Patalliro!
Patalliro! 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, and now currently is serialized on the app Manga Park since 2020.
An anime adaptation, Boku Patalliro!, produced by Toei Animation, originally aired from April 8, 1982, to May 13, 1983, on Fuji TV, and was the first to present shōnen-ai themes on television.
The series has also received four stage plays based on various arcs from anime and manga, and a live action film adaptation in 2018.
Two spin-off manga, Patalliro Saiyūki! and Patalliro Genji Monogatari!, were originally serialized from 2003 to 2005 and 2004–2008 respectively. Patalliro Saiyūki! received an anime adaptation produced by Magic Bus which aired on Kids Station from June 5 to November 9, 2005.
As of 2019, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.
Plot
The story focuses on the comedic adventures of Patalliro himself, and the entire kingdom of Malynera.Characters
;Patalliro du Malyner VIII;Jack Barbarosa Bancoran
;Maraich
;Tamanegi
;Plasma X
;Afro-18
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, Yūji 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/Son Goku: Yuki Kaida
- Maraich/Genjo Sanzo: Reiko Takagi
- Bancoran: Takehito Koyasu
- Mi-chan: Ken'yū Horiuchi
- Cho Hakkai: Yoshirō Matsumoto
- Sa Gojo: Rikiya Koyama
- Gautama Buddha: Kazuya Tatekabe
Music
- "Patalliro!" by Fusako Fujimoto
- "Ajisai Ai Ai Monogatari" by v-u-den
- "Utsukushisa wa Tsumi" by Eri Takeda.
- "Cock Robin Ondo" by Fuyumi Shiraishi & Slapstick.
- "Nanchū Koi wo Yatterū You Know?" by Berryz Kobo.
Episodes
Season 1 (1982)
Season 2 (1982–83)
Film (1983)
''Patalliro Saiyuki!'' (2005)
Legacy
Rock musician Tomoaki Ishizuka took his stage name "Pata" from Patalliro, his nickname in high school as he was said to resemble the series' title character.Yu Yu Hakusho author Yoshihiro Togashi based his character Hiei's design on Patalliro!.