'Ten Count' Anime Movie Announces Main Staff, Cast, 2023 Premiere

by DatRandomDude
Oct 28, 2022 9:22 AM | 31 Comments

Pony Canyon opened an official website for the anime adaptation of Rihito Takarai's Ten Count manga on Saturday, revealing the main cast, staff, teaser visual (pictured), and movie format. The anime is scheduled to open in 2023.

Shinnosuke Tachibana (Kamisama Hajimemashita) and Tomoaki Maeno (Hitorijime My Hero) are reprising their roles from the drama CD as Tadaomi Shirotani and Riku Kurose, respectively.

Staff
Director, Script: Sou Toyama (Grandeek)
Character Design: Tomomi Shimazaki (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou)
Studio: East Fish Studio, SynergySP
Distributor: Pony Canyon

Takarai serialized the boys love drama manga in Dear+ magazine from July 2013 to November 2017. The sixth and final volume was released in March 2018.

VIZ Media's SuBLime imprint licensed the manga in English in 2015 and shipped the sixth and final volume in December 2018.

Synopsis
Tadaomi Shirotani is the secretary to the company president of Tosawa Corporation—and is a severe mysophobe. His obsessive-compulsive disorder has limited him in every aspect, from being unable to leave the house without a pair of gloves on, to cleaning his hands vigorously enough to make them bleed.

When the president gets into an accident, he is saved by a mysterious young man who departs as quickly as he appears. Ordered to go after him, Shirotani meets Riku Kurose, a man who is able to quickly identify his mysophobia. Begrudgingly taking his advice to seek help from a professional, Shirotani visits Shimada Psychosomatics with the hope of seeing a psychiatrist. When he once again runs into Kurose there, the man reveals that he himself is a counselor at the clinic, and offers to treat Shirotani's condition.

Kurose asks him to write a list of 10 things he is reluctant to do—thus beginning his course of exposure therapy. Yet, Shirotani wonders why Kurose would show such kindness to a stranger. After all, the two have barely met, and Kurose does not deny the accusations of an ulterior motive.

With number 10 on the list left blank by an undecided Shirotani, Kurose issues a challenge. Once Shirotani figures out the last item, the thing he would hate to do the most, only then will his newfound counselor finally tell him the truth. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Official site: https://10count-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @10count_info

Source: Comic Natalie

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I saw this tag on one site. Hope this movie will be as great as the Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather. They added yaoi scenes there, it looks so amazing! Lest's hope for the best!
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Nov 4, 2022 4:30 AM by bhuvahh

Memore said:
Ok, I hope they add all the yaoi content in the movie.

I agree with you about this, the manga is good

Nov 1, 2022 12:32 AM by Verdandy

Memore said:

Verdandy said:

Which one? History and love! And in beautiful graphics, please

Ok, I hope they add all the yaoi content in the movie.

Tokoya said:
Is this actually a BL manga? If it is then idk, I may skip this lol

Yes, it is yaoi manga Ten Count: https://myanimelist.net/manga/56857/

Then its gonna be a no for me dawg

Oct 31, 2022 7:21 AM by Tokoya

Verdandy said:

Memore said:
We can only hope that yaoi will also be in the movie.

It was postponed because staff couldn't decide what content should be in the movie.

Which one? History and love! And in beautiful graphics, please

Ok, I hope they add all the yaoi content in the movie.

Tokoya said:
Is this actually a BL manga? If it is then idk, I may skip this lol

Yes, it is yaoi manga Ten Count: https://myanimelist.net/manga/56857/

Oct 31, 2022 6:39 AM by Memore

Is this actually a BL manga? If it is then idk, I may skip this lol

Oct 31, 2022 6:15 AM by Tokoya

Memore said:
We can only hope that yaoi will also be in the movie.

It was postponed because staff couldn't decide what content should be in the movie.

