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Eiken (Japanese: エイケン) is a fanservice-themed manga and anime series created by Seiji Matsuyama. The story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club.

The manga series ran for eighteen volumes, and additionally included a series guidebook. A number of radio drama episodes and a two episode OVA (the latter roughly based on a volume 3 storyline) have been produced.

The first twelve manga volumes have been released in North America. The first three volumes were rated 16+, while subsequent volumes were rated 18+.

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Plot[edit]

Densuke has just enrolled at the exclusive Zashono Academy. He's very eager to participate in extracurricular activities, but never expected to join the mysterious Eiken Club. Strangely enough, every other member is a busty co-ed, and many of the club’s activities involve bikinis. But Densuke isn't interested in anyone except for the shy and beautiful Chiharu Shinonome.

Characters[edit]

Chiharu Shinonome (東雲 千春Shinonome Chiharu)

• Voiced by: Miwa Oshiro (Japanese); Stephanie Sheh (English)

The red-headed Chiharu is considered one of the most attractive girls at Zashono Academy. She's shy around boys, because she came from an all-girls school.

Densuke Mifune (三船 伝助Mifune Densuke)

• Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English)

The protagonist. A plain boy no one seems to notice, Densuke was forced into the Eiken Club after an accidental run-in with Chiharu, whom he develops a crush on. He eventually accepts his place in the club, despite being tormented by Kirika and the other mishaps that befall him, i.e. being beaten, violently crushed (Kirika, Yuriko) or electrocuted (Kyoko) by other members. Densuke is frequently forced to cross-dress by Kirika, a hobby of hers.

Kirika Misono (御園 霧香Misono Kirika)

• Voiced by: Masumi Asano (Japanese); Cindy Robinson (English)

Not much is known about Kirika, the purple-haired amazon that runs the Eiken Club. She likes putting Densuke in awkward situations for her amusement.

Komoe Harumachi (春町 小萌Harumachi Komoe)

• Voiced by: Marina Ono (Japanese); Rebecca Forstadt (English)

The pink-haired Komoe is the youngest member of the Eiken Club at 11 years old. Komoe is very clumsy, but always striving to do her best. Her clumsy mistakes often leave her exposed, and she has a habit of accidentally hurting and squashing Densuke when falling on him.

Grace Lin (グレース＝鈴Gurēsu Rin)

• Voiced by: Touko Itou (Japanese); Mona Marshall (English)

Grace is a blonde-haired British girl who was born and grew up in China. She comes from a fortune-tellers' family and her father is a successful world-class enterpriser, also she is also very good at acrobatics. She seems to have a bit of feeling for Densuke as in the original manga, her words with Densuke in the speech bubbles are often ended with love-hearts. In the English version, her name was romanized as Lynn Grace.

Kyoko Morooka (諸岡 京子Morōka Kyōko)

• Voiced by: Mai Kadowaki (Japanese); Rebecca Forstadt (English)

Kyoko is the small blue-haired girl who runs the science division of the Eiken Club, and would seem to be the second-in-command of the club. Despite her age, she looks a lot younger than she really is. She often hurts Densuke with her various inventions (rockets, electrocuters). In the English version, her name was romanized as Kyouko Morooka.

Yuriko Shinonome (東雲 百合子Shinonome Yuriko)

• Voiced by: Emi Yabusaki (Japanese); Jessica Gee (English)

Chiharu's energetic sister, she looks like a short-haired cheekier version of Chiharu. Despite being fully aware of Densuke and Chiharu's feelings for each other, Yuriko likes trying to get between them.

Advisory Teacher (顧問の先生Komon no Sensei)

• Voiced by: Chiemi Ishimatsu (Japanese); Kathy Keller (English)

Sensei is never named, though she is a teacher from Zashono Academy, she often laments the fact she always seems to go unnoticed by her students and peers, not to mention the fact that they never seem to remember her name. She has bright green hair. In the English version, she was simply called the Teacher.

Teddy (くまちゃんKuma-chan)

Teddy is a very shy young girl, who wears a giant bear suit most the time. She has an older sister, who also wears a similar suit.

Miharu Shinonome (東雲 美八留Shinonome Miharu)

• Voiced by: Jun Shikano

Chiharu's cousin, who also has a crush on Densuke. Her timetable always seems to be occupied by many part-time jobs. Densuke eventually finds out that she is secretly funding detectives who promised to find her long-lost father who left almost without a word after the divorce (due to the bankruptcy of his factory).

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Cho Ginten (銀天 蝶Ginten Cho)

She is head of Zashono Academy's Committee of Student Accountants. She had mysteriously returned to the academy over a two year span with an immediate action of carrying out her own budget plan: to forcefully cancel all the activities of all the clubs in the academy, despite all the dirty tricks she has in mind.

