Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol

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Original video animation
title Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1989
Studio AIC
length 26 minutes
genre Shōnen-ai , crime thriller
Director Kenichi Yatagai
music Shuji Uchiyama
synchronization

Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol (originally written in capital letters) is an original video animation from Studio AIC from 1989. It is about the kidnapping of a young singer by a music producer and can be classified in the genres Shōnen-ai and crime thriller .

content

15-year-old Kazuya Shinohara ( 志 乃 原 和 也 ) is a successful singer ( Japanese idol ), who is desired by many girls. He lives with his friend Akihiko Kudō ( 工藤 秋 彦 ), whom he has known for a long time and who takes care of the childish Kazuya. Akihiko is often cool and reserved, but is very concerned about his friend. After they quarrel, the two are kidnapped. In the predicament of being locked up in a warehouse, Akihiko confesses that he has fallen in love with Kazuya.

Kazuya should be forced to sign a new contract with another management. This company is already notorious for this practice, and for dropping the musicians again after a year. But the president also shows a sexual interest in Kazuya. One of the kidnappers helps Akihiko to escape and save Kazuya shortly before he is raped. Eventually both can flee.

Production and publication

The 26 minute long OVA was produced by AIC in 1989 under the direction of Kenichi Yatagai. Michiko Onuki wrote the script. The character design was created by Kazumi Ōya and edited by Naoyuki Onda for animation. The music was composed by Shuji Uchiyama.

The anime was released on February 28, 1989 on VHS in Japan.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Shinohara Kazuya Nozomu Sasaki
Akihiko Kudo Takeshi Kusao
Ko Umiura Shō Hayami

reception

In the Anime Encyclopedia , the anime is referred to as a "comical adventure" of two boys, which has sold mainly because of the well-known voice actors for the two main roles, who appear here in atypical, romantic roles.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition. Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 1-933330-10-4 , p. 52. (English)
  2. ↑ Information on the AIC website ( Memento from September 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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