Dog Days

Dog Days (stylized as DOG DAYS) is a Japanese anime television series created by Masaki Tsuzuki, also known for his work as creator of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and produced by Seven Arcs and Aniplex under the direction of Keizo Kusakawa. The story revolves around a boy named Shinku Izumi, who is summoned to an alternate world by Princess Millhiore in order to defend Millhiore's country, the Biscotti Republic, from the neighboring kingdom of Galette. The series ran for 13 episodes on Tokyo MX and other channels from April to June 2011. A second series, titled Dog Days', ran for 13 episodes from July to September 2012. A third series, titled Dog Days″, ran for 12 episodes from January to March 2015.

A light novel adaptation with four chapters was published by Kadokawa Shoten, and serialized in the Newtype magazine between March and July 2011 issues. Kadokawa Shoten also published a Dog Days manga illustrated by Takuya Fujima, which serialized in three different magazines from May to November 2011. Several drama CDs have also been produced, as well as a comic anthology.

Synopsis
Shinku Izumi is a cheerful and athletic half-Japanese, half-Cornish boy who studies at Kinokawa International School in Japan, and has a normal life everyday until he suddenly got summoned to the alternate world of Flonyard (フロニャルド, Furonyarudo). The people there look no different from humans, except for one thing; they have animal ears and tails. The one who summoned him is Millhiore, the dog-like Princess of the Biscotti Republic (ビスコッティ共和国, Bisukotti Kyōwa-koku), who requested his assistance against the forces of the feline-like Galette Lion Dominion (ガレット獅子団領, Garetto Shishi Danrei).

After responding to Millhiore's plea, he receives a sacred weapon, the Palladion (パラディオン, Paradion), and is appointed as a Hero to fight for Biscotti in a war that unlike the ones in Earth, is waged with special rules and no casualties, in a fashion similar to a sports competition with the purpose to raise funds for the Kingdoms involved, where the winner faction claims a larger sum than the losing side. After winning his first battle for Biscotti, Shinku learns that when a hero is summoned into Flonyard he becomes unable to return to his homeworld, a fact that Millhiore also was unaware of. While the scientists of Biscotti look for a way for him to return home, he decides to keep serving Millhiore as Biscotti's hero for 16 days.

After successfully returning home, Shinku is summoned back time and again (when the conditions were met), to visit Flonyard while embarking freeload adventures with them, accompanied by his cousin and rival athlete Nanami Takatsuki, who is chosen to become Galette's Hero, and his close friend Rebecca Anderson who is also chosen by the squirrel-like Principality of Pastillage (パスティヤージュ公国, Pasutiyāju Kōkoku) to become their hero as well.

Novel
A light novel adaptation of Dog Days, written by Masaki Tsuzuki, and illustrated by Kiro Habane, was serialized between the March and July 2011 issues of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine, published under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint.

The book that summarizes the above was announced by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko (Kadokawa Shoten) in June 2011,  but it was not published, and it has not been published as of January 2013.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Takuya Fujima was serialized in multiple magazines by Kadokawa Shoten. The first chapter was serialized in the April 2011 issue of Newtype; the second and third chapters were serialized in the May 2011 issue of Comptiq; and the fourth chapter was serialized in Comp Ace. The chapters were later collected into a tankōbon volume by Kadokawa Shoten, published on October 26, 2011, under their Comics Ace imprint.

anthology comics
A 142-page comic anthology was published by Kadokawa Shoten on September 22, 2011, under their Comics Ace imprint. Naruse Hirofumi illustrated the comic's cover. Fourteen different artists contributed to the comic

Character
"Of course, because it is fun."

- Cinque Izumi A blond-haired, blue-eyed boy who is the protagonist of this work. He is a 13-year-old middle school first year student at Kinokawa International School (second year middle school second year). Born between a Japanese oceanographer father and a British marine biologist mother [  he is a half -boy who lives in Japan and has British nationality in Wakayama.

His hobby is athletics, and he has high athletic ability to easily perform jumps and backflips from high places, and is runner-up in iron athletics. His ability is recognized by Millhiore, and he is summoned as a hero to the Republic of Biscotti. In the first season, most people, except for some, such as Millhiore and Gaul, were called "braves" (brave-sama, brave-dono), but after the second season when Rebecca and Nanami became heroes, the opposite was true. Most people call him "(Hero) Sink" by name.

He is an active and positive thinker, and knowing that Fronard's "battle" is not about killing each other but about doing what he likes, he is motivated to actively enjoy this situation  . He makes stupid mistakes, but he has a strong will and sense of responsibility to meet the expectations of those around him, and he is a person who can play a heroic role when he has to  . At the beginning of the story, he had a childish side, but he grew up by facing the hero's mission to protect the country and bring smiles to people.

Just before the second repatriation, he receives a "biscotti earth clock" from Millhiore as a promised item. In the work, several women, such as Rebecca and Millhiore, have romantic feelings and favors (Rebecca expresses that "too much flagging"), but Sink himself tells Coubel in the 13th episode of the second season. Are you willing to hang out with Millhiore, Rebecca, or both? When asked, "I haven't achieved my goal yet," he wants to prioritize his goal of winning against Nanami, who has never won an official match, rather than his romantic feelings.

Abilities
"it'd be a waste to go home without playing in such a fun looking place."

- Cinque Izumi "Umm I'm not a warrior or a hero; I'm just an ordinary middle school student from nowhere."

- Cinque Izumi As Flognarde's hero or the Biscotti Republic, Cinque wields the country's Divine Sword Palladion, one of the Treasure Swords pair of Biscotti Republic borrowed from Millhiore. It is a weapon that can assume different forms according to its owner's preference. In Cinque's hands, its default form is usually in the form of a staff, relating to his athletic-star preference. Cinque can use fire-attributed Emblem Arts whenever in battle. In the later episodes in season 2, Cinque has also gained further abilities after being given the Hero Crystal by Adel.

He also mastered Fronyard's (Emblem Arts) unique combat arts, the Crest Cannon (manipulating flames) and Luminous Armament on the first day,  and mastered the Crest Technique in battle. Luminous armament is a jet board-shaped "Tornider" that can glide with people on board (in the beginning, it glides just above the ground, but in Part 3, it demonstrates flight ability enough to go back and forth between the ground and the sky). And a "defender" that can be activated like a shield to defend against shells. In addition, the effect of the "hero crystal" entrusted by Adelaide when subjugating the house mouse was used to capture the cat god,  when she was replaced with Yukikaze, she performed a technique that made use of her characteristics

Just before the first repatriation, he entrusts his belongings to Millhiore and others and returns to the original world. I'm confused that her memory for two weeks after repatriation is completely gone, but when I was traveling with her family, I remembered everything when Tatsumaki handed me the "Divine Sword Palladion", and brought Rebecca and Nanami. In the second season, he uses summer vacation to visit Fronard again with Rebecca and Nanami.

Anime
The anime series, produced by Aniplex and Seven Arcs, is directed by Keizo Kusakawa, series composition by Masaki Tsuzuki, character designs by Osamu Sakata, music by I've Sound, Maiko Iuchi, Susumu Natsume and Yui Isshiki, and produced by the production company Project DD. The series aired 13 episodes from April 2 to June 25, 2011, on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, Chiba TV, TVK, TV Saitama and MBS, with subsequent runs on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting and BS11. Six DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) volumes were released by Aniplex between July 27 and December 21, 2011. The series' opening theme is "Scarlet Knight" by Nana Mizuki and the ending theme song is "Presenter" by Yui Horie, both produced and composed by Elements Garden. The ending song for episode 13 is "Miracle Colors" by Yui Horie. The insert songs of the series are "Kitto Koi wo Shiteiru" (きっと恋をしている, I’m Certainly In Love) in episode 5 and "Promised Love ~Daisuki x 100~" (Promised Love ~ダイスキ x 100~, Promised Love ~I Love You × 100~) in episode 11. Both songs are sung by Yui Horie. A guidebook to the series, called Dog Days: Memory of Flonyard, was released by Kadokawa Shoten on January 26, 2012.

