Patalliro!

Patalliro! (Japanese: パタリロ!, Hepburn: Patariro!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mineo Maya. The comedy manga was serialized in Hana to Yume from 1978 to 1990, before switching to Bessatsu Hana to Yume in 1991, and now currently is serialized on the app Manga Park (マンガPark) since 2020.^[2]

Patalliro!
Cover of tankōbon volume 77, featuring Patalliro the 8th in his iconic pose.
パタリロ! (Patariro!)
Genre	Comedy, fantasy
Manga
Written by	Mineo Maya
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Hana to Yume (1978–1989) Hana to Yume Planet Zōkan (1989–1997) Bessatsu Hana to Yume (1997–2006) Melody (2006–2015) Hana LaLa Online (2015–2017) Manga Park (2017–present)
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	1978 – present
Volumes	104^[1]
Anime television series
Boku Patalliro!
Directed by	Nobutaka Nishizawa
Written by	Masaki Tsuji
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	April 8, 1982 – May 13, 1983
Episodes	49 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku
Directed by	Nobutaka Nishizawa
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 10, 1983
Runtime	48 minutes
Manga
Patalliro Saiyuki!
Written by	Mineo Maya
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	2003 – 2005
Volumes	8
Manga
Patalliro Genji Monogatari!
Written by	Mineo Maya
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	The Hana to Yume
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	2004 – 2008
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Patalliro Saiyuki!
Directed by	Kenichi Maejima
Studio	Magic Bus
Original network	Kids Station
Original run	June 5, 2005 – November 9, 2005
Episodes	27 (List of episodes)

An anime adaptation, Boku Patalliro! (ぼくパタリロ!), produced by Toei Animation, originally aired from April 8, 1982, to May 13, 1983, on Fuji TV, and was the first to present shōnen-ai themes on television.^[3]

The series has also received four stage plays based on various arcs from anime and manga,^[4][5][6][7] and a live action film adaptation in 2018.^[8]

Two spin-off manga, Patalliro Saiyūki! and Patalliro Genji Monogatari!, were originally serialized from 2003-2005 and 2004-2008 respectively. Patalliro Saiyūki! received an anime adaptation produced by Magic Bus which aired on Kids Station from June 5 to November 9, 2005.

As of 2019, the manga has had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.^[9]

Plot

The story focuses on the comedic adventures of Patalliro himself and the entire kingdom of Malynera.

Characters

Patalliro du Malyner VIII (パタリロ・ド・マリネール8世)

The 10-year-old diabetic prodigy king of Malynera. When he becomes frustrated or embarrassed, he grooms himself like a cat.

Jack Barbarosa Bancoran

Major Bancoran of the British MI6. Nicknamed "Bishōnen Killer" for his ability to seduce young men with just his eyes. Patalliro questioned Bancoran to discern if he was interested in his mother, but Bancoran stated that he was only attracted to men. 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.

Maraich

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 up Bancoran on a regular basis, regardless of whether or not he cheats, and somehow got pregnant twice, despite being biologically male.

His pregnancy is cut out of the anime. In the manga he first gets pregnant in volume 10, and a second time in volume 46. His first pregnancy miscarries, but the second time he gives birth to a son named Figaro Bancoran. He is an expert knife user, and his looks and body allow him to easily pass for a woman with only Patalliro and Bancoran being able to see through his disguise.

He has no official full name as the last name "Juschenfe" has never been used for him specifically, only various family members of his. He has only ever been referred to as "Maraich" within the series.

Plasma X

A robot that Patalliro built to mine diamonds on the moon, and another powerful character; one of his skills is the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes.

Afro-18

A female robot built by Patalliro. She initially dislikes Plasma X, but they later become husband and wife.

Tamanegi

Patalliro biseinen bodyguards, forced to hide their beauty under padded uniforms, frosted glasses, masks that cover their mouths, noses, and onion-style wigs.

Anime

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: Masako 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 Hakkai: Yoshirō Matsumoto
• Sa Gojo: Rikiya Koyama
• Gautama Buddha: Kazuya Tatekabe

Music

• "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)
• "Utsukushisa wa Tsumi" (美しさは罪, Beauty is Crime) by Eri Takeda. (Patalliro 1st ending)
• "Cock Robin Ondo" (クック=ロビン音頭) by Fuyumi Shiraishi & Slapstick. (Boku Patalliro 1st ending)(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)