Which one? History and love! And in beautiful graphics, please

Oct 31, 2022 1:43 AM by Verdandy

Verdandy said:

Memore said:
I need it and not only I.

I also need, but there is no hope for quality :((And such a delay, like they promised two years ago?

We can only hope that yaoi will also be in the movie.

It was postponed because staff couldn't decide what content should be in the movie.

Oct 31, 2022 1:28 AM by Memore

Memore said:
I need it and not only I.

I also need, but there is no hope for quality :((And such a delay, like they promised two years ago?

Oct 31, 2022 1:26 AM by Verdandy

DoujinshiDicks said:

DoujinshiDicks said:
like Blue Lynx did with Saeazuru

but yeah, Saezuru has erotica tag too, while Ten Count doesn't :(

Hopefully the erotica tag is missing just for now (as I can recall Saezuru was announced 17+ a few months after its release date announcement 🤞

Memore said:

DoujinshiDicks said:

Yes, let's hope for the best! I also like Saezuru movie! It is amazingly done! Kaori Makita have done a briliiant job indeed! There is also an OVA which adapt story from the manga. They announced the second movie also. Let's wait for it! I am sure it would be also done as great as the first one!

Yes, definitely excited and I think this article (which covers BL censorship in the anime industry) may interest you! https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17781639/

I also hope that they won't remove yaoi scenes!

Thanks for the link!

Verdandy said:
Does anyone else need it? There will be a lot of censorship and zero meanings, for sure

I need it and not only I.

Oct 31, 2022 1:10 AM by Memore

Does anyone else need it? There will be a lot of censorship and zero meanings, for sure

Oct 31, 2022 12:18 AM by Verdandy

DoujinshiDicks said:
like Blue Lynx did with Saeazuru

but yeah, Saezuru has erotica tag too, while Ten Count doesn't :([/quote]

Hopefully the erotica tag is missing just for now (as I can recall Saezuru was announced 17+ a few months after its release date announcement 🤞

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DoujinshiDicks said:

Memore said:

I really hope the studios understand by now the consequences of unfaithfully adapting BL titles with lots of smut by removing it or grossly censoring it (if Ten Count is as you said - I haven't read the manga after all...)

Honestly I was hoping the Ten Count adaptation would be more or less like Saezuru (since it's a movie). I find Saezuru's adaptation good as an anime that has a lot of explicit scenes, and of course with it being a movie it helps a lot.. but yeah, Saezuru has erotica tag too, while Ten Count doesn't :(

Yes, definitely excited and I think this article (which covers BL censorship in the anime industry) may interest you! https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17781639/

Oct 30, 2022 8:47 PM by DoujinshiDicks

DoujinshiDicks said:

Memore said:

Yes, I also has fears that some scenes will be removed. That is why it should have TV format as some delicate scenes can be freely redrawn or added from the start on the Blu ray discs.

Actually, based on what I've seen in the past, movies seem to get more leeway when it comes to showing sexual scenes since they can control the age viewing (i.e. 17 or 18+) like Blue Lynx did with Saeazuru. Read some interviews even, where directors said they had to remove/censor lots of scenes because of the TV format (since anyone, including those underage, can access TV more easily) - this has been true for many anime such as Love Stage, Dakaretai Otoko, Super Lovers, etc.

Also, these movies do get blu-ray releases (but I've never witnessed any differences/bonus scenes in them...you're saying this happened for TV shows?)...as far as I'm aware, (and apart from thhe Saezuru movie) only anime like Yarichin, Koisuru Boukun, Seitokaichou ni Chuukoku, Ikoku Irokoi Romantan seem to get the least censored releases.

And where does it the "shounen-ai" listing appear? As far as I'm aware, it's tagged as the very general "Boys Love" that MAL recently introduced..(that tag is attached to both hentai titles like Mori no Kuma-san, Toumin-chuu. and shounen-ai titles like Sasaki to Miyano)

Yes, Blue Lynx did a great job with Saezuru movie! They didn't remove yaoi scenes. I also like Saezuru movie! Great adaptation! There is also an OVA which adapt story from the manga. They announced the second movie also. Let's wait for it! I am sure it would be also done as great as the first one!

