Kazuma Yuna’s “Let’s Sing Karaoke!” 》The animation of “Mad About You” is confirmed! Animation studio production

The manga “Let’s Sing Karaoke!” written by Yuu Wakayama! “(カラオケ行こ!), “Crazy for You” (梦中さ,きみに.) will be adapted into TV animations, produced by “The Child I Pushed” Animation Studio.

By the way, today (October 17th) is “Karaoke Culture Day” established by the Japan National Karaoke Operators Association.

“Mad About You” and “Let’s Go Karaoke!” 》The predecessor is the original doujinshi launched by Kazuya Kazuma at the doujinshi sales meeting COMITIA in February 2019 and August 2019 respectively. It was favored by the editorial department of Kadokawa’s comic journal Comic Beam and launched with added pens and corrections. Physical single book.

Both works are completed in a single volume, and the animation broadcast format may be different from ordinary new programs.

“Infatuated with You”

The protagonist Akira Nikaidou of “Crazy for You” was originally a middle school boy with a bright smile and was very popular with girls. One Valentine’s Day, he received a lot of chocolates, which actually contained a piece of used tampon, which left him with severe psychological trauma. After entering high school, his whole life changed completely. Not only did he become lifeless, but he also stopped interacting with others. As a result, there were constant rumors in the school that “anyone who saw Nikaido opposite would be raped by a ghost.” Everyone started to hate him. He was afraid of not being able to avoid him, but someone who didn’t believe in evil came to talk to him…

He has won the Newcomer Award in the Manga Division at the 23rd Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival and the Short Story Award at the 24th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Awards. In January 2021, MBS launched a live-action Japanese drama adaptation, starring Onishi Ryusei; in March of the same year, it launched an adapted reading drama, with Yuki Kaji and Kenaki Ono co-dubbing.

“Go sing karaoke!” 》

“Go sing karaoke!” 》The plot describes Oka Satomi, the leader of the choir of Morigaoka Junior High School. After a certain chorus competition, he was stopped by the gangster Narita Kuaiji and asked Satoshi to teach him how to sing well, so as not to become the boss who got ugly tattoos. “The King of Bad Singers”. Although Congshang was reluctant in every possible way, for the sake of his own life and safety (even though Kuanger did not threaten him), he promised Kuanger to practice singing with him regularly at Karaoke.

This work has won the fifth place among women in “This comic is so awesome! 2021” and the third place in the Comic Awards 2021. A live-action film adaptation will be released in January 2024, directed by Atsuhiro Yamashita of “Midnight Diner” and written by Akiko Nogi of “Forensic Queen”.

Further reading: Spoiler movie review “Let’s Sing Karaoke!” 》: Excellent live-action does not need to be praised only with “complete restoration”

animator

Director: Asami Nakatani

Assistant Director: Tsukahara Yukiko

Script Coordinator: Narita Yoshimi

Character Design: Mai Matsuura

Music: Takuro Iga

Video production: Video Studio

In addition, another comic work by Kazuo Kazuyama, “Girls’ School Star” (女の园の星), was released as a short animation in August 2022 as a stand-alone volume 3 Blu-ray bundled special edition. The male protagonist “Teacher Hoshi” is voiced by singer-songwriter and actor Gen Hoshino, and the voice actor of the other character “Teacher Kobayashi” is Mamoru Miyano.

Extended reading: The animation of “Girls’ School Star” has been confirmed, and Gen Hoshino will voice the star teacher⭐