Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~
Encyclopedia
, also known as just Canvas 2, is a visual novel
by F&C FC01 with a 24-episode romance anime
produced by Kadokawa Shoten
based on the game, along with a manga
series of the same name.
Elis. Hiroki is training to become a full-fledged art teacher while also trying to take care of Elis. When his childhood friend Kiri starts working at the school, drama begins to flare as he has to juggle his work, private life, and the feelings for these two important girls.
Ending
Ending
based on Canvas 2 was serialized in Comp Ace magazine from April 2005 to September 2006. The series was authored and illustrated by Miki Kodama, and four tankōbon
were published by Kadokawa Shoten
.
Visual novel
A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...
by F&C FC01 with a 24-episode romance anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
produced by Kadokawa Shoten
Kadokawa Shoten
is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...
based on the game, along with a manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series of the same name.
Plot
The series focuses on the lives of some students and teachers at Nadesico Academy both at school and their private lives. The main character of the series is Kamikura Hiroki, who lives with his younger cousinCousin
In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...
Elis. Hiroki is training to become a full-fledged art teacher while also trying to take care of Elis. When his childhood friend Kiri starts working at the school, drama begins to flare as he has to juggle his work, private life, and the feelings for these two important girls.
Nadesico staff
- The main character of the series. He is the older cousin of Elis as well as her current guardian. At the time of the series, he is an adviser to the art club as well as an art teacher in training but he used to be an artistic prodigy when he was in high school. During high school, he was good friends with Kiri and Yanagi. When Kiri confessed that she liked him, Hiroki turned her down even though he had feelings for her. It is believed he did this because he knew that Yanagi also liked Kiri so he didn’t want to get in the way of his friend’s feelings. However, Yanagi didn’t know of Hiroki’s good intentions and stole Hiroki’s composition of Kiri for a national art contest. This destroyed their relationship and left Hiroki alone and heartbroken since he had also turned down Kiri. Since then, he has taken in Elis into his home as her legal guardian. Throughout the series Hiroki struggles with managing his emotions for both Elis and Kiri and ability to paint again.
- Childhood friend of Hiroki as well as a Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
teacher at Nadesico Academy. She confessed her feelings for Hiroki (by the rooftop on school) while the two of them were in high school but was turned down. It is believed that Kiri took the job as the Physical Education instructor at Nadesico Academy because Hiroki was working there. Kiri still has feelings for Hiroki but has had a difficult time in telling him. She finally works up enough courage to confess to him again as adults (by the rooftop again in the school).
- She is the acting superintendent at Nadesico Academy. This tall and purple-haired beauty has a well-meaning and caring personality but is surprisingly disliked by the rest of the administration at Nadesico Academy. She looks up to her younger sister, who is a very competent superintendent at a French school that is associated with Nadesico. She likes to practice with her naginataNaginataThe naginata is one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades in the form of a pole weapon. Naginata were originally used by the samurai class in feudal Japan, and naginata were also used by ashigaru and sōhei .-Description:A naginata consists of a wooden shaft with a curved...
in the school gym while it is empty as a way to relieve the stress of her job.
Students
- Elis is a freshman at Nadesico Academy. Her parents died in a tragic car accident and she was left in the foster care of her cousin, Kamikura Hiroki. Because of the accident, she was left traumatized and unable to tolerate the colour red—since it reminds her of blood—to the extent in which eating red colored food or using the colour red in her artwork can became very painful. Like Hiroki, she is a very talented artist but her fear of the color red prevents her from realizing her full potential. Elis develops strong affections for Hiroki and confesses her feelings for him but only to be turned down because Hiroki thinks of her as a little sister rather than a woman that he could love. She has a tough time dealing with her feelings as well as the distance that seems to be created between her and Hiroki when he begins to spend more time with Kiri. She eventually intends to go to France on a scholarship and live with a relative there but is stopped by Hiroki who returns her feelings.
- Despite her short stature, Hagino is actually a sophomore at Nadesico Academy. She is a novelist that focuses mainly on romance stories. To keep her identity hidden, she writes under the pen namePen nameA pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of Naka Nogiwa (那珂 野際). She is very interested in the relationships of the other characters in the series so that she can generate ideas for her novels. She is constantly badgered by her editor, Sugihara Shie, to finish writing novels by her many deadlines. She has a crush on Hiroki.