Episodes

Season 1 (1982)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Animation directed by	Art directed by	Original air date	Prod. code ^[10]
1	1	"The Bishounen Killer"	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Masaki Tsuji	Yoshinori Kanemori	Isamu Tsuchida	April 8, 1982 (1982-04-08)	101
2	2	"A Flower Falls on a Misty Night"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Masaki Tsuji	Akito Dobashi	Isamu Tsuchida	April 15, 1982 (1982-04-15)	102
3	3	"A Rose Blooms Upon a Grave"	Takashi Hisaoka	Masaki Tsuji	Jiro Tsuno	Isamu Tsuchida	April 22, 1982 (1982-04-22)	103
4	4	"Look Out, Patalliro"	Yugo Serikawa	Akiyoshi Sakai	Masami Abe	Isamu Tsuchida	April 29, 1982 (1982-04-29)	104
5	5	"Maraich, the Angel of Death"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Tomoko Konparu	Makoto Ito	Nobuto Sakamoto	May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13)	105
6	6	"Etrange's Grief"	Hiroshi Shidara	Tomoko Konparu	Yoshinori Kanemori	Isamu Tsuchida	May 20, 1982 (1982-05-20)	106
7	7	"Kung Fu"	Takashi Hisaoka	Akiyoshi Sakai	Nobumichi Kawamura	Nobuto Sakamoto	May 27, 1982 (1982-05-27)	107
8	8	"From Patalliro with Love"	Yugo Serikawa	Masaki Tsuji	Jirou Tsuno	Isamu Tsuchida	June 3, 1982 (1982-06-03)	108
9	9	"A Cherry Blossom Storm"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Akiyoshi Sakai	Masami Abe	Nobuto Sakamoto	June 17, 1982 (1982-06-17)	109
10	10	"Snow in Malynera"	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Tomoko Konparu	Yoshinori Kanemori	Isamu Tsuchida	June 24, 1982 (1982-06-24)	110
11	11	"Maraich Maraich"	Takashi Hisaoka	Masaki Tsuji	Makoto Ito	Isamu Tsuchida	July 8, 1982 (1982-07-08)	111
12	12	"A Vampire in Malynera"	Yugo Serikawa	Akiyoshi Sakai	Nobumichi Kawamura	Nobuto Sakamoto	July 22, 1982 (1982-07-22)	112
13	13	"Invasion of America"	Hiroshi Shidara	Akiyoshi Sakai	Jirou Tsuno	Nobuto Sakamoto	July 29, 1982 (1982-07-29)	113
14	14	"Patalliro the 7th and 8th"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Tomoko Konparu	Yoshinori Kanemori	Isamu Tsuchida	August 12, 1982 (1982-08-12)	114
15	15	"Prince Maraich"	Yugo Serikawa	Akiyoshi Sakai	Masami Abe	Nobuto Sakamoto	August 26, 1982 (1982-08-26)	115
16	16	"Legendary Diamond"	Takashi Hisaoka	Tomoko Konparu	Nobumichi Kawamura	Isamu Tsuchida	September 2, 1982 (1982-09-02)	116
17	17	"Target: Scarlet Mermaid"	Hiroshi Shidara	Masaki Tsuji	Emi Hoshino	Nobuto Sakamoto	September 9, 1982 (1982-09-09)	117
18	18	"Twinkle Twinkle, Tamanegi!"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Akiyoshi Sakai	Yoshinori Kanemori	Isamu Tsuchida	September 16, 1982 (1982-09-16)	118
19	19	"Journey to the Moon"	Takashi Hisaoka	Akiyoshi Sakai	Masami Abe	Nobuto Sakamoto	September 23, 1982 (1982-09-23)	119
20	20	"Bancoran Is Dead!"	Hiroshi Shidara	Akiyoshi Sakai	Nobumichi Kawamura	Nobuto Sakamoto	September 30, 1982 (1982-09-30)	120

