Sex Pistols

An average boy named Norio is suddenly getting a lot of unwanted romantic attention. A fall down the stairs into the arms of a handsome stranger sets off the beginnings of an explanation, and it is one Norio never could have possibly imagined. Soon a whole new world opens up for Norio revealing a secret society of special people evolved from animals other than monkeys. Norio turns out to be a particularly rare breed and his DNA is in high demand. Now that he's suddenly the prey, it'll take much effort to survive in this modern jungle.

This story revolves around a high school boy who discovers that he is part of a select group of humans who did not evolve from monkeys, but various animals such as leopards and black bears.

(Source: ANN)

Madarame, Yonekuni Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Tsuburaya, Norio Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Madarame, Kunimasa Main

Kawahara, Yoshihisa Japanese

Fujiwara, Shiro Main

Hatano, Wataru Japanese

Kumakashi, Teruhiko Main

Domon, Jin Japanese

McBear, Joshua Supporting

Narita, Ken Japanese

Madarame, Makio Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Aogiri, Oshou Supporting

Nojima, Hirofumi Japanese

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

Kotobuki, Tarako Original Creator

Yagami, Kouichi Assistant Director

Hayashi, Kanako Color Design

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Feb 21, 2016

KateNikolina

Recommended

Love Pistols is a Japanese yaoi manga series written and illustrated by Tarako Kotobuki. The English release was renamed from the original Japanese title "Sex Pistols" to "avoid any legal trouble". The premise of the story is that 30% of humans are not descended from apes but from other animals (these people are called "Zoomans"), and they can interbreed with humans, and with other male Zoomans by the use of a symbiote. Norio, an ordinary high school student discovers his Zoomanity and deals with the advances of many male Zoomans who want him to have their babies. The series previously licensed and published in English ... in North America by Tokyopop's Blu imprint is now published under Viz Media's BL imprint, SuBLime.[2] Geneon released a series of four Drama CDs for Sex Pistols between November 27, 2004 and April 25, 2008. A two-episode original video animation adaptation went on sale in 2010.



Tsuburaya Norio
OVA voice actor: Hiro Shimono
CD Drama voice actor: Chihiro Suzuki

He is the main character of the story who doesn't seem to understand that he's a returner to ancestry and has trouble hiding his scent. He usually relies on Kunimasa's blind in order to hide his scent. He loves Kunimasa and tends to do stupid things and apologize for them later on. One incident involves his Bear oak Madararui senpai who was deeply in love with him and whom he fully rejected.

Madarame Kunimasa
OVA voice actor: Yoshihisa Kawahara
CD Drama voice actor: Kiyoyuki Yanada

A heavy seed nekomata Madararui (Jaguar), he's claimed Norio as his mate. He's usually stoic or conceited but his feelings for Norio are genuine. He's the very smart younger half brother of Yonekuni. They share the same mother but have different fathers. His mother tried to make him mate with another were cat in another chapter by lighting incense that made him go into a 'heat' spiral.

Madarame Yonekuni
OVA voice actor: Tomokazu Sugita
CD Drama voice actor: Takehito Koyasu

The older half-brother of Kunimasa, he is a heavy seed and a dragon shape, the half between a snake and dragon. His father (Maximilian Seymour) being a heavy seed dragon (crocodile) while his mother (Madarame Makio) is a heavy seed snake. With an extreme hatred for any and all things male, he puts Norio through hell in his training (forcing Norio to wear girls clothes, though that was Kunimasa's idea). Though he hates everything men, except himself, he "befriends" Fujiwara Shiro. Asking Shiro to be his pretend friend, he treats Shiro almost the same way he treats other guys. Through a complicated mess, awaking from what he thought was a dream, he was faced with the reality of having slept with a male (despite his disgust for anything and anyone male). While sleeping with his coworker, he thought back to what Shiro (Shirou) told him and realized, though denying it to himself, that Shiro was the one who rescued him from near death.

Fujiwara Shiro (Shirou)
OVA voice actor: Wataru Hatano
CD Drama voice actor: Daisuke Hirakawa

Because of what he was, his parents, sickly and in bad health (though it was never revealed as to what exactly was wrong) hypnotized him into protecting his secret. "Close your eyes and cover your mouth, you'll forget your true form". Taken in by the Fujiwara's (both Shiro's adopted mother and father's names have never been released), he was adopted as their son. Shiro never knew of his natural birth parents, the only hint to his secret was his higher body temperature, which lead Yonekuni to him. Living somewhat a double life, the only male "friend" that Yonekuni had and at night, the lover Yonekuni visited when it rained or he became "sickly". It was soon that his secret, both of them, were revealed. Yonekuni awaking to what he thought was a dream, only to find out that he had been making his way to Shiro's place and sleeping with him. The secret he never knew about until Yonekuni willingly and full heartedly slept with him, the spell that his parents placed on him was broken. From there, Shiro was able to tell as much as he knew to Yonekuni and that started his lessons with the Madarame family.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jul 31, 2012

kitschiekatie

Recommended

Review of the Sex Pistols OVA

Okay first of all I watched this without reading the manga, like everyone suggests doing, and I understood it alright without knowing about the animal spirits at first. You have to watch all the way through to get an understanding of it.
If you've never watched a yaoi anime I suggest trying out something mainstream first.
I really liked this and I would gladly re-watch it.
This yaoi has females to help with the plot and story! I'm very glad the writers included women because they are usually forgotten in yaoi

Story 6
I wish they would've explained what was going on with the animal ... spirits because when Norio suddenly turned into a cat I was very confused. As the story goes on you are able to pick up on what's happening. The main couple don't have a dramatic sex scene, unlike most yaoi, however I think that the romances throughout the other couples made up for it.

