Love My Life (manga)
Japanese manga by Ebine Yamaji
| Love My Life | |
| Genre | Romance, yuri |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ebine Yamaji |
| Published by | Shodensha |
| Magazine | Feel Young |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Original run | 2000 – 2001 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Kōji Kawano |
| Written by | Hiroko Kanesugi |
| Music by | noodles |
| Released | December 9, 2006 |
| Runtime | 96 min. |
Love My Life is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ebine Yamaji. It was originally serialized in the josei manga magazine Feel Young from 2000 to 2001,[1] and collected in a single tankōbon volume released on September 8, 2001.[2] The single volume has been translated into Mandarin and released by Taiwan Kadokawa and is available internationally on several Asian online shops like YesAsia.[3] The film based on this manga was produced in 2006, and the DVD was released on May 4, 2007, and was released in the United States by Wolfe Video.[4] It was also shown in Los Angeles on December 2, 2007.[5]
Story
Ichiko Izumiya is an eighteen-year-old woman who goes to language school in university and works part-time at a music store. She lives with her father, Housei Izumiya, who translates English novels into Japanese for a living. Her mother died seven years before the story begins. Ichiko also has a girlfriend named Eri Joujima. When she comes out as a lesbian to her father, her father shocks her by telling her that both he and her mother are also gay. They had wanted to raise a child, and had agreed to marry in name to raise a child in Japan, while mutually being in their own relationships. The rest of the story shows Ichiko meeting her parents' lovers, her daily life and love with Eri.
Characters / Cast
Characters in both manga and film, with name of actors in film shown in parentheses)
- Ichiko Izumiya (Rei Yoshii)
- Eri Joujima (Asami Imajuku)
- Housei Izumiya (Ira Ishida)
- Take-chan (Issei Takahashi)
- Yukako (Kami Hiraiwa)
- Akira (Takamasa Suga)
- Customer at CD Shop (Chiharu Kawai)
- Eri's father (Ken Teraizumi)
- Chinami (Naomi Akimoto)
- Kengo Tachibana (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi)
- Professor Saeko (Miyoko Asada)
- Ichiko's mother (Kyōko Koizumi)
See also
References
- ^ "LOVE MY LIFE". Kotobank (in Japanese). Digitalio, Inc. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ LOVE MY LIFE［ラブ マイ ライフ］ (in Japanese). Shodensha. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ "Buy Love my Life Manga from YesAsia". Retrieved February 10, 2009.
- ^ "Wolfe Video - Buy Love My Life from Wolfe Video". Wolfe Video. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
- ^ "Yuri-Manga-Based Film Love My Life to Screen in L.A." Anime News Network. October 26, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
- After Ellen website: Review of Love My Life at archive.today (archived 2013-01-10)
External links
- Love My Life at AllMovie
- Love My Life at IMDb
- Love My Life (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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