Hikaru Daizenji (大善寺 光Daizenji Hikaru)

The ex-head of the Supernatural Club in Zashono Academy, a slim and weedy girl whose body is dotted with bandages from the countless bruises and wounds caused by falling due to fainting resulted by her anemia.

Keiko Shinonome (東雲 京子Shinonome Keiko)

The mother of the Shinonome family.

Mikito Shinonome (東雲 三紀斗Shinonome Mikito)

The younger brother of Chiharu. He first appears pretending to be Chiharu in order to test Densuke. He is practically Chiharu's twin, and it is hinted that he is interested in Densuke, whether that is true or not, is not known.

Shima Kurosawa (黒沢 志麻Kurosawa Shima)

• Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Grant George (English)

He is the champion of the previous academy tournament who has returned from America to win the heart of Chiharu Shinonome. He is aware of Densuke's feelings for her, and feels that competition is the only way to decide who should get the girl.

Staff[edit]

• Original Story: Seiji Matsuyama
• Originally Serialized In Weekly Shonen Champion
• Published by Akita Shoten
• Planning: Toshimichi Otsuki, Taro Maki
• Producers: Atsushi Moriyama, Nobuhiro Osawa, Yuji Matsukura
• Screenplay: Tomoyasu Okubo
• Character Design: Masashi Ishihama
• Animation Directors: Yasuo Namaguro (Part 1 only) → Eita Akishima, Shinsuke Terasawa, Tom Colins (Part 2 only)
• Art Director: Chikako Shibata
• Color Setting: Yukiko Ito
• Director of Photography: Masaru Takase
• Editor: Shigeru Nishiyama
• Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (credited as Hitoshi Aketagawa)
• Music: Sho Goshima (Soft House Uno)
• Music Production: Star Child Record
• Sound Production: Magic Capsule
• Production: Genco
• Animation Production: J.C.Staff
• Produced by Eikenbu
• Directors: Kiyotaka Ohata (Part 1 only) → Alan Smithee (credited as Aransumi) (Part 2 only)

English Version Staff[edit]

• English Dialogue Production: Arvintel Media Productions
• Director: Ruben Arvizu
• Screen Adaptation: Dianne Smith
• Recorded At Wave Form Solutions
• Pro-Tools and Mixing: Peter McDonald

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English Packaging and Design[edit]

• Executive Producer: Gary Sierra
• Production Supervisor: Jharmoni Magasaki
• Production Coordinator: Frankie Matches
• Subtitles: Roller Girl (credited as Rollergirl)
• Translator: Noriko Okabe
• Editor: Nan Nouvelle
• Assistant Editor: Alex Fuego
• DVD Author: Whiz Bang
• ©Seiji Matsuyama•Akita Shoten/Eiken Committee.
• English Packaging and Design by AnimeWorks 2004.

Reception[edit]

Eiken received crushing criticism in the United States. It has been accused of being 'obscene' and 'lacking substance'. Jason Thompson gave the manga a zero-star rating in his review of the series in his Manga: The Complete Guide, calling it 'Actual pornography disguised as romantic comedy pseudo-pornography'.^[1]

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Stig Hogset gave the anime a one-star review on THEM Anime reviews, calling it 'one of the most exploitative, demeaning anime titles I have ever seen'.^[2] He went on say that 'Eiken is like an hour-long nightmare of sexual innuendo of the creepy kind... you'll never find a bigger collection of 'wrong' anywhere else.'^[2]

In Mania.com's reviews, Chris Beveridge gave the anime an 'F',^[3] and Eduardo M. Chavez gave the first manga volume a 'D+'.^[4]

References[edit]

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1. ^Manga: The Complete Guide, page 93
2. ^ ^ab'THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Eiken'. themanime.org. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
3. ^Beveridge, Chris (December 29, 2004). 'Eiken'. mania.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
4. ^Chavez, Eduardo M. (August 18, 2005). 'Eiken Vol. #01'. mania.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

External links[edit]

• Eiken (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Eiken Eikenbu yori Ai wo Komete (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Eiken on IMDb

aNIME INFO

Type: TV Series

Plot Summary: Zasshono Academy is a very large private school with a total of 54,000 students from elementary level, to junior high and high school. Among the large number of club activities at the school, one club is quite unique:The Eiken Club. The activities of this club are shrouded in mystery, and strangely enough all the members are excessively busty, headstrong female students, like Shinonome Chiharu, the top scorer in the entrance exam. The newly arrived high school boy, Mifune Densuke, is forced to join the Eiken Club, and in an instant, his dull life so far turns up-side down, with intense passion, romance and much trouble!

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Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School

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Released: 2003

Status: Completed

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