The news that Sex Pistols (manga by Kotobuki Tarako 寿たらこ) is going to be made into an OVA isn’t new… I haven’t been following the developments closely but I just found out that Hatano Wataru was cast as Fujiwara Shiro opposite Sugita Tomokazu’s Madarame Yonekuni!
Update October 2009!
Release date announced:
Vol1: 26 March 2010 & Vol 2: 25 June 2010
Damage: 9,975 Yen (w/tax)
I fell in love with Shiro when I read the manga… he is such a sexy uke without intending to ^^ and his seme is pure manly goodness. I’m so looking forward to the massive nosebleed it is going to induce when the 2-episode OVA is released.
Hatano Wataru voices Sam/Toward the Terra, Youji/Sweet Pool, and Sugita Tomokazu is Gintoki/Gintama, Kyon/Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Solder Blue/Toward the Terra.
Although I’m excited about the new cast, I’m going to miss the original cast for the drama cd, Koyasu Takehito x Hirakawa Daisuke who were both very lovely as the characters. Koyasu Takehito gave Yonekuni a cold and aloof presence and paired well with Hirakawa Daisuke’s perfect rendition of the gentle but very erotic Shiro. You’ll bleed buckets if you hear his uke moans in the drama cd. But I think the new cast would be yummy too. (^///^) HATANO-SAN!!!! He is one of my top fav uke now. If you’ve not listened to his uke before… gosh you don’t know what you’re missing. As for Sugita Tomokazu, he has a deep voice similar to Koyasu Takehito and I believe he can bring out the aloofness of the character. He was pretty good as a seme who gave the uke the cold shoulder in the BL drama Utsukushii Koto 美しいこと ^^
Update: The cast for the other couple is revealed. Shimono Hiro will replace Suzuki Chiiro (鈴木千尋) who was the original cast in the drama CD as Tsuburaya Norio. Kawahara Yoshihisa (KYAAAA~ Tetsuo from Sweet Pool!!!) XD will voice Madarame Kunimasa in place of Yanada Kiyoyuki (梁田清之).
Both Hatano Wataru and Kawahara Yoshihisa are in Sex Pistols OVA! But not as a couple this time…
Anyway, Sex Pistols is an innovative story with the premise that 30% of humans are descended not from apes but from other animals (these people are called “Zoomans”), and they can interbreed with humans, and with other male Zoomans by the use of a symbiote (Definition: an organism in a partnership with another such that each profits from their being together) . Although the manga began with Tsuburaya Norio, an ordinary high school student who discovers his Zoomanity and deals with the advances of many male Zoomans who want him to have their babies, the OVA seems to be making one of the other couples Madarame Yonekuni and Fujiwara Shiro as the focus. (Info edited from wiki)
Summary from Anime News Network: Madarame Yonekuni and Fujiwara Shiro have this awkward tension whenever their eyes meet at school. Since Yonekuni cannot openly explain to Shiro why he feels uncomfortable whenever he’s around, he must coerce his brother, Madarame Kunimasa to reveal the truth. Is Yonekuni tough enough to handle it?
Cast:
羽多野渉 Hatano Wataru as Fujiwara Shiro 藤原しろ
杉田智和 Sugita Tomokazu as Madarame Yonekuni 斑目米国
下野紘 Shimono Hiro as Tsuburaya Norio 円谷ノリ夫
川原慶久Kawahara Yoshihisa as Madarame Kunimasa 斑目国政
Trailer:
Official website: http://s-pistols.com/index.htm
I love Sugita Tomokazu! ♥
He plays such a good voice for all the characters, I was shocked to find out he played soldier blues voice. I really loved his voice when he played keisuke character very scary. lol.
Definitely want to see this if hes playing in it, i have yet to read the manga but it looks interesting from your summery.^^
Yeah! Sugita was really good when voicing scary Keisuke…XP I’m also for Keisuke x Akira ^^ although most people seem to go for Shiki x Akira. When I first heard his voice in Gintama, I thought it sounded like Koyasu Takehito… when the credits roll then I saw his name… and I was oo~ interesting. He was good as Soldier Blue (T_T)
Oo~ the manga is pretty good~ XD you should give the drama cd a shot too. Prepare your tissues and buckets (for nosebleed that is)
Keisuke x akira is my favorite pair too. Shiki x akira an Nano x Akira is nice too~ *v*
I want to know more about nano~!
(when i get the chibi figures i’m going to switch out Shiki an Akiras heads. Ah if only there was an ending like that…)
Koyasu Takehito! omg yes! *_*
Just listened to the BLCDs last night: I wonder why they had to recast the voices though…I love all of the seiyuus in general but there was something about Hirakawa Daisuke’s work as Fujiwara…that distinct vulnerability…that I think I will miss. I’m sure Hatano Wataru will still do a great job, but it will just be different, you know?
I must say though, I thought Kunimasa’s voice was just waaaay too deep in the cds. He sounded like an old man to Suzuki Chihiro’s cuteness, which was a bit off-putting. No offense to Yanada Kiyoyuki, but I hope they either recast him with a younger sounding guy or he changes his pitch so it’s not so damn deep.
Yeah… I wonder too… maybe they can’t fit their production schedules?
They haven’t revealed the seiyuu cast for the Kunimasa/Norio couple yet, so our guess is that they’re probably the same. They probably want to have a strong contrast to their personalities XD And as such a hyper guy, Norio probably needs a strong -manly- man to keep him in check kekeke.
I just finished all six volumes of Sex Pistols. Waaah!! Is there anymore? Do you know if the mangaka is continuing??
I should think so! ^^ Be patient hehe