Art 9
No big yaoi hands! The anatomy is closer to an actual human's in the anime so I enjoyed that. The colors they used really helped pull the story together. I thought it was adorable that the second opening was a chibi version of the first. Over all pretty good but not perfect. I like the way the boys and girls were drawn, both genders were very attractive and sexy.

Sound 9
I had no problem with it considering that I watched it on YouTube. I think that they picked great voice actors for the characters. Music was alright not breathtaking, but hey... it's just an OVA.

Character 7
The characters were very two-demensional, and I feel that Yonekuni and Shiro should have grown up a little bit. Yonekuni on sudden whim changed his mind and it was actually kind of confusing? The character design was nice and they drew them based on animals, so the size and hair color varies. The characters were easy to tell apart and were unique.

Enjoyment 9
This was really fun to watch, it was my first yaoi OVA so it was a nice switch from a series. I'm the kind of person who has to be hooked on the first episode so having the plot all take place in one sitting was nice. I would definitely re-watch this.

Overall 8
I enjoyed the characters and the art, the overall OVA is a nice break from yaoi series. It doesn't matter if you've read the manga or not - as long as you watch from beginning to end you'll understand it. The comedy and romance is awesome. I just loved this story and it will definetly

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 4, 2017

Mewr-Mewr

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In no way, shape, or form is 'Sex Pistols' a fantastic anime. That being said, it's not the worst, either. You won't be doing yourself a disservice nor a service by watching it, but it'd be good for a laugh with friends. Unfortunately, I watched this alone, so I read too deeply into it and decided to write a review. Go me.

First and foremost, I'd recommend reading the manga if you want to know why things are happening. The first one or two volumes, anyway. Some find it easy to understand without doing so, yet, I think it's much better to have a more thorough ... understanding going into it, since the main concept isn't explicitly explained well until the end of episode one, after the credits. If you're in it for a laugh, you'll be fine without the extra reading. Honestly, it was too much effort for such a little reward.

Given the premise, I'm a little sad that we weren't able to get a better look at their "souls". Kunimasa's "soul" is really nifty to look at, and the combination of cat and monkey for Norio was really well done, I think. Unfortunately, this only gives us little peeks at the two; and, for most characters, we only see their ears and tail.
Additionally, I'm not a fan of the way Madararui were explained. I think that a few more of the details behind Madararui should have been made clear within the OVA. It's mostly addressed in the first episode, but that little segment after the credits should have been either: Halfway, as a transition between scenes; or somewhere near the beginning of episode one. Not at the very end. That way, those who are newer to 'Sex Pistols' have a better understanding of what's going on sooner.
Similarly, whist the scenes made a understandable story, a lot of the scenes either went for too long or not long enough given their context. Some should have been way shorter than they were, and others needed just a little more context to make them better.
The way a handful of more intimate moments were handled made me wince. Especially when Norio and Kunimasa were in the restaurant together. It could've been comedic, but instead they went for a more romantic approach, which I do not think worked at all.

The art definitely isn't the best, nor the most beautiful; but, for a yaoi, it's certainly pleasant to look at. The characters didn't have fish lips, and they didn't have same-face syndrome, which was a relief. The colours, whilst not vibrant, aren't too dull. Additionally, they did a good job at establishing and adding to settings that weren't really elaborated upon in the manga. Something I found satisfying. It was nice getting a bit more of an idea of where they were.

Voice acting was okay. Most scenes were fine. Nothing terribly outstanding. The main issue I had with the voice acting was President's... reactions. In all honesty, he sounded like he was hyperventilating, rather than enjoying himself. Otherwise, his acting in other scenes was okay.
Music was repetitive and sometimes unfitting. Especially with this one track which had this... romantic harp strumming along. Every time it played, it took me away from the moment. The first time it played, my reaction was "Wait, seriously?". I didn't think it'd play again after that, but it did, and each time I noticed it and was thrown out of the moment. It reminds me of the big reveal of a shoujo protagonist in her pretty dress for her date or whatever. Not whatever the heck was on screen in this yaoi.

The characters were pretty much the same as in the manga. Crap. To me, they don't feel real. They fall in love or forgive things way too easily, and, in a way, it felt like I was watching a well-animated fanfiction.

I decided to watch this, since I felt like a new yaoi to watch, rather than read. The fool that I was thought "Eh, it won't be too bad to read some manga for it", so I did. Was it worth it? Not really. I didn't mind reading the manga to get more context, but it didn't really feel rewarding. There was no "Oh, hey! I loved this bit"-moments, and it wasn't, in any way, better to see the characters kissing in colour. I'd say it was a bit worse, really. Still, to be fair, I didn't have a dreadful time watching it. I just wasn't having fun. It more or less felt like I was watching something that just happened to be on TV, except I had the hope that "maybe it'll get a bit better". It didn't. What you see is what you get, really.

As an OVA, I'd deem 'Sex Pistols' somewhat successful. Normally, OVAs either encourage watchers to experience the manga (or other original material); or, in a sense, reward readers with scenes being brought to life in one way or another. For me, this was the latter. Wonderful OVAs can allow room for both to happen marvellously, but this was just sort of a "Well, at least I know what's going on now, and it looks a lot better than the chapters I read. I can tell who's who, at least." I wasn't happy to see things in animated form. It's just the same dog, different leg-action. Big whoop.

If it weren't for the interesting premise of the unique animal twist, and the peculiar name, 'Sex Pistols' is easily forgettable if you were to watch it "seriously". It's too much effort for a title you'll look at and go "What? Oh, yeah, that weird one with the animals or whatever". No more, no less. For a laugh, however, I think it might be a great experience with a lot of "What the heck?!"-moments. Don't do what I did. Watch this with a friend.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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