To-y

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To-y
To-y manga vol. 1.png
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring To-y Fujii
Genre Musical [1]
2 November 18, 1985 [10] 4-09-121352-9
3 January 18, 1986 [11] 4-09-121353-7
4 March 18, 1986 [12] 4-09-121354-5
5 June 18, 1986 [13] 4-09-121355-3
6 September 18, 1986 [14] 4-09-121356-1
7 November 18, 1986 [15] 4-09-121357-X
8 February 18, 1986 [16] 4-09-121358-8
9 April 18, 1986 [17] 4-09-121359-6
10 June 18, 1987 [5] 4-09-121360-X

Original video animation

The manga was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Gallop, directed by Mamoru Hamatsu, with character designs by Naoyuki Onda, and art direction by Shichirō Kobayashi. [18] Masaya Matsuura was in charge of the music, and his band Psy-S provided the theme songs; "Lemon no Yūki" (Lemonの勇気) and "Cubic Lovers". [19] [20] It was released on October 1, 1987, [21] on VHS, LaserDisc, Betamax and Video High Density. [20] On June 30, 2021, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, who produced the OVA, released it on a limited remastered edition Blu-ray set. [22]

Legacy

To-y was a pioneer of band-themed manga and has served as an influence to other manga series like Beck and Nana. [23]

In 2007, Justin Sevakis of Anime News Network reported that a frame-by-frame digital restoration of the To-y OVA was being done by fans. He cited it as the first fan restoration in the anime community. [20]

Visual kei rock band Penicillin took their name from the group Penicillin Shock seen in To-y, and titled their first album after the fictional band. [24] In 2015, Atsushi Kamijo drew the album cover for Penicillin's Memories ~Japanese Masterpieces~. [25]

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