A Simple Thinking About Blood Type (Korean: 혈액형에 관한 간단한 고찰; RR: Hyeoraekyeonge gwanhan gandanhan gochal) is a South Korean 4-panel webtoon by art teacher Park Dong-sun (박동선) under the art name "Real Crazy Man". The webtoon is themed around blood type personality classification and is serialized on Dong-sun's blog. The webtoon has been published in book form and has been adapted into an anime series.
| A Simple Thinking About Blood Type | |
 Cover of the first manga volume | |
 혈액형에 관한 간단한 고찰 血液型くん!(Hyeoraekyeonge gwanhan gandanhan gochal (Korean) Ketsuekigata-kun! (Japanese)) | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Real Crazy Man |
| Published by | Earth Star Entertainment |
| Original run | January 26, 2013 – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshihisa Ōyama |
| Written by | Kenichi Yamashita |
| Music by | Daisuke Hiraki |
| Studio | Feel (Seasons 1–4) Assez Finaud Fabric (Seasons 1–4) Zexcs (Seasons 3–4) |
| Original network | Tokyo MX (Seasons 1–4) AT-X (Seasons 1–4) Nico Nico Douga (Seasons 1–3) |
| Original run | April 7, 2013 – March 29, 2016 |
| Episodes | 49 |
Releases and adaptions edit
A Simple Thinking About Blood Type was first serialized on Dong-sun's blog as a webtoon. Japanese publisher Times Culture later published the comic in book form as Ketsuekigata-kun! (血液型くん!, lit. "Mr. Bloodtype") in 2013.[1]
A short anime adaptation was made by Japanese production houses Assez Finaund Fabric and Feel in 2013, with a second season in January 2015. Zexcs will co-produce a third season, scheduled to air in October 2015. A 4th season has been announced.[2]
Characters edit
Each of the voice actors also represents their own blood type.
- Type A-kun (A型くん, A Gata-kun)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
- Type B-kun (B型くん, B Gata-kun)
- Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
- Type AB-kun (AB型くん, AB Gata-kun)
- Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara
- Type O-kun (O型くん, O Gata-kun)
- Voiced by: Akira Ishida
- Type A-chan (A型ちゃん, A Gata-chan)
- Voiced by: Aoi Yūki
- Type B-chan (B型ちゃん, B Gata-chan)
- Voiced by: Yui Horie
- Type AB-chan (AB型ちゃん, AB Gata-chan)
- Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
- Type O-chan (O型ちゃん, O Gata-chan)
- Voiced by: Yu Kobayashi
References edit
- ^ XUAN, PU DONG (2013-08-09). Simple Thinking About Blood Type 3. 臺北市: Times Culture. ISBN 9789571357980.
- ^ "Ketsuekigata-kun Blood type anime gets 4th season". Anime News Network. December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
External links edit
- Official website (in Korean)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- A Simple Thinking About Blood Type (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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