BL Anime: Ai no Kusabi OVA (2009)
Ai no Kusabi 間の楔 is going to be a 13 episode OVA!!! KYAAAA……………………….. I hope the DVDs are not too expensive *dies*
To be launched later quarter in 2009
Postphoned: Expected release date all 13 episodes on Spring 2010 (March?)
Official site: http://ainokusabi.jp/
From the poster, Iason looks kinda sickly o_O but Riki looks great!
Update January 2010!
Thank goodness Ookawa Tooru’s Iason so sounds much more in character (and not like a Yakuza in the drama CD remakes anymore!) I’m REALLY looking forward to it now that this mental hurdle was overcome. View the 8-minute episode 1 preview. Seriously HOTTT~ If they maintain the quality throughout it’ll be a really awesome release.
Update October 2009 Comiket Trailer
Update March 2009!
Official preview shows a much better looking Iason and ooo~ such delicious Riki!
If the anime uses the same new voices for the drama cd remake, we can expect the following seiyuu cast:
Iason: Ookawa Tooru 大川透 (Original: Shiozawa Kaneto 塩沢兼人)
Riki: Itou Kentarou 伊藤健太郎 (Original: Seki Toshihiko 関俊彦)
Raoul: Kuroda Takaya 黒田崇矢 (Original: Hayami Shou 速水奨)
Katze: Miki Shinichirou 三木眞一郎 (Original: Tanaka Hideyuki)
Guy: Toriumi Kousuke 鳥海浩輔 (Original: Kojima Takayuki 小島貴幸)
Daryl: Hanawa Eiji はなわ えいじ 花輪英司 (Original: Okiayu Ryoutarou 置鮎龍太郎)
As a side note, it takes some time to get used to Ookawa Tooru’s Iason, especially for fans of the original seiyuu for Iason, Shiozawa Kaneto. Partly because Ookawa Tooru reminded me too much of the yakuza he is often cast in BLCDs. However, he sounds better in the latest volume of the BLCD remake, so I’m hopeful. Itou Kentarou’s Riki is good so no complaints there.
Other info (from ANN):
Studio: AIC (worked on the original anime)
Director Akiyama Katsuhito (worked on the original anime)
Character designer Onda Naoyuki (worked on the original anime)
Script: Yoshihara Rieko
Sound: Abe Nobuyuki
Btw, news is also out that Sex Pistols by Kotobuki Tarako 寿たらこ will be made into OVA in 2009 too. ^^ I’ll do a more detailed post when additional information is out. This series is also something to eagerly look forward to! XD
Related post:
BL Anime: Ai no Kusabi 間の楔 (Shiozawa Kaneto x Seki Toshihiko)
OMFG im so exited about this anime, i cant belive is gonna be 13 episode long yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa xD, ok haha, do you know when it is coming out, at least in what month i cant wait anymore
So far no official updates on the release dates… My guess is probably December *_* but at least we have other BL animes like Sex Pistols and Seitokaichou ni Chukoku to tide us over the lull periods in November. ^^ phew~ And Hyakujitsu no Bara vol. 2 is coming up soon! Yay~
gaa i can’t wait anymore the new trailer is taunting. Spring 2010….;_;
(I got used to his voice!)
TOTALLY! The animation quality looks really fluid and beautiful. The CGs don’t look “cheap” either. I think Iason’s seiyuu toned down his yakuza voice a lot? He seems to speak more clearly now without the Yakuza-ish accent. Not sure how Raoul’s seiyu Kuroda Takaya sounds now tho. He’s another one who is typecast as Yakuza in BLCD very often.