A second anime season, titled Dog Days' (ドッグデイズダッシュ, Doggu Deizu Dasshu, Dog Days Dash), aired 13 episodes from July 7 to September 29, 2012, on Tokyo MX, with subsequent runs on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, Chiba TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, KBS Kyoto, Sun Television, and BS11. Keizo Kusakawa did not return as director for the season, instead being replaced with Junji Nishimura. Crunchyroll provided a simulcast of the second season beginning on July 14, 2012, with the first season to be uploaded at a later date. DVD and BD compilation volumes will be released by Aniplex, beginning on September 26, 2012. The opening theme for the second season is "Fearless Hero" by Nana Mizuki and the ending theme song is "Natsu no Yakusoku" (夏の約束, Promise of Summer) by Yui Horie. The insert songs are "Heart Relation" in episode 8 and Shiny Heart Shiny Smile in episode 12, both are sung by Horie Yui. The song "Miracle Colors" by Horie Yui, which is the ending song for season 1 episode 13, is also the insert song for episode 11.

In November 2012, a third season was announced. On 24 June 2014, the animator Katsuya Kikuchi, via Twitter, requested his followers to wait a little longer as its third season is still in production. He also stated that more information regarding the anime's third season will be revealed. The series, titled Dog Days  '', ran for 12 episodes on Tokyo MX from January 10 to March 28, 2015.

Drama CDs
A series of drama CDs based on the first season of the anime have been released by Aniplex. The first CD volume was released on August 24, 2011, with a total of three CD volumes released as of December 21, 2011. The CDs are side stories that take place between the episodes of the anime, the first taking place after episode 5, the second taking place after episode 12, and the third serving as an epilogue to the first season.


 * DOG DAYS Drama Box vol.1 Episode 5.5 "Lake Arnett Water Battle!!" - Released on August 24, 2011  .
 * DOG DAYS Drama Box vol.2 Episode 12.5 "Lion's Emblem" - Released on October 26, 2011  .
 * DOG DAYS Drama Box vol.3 Episode 13.5 "Each Sky" - Released on December 21, 2011

Video Games
Millhiore Firianno Biscotti appears as a playable character in the 2012 PlayStation Portable game Nendoroid Generation. The game is a crossover RPG featuring characters in the distinctive style of Nendoroid figurines. An ensemble cast of game and anime characters join forces to do battle or simply dance.

Related books
A fan book has been published that includes commentary on the content of the work and staff interviews.


 * "DOG DAYS Memory of Flonyard", Kadokawa Shoten, January 26, 2012 - ISBN 978-4-04-854717-8
 * It turns out that Rebecca is summoned by Biscotti as a friend of Sink, and Nanami is summoned by Garrett in the included comic EPISODE 13.8 "Watch the Match" drawn by Maki Tsuzuki (original) and Takuya Fujima (manga).

Event
On March 27, 2011, an event related to this work will be held at the "Anime Contents Expo", which was originally scheduled to be held, just before the start of the first episode of the first season of the TV animation. But the event was canceled due to the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11. On March 26th and 27th, advance screenings of the first episode were held at three stores of the anime shop "Gamers", and in exchange for the distribution of goods, donations for the Great East Japan Earthquake were accepted.

On October 2, 2011, an event related to this work "DOG DAYS Tokubetsu Kogyo -Fronya Festival 2011-" was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall. At the event, the production of the second season of the anime was announced.

On November 25, 2012, an event related to this work "DOG DAYS Tokubetsu Kogyo -Fronya Festival 2012-" was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall. At the event, the production of the third season of the anime was announced.

External Link

 * Official Dog Days website [Season 1]
 * Official Dog Days' website [Season 2]
 * Official Dog Days″ website [Season 3]
 * DOG DAYS ─ Official (@dogdays_anime) - Twitter
 * DOG DAYS ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * DOG DAYS ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia
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