- A friend of Elis. She has a medical problem concerning her heart, and is often absent from school. This prevents her from making many friends and leads her to have anti-social behavior. Hiroki reaches out to her and she eventually begins to open up and become friends with the other girls, she is the 'tsundere' character of the anime and over the time she develops minor feelings for Hiroki. When she was a child, she always moves from one hospital to another, she had been in a hospital in Hokkaido (at the same hospital that Elis was admitted after the accident), and she always meets up with a person that shows her his sketchbook, who she developed feelings for. In the end, it was revealed that the person whom she remembers as "the oni-chan from the hospital" is actually Hiroki. It is shown at the very end during the credits that Tomoko's surgery was a success as she opens her eyes.
- The president of the art club at Nadesico Academy. Although she sees Elis as a rival, she is there to help Elis when she is in need of advice. She encourages Elise to try to use the color red.
- Youngest daughter of a family of great musicians. She is always compared to her parents and older sister and thus has high expectations. She feels a lot of pressure and anxiety because of this. She cares deeply for Elise. She is part of the choir and has a soprano voice.
- One of Elis’s classmates. He is a good natured boy but he likes to have fun with the occasional prank. An enthusiast in ceramics and pottery, and occasionally can be found looking through wooded areas for good quality clay. He has a crush on Elis and confesses to her during a camping trip but gets rejected.
Other characters
- She is Kana’s editor and is constantly pressuring her to finish within writing deadlines. She is strict but understanding of others. She is also a college friend of Kiri and gives her advice on love and how to approach Hiroki.
- Childhood friend of Hiroki and Kiri. His relationship with Hiroki went sour after Yanagi had stolen Hiroki’s composition of Kiri and then went on to win a national award with the painting. They do make up with each other later thanks to Kiri and Saya.
- He has a crush on Kiri and confesses to her when they are adults but Kiri turns him down. He then supports Kiri into confessing her feelings for Hiroki.
Episodes
- All of the episodes are named after colors.
Episode Original Title Translated Title 1 禁断のクラシックレッド Classic Red Prohibition 2 マンダリンオレンジの再会 Mandarin Orange Meeting 3 悪戯なカナリアイエロー Mischievous Canary Yellow 4 焦燥のコバルトブルー Cobalt Blue Impatience 5 溜息のムーングレイ Moon Gray Sigh 6 誘惑のエメラルドグリーン Emerald Green Temptation 7 潮騒のサンドベージュ Sand Beige Sea Roar 8 哀愁のミッドナイトブルー Midnight Blue Sadness 9 瑠璃色のセンチメンタル Sentimental Azure 10 追憶のスノーホワイト Snow White Recollections 11 浅支子の距離 Light Yellow Distance 12 無邪気なエバーグリーン Evergreen Innocence 13 セピアのトライアングル Sepia Triangle 14 ひめごとはダークネイビー Dark Navy Secret 15 藍色のプレッシャー Indigo Blue Pressure 16 薄紫のオールナイトロング Light Purple All Night Long 17 チェリーピンクを届けたい Want to Deliver Cherry Pink 18 トマトレッドを撃て! Shoot at Tomato Red! 19 ミルキィホワイトの一夜 A Milky White Night 20 マーマレード色の夕暮れ Marmalade Colored Evening 21 クリスタルの白地図 Crystal Blank Map 22 インディゴの夜明けに On An Indigo Dawn 23 クリスマスカラーの決意 Christmas Colored Decision 24 虹色(なないろ)のフィナーレ Rainbow Colored Finale
PlayStation2/Canvas2 DVD EDITION(PC)
Opening- Blue Sky by Honey Bee (YURIAYuriaYURIA is a Japanese singer from Osaka Prefecture who sings anime and adult games theme songs. She used to be in a band named Honey Bee, in which she is both the band's vocalist and guitarist...
)
Ending
- Primary Memory by Sweets Tankentai
Anime
Opening- Plastic Smile (Niji Iro Guiter VERSION) by Honey Bee (YURIAYuriaYURIA is a Japanese singer from Osaka Prefecture who sings anime and adult games theme songs. She used to be in a band named Honey Bee, in which she is both the band's vocalist and guitarist...
)
Ending
- NA NA IRO by Sweets Tankentai
Manga
A mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
based on Canvas 2 was serialized in Comp Ace magazine from April 2005 to September 2006. The series was authored and illustrated by Miki Kodama, and four tankōbon
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
were published by Kadokawa Shoten
Kadokawa Shoten
is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...
.