View source for Nine (manga)

{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Nine
| image           = Nine volume 1 by Mitsuru Adachi (My First Wideban).png
| caption         = Cover of volume 1 of wideban release.
| ja_kanji        = ナイン
| ja_romaji       =
| genre           = [[Sports manga|Sports]]<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Mitsuru Adachi]]
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine        = [[Shōnen Sunday Super|Shōnen Sunday Zōkan]]
| first           = September 25, 1978 
| last            = October 25, 1980
| volumes         = 5
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv film
| director        = [[Gisaburō Sugii]]
| producer        =
| writer          =
| music           =
| studio          = [[Group TAC]]
| network         = [[Fuji Television|Fuji TV]]
| released        = May 4, 1983
| runtime         =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = film
| title           = Nine the Original
| director        = Gisaburō Sugii
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = Group TAC
| released        = September 16, 1983
| runtime         =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv film
| title           = Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration
| director        = Gisaburō Sugii
| producer        =
| writer          =
| music           =
| studio          = Group TAC
| network         = [[Fuji TV]]
| released        = December 18, 1983
| runtime         =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv film
| title           = Nine: Final
| director        = Gisaburō Sugii
| producer        =
| writer          =
| music           =
| studio          = Group TAC
| network         = [[Fuji TV]]
| released        = September 5, 1984
| runtime         =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = special
| director        =
| producer        =
| writer          =
| music           =
| studio          =
| network         = [[Fuji TV]]
| released        = January 5, 1987
| runtime         =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Nine'''''|ナイン|Nain|lead=yes}} is a [[baseball]] [[manga]] series by [[Mitsuru Adachi]]. It was serialized in ''[[Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan]]'' from the October 1978 through November 1980 issues. The series was [[Film adaptation|adapted]] into three [[anime]] television films<ref name="guide">{{cite web|url=http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au14.html|title=Adachi Mitsuru あだち充|first=Peter|last=Van Huffel|date=January 17, 2004|access-date=June 21, 2007|archive-date=July 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706135247/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au14.html}}</ref> and a [[live-action]] television drama. An altered version of the first anime film was released in theaters, with new and re-arranged music.<ref name="goo">{{cite web|url=http://movie.goo.ne.jp/movies/PMVWKPD17357/index.html|script-title=ja:ナイン(1983)|publisher=goo 映画|language=ja|access-date=June 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019080054/http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv17178/|archive-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref>

The story is about two friends who were star athletes in [[junior high school]] who decide, on entering [[high school]], to join the struggling baseball club so they can have a challenge. The title comes from the nine members of a [[baseball#General structure|baseball team]].

==Plot summary==
Just before entering Seishū High School, track star Katsuya Niimi and [[judo]] champion Susumu Karasawa see a girl crying as the school loses a baseball game. The boys decide to join the team and improve it in order to make her smile. The girl turns out to be Yuri Nakao, daughter of the baseball coach, and they learn the baseball team will be shut down if it doesn't start winning. The series follows the three, as well as pitcher Eiji Kurahashi, as Niimi and Karasawa learn about baseball and what it means to be one of nine players on a team, as they work together through high school make it to [[High school baseball in Japan|Kōshien]].<ref name="adachifan">{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/adachifan/nine.htm|title=Nine|publisher=AdachiFan|access-date=June 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527012642/http://www.freewebs.com/adachifan/nine.htm|archive-date=May 27, 2007}}</ref>

==Characters==
Character voices listed are for the anime releases only.

;{{nihongo|Katsuya Niimi|新見 克也}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Toru Furuya]]}}
: [[Center fielder]] on the Seishū High School baseball club, in love with Yuri. In junior high, he held the national records for the 100&nbsp;meter and 200&nbsp;m races for his age group. His favorite food is [[gomokuzushi]]. He wears the number 8 on his [[Jersey (clothing)|jersey]].

;{{nihongo|Yuri Nakao|中尾 百合|}}
:{{Anime voice|Mariko Ishihara}} (TV movie 1), [[Mariko Kurata]]<!--倉田まり子--> (TV movie 2), [[Narumi Yasuda]] (TV movie 3)
: The [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] of the Seishū High School baseball club and daughter of the baseball coach. There is a growing romance between Yuri and Katsuya. <!--Mention possibly character resemblance to [[Miyuki (manga)|Miyuki Kashima]]?-->

;{{nihongo|Susumu Karasawa|唐沢 進|}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Kei Tomiyama]]}}
: [[Right fielder]] on the Seishū High School baseball club. In junior high, he was the [[Prefectures of Japan|prefectural]] champion in [[judo]]. He wears the number 9.

;{{nihongo|Eiji Kurahashi|倉橋 永二|}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Kaneto Shiozawa]]}}
: [[Left-handed]] [[Pitcher|pitching]] ace on the Seishū High School baseball club, and was one of the top pitchers in all of Japan in middle school. Lives with his father, a [[truck driver]].

