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Sket Dance (スケット・ダンス Suketto Dansu, romanized as SKET DANCE in Japan) is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and serialized, beginning in July 2007, in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shōnen manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko, premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo.[1]
Plot
Main article: List of Sket Dance characters
The manga focuses on the (mis)adventures of Kaimei High School's
campus support club, the Sket Dan (Katakana: "スケット・ダン"; Kanji: "助人団";
Transliteration: "Suketto Dan"; Translation: "Helper's Club";
included English acronym: "SKET (Support, Kindness, Encouragement, and
Troubleshoot)"). Dedicated to the general improvement of campus life,
the Sket Dan is devoted to solving any & all problems submitted by
the staff or student body. However, due to its general lack of
meaningful assignments & the unglamorous reputation of being just a
'group of handymen', the Sket Dan is treated with widespread contempt
and it is composed of only three members.The story is told through a series of short, self-contained stories focusing on cases undertaken by the Sket Dan and is usually told in the space of one or two chapters. Cases to date focus on a variety of issues from more humorous cases (like chasing monkeys around the school or helping a wanna-be samurai find out why he cannot win kendo tournaments) to more serious cases (like those hinting at Himeko's violent past or those concerning near-terminal illness).
Characters from previous cases often make cameos in later cases and recurring story lines, such as the Sket Dan rivalry with the school's Student Council.
[edit] Manga
Main article: List of Sket Dance chapters
Sket Dance is written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and has been
serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2007.[2]
The chapters have been published into tankōbon
volumes published by Shueisha with the first being released on November
2, 2007.[3]
As of December 2012, 260 chapters and 28 tankōbon volumes have been
released.[4]Outside Japan, the series is licensed by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan.[5]
] Drama CD's
Shueisha released one drama CD Sket Dance ドラマCD (ISBN 978-4-08-901169-0) on October 30, 2009,[6][7] and a second Sket Dance 2 ドラマCD (ISBN 978-4-08-901171-3) was released on April 28, 2010.[8]] Light novels
SKET DANCE extra dance1: Theory true? Seven wonders of schoolSKET DANCE extra dance2: Student Council Case Report ~The Cook Shell Incident~
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] Anime
Main article: List of Sket Dance episodes
An anime adaption produced by Tatsunoko Production of the Manga Sket
Dance premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo.
It contains six openings and endings with 77 episodes as of September
26, 2012.[9]Reception
From volume 6 onward, Sket Dance has consistently debuted on the weekly best sellers list for manga in Japan. Volume 6 debuted at number 9.[10] Volumes 7, 9, and 10 debuted at number 11.[11][12][13] Volume 8 debuted at number 13[14] while volume 11 debuted at number 12.[15] In January 2010, Sket Dance was announced as the winner of the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga.[16]In September 2009, Japanese publisher Shueisha issued an apology in the 42nd weekly issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump over a depiction of main characters, Bossun and Himeko, inhaling helium to raise the pitch of their voices. The scene drew criticism for online forums and blogs over the danger of suffocation from breathing helium.[17]
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