Hiatari Ryōkō!
is a high-school romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in 1979–1981 in the magazine Shōjo Comic and collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into a live-action television drama series, an anime television series, and an anime film sequel to the television series. The title translates roughly as ''Sunlight all around!''
Plot
The story focuses on the relationships of Kasumi Kishimoto, a high school student. When she enters Myōjō High School, she moves into her aunt's boarding house, where four boys attending the high school are tenants. Despite her steadfast determination to stay loyal to her boyfriend, who is studying abroad, Kasumi finds herself slowly falling in love with one of the boarders, Yūsaku.Characters
;Kasumi Kishimoto;Yūsaku Takasugi
;Takashi Ariyama
;Shin Mikimoto
;Makoto Aido
;Chigusa Mizusawa
;Katsuhiko Muraki
;Keiko Seki
;Masato Seki
;Taisuke
;Maria Ōta
;Shinichirō Ōta
;Sakamoto
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Live-action drama
The live-action TV drama series ran on NTV from 1982-03-21 through 1982-09-19, for a total of 19 one-hour episodes. The role of Kasumi Kishimoto was at first scheduled to be played by Minako Sawamura, but due to trouble during the shooting of the first episode, the role was given to Sayaka Itō and principal photography with Itō began the following day. The theories as to why Sawamura left include a refusal to do a bath scene and possible schedule conflicts with another show on which she was appearing.Competing against it in the same time slot were two popular shows: NHK's Taiga drama Tōge no Gunzō and TV Asahi's drama Seibu Keisatsu Part II. Due to this kind of competition, the ratings were not very high for Hiatari Ryōkō!. As this was Adachi's first work adapted for TV, this was disappointing. In the 8pm Sunday time slot, NTV traditionally ran a school drama of some sort, but after the disappointing ratings for Hiatari Ryōkō!, they switched to variety programs in the vein of Kume Hiroshi no TV Scramble and Tensai Takeshi no Tenki ga Deru Terebi!!.
Staff
- Planning: Bin Yoshikawa, Etsuo Yamamoto
- Screenplay: Yutaka Kaneko, Chigusa Shiota, Hiroshi Kashiwara, Shoji Imai, Toshio Okumura, Setuo Hara, Kanji Kawai
- Directors: Ryo Kinoshita, Kazuhira Suzuki, Tetsutaro Hagiwara
- Producers: Toru Horikoshi, Kazu Takeda
- Original Story: Mitsuru Adachi
- Planning Cooperation: Kitty Film
- Music: Asei Kobayashi, Masahisa Takeichi
- Photography: Fumio Tajima and Kenichiro Koizumi
- Art Director: by Yoshio Saito
- Sound Recording: Hiroshi Oba
- Editor: Kiyoshi Kamishima
- Associate Producer: Mitsuru Toriumi
- Location Support: Tokyo Polytechnic University and Imaihama Tokyu Hotel
- Studio: Toho Built
- Sound Editing and Music Selection: Toho Eizo Sound Studio
- Effects: Toyo Onkyo and Toho Effect Group
- Film Development: Toyo Development Laboratory
- Props: Takatsu Decorative Arts
- Costumes: Kyoto Costume Design
- Vehicles: Kanto Lighting Rockeries
- Production by Toho Co., Ltd.
Theme song
The theme song for the live-action drama series was "You're the Best", sung by Takayuki Takemoto. The song was produced by CBS/Sony.Video releases
A DVD box set containing the full series was released by VAP on 2006-02-22.'''Sources:'''
Anime
Hiatari Ryōkō completed its serialization in 1981 with five volumes. However, the television anime adaptation of Adachi's later manga, Touch, became a hit which made it possible for the series to get adapted even after completion. Virtually all of TouchStaff
- Director: Kimiharu Oguma
- Supervising Editor: Gisaburo Sugii
- Screenplay: Satoshi Namiki, Hiroko Hagita
- Original Story: Mitsuru Adachi
- Producers: Masamichi Fujiwara, Shigeji Taiki
- Animation Director: Minoru Maeda
- Director of Photography: Shigeo Sugimura
- Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
- Music: Kohei Tanaka
- Music Producer: Tatsuo Ohba
- Sound Recording: Toshiaki Hoshino
- Editor: Masashi Furukawa
Theme songs
There were three opening and three ending theme songs throughout the course of the anime television series.Opening
;"Sunshine All Around!";"Corner Homecoming"
;"Sorrow is Changing the Beat"
Ending
;"Scolding Maria";"Knife Edge Summer"
;"Don't Make Me Count Sheep Around the World"
Video releases
The anime series has been released on LD by Toho, and a DVD box set was released in January 2006. The anime movie has been released on VHS and LD by Toho but not DVD.A high-definition remastered version was sent to Japanese streaming services such as AbemaTV in 2018.
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