;{{nihongo|Yukimi Yasuda|安田 雪美|}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Chika Sakamoto]]}}
: Star athlete of the Seishū High School track club, who has a crush on Katsuya since Middle School. After transferring to Seishū at the beginning of the school year, she begins pursuing him, much to the annoyance of Yuri.

;{{nihongo|Kentarō Yamanaka|山中 健太郎|}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Akira Kamiya]]}}
: A childhood friend of Yuri, and ace pitcher at Bunan High School where he has taken his team to victory at [[High school baseball in Japan|Kōshien]]. After an unexpected reunion with Yuri, he becomes the romantic rival of Katsuya.

;{{nihongo|Jirō Yamanaka|山中 二郎|}}
:{{Anime voice|[[Yoshikazu Hirano]]}}
: Kentarō's younger brother and a new member of the Seishū High School baseball club, playing [[Third baseman|third base]]. He has a crush on Yukimi. He wears the number 5.

;{{nihongo|Chimi Yamanaka|山中 智美}}
: Younger sister of the Yamanaka brothers. She tries to mediate the relationship between Yuri and Kentarō, who in turn uses her to interfere with the developing romance between Yuri and Katsuya.

;Coach Nakao
:{{Anime voice|[[Ichirō Nagai]]}} (TV movies), [[Kōichi Kitamura]] (theatrical movie)
: The [[Coach (baseball)|coach]] of the Seishū High School baseball club. He is in jeopardy of losing his job for not having won a single game, which he does with the addition of Eiji Kurahashi to the team. He formerly coached Kentarō for a short time when he was younger, and they were neighbours.

;Kazuya Niimi's father
:{{Anime voice|[[Tatsuyuki Jinnai]]}}
: A former baseball player who helps Eiji join the baseball team after talking to his father, with whom he formed the winning battery at the invitational [[High school baseball in Japan|Kōshien]] tournament of 20-odd years prior to the events of the manga.

;Kazuya Niimi's mother
:{{Anime voice|[[Kazuko Makino]]}}
:Appears in the theatrical movie.

;Eiji Kurashashi's father
:{{Anime voice|[[Takeshi Aono]]}}
:Appears in the theatrical movie.

;Yukimi Yasuda's grandmother
:{{Anime voice|[[Miyoko Asō]]}}
:Appears in the theatrical movie.

<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="goo"/><ref name="adachifan"/><ref name="nhkbs2">{{cite web|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/bs2006summer/program/nine.html|title=BS夏休みアニメ特選｜ナイン|publisher=[[NHK]]|language=ja|access-date=June 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024514/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/bs2006summer/program/nine.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref><ref name="doi">{{cite web|url=http://www.usagi.org/doi-bin/seiyuu-lookup.pl?DB=anime+roles&value=Nine|title=Search results for "Nine" in anime database|author=Hitoshi Doi|author-link=Hitoshi Doi|publisher=Seiyū Database|access-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref></small>

==TV movies==

===Nine===
The first ''Nine'' TV movie aired on May 4, 1983 on [[Fuji Television|Fuji TV's]] ''Nissei Family Special'' program.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}

====Music====
;Opening theme
:{{nihongo|"Love - Innocent"|LOVE·イノセント|Rabu Inosento}}
:*Vocals: [[Mariko Tsubota]]<!--倉田まり子-->
:*Lyrics: [[Masao Urino]]<!--売野雅勇-->
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa

;Insert songs
:{{nihongo|"Invited Desires"|つのる思い|Tsunoru Omoi}}
:{{nihongo|"Goodbye to Sadness"|悲しみにサヨナラ|Kanashimi ni Sayonara}}
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa

;Ending theme
:{{nihongo|"Midsummer Runner"|真夏のランナー|Mannatsu no Runner}}
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
{{Col-break}}

====Staff====
*Director: [[Gisaburō Sugii]]
*Teleplay: [[Hiroichi Fuse]]<!--布勢博一-->
*Animation Director: [[Tsuneo Maeda]]<!--前田庸生-->
*Art Director: [[Hiroshi Ōhno]]<!--大野広司-->
*Music: [[Hiroaki Serizawa]]
*Audio Director: [[Atsushi Tashiro]]<!--田代敦巳-->
*Production: [[Toho]], [[Group TAC]], Fuji TV
{{col-end}}
<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="nhkbs2"/></small>

===Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration===
The second ''Nine'' TV movie, {{nihongo|''Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration''|ナイン2 恋人宣言|Nain Tsū Koibito Sengen}}, aired on December 18, 1983 on Fuji TV's ''Nissei Family Special'' program.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}

====Music====
;Opening theme
:{{nihongo|"Sweetheart Declaration"|恋人宣言|Koibito Sengen}}
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota
:*Lyrics: [[Mariko Ryū]]<!--竜真知子-->
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa

;Insert songs
:{{nihongo|"Blue Sky Feelings"|青空気分|Aozora Kibun}}
:{{nihongo|"My Young Boy"|私のYoung Boy|Watashi no Yangu Bōi}}
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Mariko Ryū
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa

;Ending theme
:"Midsummer Runner"
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
{{Col-break}}

====Staff====
*Director: Gisaburō Sugii
*Teleplay: [[Shin'ichi Shirayama]]<!--白山進一-->
*Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
*Chief Animator: [[Minoru Maeda]]<!--前田実-->
*Art Director: [[Katsuyoshi Kanemura]]<!--金村勝義-->
*Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
*Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
*Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
{{col-end}}
<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="nhkbs2"/></small>

===Nine: Final===
The third ''Nine'' TV movie, {{nihongo|''Nine: Final''|ナイン 完結編|Nain Kanketsuhen}}, aired on September 5, 1984 on Fuji TV's ''Nissei Family Special'' program.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}

====Music====
;Opening theme
:{{nihongo|"Endless Summer"|エンドレスサマー|Endoresu Samā}}
:*Vocals: Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa

;Insert songs
:{{nihongo|"Around August"|八月のゆくえ|Hachigatsu no Yukue}}
:{{nihongo|"Boys in Love"|Boys in love|Bōisu in Rabu}}
:*Vocals: Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa

;Ending theme
:"Midsummer Runner"
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
{{Col-break}}

====Staff====
*Director: Gisaburō Sugii
*Teleplay: [[Yumiko Takaboshi]]<!--高星由美子-->
*Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
*Key Animation Director: Minoru Maeda
*Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
*Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
*Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
*Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
{{col-end}}
<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="nhkbs2"/></small>

==Theatrical movie==
The first ''Nine'' TV movie was remade into a theatrical movie titled {{nihongo|'''''Nine the Original'''''|ナイン オリジナル版|Nain Orijinaruban}}, released  on September 16, 1983 by Toho. Modifications were made to the original TV movie to fix problems with it, and some of the voice actors and background music were changed as well. When the ''Nine'' movies are rebroadcast on TV, this movie is shown in place of the original TV movie.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}

===Music===
;Theme songs
:{{nihongo|"Amateur Photograph"|青いフォトグラフ|Aoi Fotogurafu}}
:{{nihongo|"Love Taking Flight"|愛を翼にして|Ai o Tsubasa ni Shite}}
:*Vocals: Mariko Kurata
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa

;Insert songs
:"Invited Desires"
:{{nihongo|"Sentimental Season"|涙色の季節|Namida-iro no Kisetsu}}
:"Midsummer Runner"
:*Vocals: Mariko Kurata and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
{{Col-break}}

===Staff===
*Director: Gisaburō Sugii
*Screenplay: Hiroichi Fuse
*Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
*Art Director: Hiroshi Ōhno
*Music: Hiroaki Serizawa, [[Yasunori Tsuchida]]<!--槌田靖識-->
*Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
*Producers: [[Yūkichi Ōhashi]]<!--大橋雄吉-->, Atsushi Tashiro
*Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
{{col-end}}
<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="goo"/></small>

==TV live action drama==
A ''Nine'' [[live action]] TV drama special aired on January 5, 1987 on Fuji TV's {{nihongo|''Monday Dramaland''|月曜ドラマランド|Getsuyō Doramarando}} program.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}

===Cast===
*[[Aki Asakura]]<!--浅倉亜季--> (Yuri Nakao)
*[[Kazuya Takahashi]]<!--高橋一也--> (Katsuya Niimi)
*[[Kōyō Maeda]]<!--前田耕陽--> (Jirō Yamanaka)
*[[Mikio Ōsawa]]<!--大沢樹生--> (Kentarō Yamanaka)
*[[Mami Ōtsuka]]<!--大塚真美--> (Yukimi Yasuda)
{{Col-break}}

===Staff===
*Original Work: Mitsuru Adachi
*Director: [[Yoshiharu Ueki]]<!--植木善晴-->
*Teleplay: [[Fumiyo Asō]]<!--亜槍文代-->
*Production: Fuji TV
{{col-end}}
<small>'''Sources:'''</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{anime News Network|manga|5526}}

{{Mitsuru Adachi works}}
{{Shōnen Sunday Super}}
{{Gisaburō Sugii}}
{{Group TAC}}

[[Category:1978 manga]]
[[Category:1983 anime films]]
[[Category:1983 television films]]
[[Category:1983 films]]
[[Category:1984 anime films]]
[[Category:1984 television films]]
[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:1987 television specials]]
[[Category:Anime television films]]
[[Category:Baseball in anime and manga]]
[[Category:Anime films based on manga]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gisaburō Sugii]]
[[Category:Fuji Television original programming]]
[[Category:Group TAC]]
[[Category:Japanese television dramas based on manga]]
[[Category:1980s Japanese-language films]]
[[Category:Mitsuru Adachi]]
[[Category:Shogakukan manga]]
[[Category:Shōnen manga]]
[[Category:Live-action films based on manga]]