Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, known in Japan as Samidare of the Stars (惑星のさみだれ, Hoshi no Samidare), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from April 2005 to August 2010, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The series is published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in July 2022 on the Animeism programming block.

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
The cover of the first volume.
惑星のさみだれ
(Hoshi no Samidare)
Genre
Manga
Written bySatoshi Mizukami
Published byShōnen Gahōsha
English publisher
ImprintYoung King Comics
MagazineYoung King OURs
DemographicSeinen
Original run28 April 2005 – 30 August 2010
Volumes10
Anime television series
Directed byNobuaki Nakanishi
Written by
  • Satoshi Mizukami
  • Yūichirō Momose
Licensed by
Original networkMBS, TBS, BS-TBS
Original run July 2022 – scheduled

Plot

Yuuhi Amamiya is a young, misanthropic college student who one day wakes up to find a lizard on his bed. The lizard explains that Yuuhi has been chosen as a Beast Knight, a magical warrior destined to help a Princess defeat a Mage seeking to destroy the world with a giant mallet floating in space called the Biscuit Hammer. While Yuuhi initially is not interested in getting involved, he changes his mind when he meets the Princess, Samidare Asahina, who tells him her intent to defeat the mage and save the world so she can destroy the world herself instead.

Characters
Yuuhi Amamiya (雨宮 夕日, Amamiya Yūhi)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki[2]
Samidare Asahina (朝日奈 さみだれ, Asahina Samidare)
Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora[2]
Noi Crezant (ノイ=クレザント, Noi Kurezanto)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[2]
Hisame Asahina (朝日奈 氷雨, Asahina Hisame)
Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro[2]
Anima (アニマ)
Voiced by: M.A.O[3]
Animus (アニムス, Animusu)
Voiced by: Tatsumaru Tachibana[3]
Hangetsu Shinonome (東雲 半月, Shinonome Hangetsu)
Voiced by: Shuuhei Iwase[3]
Mikazuki Shinonome (東雲 三日月, Shinonome Mikazuki)
Voiced by: Gen Satō[3]
Sōichirō Nagumo (南雲 宗一朗, Nagumo Sōichirō)
Voiced by: Tetsu Inada[3]
Yayoi Hakudō (白道 八宵, Hakudō Yayoi)
Voiced by: Aya Suzaki[3]
Hyō Shimaki (風巻 豹, Shimaki Hyō)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[3]
Tarō Kusakabe (日下部 太朗, Kusakabe Tarō)
Voiced by: Shun'ichi Toki[3]
Hanako Sorano (宙野 花子, Sorano Hanako)
Voiced by: Chinatsu Hirose[3]
Subaru Hoshikawa (星川 昴, Hoshikawa Subaru)
Voiced by: Chihaya Yoshitake[3]
Yukimachi Tsukishiro (月代 雪待, Tsukishiro Yukimachi)
Voiced by: Moeha Nochimoto[3]
Taiyō Akane (茜 太陽, Akane Taiyō)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura[3]
Inachika Akitani (秋谷 稲近, Akitani Inachika)
Voiced by: Kazuhiro Yamaji[3]
Ludo Shubarie (ルド=シュバリエ, Rudo Shubarie)
Voiced by: Shōya Ishige[3]
Muu (ムー, Mū)
Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka[3]
Dance Dark (ダンス=ダーク, Dansu Dāku)
Voiced by: Kentarō Kumagai[3]
Shea Moon (シア=ムーン, Shia Mūn)
Voiced by: Hyo-sei[3]
Coo Ritter (クー=リッター, Kū Rittā)
Voiced by: Nagisa Kakegawa[3]
Lance Lumiere (ランス=リュミエール, Ransu Ryumiēru)
Voiced by: Kazutomi Yamamoto[3]
Kil Zonne (キル=ゾンネ, Kiru Zon'ne)
Voiced by: Ruriko Aoki[3]
Lee Soleil (リー=ソレイユ, Rī Soreiyu)
Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata[3]
Ron Yue (ロン=ユエ)
Voiced by: Katsuji Mori[3]
Loki Helios (ロキ=ヘリオス, Roki Heriosu)
Voiced by: Manabu Muraji[3]
Zan Amal (ザン=アマル, Zan Amaru)
Voiced by: Tetsuei Sumiya[3]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen magazine Young King OURs from 28 April 2005[4][5] to 30 August 2010.[6] Shōnen Gahōsha collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from 27 January 2006[7] to 30 November 2010.[8]

JManga began publishing the series digitally in North America in February 2012,[1][9][10] and published five volumes before the company shut down in May 2013.[11] It was subsequently licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment in November 2013.[11][12] Crunchyroll added the series to their online catalog in September 2014,[13] and BookWalker added the series on 18 November 2015.[14]

The series has been collected into ten tankōbon volumes, which were published by Seven Seas in five two-in-one omnibus volumes.[13][15]

