| Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko | |
 Novel volume cover | |
| 漁港の肉子ちゃん (Gyokō no Nikuko-chan) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Kanako Nishi |
| Published by | Gentosha |
| Published | April 2014 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kanako Nishi |
| Illustrated by | Sugisaku |
| Published by | Gentosha |
| Magazine | Comic Boost |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | January 29, 2021 – March 11, 2022 |
| Volumes | 2 (List of volumes) |
| Anime film | |
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (Japanese: 漁港の肉子ちゃん, Hepburn: Gyokō no Nikuko-chan, "Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor") is a Japanese novel written by Kanako Nishi and published by Gentosha in April 2014. A manga adaptation with art by Sugisaku was serialized online via Gentosha's Comic Boost website from January 29, 2021 to March 11, 2022. It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. An anime film adaptation by Studio 4°C premiered in Japan on June 11, 2021.
Characters
- Nikuko (肉子)
- Voiced by: Shinobu Otake
- Kikuko (キクコ)
- Voiced by: Cocomi
- Ninomiya (二宮)
- Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae
- Lizard (トカゲ)
- Voiced by: Hiro Shimono
- Gecko (ヤモリ)
- Voiced by: Hiro Shimono
- Sassan (サッサン)
- Voiced by: Ikuji Nakamura
- Miu (みう)
- Voiced by: Riho Yoshioka
- Darcia (ダリシア)
- Voiced by: Matsuko Deluxe
- Maria (マリア)
- Voiced by: Izumi Ishii
Atsushi Yamanishi and Yuichi Yasoda had been cast in unspecified roles.
Media
Novel
The novel has more than 350,000 copies in print.
Manga
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 24, 2021 | 978-4-79-862268-2 |
| 2 | March 24, 2022 | 978-4-34-485016-3 |
Film
Main article: Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (film)An anime film adaptation by Studio 4°C was announced on January 1, 2021, with Ayumu Watanabe as director, Satomi Ooshima as scriptwriter, Sanma Akashiya as producer, and Kenichi Konishi designing the characters. The film premiered on June 11, 2021. In October 2021, the film was screened In Competition as part of the Scotland Loves Animation film festival, where it won the "Golden Partridge" Jury Award.
References
- ^ "Studio 4°C Reveals Gyokō no Nikuko-chan Anime Film". Anime News Network. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- "Gyokō no Nikuko-chan Novel Gets Manga". Anime News Network. January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Anime Film Opens on June 11, Casts Shinobu Ōtake". Anime News Network. March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Film Casts Flutist Cocomi as Kikuko". Anime News Network. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Film Casts Hiro Shimono as Lizard, Gecko". Anime News Network. March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "Studio 4°C's Gyokō no Nikuko-san Film Reveals 6 More Cast Members". Anime News Network. April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- 漁港の肉子ちゃん (1) [Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor 1] (in Japanese). Gentosha. Retrieved May 24, 2022 – via Comic Boost.
- 漁港の肉子ちゃん (2) [Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor 2] (in Japanese). Gentosha. Retrieved May 24, 2022 – via Comic Boost.
- Scotland Loves Anime (October 19, 2021). "And the awards go to..." Twitter. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
External links
- Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia