Mysteries and thrillers attract more audiences than most other genres. If you are a fan of mystery drama too, then Hyouka is the right pick for you. Hyouka is a Japanese television series that is based on a novel of the same name which was written by Honobu Yonezawa.
The story of the series revolves around Hotaro Oreki who joins the classic literature club of the Kamiyama High School at the request of his sister to save it from being abolished in any sense. He is accompanied by fellow club members – Eru Chitanda, Satoshi Fukube, and Mayaka Ibara. To help the club grow and become sustainable and also as a part of Eru’s requests, the group has to solve numerous mysteries as the story continues.
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Show Details:
| TV Series: | Hyouka |
| Genre: | Mystery, slice of life |
| Created by: | Yasuhiro Takemoto |
| Based on: | Hyouka
by Honobu Yonezawa, Made into Manga by Taskohna |
| Running time: | April 22, 2012 – September 16, 2012 |
| Producers | Atsushi Itō
Hideaki Hatta |
| Composer: | Kōhei Tanaka |
| Original language: | Japanese |
More about the show:
Hyouka is a Japanese Television show that belongs to the genre of mystery and slice of life. It is based on a novel of the same name which was written by Honobu Yonezawa. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten and its imprint was provided by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko.
The novel was published on October 31, 2001. The Manga based on the same novel was written by Taskohna and was published by Kadokawa Shoten. Its English publishers were MY and Kadokawa Gempak Starz. The magazine in which it featured as Shōnen Ace had a successful run since January 26, 2012. The Manga had 13 Volumes.
The Anime television series based on the same novel was directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto. It was produced by Atsushi Itō and Hideaki Hatta. It was written by Shoji Gatoh and its music was given by Kōhei Tanaka. The studio involved in the making of the anime television series was Kyoto Animation.
Its license was provided by Funimation and Muse Communication. The original networks on which the show aired were CTC, TV Saitama, TVQ, tvk, KBS, Sun TV, GBS, Tokyo MX, MTV, and BS11. The show had a successful run from April 22, 2012, to September 16, 2012, and had 22 episodes.
Plot:
The story of the anime series – Hyouka revolves around the life of the main character- Hotaro Oreki. Hotaro’s sister requests him to join the Classic literature club of the Kamiyama High School to save it from being deteriorated or being abolished. On her request, Hotaro does what her sister asked him to do and joins Kamiyama High School and its classic literature club.
He is accompanied by fellow members of the classic literature club – Eru Chitanda, Satoshi Fukube, and Mayaka Ibara. The plot of the city is set in Kamiyama city which is an imaginary city in the Gift prefecture that is based on the author’s real-life hometown – Takayama which is also situated in Gifu prefecture.
To the watcher’s surprise even the school in the series, the kamiyama High School is also a fictional version of the Hida school which exists in real life. The story continues as Hotaro tries to do what her sister requested him to do meanwhile he has to solve numerous mysteries in order to help them grow and become more sustainable as a club. The task of solving mysteries turns out to be a part of the requests made by the fellow club member of Hotaro’s – Eru Chitanda.
Characters:
- The character of Hotaro Oreki has been voiced by Yūichi Nakamura in Japanese and Adam Gibbs in English. It has been played by Kento Yamazaki.
- The character of Eru Chitanda has been voiced by Satomi Satō in Japanese and Madeleine Morris in English. It was played by Alice Hirose.
- The character of Satoshi Fukube has been voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi in Japanese and Dallas Reid in English. It was played by Amane Okayama.
- The character of Mayaka Ibara has been voiced by Ai Kayano in Japanese and Jill Harris in English. It was played by Fujiko Kojima.
- The character of Fuyumi Irisu has been voiced by Yukana in Japanese and Alexis Tipton in English.
- The character of Kurako Eba has been voiced by Aoi Yūki in Japanese and Jad Saxton in English.
- The character of Junya Nakajo has been voiced by Takayuki Kondō in Japanese and Alejandro Saab in English.
- The character of Tomohiro Haba has been voiced by Atsushi Abe in Japanese and Daman Mills in English.
- The character of Misaki Sawakiguchi has been voiced by Mariya Ise in Japanese and Sarah Wiedenheft in English.
- The character of Takeo Kaito has been voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in Japanese and Ricco Fajardo in English.
- The character of Jiro Sugimura has been voiced by Miyu Irino in Japanese and Austin Tindle in English.
- The character of Midori Yamanishi has been voiced by Ami Koshimizu in Japanese and Tia Ballard in English.
Episodes:
The anime had 22 episodes.
- Its first episode was named “The Return of the Time-Honored Classic Lit Club”.
- Its second episode was named “The Prestigious Classic Lit Club’s Activities”.
- Its third episode was named “The Circumstances of the Classic Lit Club’s Scion”.
- Its fourth episode was named “The Classic Lit Club’s Glorious Days of Yore”.
- Its fifth episode was named “The Truth About the Historic Classic Lit Club”.
- Its sixth episode was named “Committing a Cardinal Sin”.
- Its seventh episode was named “Upon Seeing the True Nature”.
- Its eighth episode was named “Let’s Go to the Screening”.
- Its ninth episode was named “The Case of the Furuoka Deserted Village Murder”.
- Its tenth episode was named “Blind Spot to All”.
- Its eleventh episode was named “Credit Roll of Fools”.
- Its twelfth episode was named “Those Things Piled Up Endlessly”.
- Its thirteenth episode was named “A Corpse By Evening”.
- Its fourteenth episode was named “Wild Fire”.
- Its fifteenth episode was named “The Juumonji Affair”.
- Its sixteenth episode was named “The Final Target”.
- Its seventeenth episode was named “The Kudryavka Sequence”.
- Its eighteenth episode was named “Is the Mountain Range Clear? ub”.
- Its nineteenth episode was named “Does Anyone Have Any Idea?”.
- Its twentieth episode was named “Mishap-py New Year”.
- Its twenty-first episode was named “The Case of the Homemade Chocolates”.
- Its twenty-second episode was named “The Doll That Took the Long Way Around”.
Will there be a season 2?
The chances of Hyouka getting a series are quite fleeting as the author – Mr. Yonezawa had stated on multiple occasions that he had no interest in writing the second season of the Hyouka series. To the audience’s shock, Mr. Yonezawa died in an arson plan which burned down the whole studio for once and took the life of Mr. Yonezawa. The only hope that remains is that an animation studio recently showed interest in producing the second season of Hyouka and continuing it.