Season 2 (1982–83)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Animation directed by	Art directed by	Original air date	Prod. code ^[10]
21	1	"Super-Robot Plasma X"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Masaki Tsuji	Makoto Ito	Isamu Tsuchida	October 9, 1982 (1982-10-09)	201
22	2	"Plasma's Love"	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Tomoko Konparu	Yoshinori Kanemori	Nobuto Sakamoto	October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16)	202
23	3	"License to Kill"	Takashi Hisaoka	Masaki Tsuji	Masami Abe	Isamu Tsuchida	October 23, 1982 (1982-10-23)	203
24	4	"Fly Away Jack"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Masaki Tsuji	Masami Suda	Nobuto Sakamoto	October 30, 1982 (1982-10-30)	204
25	5	"Papa Plasma"	Yasuo Yamayoshi	Tomoko Konparu	Nobumichi Kawamura	Nobuto Sakamoto	November 6, 1982 (1982-11-06)	205
26	6	"Patalliro 8th and 10th"	Hiroshi Shidara	Akiyoshi Sakai	Yoshinori Kanemori	Nobuto Sakamoto	November 13, 1982 (1982-11-13)	206
27	7	"24-Hour Escape"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Masaki Tsuji	Makoto Ito	Nobuto Sakamoto	November 20, 1982 (1982-11-20)	207
28	8	"The Story of the Loyalty Tree"	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Tomoko Konparu	Masami Suda	Isamu Tsuchida	November 27, 1982 (1982-11-27)	208
29	9	"The Assassin's Return"	Yoshikatsu Kasai & Takashi Hisaoka	Akiyoshi Sakai	Masami Abe	Nobuto Sakamoto	December 4, 1982 (1982-12-04)	209
30	10	"Beloved Purara"	Hiroshi Shidara	Akiyoshi Sakai	Jiro Tsuno	Nobuto Sakamoto	December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11)	210
31	11	"Gelman Castle"	Yasuo Yamayoshi	Tomoko Konparu	Nobumichi Kawamura	Isamu Tsuchida	December 18, 1982 (1982-12-18)	211
32	12	"Nyanko is Nyanko"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Akiyoshi Sakai	Hiroshi Wagatsuma	Nobuto Sakamoto	December 25, 1982 (1982-12-25)	212
33	13	"I'll Be Waiting"	Yugo Serikawa	Akiyoshi Sakai	Yoshinori Kanemori	Nobuto Sakamoto	January 8, 1983 (1983-01-08)	213
34	14	"Still Purara"	Hiroshi Shidara	Tomoko Konparu	Makoto Ito	Isamu Tsuchida	January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15)	214
35	15	"When the Snow Stopped"	Takashi Hisaoka	Masaki Tsuji	Kuni Tomita	Nobuto Sakamoto	January 22, 1983 (1983-01-22)	215
36	16	"Patalliro's Strangeness"	Yugo Serikawa	Akiyoshi Sakai	Jirou Tsuno	Isamu Tsuchida	January 29, 1983 (1983-01-29)	216
37	17	"Sunflower of Versailles"	Yasuo Yamayoshi	Tomoko Konparu	Nobumichi Kawamura	Nobuto Sakamoto	February 5, 1983 (1983-02-05)	217
38	18	"I Love Maraich"	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Tomomi Tsutsui	Yoshinori Kanemori	Nobuto Sakamoto	February 12, 1983 (1983-02-12)	218
39	19	"That Man Bancoran"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Akiyoshi Sakai	Hiroshi Wagatsuma	Isamu Tsuchida	February 19, 1983 (1983-02-19)	219
40	20	"Purara's Brother"	Takashi Hisaoka	Tomoko Konparu	Masami Abe	Nobuto Sakamoto	February 26, 1983 (1983-02-26)	220
41	21	"Maraich's Season"	Hiroshi Shidara	Tomomi Tsutsui	Yoshinori Kanemori	Isamu Tsuchida	March 5, 1983 (1983-03-05)	221
42	22	"Patalliro's Great Gathering"	Yasuo Yamayoshi	Akiyoshi Sakai	Nobumichi Kawamura	Isamu Tsuchida	March 12, 1983 (1983-03-12)	222
43	23	"True Love for Bancoran"	Yugo Serikawa	Tomoko Konparu	Jirou Tsuno	Nobuto Sakamoto	March 19, 1983 (1983-03-19)	223
44	24	"Phantom"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Akiyoshi Sakai	Makoto Ito	Isamu Tsuchida	March 26, 1983 (1983-03-26)	224
45	25	"Ahh... New School Term Amid the Flowers"	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Akiyoshi Sakai	Yoshinori Kanemori	Nobuto Sakamoto	April 8, 1983 (1983-04-08)	225
46	26	"Purara's First Love"	Yoshikatsu Kasai	Tomomi Tsutsui	Shinnosuke Kon	Isamu Tsuchida	April 15, 1983 (1983-04-15)	226
47	27	"Farewell Afro"	Yugo Serikawa	Tomomi Tsutsui	Masami Suda & Masami Abe	Nobuto Sakamoto	April 22, 1983 (1983-04-22)	227
48	28	"Foggy London Airport"	Yasuo Yamayoshi	Tomomi Tsutsui	Nobumichi Kawamura	Isamu Tsuchida	May 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)	228
49	29		Yoshikatsu Kasai		Makoto Ito		May 13, 1983 (1983-05-13)	229

