Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō


Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō is a manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori, which has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from issue 33 of 2005 to issue 21-22 of 2008. It has been adapted into an anime television series, directed by Kōichirō Sōtome and written by Mamiko Ikeda, which premiered in Japan on numerous television stations from July 2007, and a video game.

Plot

Within the Kanagawa prefecture lies the seaside city of Umineko. There, Kaname Okiura, a student in his 2nd year of high school, attends Umineko Shōgyō High School, or Umisho for short. He is also the manager of the Umisho's swim team though he himself doesn't know how to swim. In fact, he is afraid of the water stemming from an incident which occurred some years ago. While he was at the beach, he had nearly drowned when a 'mermaid' pulled him under the water. He joined the school's swimming club in order to learn how to swim, but the club is filled with weirdos, who don't teach him swimming.
One day, a floating house arrives at the shores of Umisho bearing two persons. One of these is a cheerful, sunny, happy-go-lucky girl named Amuro Ninagawa, a transfer student to Umisho, and the other is her father. Her incredible swimming speed makes her an instant hit with the swimming club, but Okiura is surprised, as she reminds him of the mermaid he saw only once in his early childhood. After her floating house is destroyed during a storm she moves to Kaname's house.
The fictional island, where the series is set, is modeled on the real island of Enoshima in Fujisawa, Kanagawa.

Characters

;Amuro Ninagawa
;Kaname Okiura
;Momoko Orizuka
;Maki Ikuta
;Masa Ikariya
;Mirei Shizuoka
;Maaya Nanako
;Sanae Kise
;Chigusa Yasu
;Kaori Himekawa
;Yamana Yoshizawa
;Asami Oyamada
;Keiko Nakamura
;Yasuyo Nara
;Miku Nagira
;Akira Koshiba
;Takeda Seito
;Tsunumi Isao
;Tobe Jun
;Iori
;Taku Ikariya

Media

Manga

The series has been adapted into an anime television series, which premiered in Japan from July 3, 2007 on Chiba TV, Tokyo MX, and numerous other UHF television stations. Animated by Artland, it is being directed by Kōichirō Sōtome and written by Mamiko Ikeda.

Staff

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Theme songs

An internet radio version of the anime series, Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō: Junbi Undō, was first streamed on the Japanese websites Ōnsen and BEWE from May 16, 2007 and June 27, 2007. A continuation, Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō: Natsu!! Honban, began streaming on July 4, 2007. The first version of the series featured Hitomi Nabatame, voice actor of Momoko Orizuka, while the continuation featured Nabatame and Aki Toyosaki, voice actor of Amuro Ninagawa.

Video game

5pb inc. published an Umisho game on PlayStation 2, under the 5gk. title.