I mentioned that Shimura Takako-sensei's Hourou Musuko had been green-lit for an anime adaptation a while ago. Now we have more info on the show! ^^ It's premiering on Fuji TV this January and being animated by AIC. (Nice timing since the first volume of the Hourou Musuko manga is being released in English this February.) The director is Aoki Ei (who also directed Ga Rei -Zero- and the first Kara no Kyoukai movie) and the person in charge of the series composition and script is Okada Mari, who has an impressive resume of shows under her belt. Shuichi will be played by Hatakeyama Kousuke and Yoshino will be played by Seto Asami, both of whom are unknowns in the seiyuu business. It'll be nice to hear new voice talent. ^_^ I'll keep an eye out for more news!
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Cue freak-out. Well, until I realized AIC will be doing it. Anyway, Hourou Musuko will be adapted into an anime and will air beginning January 2011. I found out about this initially courtesy of Scamp, who has a preliminary Winter 2011 chart up, although I did dig around a bit myself to try to glean [...]
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It’s unfair to classify Hourou Musuko as merely a genderbender. Where the average merely uses gender identity as a plot device, Hourou Musuko addresses it seriously, realistically, as a coming-of-age topic; and that made all the difference — enough to enter its upcoming adaptation as the Winter 2011 Noitamina slot anime~ [CH65 fan-art, by KL] [...]
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Oooh, I can see the clouds below. Yup, I'm writing this post on a plane to Fort Lauderdale. ^^ (Although it's not the city where I'm staying for spring break.) I'm quite excited about a new anime series being green-lit for Shimura Takako's Hourou Musuko manga, which is running monthly in Comic Beam, the same seinen magazine that serialized Mori Kaoru's Emma. It's a very good series (what I've read of it so far, at least), and I'm looking forward to seeing it when it airs. Hopefully whichever studio is producing it will put as much care into it as J.C. Staff put into my beloved Aoi Hana. (Maybe it'll be J.C. Staff? I wonder if Kasai Kenicihi will sign up for it...this seems like his type of series, also. Of course, it's pointless speculating now.) Hourou Musuko is a slice-of-life series about a feminine "boy" (really a closeted transgendered girl) named Nitori Shuuichi, who is starting 5th grade at a new school. She makes friends with Takatsuki Yoshino, a transgendered boy who most people assume is a tomboyish girl. In true Shimura fashion, there is a large, generally likeable supporting cast. (Although Shuuichi's big sister Maho makes me glad that I'm an only child... >___>; Aside from her, pretty much everyone is likeable.) Also- my yuri panel at Conbust is going to be at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 27. Directions to the con can be found here, and the schedule for all of the con events can be seen here. I hope to see plenty of people there! ^^ Plus, Takashima Rica's Rica'tte Kanji!? made a certain mainstream comic site's top gay comics list. ^_^ (I love seeing yuri- and manga in general- receive press from outlets that aren't normally into yuri/manga- hence my giddiness over Afterellen streaming yuri this past summer and autumn.) See Okazu's Yuri Network News tomorrow for more. Ack...battery running low. Anyway, major kudos to Takashima for getting more recognition and to Shimura for getting her second manga-to-anime adaptation! ^^
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- Hourou Musuko (or Wandering Son) anime confirmed. I talked about the rumor when I posted WORKING!! DVD news, and I guess it was real after all. Shimura Takako's Aoi Hana anime adaption was amazing but how about this one? I hope they at least tell us w..
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Fifth-grader NITORI Shuuichi is a very girly boy, and his friend TAKASAKI Yoshino happens to be a very boyish girl. Nitori wishes he was born a girl, and Takasaki wishes she was born as a boy. They soon find out about each others' odd wishes, and throughout the course of growing up together, they're made to question their genuine wishes of becoming the opposite gender. Unfortunately, this manga was too subtle and slow for me to truly appreciate the entirety of it, but it is not a bad series by any means. Gorgeous and simple artwork as well.
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“Why does everyone have to put you in a box and nail the lid on it? I don’t know what I am—polymorphous and perverse… I’m me. That’s all I am and all I want to be. Do I have to be something?” - Molly Bolt, Rubyfruit Jungle This entry is dedicated to Enthousiaste and TheBigN.  Thanks [...]
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On the train home a couple of weeks ago, a friend and I saw a most curious sight: A skinny, delicate-looking high school boy with blond hair, a pink hair clip, huge orange sunglasses and a purse.  He was hanging out with another boy, swinging his purse back and forth playfully as they talked. I turned [...]
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