Super Dash Novel Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2003) grand prize
Rei Unabara
Unabara Rei
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, light novel author
- Active Years
- 2003-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Super Dash Novel Rookie Award | Ginban Kaleidoscope | — | Super Dash (Shueisha) | 大賞 (Grand Prize) |
Super Dash Novel Rookie Award
Work:
Ginban Kaleidoscope
Organization:
Super Dash (Shueisha)
Result:
大賞 (Grand Prize)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ginban Kaleidoscope
2003 sports drama, romance, light novelA light novel centered on teenage figure skater Tazusa Sakuno. After a crushing loss at an international competition, she becomes host to the ghost of a Canadian boy, Pete, who died in an accident and remains bound to her for 100 days. The story follows their strange coexistence, Tazusa's struggles and growth as she aims for the Turin Olympics, and includes romance elements. The work was later adapted into manga, a TV anime, radio show and mobile game.
figure skatingghost/supernaturalgrowth and competitionyouth and romancemedia and fame
Adaptations
- [TV anime] Ginban Kaleidoscope / 高松信司 (2005)
- [manga] Ginban Kaleidoscope / 長谷川潤（作画） (2005)
- [radio program] Ginban Kaleidoscope (radio) (2005)
- [mobile game] Ginban Kaleidoscope (mobile game) / タイトー (2005)
Bibliography
- Short Program: Road to dream (Vol.1)
- Free Program: Winner takes all? (Vol.2)
- Pair Program: So shy too-too princess (Vol.3)
- Little Program: Big sister but sister (Vol.4)
- Rookie Program: Candy candy all my rules (Vol.5)
- Double Program: A long, wrong time ago (Vol.6)
- Lyrical Program: Be in love with your miracle (Vol.7)
- Cosmic Program: Big time again! (Vol.8)
- Cinderella Program: Say it ain't so (Vol.9)
- Manga volumes: Ginban Kaleidoscope (Margaret Comics, 2 vols)
Adaptations
- TV anime adaptation (2005, 12 episodes)
- Manga adaptation (Margaret magazine, 2 volumes)
- Radio program (aniraji, 2005–2006)
- Mobile game (Taito, 2005)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- light-novel conversational stylesport-rooted, competition-focused descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- figure skating competition scenespsychological depictions via ghost possessiondefeat and comeback
Legacy
With the debut Ginban Kaleidoscope winning the Grand Prize at the 2nd Super Dash Novel Rookie Award, the work gained popularity as a light novel and expanded into manga, anime, radio and games. It is recognized for combining figure skating sports drama, youth themes and supernatural elements.
In Popular Culture
- Adapted into a TV anime broadcast in 2005 in a late-night slot
- Also adapted into a radio show and a mobile game
Trivia
- Ginban Kaleidoscope is the Grand Prize winner of the 2nd Super Dash Novel Rookie Award.
- The light novel series ran from 2003 to 2006 and comprises 9 volumes.
- The work was adapted in 2005 into a 12-episode anime and also received manga, radio and mobile game adaptations in the same period.