Yes, in TV series some scenes are removed or omitted and then added on Blu ray discs. This practicse is quite common. Not only scenes, but also redrawings and error corrections.

I saw this tag on one site. Hope this movie will be as great as the Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather. They added yaoi scenes there, it looks so amazing! Lest's hope for the best!

labradorescence said:

Memore said:
Problem is that they ALREADY REMOVED ALL SEX SCENES FROM THE MOVE as they marked its genre as Shonen-ai sadly.

I see. That's right, sorry I didn't realize about it. Let's just hope for the best, hopefully the adaptation won't disappoint anyone :)

DoujinshiDicks said:
like Blue Lynx did with Saeazuru

Oct 30, 2022 3:06 AM by Memore

Memore said:
Problem is that they ALREADY REMOVED ALL SEX SCENES FROM THE MOVE as they marked its genre as Shonen-ai sadly.

I see. That's right, sorry I didn't realize about it. Let's just hope for the best, hopefully the adaptation won't disappoint anyone :)

DoujinshiDicks said:
like Blue Lynx did with Saeazuru

Oct 29, 2022 8:51 PM by hanakocheeks

Memore said:

labradorescence said:
Oh wow, after all these years... I thought this would never happen T---T I almost gave up. Finally in 2023.

Yes, I also has fears that some scenes will be removed. That is why it should have TV format as some delicate scenes can be freely redrawn or added from the start on the Blu ray discs.

Oct 29, 2022 7:50 PM by DoujinshiDicks

Oh my now this is going to be something to watch.

Oct 29, 2022 7:23 AM by Disapeared_Ghost

labradorescence said:

Memore said:
Yes, I also has fears that some scenes will be removed. That is why it should have TV format as some delicate scenes can be freely redrawn or added from the start on the Blu ray discs.

Oh! So the censored version on TV format and the uncensored version on bluray? That sounds good~ I really like the idea, hopefully it's true.. but I guess it's okay too if it's in a movie format, because it would be a shame if they had to cut/censor some very important scenes just so everyone could watch it :(

But either way I just want to see the animated version of Kurose and Shirotani :") 6 Lovers didn't help T--T

Problem is that they ALREADY REMOVED ALL SEX SCENES FROM THE MOVE as they marked its genre as Shonen-ai sadly.

Jin_uzuki said:

Memore said:

Yes, of all BL mangas I have read ALL women were depicted as normal and pretty interesting.

That dude doesn't know what he's talking about, BL tends to attract a bunch of hot takes from people who never read one or are eternally stuck in 2005.

Also this stuff is pretty much porn, not sure why they'd even bother on TV rather than a movie.

You are right. The manga is yaoi, but the movie adaptation is shonen-ai. So either they show us such scenes as scetches like in Umibe no Etranger movie nor they won't show them at all.

Oct 29, 2022 3:32 AM by Memore

Memore said:

Nutella71 said:

Not sure where you're getting this from, but "caricature attempts" isn't something I'd describe female characters as in the last decade of BL manga. What does it have to do with feminism? They could've easily just thought to themselves, I want a good female character in my story for xy reasons apart from "feminism". And it can and does work.

Yes, of all BL mangas I have read ALL women were depicted as normal and pretty interesting.

Oct 29, 2022 2:35 AM by Jin_uzuki

Oct 28, 2022 11:14 PM by hanakocheeks

There is a reason why every girl in the theater wears a big round dimed glasses and a face mask, lmao.

I wouldn't want to be seen watching this in public too.

Oct 28, 2022 8:33 PM by Swagernator

It s great to see a new BL anime, even if is this one. Better as a movie, anyway.

Oct 28, 2022 4:58 PM by Luisito14

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