Nana Maru San Batsu (ナナマル サンバツ), called Fastest Finger First in English, is a Japanese manga series by Iqura Sugimoto. An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017.
Plot
The daily life of Shiki Koshiyama, as he joins the Quiz Bowl Circle club with his classmate Mari Fukami to partake in Quiz bowl matches during his freshman year in high school.
Characters
Buzō Prefectural High School
- Shiki Koshiyama (越山 識)
- Mari Fukami (深見 真理)
- Gakuto Sasajima (笹島 学人)
- Daisuke Inoue (井上 大将)
- Jinko Sasajima (笹島 迅子)
- Yoshikatsu Kuroda (黒田 良勝)
Miyaura High School
- Chisato Mikuriya (御来屋 千智)
- Yōsuke Ashiya (芦屋 洋介)
- Wataru Maruyama (丸山 亘)
- Ryōta Mukai (向井 亮太)
Asagaoka High School
- Yuki Kōzuki (上月 由貴)
- Chiaki Sonohara (苑原 千明)
- Fumika Kenmochi (剣持 文伽)
- Tamami Kogawa (古河 珠美)
Sekigawata High School
- Takumi Niina (新名 匠)
- Toichirō Nakazawa (中澤 藤一郎)
- Hajime Sasaki (佐々木 一)
Kaijō High School
- Kunimitsu Ōkura (大蔵 邦光)
- Seiji Fukami (深見 誠司)
- Haruomi Konoe (近衛 春臣)
- Masaru Shibata (柴田 勝)
Other characters
- Minoru Hanabusa (花房 ミノル)
- Kotaro Tozuka (戸塚 光太郎)
- Sei Koshiyama
Media
Manga
It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace from 2010 to 2020.[8] Twenty tankōbon volumes were published.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation is produced by TMS Entertainment with Masaki Ōzora directing, Yuuko Kakihara supervised the anime's scripts and Makoto Takahoko drew the character designs. It aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017, on Nippon TV's AnichU programming block.[29][30] The opening theme is "On My MiND" by Mrs. Green Apple and the ending theme is "◯◯◯◯◯" by Baby Raids Japan.[31] The series ran for 12 episodes.[32] Crunchyroll streamed the series.[33]
Stage Play
The manga has inspired 2 live-action stage play adaptation which had run in May 2018,[34] with a third play to run in January 2021.[8]
External links
References
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- Jennifer Sherman. Fastest Finger First Manga Ends, Gets 3rd Stage Play Anime News Network, 2020-09-05, retrieved 2020-09-08^
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