Weather Woman
Weather Woman (Japanese: お天気お姉さん, Hepburn: Otenki Onēsan), also known as Weather Report Girl, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsu Adachi. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1992 to 1994, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation produced by OB Planning and Toho and animated by Pastel was released in 1995–96. Two direct-to-video films were released in 1995 and 1996, respectively; the first film had a theatrical release later in Japan in 1996. Both the manga and the live-action films were licensed in North America by Central Park Media, while the OVA was licensed by Right Stuf's division Critical Mass Video.
| Weather Woman | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| お天気お姉さん (Otenki Onēsan) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sex comedy,[1] yuri[2] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tetsu Adachi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Magazine |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1992 – 1994 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Original video animation | |
| Weather Report Girl | |
| Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama |
| Written by | Kunihiko Yuyama |
| Studio | Pastel |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 1994 – 1995 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Tomoaki Hosoyama |
| Produced by | Atsuhito Kaji |
| Written by | Tomoaki Hosoyama |
| Studio | Bandai Visual/TFC |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 25, 1995 |
| Runtime | 84 minutes |
| Live-action film | |
| Weather Woman Returns | |
| Directed by | Tomoaki Hosoyama |
| Written by | Tomoaki Hosoyama |
| Music by | Kunihiko Ida |
| Studio | Bandai Visual/TFC |
| Licensed by |
|
| Released | January 25, 1996 |
| Runtime | 84 minutes |
Plot edit
The story revolves around Keiko Nakadai, who in the beginning is an office lady working at the perpetually last-place ATV television network. However, she is chosen to fill in for weather reporter Michiko Kawai for one night, and Keiko takes full advantage of her opportunity by blatantly flashing her panties while on live television. The incident causes the evening news ratings to jump, and because of ATV's desperation to escape the ratings cellar, Keiko is subsequently promoted to full-time weather reporter, displacing Michiko in the process. The rest of the series focuses on her rivalries with co-workers jealous of and insulted by the nature of her success.
The series' humor is full of sexually oriented sorority style humor, aimed primarily at young men. The protagonist, Keiko, is depicted as being exhibitionistic, first using her sex appeal to rise to the position of weather girl by flashing her bra and panties, and maintaining her position by frequently wearing lingerie while on the air. She is also very resourceful, always one step ahead of her rivals' various revenge schemes. Keiko is also extraordinarily vengeful, humiliating Michiko on the air by spiking her tea with laxatives after Michiko had attempted a similar tactic against her. Keiko proceeds to masturbate in her apartment while watching Michiko embarrass herself on television. Finally, she is sexually domineering, effectively enslaving Michiko—who due to the on-air incident would have been fired had she not agreed—by making her lick her lingerie and perform cunnilingus on Keiko.
The second episode introduces Kaori Shimamori, a reporter who uses her dad's position as a member of the Diet at Keiko's expense. Kaori conspires to have Keiko demoted after allotting her weather corner during a breaking news report. This effort fails after being flooded with viewer mail protests. Soon after, Keiko and Kaori agree to partner up on a marketing campaign for ATV, though still plotting revenge against Keiko by eavesdropping on her. She soon discovers Keiko's dominatrix relationship with Michiko and becomes friends with Keiko. The OVA ends with a stripping and humiliation of Michiko in which Kaori embraces Keiko's lifestyle and then proceeds to entice Michiko into having oral sex with her while Keiko, half asleep, listens with a smirk.
Media edit
Manga edit
Written and illustrated by Tetsu Adachi, Weather Woman was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1992 to 1994.[3] Kodansha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from September 5, 1992,[4] to August 5, 1994.[5]
In North America, the manga was licensed by CPM Manga. It was released in eight issues from August 31, 2000,[6] to March 31, 2001.[7] A collected volume was released on January 23, 2002.[8]
Original video animation edit
A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation of 45 minute each, Weather Report Girl, produced by OB Planning and Toho and animated by Pastel, was released in 1994–95.[9]
In North America, the OVA was released by Right Stuf's division Critical Mass Video on VHS, in Japanese with English subtitles, in 1996.[10][11][12] The OVA was later released on both VHS and DVD with an English dub on June 26, 2001.[13]
Live-action film edit
Two direct-to-video live-action film adaptations, directed by Tomoaki Hosoyama and starring Kei Mizutani, were produced. The first film was released on April 25, 1995.[14] The film developed a cult following and was released theatrically to popular and critical success on September 21, 1996.[15][16]
Another film called Weather Woman Returns was released in on January 25, 1996.[17] It is not a sequel to the first movie, rather a new story involving the character Keiko.
Both films were released in North America on VHS and DVD by Central Park Media, under their Asia Pulp Cinema label, in 2000.[18][19][20][21]
References edit
- ^ Ross, Carlos. "Weather Report Girl". THEM Anime Reviews. from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ Friedman, Erica (July 10, 2009). "Weather Woman Anime and Manga [Review]". Okazu. from the original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ 天気予報が全然頭に入ってこない！ 世界一エロい気象予報士マンガ『お天気お姉さん』. cyzo.com (in Japanese). Cyzo Inc. February 9, 2018. from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 10, 2004. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 10, 2004. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ . CPM Manga. Archived from the original on April 20, 2001. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ . CPM Manga. Archived from the original on August 8, 2002. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ . CPM Manga. Archived from the original on March 24, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ 作品実績・OB PLANNING (in Japanese). OB Planning Co., Ltd. from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ . Right Stuf. May 9, 1996. Archived from the original on February 2, 1999. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Weather Report Girl Part 1: In for Nasty Weather Subtitled (VHS). Critical Mass Video. 1996. ISBN 1-57032-997-4.
- ^ Weather Report Girl Part 2: Warm Fronts in Collision Subtitled (VHS). Critical Mass Video. 1996. ISBN 1-57032-998-2.
- ^ "Weather Report Girl PR". Anime News Network. April 24, 2001. from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ お天気お姉さん＜ワイド版＞. suruga-ya.jp (in Japanese). from the original on March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ お天気お姉さん. eiga.com (in Japanese). from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser. (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. Miami. (ISBN 1-889288-52-7), p.492–493
- ^ お天気お姉さん R. suruga-ya.jp (in Japanese). from the original on March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ . Central Park Media. Archived from the original on January 7, 2001.
- ^ . Central Park Media. Archived from the original on May 4, 2001.
- ^ . Central Park Media. Archived from the original on January 9, 2002.
- ^ . Central Park Media. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002.
External links edit
- Weather Woman (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Weather Report Girl at IMDb
- Weather Girl (live action) at IMDb