A N I M E / O T A K U : PART 6

Boys Over Flowers Movie

Other Title:

Boys Over Flowers Movie: Anime

Hana yori Dango (Movie)

Hana Yori Dango The Movie

Synonyms:

Hana yori Dango (1997)

Hana Yori Dango: The Movie

Type:

Movie

Aired:

March 8, 1997

Source:

Unknown

Genres:

Drama, Romance, Shoujo

Synopsis:

Set in an alternative timeline to the TV series and manga, the movie features a classic Cinderella story told through the medium of 80's dance. Tsukushi Makino is a trainee dancer in a New York Performance group, struggling to become the star of the show with the help of Rui Hanazawa and Tsukasa Doumyouji.

Characters and Voice Actors:

- Main:

Tsukasa Domyouji

Domyouji Tsukasa is the leader of the F4. At the beginning of the series, he is Makino's biggest enemy, but as the story progresses, he becomes her love interest.

Tsukasa is the heir to Domyoji Enterprises, and his family is extremely rich. They own various houses around the world, including an actual island, a house in Canada, and a house in New York City where his parents stay.

Domyouji grew up somewhat lonely, as his parents were always overseas, and his sister—as loving as she could be—was either busy studying or, later in life, married and moved to Los Angeles. Also, his mother, Kaede, is cold to him, and although she loves him, wants to control his life. Tsukasa sometimes calls her "the old hag" and "witch".

Before he met Makino, he was violent and ill-tempered, but after he became loyal and nice.

As Tsukasa first started off being hard and tough to get though to; the author of Hana Yori Dango showed us thoughout the anime and manga that anyone who starts off being hard can also find their soft side because of love and that is shown though Tsukasa Domyouji.

- Miyashita, Naoki (Japanese)

- Adamthwaite, Michael (English)

- Prata, Patrizio (Italian)

- Son, Won Il (Korean)

Tsukushi Makino

Tsukushi Makino is the main female character, and is one of the very few students at the prestigious Eitoku University to come from an "unwealthy" family. Her family is so poor that they can barely afford to pay Makino's tuition, but her parents push her on to continue school because they have a dream that she can "snag a rich man" and take them out of poverty.

At the beginning of the manga, Makino was a poor, pig-tailed girl who had almost no friends at school and kept to herself. When one of her only friends falls down a staircase and bumps in the leader of the F4, Makino stands up for her friend (Domyoji was about to hurt her for bumping into him) and suffers the consequences.

The next day, a red tag is hanging in her locker, which predicts future torment from the F4 and followers. But, unlike most of the F4's targets, Makino stands up for herself, showing how strong a "weed" can be.