B Gata H Kei (manga)
B Gata H Kei (Japanese: B型H系, Hepburn: Bī Gata Etchi Kei, lit. “Type: B; Style: H”) is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Yoko Sanri. It was published by Shueisha and ran in Weekly Young Jump from 2004 to 2011. The story focuses on the salacious wishes of a high school girl, whose perceived drawback of being a virgin leads to her lusting after and pursuing a rather average and unremarkable boy in her class.
The series was adapted into an anime, where it premiered on KBS and Tokyo MX television network on April 2, 2010, and ran weekly for 12 episodes. Funimation has licensed the anime series with the title Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei, and released the series on DVD and Blu-ray on January 31, 2012. A drama CD has also been released.
Plot
B Gata H Kei revolves around lascivious 15-year-old high school student Yamada, who makes it a goal to have sexual relations with 100 different guys. However, her insecurities as a virgin herself lead her to reject every guy who attempts to make a move on her. To overcome this mental barrier, she searches for a “cherry boy,” an inexperienced guy who will be her first. At the bookstore, she falls on her rather plain classmate Takashi Kosuda, and makes him the target of her seductions.
Media
Manga
The series is written and illustrated by Yōko Sanri. It initially appeared as a one-shot set of comics in Shueisha‘s Monthly Young Jump special Makaku and the Weekly Young Jump in 2003. The manga then appeared regularly in Weekly Young Jump from Issue 20 in 2004 to Issue 10 in 2011 (released February 3, 2011). The chapters were also collected into nine tankōbon with the first one released on February 18, 2005, and the ninth on March 18, 2011. A Drama CD was released on September 14, 2007. Outside Japan, the series is licensed in Traditional Chinese by Sharp Point Press.
Anime
B Gata H Kei officially premiered on the KBS and Tokyo MX television network on April 2, 2010 and ran weekly for 12 episodes. The opening theme song for the series was “Oshiete A to Z” (おしえて A to Z) and its ending theme was “Hadashi no Princess” (裸足のプリンセス). Both theme songs are performed by Yukari Tamura, and a maxi single containing the two themes was released on April 28, 2010. An internet radio show was produced by Hibiki Radio to go with the anime.
Funimation has licensed the anime series with the title Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei, and released the series on DVD and Blu-ray on January 31, 2012. Funimation also released a Blu-ray limited edition that has a mousepad of Yamada.
Reception
Anime News Network reviewed the first episode of the series as a preview for the spring 2010 anime season. Carl Kimlinger initially assessed the series as having “real promise”, and Theron Martin felt the comedy was on how Yamada focused on the sex side of a relationship rather than the emotional side, finding the first episode “fanboy-pandering”, but somehow reticent about showing fanservice. Tim Maughan noted that although the premise could be interpreted as a “ballsy teen-sex comedy” about the pressures teens feel about becoming sexually active, but noted that due to the 1 am screening time, the audience was “otaku men-children” rather than teens.Zac Bertschy regarded it as “yet another in a long line of crappy anime sex comedies”. It fared well in an ANN review of the Complete Series Collection, Rebecca Silverman commented that although it was a “bit tasteless” it is “also a surprisingly clean, very funny show about one girl’s realization that sex and emotion aren’t totally divorced from each other.”
In July 2010, the anime team for the series posted a notice that they had received multiple threatening letters concerning the content and presentation of the anime. The team responded that the studio and its writers are not solely responsible for the content, the anime was handled by the production committee, and that they have reported the threats to the police.
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Cover of B Gata H Kei Volume 1 featuring the main character Yamada.
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| B型H系 (Bī Gata Etchi Kei) |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Yōko Sanri |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 15, 2004 – February 3, 2011 |
| Volumes | 9 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yūsuke Yamamoto |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Satoru Nishizono |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Hal Film Maker |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | KBS, Tokyo MX, tvk, TV Wakayama, AT-X, Chiba TV, Mie TV, Nara TV |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 2, 2010 – June 18, 2010 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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