Manga 'Sukitte Ii na yo.' and 'Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun' To Be Animated [Update May 24] - Forums

05-22-12, 3:02 AM

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According to the cover of Monthly Dessert magazine July issue, manga "Sukitte Ii na yo." and "Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun" were announced to get anime adaptations. The cast and staff will be revealed in the issue to be released on May 24th.

Source: Cover of Dessert magazine

Update May 24

Cast for Sukitte Ii na yo.
Mei Tachibana - Ai Kayano
Yamato Kurosawa - Takahiro Sakurai
Asami Oikawa - Risa Taneda
Kenji Nakanishi - Nobunaga Shimazaki
Aiko Mutou - Yumi Uchiyama

Staff
Director/Series Composition - Takuya Satou
Series Director - Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (art director for Kimi ni Todoke)
Character Design - Yoshiko Okuda (art director for Black Lagoon)
Animation - ZEXCS

Cast for Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Shizuku Mizutani - Haruka Tomatsu
Haru Yoshida - Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Asako Natsume - Atsumi Tanezaki (in games such as Da Capo and Tayutama)
Souhei Sasahara - Ohsaka Ryouta
Kenji Yamaguchi - Takuma Terashima
Chizuru Ooshima - Kana Hanazawa
Yuuzan Yoshida - Yuuichi Nakamura
Mitsuyoshi Misawa - Tomoyuki Higuchi

Staff
Director - Hiro Kaburaki
Series Composition - Noboru Takagi
Character Design - Tomohiro Kishi (art director for Nodame Cantabile)
Animation - Brains Base

Source: Comic Natalie (Japanese)

Update May 24 Again

According to the official twitter for ZEXCS, Sukitte Ii na yo. will be a TV series.

Source: ZEXCS Official Twitter (Japanese)

Sukitte Ii na yo. and Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun on MAL

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#2 05-22-12, 3:16 AM
__veni Offline Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 314	Oh my goooooood this is pretty much the best graduation gift ever~ I really love both of those manga (especially Tonari no Kaibutsukun). Even if I don't kow how they'll animate Sukitte, I can't really imagine it as an anime. But we'll see! Looking forward to them..

#3 05-22-12, 3:29 AM
Dione Offline Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 17	that's great! can't wait for Sukitte Ii na yo.

#4 05-22-12, 3:52 AM
morshuwarrior Offline Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 380	The sypnosis of Tonari no Kaibutsukun is incredibly terrible. Mod Edit: Removal of troll quote. Modified by Kineta, 05-22-12, 6:32 AM

#5 05-22-12, 3:56 AM
glitchhunter Offline Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 838	Hey, they both actually sound like they could be good. I look forward to them~

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05-22-12, 4:01 AM

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Argh...
Really ? from all the shoujo manga out there they decided to animate this two?

morshuwarrior said:

Btw, the sypnosis of Tonari no Kaibutsukun is incredibly terrible.

It's not only the sypnosis and Sukitte Ii na yo shitty too.

"Power is a curious thing...Three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man. Between them stands a common sellsword. Each great man bids the sellsword kill the other two. Who lives, who dies? Power resides where men believe it resides; it's a trick, a shadow on the wall, and a very small man can cast a very large shadow."
―Varys (Game of Thrones)

#7 05-22-12, 4:04 AM
himitsu_ichigo Offline Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 16	I haven't read shoujo manga in a while but I did try Sukitter Ii na Yo... Hmmm. Kinda interested to see how they'll do anime-style...

#8 05-22-12, 4:12 AM
Ran_chan Offline Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 11	wooooooooow finally shojo romance anime ^________^

#9 05-22-12, 4:15 AM
Kitsu-nee Offline Joined: May 2010 Posts: 1070	FINALLY SOME SHOUJO?! Since Kimi ni Todoke there weren't any good ones so I'm very excited right now! Hope that those manga are good :D

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05-22-12, 4:25 AM

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I've read the first couple of chapters of Tonari no Kaibutsukun and it's okay so far. There are plenty of other shoujo manga that I would have liked to see animated though. Still, I'm excited! I love, love, love shoujo, so as long as it makes me squee, I'll be good.

Edit: So apparently Sukitte Ii na yo is smut... STILL GONNA WATCH!

Modified by Amutofan123, 05-22-12, 4:34 AM

What "Adolescence" do you have?
Do you remember "Childhood"?
The irreplaceable one existed there.

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05-22-12, 4:33 AM

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EDIT: I realize I got really worked up here. So I'm editing my message:
Please, please do give us shoujo lovers a break. Due to the past shoujo animes bad sales we barely get anything now. So..getting an OVA is like a miracle. Please don't ruin the little happiness we have by trolling and bashing shoujo or teasing it. It hurts you know?

and these two manga sell very well in japan. and it has lots of fans outside japan too. by posting messages like that you will naturally enrage fans.

and yet you complain when someone bashes an anime adaptation news you love. A little advice: practice what you preach.

there are5-7 romance shounens per season.

even if you don't like shoujo, even if you hate it and never want shoujo, please, think for a moment. how would you feel if the type of anime you loved was never made again?

this is just an eg: how would you feel if moe anime are never made again? I know that will never happen but think. How would you feel if only OVAs were made. yea. horrible isn't it?

so next time think twice before trolling. don't take away what little happiness we have, please.

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#12 05-22-12, 4:48 AM
AnimeMangaSuki Offline Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 256	if only they would continue Hiyokoi sigh

#13 05-22-12, 4:52 AM
phoenixalia Offline Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1170	AnimeMangaSuki said: if only they would continue Hiyokoi sigh I know right...its really unfortunate that the many girls who buy the manga don't buy the anime so it doesn't sell well. :( I'll never understand why girls who read the manga never buy the anime.... Modified by phoenixalia, 05-22-12, 5:09 AM

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05-22-12, 4:54 AM

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phoenixalia said:
honestly, WOULD YOU PEOPLE GIVE US SHOUJO LOVERS A REST ALREADY? Can't I access ONE thread about shoujo anime without you stupid trolls TROLLING AWAY TO GLORY?

yet you people are the ones who complain when someone posts something bad about shonen. Practice what you preach, honestly.

We BARELY get any shoujo anime as it is and you still don't even want us to get even THAT MUCH? You get 6-7 romance shounens per season, is that not ENOUGH FOR YOU?

Why take what little us shoujo lovers have? WHAT DID WE EVER DO TO YOU?

We get it, you're guys, you don't like shoujo. We don't want you to go 'yawning'(yes person up there, I'm referring to YOU). You're just wasting posts and trolling to show how immature you are.
if you don't watch shoujo fine. but don't troll and annoy the crap out of us shoujo lovers.and FYI, if these were so terrible they wouldn't sell more than romance light novels...in manga, yes, they DO sell well. Sometimes more than 200k.

Oh and just to make your twisted selves happy, yes, shoujo anime NEVER sell well? Bet you're grinning aren't you? So even if these are made into OVAs they'll probably sell a pittance.

Not a shoujo or a shonen lover but , +1

#15 05-22-12, 4:57 AM
ptitejuju Online Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11140	I've read the first volume of "Sukitte Ii na yo" and I liked it but now I will wait until I watch the anime ^^ And the other one seems interesting too, will watch for sure !

#16 05-22-12, 5:04 AM
Kurini Offline Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1380	ok, I really does love tonari no kaibutsu-kun as a shoujo manga but if it turns put like the kaichou wa maid sama anime... I will kill myself... I must be weird to not want an anime adaptation... ah but hiyokoi ova was not that bad! I hope the cast will be the cast of the drama cd!

#17 05-22-12, 5:07 AM
PerlaNemesis Offline Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 621	Probably won't watch Sukitte Ii na yo but Tonari no Kaibutsukun sounds rather nice so I might check it out. ^^ And yeah, totally need more of Hiyokoi and second season of Kaichou wa Maid-sama.

#18 05-22-12, 5:27 AM
xx_mirai Offline Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 158	Wh-- actual shoujo? We never get that. I haven't seen actual shoujo in forever. I don't even know what to say. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for a Strobe Edge anime, but I don't mind shoujo so this bit of news is welcome. Let's wait for the cast announcement now.

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05-22-12, 5:29 AM

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Not interested in smut and I find the other 1 with loss of direction.
But will watch Tonari no Kaibutsukun to see how it turns out.
Honestly, I'm kind of excited for Kaibutsukun as it really weren't horrible.

Hopefully it sells(the 2nd 1, not into smut) and better shoujo will be able to get animated.
I am really happy to see shoujo being animated(I repeat, no the smut 1) :D

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#20 05-22-12, 5:30 AM
hagumi_honey Offline Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 14	Currently reading Sukitte Ii na yo and I've listened to the drama cd. If I'm not mistaken, parts of the drama cd are available on youtube. Hopefully they will retain the seiyuu because I just love Sakurai Takahiro (Kurosawa Yamato) and Kayano Ai (Tachibana Mei) combination!