Eiken | |
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エイケン | |
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Genre | Sex comedy [1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Seiji Matsuyama |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Shōnen Champion Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | April 26, 2001 – August 5, 2004 |
Volumes | 18 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Tomoyasu Ōkubo |
Music by | Shō Goshima (Soft House Right Brain) |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Released | June 25, 2003 – June 23, 2004 |
Runtime | 30 minutes |
Episodes | 2 |
Eiken (エイケン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seiji Matsuyama. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 2001 to August 2004, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) produced by J.C.Staff. Both the manga and the OVA were licensed for English release in North America by Media Blasters.
Densuke has just enrolled at the exclusive Zashono Academy. He is 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 is not interested in anyone except for the shy and beautiful Chiharu Shinonome.
Written and illustrated by Seiji Matsuyama, Eiken was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 26, 2001, [b] to August 5, 2004. [c] Akita Shoten collected its chapters in 18 tankōbon volumes, released from October 5, 2001, [7] to November 20, 2004. [8]
In North America, the manga was licensed by Media Blasters. [9] They released 12 volumes from July 1, 2005, [10] to September 17, 2008. [11]
A manga remake using artificial intelligence art began serialization on Beaglee 's Manga Ōkuni online platform on April 25, 2024. [12]
A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation produced by J.C.Staff was released from June 25, 2003, to June 23, 2004. The opening theme and ending theme, "Feel Like Our Days" and "Jewel's Memory", respectively, were both performed by Toko. [13]
In North America, the OVA was licensed by Media Blasters. It was released on December 14, 2004. [14] It was released on Blu-ray Disc on July 31, 2020. [15] It was added to Crunchyroll's catalog in September 2020. [16]
Eiken was panned by critics for 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 "[a]ctual pornography disguised as romantic comedy pseudo-pornography". [17]
Stig Høgset 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". 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." [1]
In Mania.com's reviews, Chris Beveridge gave the anime an "F", [14] while Eduardo M. Chavez gave the first manga volume a "D+". [10]
Eiken | |
![]() First
tankōbon volume cover | |
エイケン | |
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Genre | Sex comedy [1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Seiji Matsuyama |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Shōnen Champion Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | April 26, 2001 – August 5, 2004 |
Volumes | 18 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by |
|
Produced by |
|
Written by | Tomoyasu Ōkubo |
Music by | Shō Goshima (Soft House Right Brain) |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Released | June 25, 2003 – June 23, 2004 |
Runtime | 30 minutes |
Episodes | 2 |
Eiken (エイケン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seiji Matsuyama. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 2001 to August 2004, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) produced by J.C.Staff. Both the manga and the OVA were licensed for English release in North America by Media Blasters.
Densuke has just enrolled at the exclusive Zashono Academy. He is 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 is not interested in anyone except for the shy and beautiful Chiharu Shinonome.
Written and illustrated by Seiji Matsuyama, Eiken was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 26, 2001, [b] to August 5, 2004. [c] Akita Shoten collected its chapters in 18 tankōbon volumes, released from October 5, 2001, [7] to November 20, 2004. [8]
In North America, the manga was licensed by Media Blasters. [9] They released 12 volumes from July 1, 2005, [10] to September 17, 2008. [11]
A manga remake using artificial intelligence art began serialization on Beaglee 's Manga Ōkuni online platform on April 25, 2024. [12]
A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation produced by J.C.Staff was released from June 25, 2003, to June 23, 2004. The opening theme and ending theme, "Feel Like Our Days" and "Jewel's Memory", respectively, were both performed by Toko. [13]
In North America, the OVA was licensed by Media Blasters. It was released on December 14, 2004. [14] It was released on Blu-ray Disc on July 31, 2020. [15] It was added to Crunchyroll's catalog in September 2020. [16]
Eiken was panned by critics for 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 "[a]ctual pornography disguised as romantic comedy pseudo-pornography". [17]
Stig Høgset 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". 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." [1]
In Mania.com's reviews, Chris Beveridge gave the anime an "F", [14] while Eduardo M. Chavez gave the first manga volume a "D+". [10]