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'Ten Count' Anime Cancels Production

by Vindstot
Jan 18, 11:19 PM | 39 Comments
The official website for the anime adaptation of Rihito Takarai's Ten Count manga announced on Friday that production of the anime has been canceled.

In a statement on the official website and X (formerly Twitter), the production committee cites production circumstances as the reason that led to the cancellation of the anime. The official website and X will be closed on March 31.

Originally announced in March 2018, the anime was scheduled to air on television in 2020. Later that year, however, the production committee stated that the broadcast will be postponed as the staff reconsiders the development format. The anime was reformatted as a movie in October 2022 with a 2023 premiere, but was not released.

Sou Toyama (Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin episode director) was directing and penning the anime at East Fish Studio and SynergySP. Tomomi Shimazaki (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou) was the character designer. Production company Pony Canyon was in charge of distribution.

Voice actors Shinnosuke Tachibana (Sekaiichi Hatsukoi) and Tomoaki Maeno (Hitorijime My Hero) were reprising their roles from the drama CD as Tadaomi Shirotani and Riku Kurose, respectively.

Takarai serialized the boys love drama manga in Dear+ magazine between July 2013 and November 2017. Shinshokan published the sixth and final volume in March 2018. VIZ Media licensed the manga under its SuBLime imprint in English in 2015 and released the sixth and final volume in December 2018.

Source: Nijimen

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That's pretty rough ngl.

Now if only mappa would have the guts to actually come out and tell us the YOI movie was cancelled. Least these guys had the nerve to say 10 Count got shafted.

Jan 28, 4:42 PM by StarPebblit

10 Count was not for me but I know some people were looking forward to it so I feel bad for them. At least there's Cherry Magic!

Jan 19, 7:55 PM by BluaPapilio

I am sad it got cancelled. At least we were finally given news for it!

Jan 19, 11:26 AM by Stardew

@MichaelJackson, what an absurd statement. It was cancelled NOT BECAUSE OF THIS SURELY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PRODUCTION ISSUES.

Jan 19, 10:21 AM by Memore

@Old_School_Akira Out of curiosity I checked out the tags for this manga on baka-updates and found the following:

  • Dubious Consent
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Manipulative Lover
  • Manipulative Male Lead
  • Manipulative Seme
  • Pervert/s
  • Rape
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Coercion
  • Toxic Relationship
  • Twisted Romance


So if just like you said that homophobia is the reason that this got cancelled then it would be safe to assume that gay people support the above mentioned points?

Jan 19, 9:42 AM by Maou_heika

@Old_School_Akira Shonens is a pretty flimsy example, considering the huge BL fandom of each such show (hell, even on MAL every all-male shonen is included in at least 2-3 BL stacks) and how studios openly take advantage of it. This is like citing Manga Time Kirara's CGDCT as an example of discrimination against yuri.

Jan 19, 9:19 AM by RobertBobert

@Swagernator It´s nice to see Nippon is healing

Jan 19, 9:05 AM by MichaelJackson

@Old_School_Akira bl anime has been around forever. Even if it isn't as popular. There still is a market for it. So saying homophobia stopped its production is just wrong. Did yall even read the article?

Jan 19, 7:48 AM by VivavideoUser2x

@Absurdo_N a heterosexual shounen anime adaptation would never get cancelled. It would at least have 1 season. This has to be homophobia towards BL. Japan is fine with GL but not BL because the industry is still very male dominated.

Jan 19, 7:42 AM by Old_School_Akira

If only this happened to a trashy isekai instead

Jan 19, 7:33 AM by VivavideoUser2x

Nothing of value was lost.

Jan 19, 7:16 AM by AaronRRedfield

@Old_School_Akira

Homophobia is not an explanation for all the things related to the cancellation of an anime, it involves many things.

Jan 19, 7:13 AM by Absurdo_N

@Absurdo_N That's why I'm treating the current 3 (wow...) bl anime that are airing/to be aired in a few months like treasure ;-; I mean, I already knew live actions are a big thing in japan and bl manga mostly either receive a cd drama or live action, but this reads like such a shame. Live actions are cheaper to produce and good for those who like them or prefer them to other media but still...

Jan 19, 7:07 AM by Nutella71

How sad, the manga is really cool.. :(

Jan 19, 7:07 AM by Jonas-K

that's sad, I was really looking forward to it :( I hope another studio adapts it...

Jan 19, 6:52 AM by weebtoge

I was looking forward to this adaption. It's a shame they canceled it :(

Jan 19, 6:49 AM by Kaweri

It’s not coming because of homophobia. That’s the only explanation.

Jan 19, 6:29 AM by Old_School_Akira

Bait people by making announcements and then say we couldn't do it... very very clever indeed lol.

Jan 19, 6:06 AM by Softhenic03

Not surprised — since it seemed like SynergySP was the production site and they’ve never mentioned anything about Ten Count on their website. SynergySP has also since moved away from mainly gross-contracting after Ryota’s (former board director at TMS/Telecom) appointment as representative director in 2022.

Jan 19, 5:57 AM by ims-tokyo

Why?? I am so sad of this!

Jan 19, 5:50 AM by Memore

It’s time to ditch the text file.
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