No. Title Original release date English release date
1The Lizard Knight
Tokage no Kishi (トカゲの騎士)		27 January 2006[16]
978-4-7859-2605-2		4 November 2014[15]
978-1-626920-85-9
  1. "Amamiya Yuuhi is the Lizard Knight" (雨宮夕日とトカゲの騎士, Amamiya Yūhi to Tokage no Kishi)
  2. "Little Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer" (小さな魔王とビスケットハンマー, Chīsana Maō to Bisuketto Hanmā)
  3. "Amamiya Yuuhi and Asahina Samidare" (雨宮夕日と朝日奈さみだれ, Amamiya Yūhi to Asahina Samidare)
  4. "Yuuhi, the RomCom, and the Axe Kick" (夕日とラブコメとカカト落とし, Yūhi to Rabukome to Kakato Otoshi)
  5. "Yuuhi, the Cold, and the Command" (夕日と風邪とご命令を, Yūhi to Kaze to go Meirei o)
  6. "The Knight and the Contract" (騎士と契約, Kishi to Keiyaku)
  7. "Amamiya Yuuhi, Knight" (騎士 雨宮夕日, Kishi Amamiya Yūhi)
  8. "The Dog Knight, Shinonome Hangetsu" (犬の騎士と東雲半月, Inu no Kishi to Shinonome Hangetsu)
2The Dog Knight
Inu no Kishi (犬の騎士)		27 September 2006[17]
978-4-7859-2687-8		4 November 2014[15]
978-1-626920-85-9
3The Beast Knights
Kemono no Kishi-dan (獣の騎士団)		28 May 2007[18]
978-4-7859-2787-5		17 February 2015[15]
978-1-626921-15-3
4Knights of the Ring
Yubiwa no Kishi (指輪の騎士)		26 October 2007[19]
978-4-7859-2872-8		17 February 2015[15]
978-1-626921-15-3
5Princess
Seirei (精霊)		26 May 2008[20]
978-4-7859-2967-1		19 May 2015[15]
978-1-626921-30-6
6Hero
Yūsha (勇者)		29 October 2008[21]
978-4-7859-3050-9		19 May 2015[15]
978-1-626921-30-6
7Children
Kodomo (子供)		30 April 2009[22]
978-4-7859-3153-7		25 August 2015[15]
978-1-626921-69-6
8Spirit
Seishin (精神)		10 November 2009[23]
978-4-7859-3262-6		25 August 2015[15]
978-1-626921-69-6
9The Final Battle
Saigo no Tatakai (最後の戦い)		19 May 2010[24]
978-4-7859-3385-2		24 November 2015[15]
978-1-626921-84-9
10It's All For You
Zenbu Kimi no Tame ni Aru (全部 きみのためにある)		30 November 2010[25]
978-4-7859-3518-4		24 November 2015[15]
978-1-626921-84-9

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on 24 January 2022. Nobuaki Nakanishi is directing the series, while Satoshi Mizukami, the author of the manga, and Yūichirō Momose are writing the scripts. It will premiere in July 2022 on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS.[26][3] Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.[27]

Reception

In 2011, the series was nominated for the 42nd Seiun Awards in the comics category.[28]

Reviewing the first omnibus volume for Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman commented that the story "takes a while to hit its stride, but when it does, putting it down becomes difficult", writing that "underneath the goofy start and typically comedic devices of absurdly powerful girls and talking animals, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is hiding a very dark story" which makes it "feel very different from most of the other shōnen series currently available in English." She gave it an overall grade of B.[29] Rebecca Silverman would later list the series as the runner-up for the "Best Reworking of an Old Genre" spot on her 2015 manga retrospective article for Anime News Network.[30]

Charlie Jane Anders of io9 placed the series at number ten on her list of "10 Heroic Prophecies That Didn't Turn Out The Way the Heroes Expected".[31]

References
  1. Green, Scott (6 March 2012). ""Hoshi no Samidare" Debuts on JManga". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (16 March 2022). "Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer Anime Reveals 4 Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (16 April 2022). "Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer Anime Reveals 24 More Cast Members, July Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. "TOPICS" (in Japanese). Shōnen Gahōsha. Archived from the original on 7 May 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2022. ★奇才、待望の新連載 ［惑星のさみだれ］水上悟志
  5. YOUNGKING OURS 2005年6月号 (in Japanese). Shōnen Gahōsha. Archived from the original on 14 July 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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  10. "JManga Adds 2 Works from Fumiko Shusai". Anime News Network. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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  13. "Crunchyroll Manga Adds The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, Kippo to Catalog". Anime News Network. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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  27. "【MUSE ASIA 2022 DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT】 《The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer》 Coming to you in Summer 2022!". Facebook. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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  30. Silverman, Rebecca (11 December 2015). "The Best and Most Memorable Manga of 2015". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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