
It's good.
Really?
Actually, we have one more surprise for you.
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_08[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
What...
What on earth...
What's wrong, Miss Angela?
What the...
There's no water left.
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_09[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Cleric...
This is...
This is much more serious than we anticipated.
Everyone...
Do you all remember the strange low tide when we went camping?
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_10[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
I remember.
I remember.
Papa...
Mama...
I'll never leave you again.
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_11[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
The Flyer's heart region is back through here.
Be careful Cleric, this thing is...
I'll attend to it.
We should hurry.
Due to the earthquake earlier, the tsunami will be here sooner than we thought.
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_12[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
I'll become a decoy so we can buy some time.
Stay here, and don't move.
What?
Damn!
If the Flyer's defense systems have been activated...
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_13[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
I wonder what's going to happen to us now.
Everything sank to the bottom of the ocean...
Then I guess our home is...
And the transmitter that we worked so hard on...
Transmitter?
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_14[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Don't move!
Die, you doll!
Haruka.
What was that?
That boy...
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_15[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Human...
U-Um...
Be quiet.
If these guys sense someone they don't know, they will attack.
Get lost!
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_16[divx5].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
I'm going to completely take that thing apart!
Here we go.
Huh?
Who are you?
Hurry, Lilith.
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_17[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Let me introduce you...
...to my mother.
Y-Your mother...
B-But...
Surprised?
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_18[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Spike, what the hell are you doing?
Hurry, it's going to explode.
W-What, explode?
Hey everyone!
Miss Haruka!
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_19[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Here we go.
The chances are slim, but...
Kanato...
Mom?
Mom, where are you?
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_20[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Mom...
I wonder if what I did was wrong...
I don't think so, Miss Haruka.
But...
I...
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_21[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
The preparations are complete.
You can take off any time.
Well done.
But what about Mr. Kanato?
We'll let them keep him for a little while longer...
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_22[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Collision course?
What does this mean?
I'm not sure.
However, I do know that is what has been programmed.
Hey, what's this noise?
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_23[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Miss Angela!
Miss Angela...
You must not exist.
H-Haruka!
Flyer?
[a4e]Kurogane_Communication_24[divx5.1.1].srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Wow, check that out!
What's going on?
There are two Flyers?
What are you doing?
I cannot let you go.
External links
- Kurogane Communication (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Kurogane Communication (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia