Kodocha
こどものおもちゃ (Kodomo no Omocha)
Demographic	Shōjo
Genre	Romantic comedy
Manga: [1]
Author	Miho Obana
Publisher	Shueisha
Other publishers: Planeta DeAgostini Tokyopop EMA Dynit
Serialized in	Ribon
Original run	August 1994 – November 1998
Volumes	10
OVA: [2]
Studio	Studio Gallop/NAS
Episodes	1
Released	16 December 1995
TV anime: Story arc one [3]
Director	Akitaro Daichi
Studio	Studio Gallop/NAS
Network	TV Tokyo
Other networks: FUNimation Channel, CoLours TV
Original run	5 April 1996 – 4 April 1997
Episodes	52
TV anime: Story arc two [3]
Director	Hiroaki Sakurai
Studio	Studio Gallop/NAS
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	11 April 1997 – 27 March 1998
Episodes	50

Kodomo no Omocha (こどものおもちゃ, Kodomo no Omocha^?) is a manga series by mangaka Miho Obana, helped periodically by her sister, Kaori Obana. The series is commonly known under the name Kodocha. The literal English translation of the title is Child's Toy. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.^[4] The series was adapted as an OVA and later as an anime television series.^[2][3] Image File history File links KODOCHA.PNG‎ [edit] Summary Fair use Kodocha Logo screen capture from DVD. Uploaded 2006-09-17 by DJLon. ... Page from long running shōjo manga Glass Mask by Suzue Miuchi, demonstrating archetypal shōjo art conventions Shōjo or shoujo ) is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a female audience between the ages of 13 and 18. ... A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... 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Kodocha was published in the United States in English by Tokyopop as Kodocha: Sana's Stage, although as of 2006, it is out of print.^[5] The anime was licensed for North American distribution by FUNimation and currently airs as part of the FUNimation programming block on CoLours TV, as well as the FUNimation Channel. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For the music movie, see Tokyo Pop. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... FUNimation Entertainment (previously known as FUNimation Productions) is an American company formed by Gen Fukunaga in the early 1990s to produce, merchandise and distribute anime and other entertainment properties in the United States and international markets. ... CoLours TV is a multicultural TV network produced by the non-profit organization Black Star Communications. ...

Characters

Main article: List of Kodocha characters

This is a list of the fictional characters that appear in the manga and anime series Kodomo no Omocha by Miho Obana. ...

Manga

Volumes

Volume 1 - Welcome to the Jungle Gym

Cover Art - Streetwise: Akito, Gomi, Sana and Yasuda

Hayama, a tough kid, is terrorizing Sana's class. When Sana finds out that he has been blackmailing the teachers, she sets out for revenge. Tsuyoshi tells Sana that Hayama's weakness is heights, but just as he is about to confess his love for Sana, the girls have to rush off to save Mami, who Hayama is trying to drown. Sana confronts Hayama, and he pins her up against the wall, telling her not to interfere anymore. After numerous failed attempts, Sana decides that she should try to blackmail Hayama with a photograph (the same way he is doing with the teachers). She enlists Tsuyoshi's help, and stalks Hayama to his home where she finds out more than she wanted to know. Hayama's abusive sister throws him out of the house, and father blanks him. Regardless, Sana gets Tsuyoshi to pull down Hayama's trousers, at which point she takes the photo. After Hayama stops being a jerk, Sana discovers from Tsuyoshi that Hayama's mother died giving birth to him, which is why his family hates him. Coincidently, Sana is doing a movie with a similar plot (where she plays a little girl, whose mother got terminally ill after giving birth to her, and Asako plays an older sister who is abusive). After watching the movie, Hayama's family see how wrong they were, that Hayama's mother gave all of her love, even her life, so that Hayama could live. They start treating him better, and thank Sana helping them.

Mini Story - The Hayamoth: Hayama plays a trick on the forest god, who punishes him by turning into a moth. Hayama turns Sana's mom, Misako, into a moth, too. As a result, Sana and Tsuyoshi go to find the Hayama Moth and are tricked several times. Meanwhile, when Sana and Tsuyoshi are shooting the Hayamoth,(which is no use because the Hayamoth and his clones are immortal) Misako takes a bath and is cured.

Volume 2 - Love is in the Air

Cover Art - Pretty Young Girl: Sana

In this book, Sana gets invited to have an interview with Asako Kurumi. When the interview begins Asako starts to ask questions about Sana's manager. Sana tells Asako about Rei's past and Asako realizes that Rei is the man whom she dumped in college after making a decision of whether she wants to become an actress or stay with Rei. When the interview is over then Sana goes to the car to see Rei. She finds out that he is not there and goes looking for him. Meanwhile, Rei is getting a soda from a vending machine and Asako spots him as she is getting in the car. She calls out his name and chases after him because he is running away from her. She finally corners him in a dark alley and ask him if the rumors are true. When he is about to answer, Sana pops up out of nowhere and starts shouting at Asako for talking to her "gigolo". As Sana is talking, a crowd of fans starts to show up. Rei rushes Sana home and tells her that she's his #1 person in her life to make her stop worrying. When he goes to help make the tea, Sana starts dancing and jumping. All of a sudden, she bumps into the bookcase in Rei's room. A box falls from the book shelf and opens. Sana is surprised to find pictures of Asako Kurumi in the box. She has a harder time believing that she's the #1 person in Rei's life right now.

Mini Story - Childs Toy extra: Each character presents the weather and finds an individual ways of completely messing it up.

Volume 3 - My Daughter and I

Cover Art - Going to the Ball / Pretty Princess Pink: Sana

Tsuyoshi and Aono's parents get a divorce, but Aya manages to capture Tsuyoshi's heart by getting him a present to help him get through the difficult time. Sana's class goes on a trip which includes an overnight stay, where Sana and Akito share a moment together. Naozumi, another famous child actor arrives, doing adverts with Sana. Hayama starts Karate lessons to help him out. Misako, Sana's mother, publishes a book called 'My Daughter and I' which reveals that Sana is adopted. The press is all over her to find out more, and Hayama helps Sana to get out of the public eye.

Mini Story - Cool Girl Karen vs Spicy Girl Sana: Sana challenges people on the street to take the Child's Toy challenge: to eat a particularly disgusting food! Karen is chosen from the audience, and is immediately sick- at which point she sticks food down Sana's throat, and she is sick also. The show got the best ratings out of any Child's Toy episode ever. Karen is a crossover from a different comic book.

Volume 4 - New Beginnings

Cover Art - Dolled up: Sana (Doll), Hayama (Soldier), a giant teddy bear (Rei).

Sana has been attacked by the press about the book that her mother wrote, finds out that her real mother is still living in Japan, and wants to meet her. Hayama and Tsuyoshi provide support for Sana when she meets her real sister and mother at an amusement park. Naozumi, the famous child actor who works with Sana, reveals that he too is adopted and that Sana and he were raised in the same orphanage for a month. Sana hosts a half-birthday at her house, so that Hayama can celebrate his birthday for once.^[6] Hayama and Sana share their first consensual kiss. Sana and her friends begin seventh grade at a new school, where Sana makes a new best friend named Fuka. While introducing Fuka to Hayama, Fuka goes berserk and slaps Hayama, then reveals a secret about him.

Mini Story - Oponchi Sisters: Miho Obana gives time to thank her hard working sister.

Volume 5 - Tabloid Romance

Cover Art - School Uniform Sana: Sana

Fuka explains to her friends at lunch about how she went to kindergarten with Hayama and Tsuyoshi and Hayama stole her first kiss, which broke up the relationship between Fuka and Takaishi. Sana and Fuka join the gymnastics club, then their class goes on a field trip to the zoo, where Hayama shows Sana a beautiful scenery, and Tsuyoshi and Sana talk about how Sana has no confidence or time for her love life, and she will not believe Hayama loves her unless he says so himself. Also, Hayama catches some popularity from other girls. The next day, Sana has a press conference with the rest of the cast for "Mansion of Water". Ishida asks out Sana, but Sana lies and says its true she's going out with Naozumi like the tabloids say, to get Ishida to go away. Right before Sana leaves on the bus to location to shoot the movie, Hayama sees her off, shows her his brand new brown belt he just achieved in karate, and is about to confess, but says he will talk to her when she gets back in a few months. Hayama begins longing for Sana, while she begins shooting in the mountains. When Fuka finds out Takaishi and her old friends from Osaka are coming to Tokyo to visit, she asks Hayama to pretend to be her boyfriend to show off in front of Takaishi, which makes their ties with each other more friendly. Sana is enjoying her work on location but at the end of the book, gets attacked by Naozumi's jealous fans.

Volume 6 - Fiery Feelings

Cover Art - Never Give Up: Sana

Sana ends up with a broken leg from Naozumi's jealous girl fans, which makes filming harder for her. Naozumi is extremely upset about this, but Sana tells him she's mad also, but not to worry about it and keep filming. Hayama finds out Sana and Naozumi are dating from a magazine and from Ishida. Fuka asks Hayama to be her boyfriend. Sana gets the director's cell phone and is able to make a call. She calls Hayama right away and finds out that he and Fuka are dating. Sana becomes extremely shocked and goes into a state of sadness. Sana talks with Asako and realizes that she really does love Hayama. Naozumi confesses to Sana that night. Rei tells Mama to come over right away. When Mama comes she helps Sana to handle the fact that Hayama and Fuka are dating. They are finally filming the scene when Sana comes out of a real burning house. Before she is able to fully exit the house, she falls due to her leg and cannot get up. Soon, she exits the house before it burns down and finishes the scene.

When they go back to Tokyo, Sana stays at the hospital for a few months to let her leg heal. Then she goes back to school. Things seem to be just as normal until Hayama starts calling Sana "Sana" instead of "Kurata", and that all her friends believed the tabloids about her and Naozumi dating. After that, Naozumi is interviewed on TV and reveals that Sana is in love with the one who saw her off the day they left for location.

Mini Story - An egg full of thorns: A story about Akito when he was young.

Volume 7 - Star Crossed Lovebirds

Cover Art - Cool guy: Hayama

Sana and Hayama reveal their feelings for each other, but Fuka overhears them. Sana says her feelings for Hayama are in the past, so that Fuka is not hurt. Sana takes as many job offers she can because she wants to concentrate on her acting career so that she can keep her mind off of Hayama and Fuka. While Sana is becoming more popular, Hayama is straying back to his old ways and having violent problems with his science teacher, Sengoku-sensei.

One day after school, Hayama, Fuka, Tsuyoshi, and Aya go to the arcade to hang out. Hayama gets in a fight with two high schoolers, surprising Fuka and earning himself a suspension. Tsuyoshi tells Sana the news, and that night Sana happens to see Hayama jogging. His eyes are dark like in the past, but Sana makes him feel better. Sana returns to school and declares a friendly war with Fuka. Hayama is unintentionally horrible to a boy named Komori at school, who thought that Hayama was his only friend. A woman comes to school claiming that her son Komori is going to commit suicide because of Hayama. Thus, Hayama leaves to find Komori. Before he gets on the train to leave, he tells Sana that he still loves her.

Volume 8 - From End To Beginning

Cover Art: Sana and Akito

Komori has run away from school, and says that he will commit suicide. Hayama goes after him to convince him otherwise. Hayama ends up with a paralyzed hand from when Komori stabbed his arm. Hayama survives his near-death, caused by too much loss of blood. After Hayama regains consciousness and stays at the hospital, Fuka breaks up with him because she realizes that he needs Sana, and Komori's mother gets counseling to help her become a better parent and understand her son. Sana finds out Hayama and Fuka have broken up, but has not gotten together with Hayama yet. Meanwhile, when Hayama gets released from the hospital, he has lots of trouble managing with only his left hand. Sana plans another Christmas Eve party for this year.

Mini Story - Oponchi Monkeys: Miho describes a game that some of her friends play in pool, and whoever loses gets punished. One of her friends loses and is punished by wearing a monkey suit the rest if the day.

Volume 9 - The day Sana lost her Smile (1)

Cover Art: Sana without a smile

Hayama and Sana are very close now, and it seems like they will be inseparable. That is, until Hayama's father suddenly tells him that they're moving to America. (Later, the reader finds out that he did this so Hayama could have a special surgery that could return movement to his arm.) Sana goes into a shock, and her face becomes mask-like. Akito is torn between leaving Sana and going with his family.

Volume 10 - The day Sana lost her Smile (Part 2)

Cover Art - Group Shot: Almost all the cast

Sana continues to have a mask-like face and is hoping that she will be able to become a grown up by trying grown up things... that way she and Akito will not have to be separated. She decides to run away to a theme park and brings Akito with her. They rent a hotel room and eventually Akito breaks down because he cannot handle Sana's illness any longer. He says that he's the one who will be most affected by moving away and he feels he cannot be separated from Sana. Sana's maternal feelings for him resurface and they cry together. The next morning, Sana has finally regained her emotions. Later the next day she watches Akito leave and she yells "I'm going to stay a virgin so you better not cheat on me". Everyone hears this which makes Akito freak out, but he responds to her with just a simple "ok". Hayama returns to Japan two years later to enroll in high school there.

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Anime

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Episodes

Season 1

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Season 2

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North American release

The first DVD was released in the U.S. on 2005-08-02, containing the first four episodes of the series. While no actual footage was removed from the series, the first two episodes of the dub has removed references to Rei being Sana's "pimp". (The Japanese word used, himoo, can mean either "pimp" or the less problematic term "gigolo".) The first opening song, "7 O'Clock News", could not be used for contractual reasons concerning the Japanese boy band Tokio and "Ultra Relax" (the theme to the second story arc) was used instead. All references to Tokio in the Japanese version of episode 001 have been removed from the subtitles and are replaced with (XXXXX) where Tokio would be mentioned and the audio is silent as well. The name Tokio still appears in the end credits.^[7] Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A male prostitute (or hustler) is a sex worker or prostitute who earns money by providing sexual services to clients. ... TOKIO is a popular Japanese pop/rock band formed by Johnny & Associates in 1994. ...

Theme songs

• Openings

1. "7 O'Clock News" by TOKIO (Eps. 1-44)
2. "Ultra Relax" by Tomoe Shinohara (Eps. 45-102)

• Endings

1. "Panic" by Still Small Voice (Eps. 1-39)
2. "DAIJO-BU" by Tomoko Hikita (Eps. 40-74)
3. "Pinch ~Love Me Deeper~" by Rina Chinen (Eps. 75-102)

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Trivia

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• Among the omake epilogue of the television series, the following alternate universe scenarios play out:

1. Akito fails his black belt test twice
2. Asako marries Mikio Ono, the moody director of Water Palace
3. A very angry Shizu gets her vengeance on Fuka for stealing Takaishi
4. The son of a yakuza boss demands Sana that she marries him, and when she refused, the gang beat up her and Akito. Misako and Shizuka Kurata brought together the entire Kurata clan and teams up with another clan to get back at the yakuza.
5. Naozumi discovers that his family, the Hamiltons, have gone broke.

• In episode 23 while Sana, Rei, and Misako are watching Child's Toy, a commercial airs with what appears to be a Nintendo 64 controller and a blonde-haired princess.

• Miho Obana later wrote a one-volume manga series based of Sana and Naozumi's movie, Mansion of Water.

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References

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External links

Official sites

• Kodocha.tv, FUNimation's official English anime website

Other sources

• Kodocha (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Kodocha (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia