Supinamarada!

Supinamarada! (Japanese: スピナマラダ!) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Satoru Noda. Serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from July 2011 to November 2012, the series follows a figure skater who, after moving to Hokkaido following the death of his mother, begins playing ice hockey.

Supinamarada!
Cover of the first bound volume
スピナマラダ!
(SUPINAMARADA!)
GenreSports (ice hockey)[1]
Manga
Supinamarada!
Written bySatoru Noda
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 14, 2011 – November 1, 2012
Volumes6

The series' title is derived from the ice hockey term spinorama (supinarama in Japanese), spelt as if spoken in a Hokkaido dialect.[2]

Synopsis

Fifteen year old figure skater Shirakawa Rou's mother dies in a car accident the day before his qualifying performance for the Olympic Games, rendering him grief-stricken and unable to compete. Now orphaned, Shirakawa and his twin sister Haruna are forced to relocate from Tokyo to the home of their maternal grandfather in Tomakomai, Hokkaido. After an encounter with the hockey-loving Genma brothers, Shirakawa decides to join the school's ice hockey team. The series follows Shirakawa as he learns to play the sport and competes against the hockey teams of rival schools.

Production

Supinamarada! was creator Satoru Noda's first manga series after nearly a decade as an artist assistant.[1] Noda has stated that the inspiration for Supinamarada! was a desire to create a story that was both about hockey and set in his home of Hokkaido. While sports manga about hockey have been produced in the past, notably My Heavenly Hockey Club and Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club, Noda has remarked that relative to other sports, hockey is not a ubiquitous sport in the medium.[1]

Publication

The series was serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from July 14, 2011 to November 1, 2012.[3][4] A one-shot spin-off chapter was later published in the February 2013 issue of the manga magazine Aoharu.[5] The series has been collected into six tankōbon (bound volumes) published by Shueisha:

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 18 November 2011[6]978-4-08-879233-0
2 19 January 2012[7]978-4-08-879315-3
3 19 April 2012[8]978-4-08-879315-3
4 19 July 2012[9]978-4-08-879373-3
5 19 October 2012[10]978-4-08-879430-3
6 19 December 2012[11]978-4-08-879576-8

Reception

In an interview with Asahi Shimbun, Noda stated that Supinamarada! was a commercial failure during its initial serialization, and was discontinued after 15 months at the recommendation of his editor. Noda has speculated that the series' hard-to-remember title and slow initial chapters may have contributed to its inability to find an audience.[1] The widespread acclaim for Noda's subsequent manga series Golden Kamuy has led to renewed critical recognition for Supinamarada!;[1] the works are linked through the Supinamarada! character Toshimitsu Nihei, whose name and character design are identical to Tetsuzō Nihei of Golden Kamuy.[12]

References
  1. "漫画家・野田サトルさん". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. "野田サトル氏インタビュー記事よ". Breakaway (in Japanese). 1 August 2011.
  3. "ヤンジャン新連載はフィギュア・ミーツ・アイスホッケー". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 14 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. 「軒猿」の薮口黒子が荒廃した東京描く新連載、WEB企画も. Natalie (in Japanese). 1 November 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. "アオハル0.99号は本日発売！落合さよりや道満晴明が参加". Comic Natalie. 1 February 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. "スピナマラダ！ 1". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. "スピナマラダ！ 2". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. "スピナマラダ！ 3". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  9. "スピナマラダ！ 4". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. "スピナマラダ！ 5". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  11. "スピナマラダ！ 6". Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  12. "「ゴールデンカムイ」特集 野田サトル×町山智浩対談 - コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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