Patalliro!

Patalliro! (Japanese: ãƒ'タリロ!, Hepburn: Patariro!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mineo Maya. The comedy manga was serialized in Hana to Yume from 1978 to 1990, before switching to Bessatsu Hana to Yume in 1991 where it continues. The 1980s Boku Patalliro! anime adaptation was the first to present shōnen-ai themes on television. As of 2006, the manga had 22 million copies in circulation.

Plot

The story focuses on comedy, primarily the wacky adventures of Patalliro himself and the kingdom of Malynera.

Characters

• Patalliro du Malyner VIII (ãƒ'タリロ・ド・マリネール8世)

The 10-year-old diabetic brainchild king of Malynera. When he becomes frustrated or embarrassed, he grooms himself like a cat.

• Maraich Juschenfe

18-year-old former assassin from the Diamond Syndicate. His former lover Count Larken told him not to return until he could kill Bancoran, but ended up reforming and becoming Bancoran's lover. He has a ferocious temper and seethes with jealousy whenever a bishōnen is in Bancoran's vicinity. He beats up Bancoran on a regular basis, regardless of whether or not he cheats, and somehow got pregnant twice, despite being completely male. His pregnancy is cut out of the anime. In the manga he first gets pregnant in volume 10, and a second time in volume 46. He is an expert knife user, and his looks and body allow him to easily pass for a woman with only Patalliro and Bancoran being able to see through his disguise.

• Jack Barbarosa Bancoran

Major Bancoran of the British MI6. Nicknamed "Bishōnen Killer" for his ability to seduce young men with just his eyes. Women are also attracted to him, but the only woman he's shown even moderate interest in is Patalliro's mother, Etrange. Meeting Patalliro has changed his existence; after playing bodyguard to the most annoying person he's ever met, he's now living with Maraich, who tried to kill him, and their son Figaro. Bancoran is known for his blue eyeshadow (purple in Patalliro Saiyuki), his long black hair, and the fact that he never takes off his gloves, even in bed. His name comes from Henri Bencolin.

• Tamanegi

Patalliro's biseinen bodyguards, forced to hide their beauty under padded uniforms, frosted glasses, masks that cover their mouths, noses, and onion-style wigs.

Anime

Cast

Boku Patalliro!

• Patalliro: Fuyumi Shiraishi
• Bancoran: Kazuyuki Sogabe
• Maraich: Toshiko Fujita
• Police Chief: Ichirō Nagai
• Head Guard: Takeshi Aono
• Tamanegi: Akio Nojima, Toshio Furukawa, Tōru Furuya, YÅ«ji Mitsuya, Yoku Shioya, Kaneto Shiozawa, Kazuhiko Inoue, Akira Kamiya
  • The Tamanegi were portrayed by the members of Slapstick, a voice actor band Sogabe was a member of.
• Etrange: Masako Ikeda
• Sanders: Junpei Takiguchi
• Patalliro 7th: Kazuko Sugiyama
• Patalliro 10th: Minori Matsushima
• Plasma X: Hideyuki Hori
• Afro 18: Eiko Masuyama
• Pulara: Michiko Nomura
• α Random: Junko Hori

Patalliro! Saiyuki

• Patalliro/Son Goku: Yuki Kaida
• Maraich/Genjo Sanzo: Reiko Takagi
• Bancoran: Takehito Koyasu
• Mi-chan: Ken'yÅ« Horiuchi
• Cho Hokkai: Yoshirō Matsumoto
• Sa Gojo: Rikiya Koyama
• Gautama Buddha: Kazuya Tatekabe

Music

• "Patalliro!" (ãƒ'タリロ!) by Fusako Fujimoto (Patalliro! / Boku Patalliro!)
• "Ajisai Ai Ai Monogatari" (紫陽花アイ愛物語, Hydrangea Ai Love Story) by v-u-den (Patalliro Saiyuki)

• "Utsukushisa wa Tsumi" (美しさは罪, Beauty is Crime) by Eri Takeda. (Patalliro 1st ending)
• "Cock Robin Ondo" by Fuyumi Shiraishi & Slapstick. (Boku Patalliro 1st ending)(from "Who killed Cock Robin?")
• "NanchÅ« Koi wo YatterÅ« You Know?" (なã‚"ちゅう恋ã‚'やってるぅ YOU KNOW?) by Berryz Kobo. (Patalliro Saiyuki)

References

1. ^ Gravett, Paul (2004) Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics (Harper Design ISBN 1-85669-391-0) page 90
2. ^ "Historic Shoujo Manga Circulation Numbers". Comipress. 2006-05-24. Retrieved 2014-07-12. 

External links

• Official Patalliro! website (Japanese)
• Patalliro! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia