One night, Ash witnesses two of his gang members kill a man who instructs Ash to "seek banana fish" before dying. Seventeen-year-old street gang leader Ash Lynx cares for his older brother Griffin, a Vietnam War veteran who has been in a vegetative state since a combat incident in which he fired on his own squadron and uttered the words "banana fish". New York City in the 1980s, the primary setting of the seriesīanana Fish is set in the United States in the mid-1980s, primarily New York City.
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The anime adaptation aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block and is syndicated globally on Amazon Prime Video, which simulcast the series during its original broadcast run. The series has been adapted several times, notably in 2018 as a 24-episode anime television series directed by Hiroko Utsumi and produced by MAPPA. It is Yoshida's most commercially successful work, with over 12 million copies in circulation as of 2018.Īn English-language translation of the series was published by Viz Media, which also serialized Banana Fish in its manga magazines Pulp and Animerica Extra beginning in 1997, making Banana Fish one of the earliest manga series to reach a wide audience in the United States. Banana Fish was acclaimed by critics, who offered praise for the series' plot, dialogue, and action scenes. Its themes of homosexuality and homoeroticism in this mature, action-oriented context were particularly influential on the boys' love (male-male romance) genre of manga.
While the series was aimed at the shōjo audience of adolescent girls and young adult women, its mature themes and subject material attracted a substantial crossover audience of men and adult women. The visual and narrative style of Banana Fish, characterized by realist artwork and action-oriented storytelling, represented a significant break from then-established shōjo manga conventions of highly stylized illustration and romantic fantasy-focused stories. In the course of his investigation he encounters Eiji Okumura, a Japanese photographer's assistant with whom he forms a close bond. Set primarily in New York City in the 1980s, the series follows street gang leader Ash Lynx as he uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving "banana fish", a mysterious drug that brainwashes its users. It was originally serialized from May 1985 to April 1994 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic, a manga magazine publishing shōjo manga (girls' manga). Banana Fish (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida.
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