Sket Dance

Sket Dance (スケット・ダンス, Suketto Dansu, stylized in Japan as SKET DANCE) is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and serialized, beginning in July 2007, in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shōnen manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko Productions, premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo.[2] On March 30, 2011, Crunchyroll announced that it would simulcast the Sket Dance anime series.

Sket Dance
Cover of the first volume of Sket Dance, featuring Himeko, Bossun, and Switch
スケット・ダンス
(Suketto Dansu)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byKenta Shinohara
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 14, 2007 – July 8, 2013
Volumes32
Light novel
Sket Dance Extra Dance 1: A True Theory! The Seven School Wonders
Written bySawako Hirabayashi
Illustrated byKenta Shinohara
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump j-Books
DemographicMale
PublishedNovember 4, 2009
Anime television series
Directed byKeiichiro Kawaguchi
Produced byKen Yoda
Music byShuhei Naruse
StudioTatsunoko Productions
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 7, 2011 – September 27, 2012
Episodes77
Original video animation
Directed byKeiichiro Kawaguchi
StudioTatsunoko Productions
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2013
Runtime27 minutes

Plot
Main article: List of Sket Dance characters

The manga focuses on the (mis)adventures of Kaimei High School's campus support club, the Sket Dance (Katakana: "スケット・ダン"; Kanji: "助人団"; Transliteration: "Suketto Dan"; Translation: "Helper's Club"; included English acronym: "SKET (Support, Kindness, Encouragement, and Troubleshoot)"). Dedicated to the general improvement of campus life, the Sket Dance is devoted to solving any and all problems submitted by the staff or student body. However, due to its general lack of meaningful assignments and the unglamorous reputation of being just a 'group of handymen', the Sket Dance is treated with widespread contempt and it is composed of only three members.

The story is told through a series of short, self-contained stories focusing on cases undertaken by the Sket Dan and is usually told in the space of one or two chapters. Cases to date focus on a variety of issues from more humorous cases (like chasing monkeys around the school or helping a wanna-be samurai find out why he cannot win kendo tournaments) to more serious cases (like those hinting at Himeko's violent past or those concerning near-terminal illness).

Media

Manga
Main article: List of Sket Dance chapters

Sket Dance is written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. The series debuted in January 2006 as a oneshot in Akamaru Jump, with another oneshot appearing seven months later in Weekly Shōnen Jump, the latter more closely resembling the serialized version. It was later serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 14, 2007 to July 8, 2013.[3][4] The 288 individual chapters have been published into thirty-two tankōbon volumes published by Shueisha with the first being released on November 2, 2007.[5] The last volume was released on August 2, 2013.[6]

Outside Japan, the series is licensed by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan.[7]

Drama CDs

Shueisha released one drama CD Sket Dance ドラマCD (ISBN 978-4-08-901169-0) on October 30, 2009,[8][9] and a second Sket Dance 2 ドラマCD (ISBN 978-4-08-901171-3) was released on April 28, 2010.[10]

Light novels
  • SKET DANCE extra dance1: Theory true? Seven wonders of school
  • SKET DANCE extra dance2: Student Council Case Report ~The Cook Shell Incident~

Anime
Main article: List of Sket Dance episodes

An anime adaption produced by Tatsunoko Production of the Manga Sket Dance premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo. It contains six openings and endings with 77 episodes as of September 26, 2012.[11] An OVA was released on February 4, 2013, bundled with the 29th volume of the manga series.

Video games

Bossun, Himeko, and Switch appear together as a single support character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory VS.

Reception

From volume 6 onward, Sket Dance has consistently debuted on the weekly best sellers list for manga in Japan. Volume 6 debuted at number 9.[12] Volumes 7, 9, and 10 debuted at number 11.[13][14][15] Volume 8 debuted at number 13[16] while volume 11 debuted at number 12.[17] In January 2010, Sket Dance was announced as the winner of the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga.[18]

In September 2009, Japanese publisher Shueisha issued an apology in the 42nd weekly issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump over a depiction of main characters, Bossun and Himeko, inhaling helium to raise the pitch of their voices. The scene drew criticism from online forums and blogs over the danger of suffocation from breathing helium.[19]

References
  1. "Crunchyroll to Simulcast Sket Dance Comedy Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. "Sket Dance Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. October 19, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
  3. 週刊少年ジャンプ 2007年 Vol. 33. Shueisha. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  4. 篠原健太「SKET DANCE」連載6周年で堂々完結. Natalie (in Japanese). July 8, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  5. "SKET　DANCE　/　1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  6. "SKET DANCE 32" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  7. "SKET DANCE 學園救援團" (in Chinese). Tong Li Publishing. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  8. "SKET　DANCE　ドラマCD" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  9. "集英社ドラマCD　SKET DANCE" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  10. "集英社ドラマCD　SKET DANCE2" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  11. "Crunchyroll". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  12. "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 6–12". Anime News Network. January 14, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  13. "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 3–9". Anime News Network. March 18, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  14. "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 3–9". Anime News Network. August 12, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  15. "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 2–8". Anime News Network. November 11, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  16. "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 15–21 (Updated)". Anime News Network. June 24, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  17. "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 28-January 10". Anime News Network. January 13, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  18. "55th Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced". Anime News Network. January 21, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  19. "Shueisha Apologizes for Sket Dance's Helium-Inhaling Scene (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 16, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
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