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| Psychiatrist Irabu series | |
 Cover of the first Japanese edition of In the Pool, the first tankōbon of the Psychiatrist Irabu stories | |
| 精神科医・伊良部シリーズ (Seishinkai Irabu shirīzu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Psychological[1] |
| Other book | |
| Written by | Hideo Okuda |
| Published by | Bungeishunjū |
| English publisher | Stone Bridge Press (In the Pool)[2] |
| Imprint | Bunshun Bunko (bunkobon)[3] |
| Magazine | All Yomimono |
| Demographic | General interest |
| Original run | August 2000 – January 2006 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Live-action film | |
| In the Pool | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Miki |
| Written by | Satoshi Miki |
| Music by | Osamu Sakaguchi |
| Released | May 21, 2005 |
| Runtime | 101 minutes[4] |
| Live-action television film | |
| Kūchū Buranko | |
| Directed by | Shōsuke Murakami |
| Produced by | Shizuo Sekiguchi Fumi Hashimoto |
| Written by | Hiroshi Hashimoto |
| Studio | Kyōdo Television |
| Released | May 27, 2005 |
| Live-action television film | |
| Kūchū Buranko | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Kawahara |
| Produced by | Yukio Yoshimura |
| Written by | Yutaka Kuramochi |
| Music by | Masahiro Hasegawa |
| Studio | Atelier Duncan |
| Released | July 11, 2008[5] |
| Runtime | 130 minutes[6] |
| Anime television series | |
| Welcome to Irabu's Office | |
| Directed by | Kenji Nakamura |
| Produced by | Masato Jōno Kōji Yamamoto Takashi Washio |
| Written by | Manabu Ishikawa |
| Music by | Hideharu Mori |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| Original run | October 15, 2009 – December 24, 2009 |
| Episodes | 11[8] |
The Psychiatrist Irabu series (精神科医・伊良部シリーズ) is a series of short stories by the Japanese writer Hideo Okuda that features the fictional psychiatrist Dr. Ichirō Irabu (伊良部 一郎, Irabu Ichirō).
The stories were originally published in the literary magazine All Yomimono from August 2000 to January 2006 and later collected in three tankōbon: In the Pool (イン・ザ・プール, In za Pūru), Kūchū Buranko (空中ブランコ, "Flying trapeze") and Chōchō Senkyo (町長選挙, "Mayoral election"). Of these, Kūchū Buranko is particularly acclaimed, having won Okuda the 131st Naoki Prize (given for a book published in the first half of 2004). However, as of January 2011, only In the Pool has been published in English, though the other collections have been published in other languages, including German[9] and French.[10]
Works in other media based on the stories include a feature film, television drama, stage play and animated television series.
- ^ Blair, Georgia (May 19, 2011). "What's Up Doc? Irabu's Office director Kenji Nakamura". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ Okuda, Hideo (1 April 2006). In the Pool. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-925080-94-1.
- ^ "Chōchō Senkyo (Okuda Hideo cho) – Bunshun Bunko – Shoseki jōhō". www.bunshun.co.jp. Bungeishunjū. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Eiga: In the Pool". allcinema. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ "Atelier Duncan produce Kūchū Buranko". Atelier Duncan. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Kūchū Buranko [DVD]". Amazon.co.jp. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Welcome to Irabu's Office". Siren Visual. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "I Vincitori del 2010" (in Italian). Cartoons on the Bay. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ "Die seltsamen Methoden des Dr. Irabu".
- ^ "Magazine le Cercle". Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.