Ganba! Fly High

Ganba! Fly High
Manga volume 1 cover
ガンバ! Fly High
(Ganba Furai Hai)
GenreSports[1]
Manga
Written byShinji Morisue
Illustrated byHiroyuki Kikuta
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 8, 1994 – October 18, 2000
Volumes34
Anime television series
Gambalist! Shun
Directed byHajime Kamegaki
Produced by
  • Michihiko Suwa
  • Masuo Ueda
  • Mikihiro Iwata
Written byKatsuhiko Chiba
Music by
StudioSunrise
Original networkNNS (ytv)
Original run July 1, 1996 – March 10, 1997
Episodes30

Ganba! Fly High (Japanese: ガンバ! Fly High, Hepburn: Ganba Furai Hai) is a Japanese sports manga series written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnast Shun Fujimaki as he pursues his goal of competing in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is in part based on Morisue's experiences as an Olympic champion. The series was published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 1994 to October 2000, with its chapters collected into 34 tankōbon volumes.

The series was adapted as a 30-episode anime television series titled Gambalist! Shun, produced by Sunrise and broadcast on Yomiuri TV from July 1996 to March 1997.

In 1998, Ganba! Fly High received the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Media

Manga

Ganba! Fly High is written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. Morisue based the series on his own real-life experiences in winning the gold in horizontal bar in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and wanted to inspire more kids to try gymnastics themselves.[2] It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 8, 1994, to October 18, 2000.[3][4] Shogakukan collected its chapters into thirty-four tankōbon volumes, released from December 10, 1994, to December 18, 2000.[5][6]

Anime

A 30-episode anime television series adaptation, titled Gambalist! Shun (ガンバリスト!駿, Ganbarisuto! Shun), was produced by Sunrise and broadcast on Yomiuri TV from July 1, 1996, to March 10, 1997.[7]

Reception and legacy

In 1998, the manga won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.[8]

The gold-medalist gymnast Kōhei Uchimura has credited the series with helping to inspire him in the sport.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (November 19, 2017). "TV Program Discusses Sports Manga's Impact on Athletes". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 12, 2020. The show also reveals the untold stories of the creation of sports manga. In the past, the program covered manga such as Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal, Shinji Morisue and Hiroyuki Kikuta's Ganba! Fly High, and Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!!.
  2. ^ a b Loo, Egan (August 2, 2012). "Gold Medalist Uchimura: Manga Inspired Me in Gymnastics". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 1994年 表示号数25 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  4. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 2000年 表示号数45 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  5. ^ ガンバ！ Fly high 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. December 10, 1994. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  6. ^ ガンバ！ Fly high 34 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. December 18, 2000. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  7. ^ ガンバリスト！駿 (in Japanese). Sunrise. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  8. ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2008.

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