Film (1983)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Animation directed by	Art directed by	Original release date
Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Yasuo Tanami	Kinichirou Suzuki	Isamu Tsuchida	July 10, 1983 (1983-07-10)

Patalliro Saiyuki! (2005)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Animation directed by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	"Goku Appears! A Journey for the Scriptures"	Shūji Miyahara	Mitsuyo Suenaga	Katsutoshi Kobayashi	Kenichi Maejima	June 7, 2005 (2005-06-07)
2						June 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)
3						June 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)
4	"A New Companion! The Journey Begins With Chaos"	Kunitoshi Okajima	Mitsuyo Suenaga	Tsutomu Murakami	Kunitoshi Okajima	June 28, 2005 (2005-06-28)
5						July 5, 2005 (2005-07-05)
6						July 12, 2005 (2005-07-12)
7	"A Raid! The Golden and Silver Demon"	Akira Shimizu	Koji Ueda	Kiyoshi Matsushita	Kenichi Maejima	July 19, 2005 (2005-07-19)
8						July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)
9						August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)
10	"Demon's World Banquet, Sanzou's Great Rescue Operation"	Shūji Miyahara & Shūichi Iizumi	Koji Ueda	Katsutoshi Kobayashi	Kenichi Maejima	August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)
11						August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)
12						August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)
13	"Glossy Manshan Boy's Competition is Full of Danger"	Kiyoshi Fukumoto	Mitsuyo Suenaga	Hideo Maru	Kenichi Maejima	August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)
14						September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)
15						September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
16	"Ruthless Fireworks Red Rays of Lightning Attacks"	Akira Shimizu	Koji Ueda	Kiyoshi Matsushita	Dan Odawara	September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)
17						September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)
18						October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)
19	"Heavenly Panic! Angel of Love Calls a Storm"	Shūichi Iizumi	Koji Ueda	Katsutoshi Kobayashi	Yasuo Iwamoto	October 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
20						October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)
21						October 25, 2005 (2005-10-25)
22	"Burning Death Battle! Battle of Flamingo Mountain"	Kiyoshi Fukumoto	Mitsuyo Suenaga	Yoshito Miki	Dan Odawara	November 1, 2005 (2005-11-01)
23						November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)
24						November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)
25	"Shenjun Furnace Explosion! Is It? Countdown to Miraculus"	Akira Shimizu	Mitsuyo Suenaga	Shinichi Suzuki	Kenichi Maejima	November 22, 2005 (2005-11-22)
26						November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)
27	"Sanzou's Wedding!? Sasori's Poison is a Sweet Trap"	Akira Shimizu	Mitsuyo Suenaga	Shinichi Suzuki	Kenichi Maejima	November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)

Legacy

Rock musician Tomoaki Ishizuka took his stage name "Pata" from Patalliro, his nickname in high school as he was said to resemble the series' title character.^[11]

Yu Yu Hakusho author Yoshihiro Togashi based his character Hiei's design on Patalliro!.^[12]

References

1. 魔夜峰央 の検索結果 [Search results for Mineo Maya]. Hakusensha (in Japanese). Retrieved June 5, 2023.
2. "パタリロ！". マンガPark (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-10.
3. Gravett, Paul (2004) Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics (Harper Design ISBN 1-85669-391-0) page 90
4. "魔夜峰央のマンガ「パタリロ！」が舞台化！脚本に池田鉄洋、演出は小林顕作". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
5. "「パタリロ！」第2弾詳細決定！加藤諒ら続投、ロビー少尉役に三津谷亮". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
6. "舞台「パタリロ！」シーズン2始動、バンコラン＆マライヒは宇野結也・後藤大（コメントあり）". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
7. "祝いだ！祭りだ！原作連載45周年記念、舞台「パタリロ！」第4弾上演決定（コメントあり）". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
8. "魔夜峰央「パタリロ！」映画化！加藤諒、青木玄徳、佐奈宏紀の舞台キャストで". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
9. 1978年の連載開始から40年以上も愛され続け、シリーズ累計発行部数が2500万部を超える魔夜峰央原作の超人気漫画『パタリロ！』。. Oricon (in Japanese). July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
10. . Radio Times. Archived from the original on March 17, 2022.
11. . JRock Revolution. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12.
12. Togashi, Yoshihiro (1994). Yoshihiro Togashi Speaks. ヨシりんでポン！[Yoshirin de Pon!] (in Japanese). p. 17.

External links

• (in Japanese)
• Patalliro! at Toei Animation (in Japanese)
• Patalliro! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia