Ok, ok. I got a couple things about this last week by way of Moon Phase and some other Japanese sites I visit, but I was trying to avoid it because I get all weird feeling when I see animated men making kissy face at one another. Well, in this case it extends to real life actors as well, but I'll just move on.
Princess Princess is being turned into a live-action drama, and a drawn-action anime. Amrai-san sent in a news bit about the live action part, so here we go!
For those who don't know this plot, it's as close to yaoi as you can get without actually giving any. It's based around three boys, Mikoto, Yuujirou, and Tooru, who are prettyboy freshmen at an all-boys school. In order to relieve the stresses of being a lonely male student in an elite school, the school forces the three prettyboys to dress up as girls for events and festivals… Hilarity ensues.
Well, that's pretty much the run down for the manga, the anime, and the live-action bit, so it all applies. Amrai sent along some comments about the author and the series. HERE DEY ARE 4 U!
My personal opinion… I don't think anything as yaoi as this has ever been broadcasted on japanese tv. A clue- the mangaka has two pennames; One is a famous yaoi writer(Zaou Taishi), and the other is for shoujo(Tsuda Mikiyo).
He/She published this under the shoujo writer name, but all of the things he/she has published has a yaoi feel. You have been warned. I have gotten mixed reactions, especially by people who have seen the anime. I for one will watch this just to see how the heck they're going to do this.
So, there you guys go. You're warned. And regarding the anime, that pink haired thing is a chick, god damnit. There are no two ways about it. I still haven't looked at the live action site. I don't think I could handle it.
Oh, and sorry for no Weekend Rollup today. I was moving into my new apartment still. There will be an extended version tomorrow. It's Memorial Day! Leave me alone! Oh, and Vista Beta 2 (32-bit) is worth installing as a main OS. I'm using it right now. Just saying. Back to Eureka seveN.
Edit: Having some upload pains. Ah well.
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May 30th, 2006 at 5:04 am
"…the school forces the three prettyboys to dress up as girls for events and festivals."
Brings back painful memories of highschoo— Um, I mean— uh… ;-P
Congrats on the new apartment. Hope you don't get asshat neighbours. My sis recently moved into a new apartment and she's dealing with an upstairs lead foot.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:07 am
It's funny you should say that, there's a person upstairs who is always creaking around. It's not too bad, we were just sort of spoiled by how osundproof the old place was, I think.
And isn't thatp ink haired thing a chick on the anime site? IT LOOKS LIKE ONE!
May 30th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
Heh. The character designs are meh… and I think I liked the manga way more than the anime, and '…' for the live-action. Btw, left to right, it goes Yuujirou (blond), Mikoto (pink), and Tooru (blue). Go to the drama site and look at the cast. DO IT-! I've seen some pretty girly guys, but these ones are….
June 12th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
NYA! i was super shock when i heard Princess Princess would be made a live-action drama. i just hope that they actually really pick pretty boys to act in it.. like Kame-kun!
June 12th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Well, if these are pretty boys, then you're in luck!
http://drama-pripri.jp/images/back_top.jpg