Patalliro!

Patalliro!
パタリロ! (Patariro!)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Mineo Maya
Published by	Hakusensha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Bessatsu Hana to Yume Hana to Yume (formerly)
Original run	1979 – ongoing
Volumes	84
TV anime
Boku Patalliro!
Directed by	Nobutaka Nishizawa Daisuke Nishio
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	April 8, 1982 – May 13, 1983
Episodes	49
Anime film
Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku
Released	1983
Runtime	48 minutes
Manga
Patalliro Saiyuki!
Written by	Mineo Maya
Published by	Hakusensha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Original run	2003 – 2005
Volumes	8
Manga
Patalliro Genji Monogatari!
Written by	Mineo Maya
Published by	Hakusensha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Original run	2004 – 2008
Volumes	4
TV anime
Patalliro Saiyuki!
Directed by	Kenichi Maeshima
Original run	June 5, 2005 – November 9, 2005
Episodes	26

Patalliro! (パタリロ!, Patariro!) is a long-running manga series written and illustrated by Mineo Maya, one of the few known male manga artist for shōnen-ai manga. Patalliro! is the first anime series to present shōnen-ai themes on television.

Plot

The story focuses less on shōnen-ai than it does on comedy, primarily the wacky adventures of Patalliro himself and the kingdom of Malynera.

Characters

• Patalliro du Malyner VIII

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 the snot out of 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 gets pregnant a second time in volume 46 (when he has Figaro). He is an expert knife user, and his looks and body allow him to easily pass for a woman with only Patalliro (how is unknown) and Bancoran (due to blushing whenever he looks at 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.

Media information

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: Makiko 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'yū Horiuchi
• Cho Hokkai: Yoshirō Matsumoto
• Sa Gojo: Rikiya Koyama
• Gautama Buddha: Kazuya Tatekabe

Opening themes

• "Patalliro!" (パタリロ!) 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)

Ending themes

• "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)(クック=ロビン音頭 (

from "Who killed Cock Robin?"))

• "Nanchū Koi wo Yatterū You Know?" (なんちゅう恋をやってるぅ YOU KNOW?) by Berryz Kobo. (Patalliro Saiyuki)

External links

• Official Patalliro! website (Japanese)
• Patalliro! (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Aestheticism.com's article on Patalliro!