Sekkou Boys

As luck would have it, on her first day at Holbein Entertainment Co., Miki Ishimoto is tasked with managing a brand new idol group! A recent college graduate, Ishimoto is eager to begin her career in the industry. However, her department's responsibility is...statues?!

The statues in question are the Sekkou Boys, or "The Rockies," a boy band comprised of four Greco-Roman sculptures: St. George, Mars, Hermes, and Medici. These four busts are new to the entertainment scene, and it is up to Miki to ensure the Rockies' prosperity in the idol world. But will they be a stone-cold success? Or will Miki's management prove to be a rocky start to stardom?

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Saint George Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Mars Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Medici Main

Tachibana, Shinnosuke Japanese

Hermes Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Ishimoto, Miki Main

Kokido, Shiho Japanese

Hanayashiki, Mira Supporting

Makino, Yui Japanese

Dionysus Supporting

Kimura, Subaru Japanese

Salaryman Supporting

Miyashita, Eiji Japanese

Tomori Supporting

Kimura, Subaru Japanese

Shikai, Ana Supporting

Tazawa, Masumi Japanese

Satomi, Tetsurou Producer

Shiba, Hirokazu Producer

Takuno, Seiki Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Tsuruoka, Youta Sound Director

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Jun 1, 2016

JuliaCNDSVH

Recommended

Sekkou boys is a strange show. I haven't seen something similar in my life.
It's refreshing and doesn't make sense, that's why I enjoyed it .

Story: 7
The story follows four marble sculptures of ancient personalities who want to become idols and their manager, a young female.

Art:6
The art isn't great, but isn't bad either. I like the way Sekkou Boys are designed. They look realistic and that makes the show more funny in my opinion. They look exactly like the real ones. Just google them .

Sound:6
... Now the sound.. this is an idol anime, but they don't sing at all (except for ending). I was disappointed.
The voice actors made a good job, but I wanted Ishimoto to have a more mature voice, but that is a personal opinion.
The ending song is funny.

Characters: 7
The characters are very good, I think they will make you smile if you decide to watch SB . This is what makes this anime out of the box, the members of the band:
Mars- the God of War in Roman religion
St. George - soldier in the Roman army
Hermes - The Messenger of the gods, god of trade, thieves, etc. in Greek religion and mythology
(Giuliano De') Medici - co-ruler of Florence in 14th century
Miki Ishimoto - their hard-working and down-to-earth manager.

Enjoyment:6
I enjoy this, but not at the point to want to rewatch it or convince other people to watch it because is something wow. Just give it a try. The episodes are 8 minutes long .
Maybe you will find this annoying, boring or funny and stunning. I have no clue.

Overall: 7
A cute light- hearted anime with a lot of jokes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 14, 2016

nanakox21

Recommended

Note: This review may contain spoilers!

Story 7/10: Funny and interesting to watch. The friends they have met along the way on their path to stardom has a great plot to it. That is closest thing that I have seen that is part of the plot development.

Characters 7/10: Seeing the transition of Miki from being an art student to the manager has a big part on her character development. The writers have used Greek/Roman historical & mythological figures to implement the anime. St. Giorgio is the leader, cool and collected. Mars (God of War) - Can be seen as the tough guy & womanizer. There's also ... Hermes (Messenger of the Gods) & Medici (an Aristocrat). Sekkou Boys are interesting as well, however; how can they have the ability to talk and perform on stage in front of the media and fans? They were being cocky and showoff-ish at first, but they have grown to love Miki and appreciate her for her time and hard work.

Enjoyment 8/10: A lot of fun and moments throughout the series. It still makes me question their capabilities of their daily lives. Sekkou Boys & Miki get to meet various people in the industry and becomes friends with them while being on the road to success.

Overall 8/10: The content of the anime is awesome. Best of luck to Sekkou Boys!

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 26, 2017

DarthInvader

Mixed Feelings

"Imma let you finish, but Sekko Boys is the best boy band of ALL TIME." – St. George

TL;DR: Sculptures, Idols and Genius Script = One Great Ironic Gag Comedy Series.

From the genius quit pro quo scriptwriter, Michiko Yokote, comes such a finely sculpted anime that will leave you saying, “To hell with making sense, this anime rocks hard!” Seriously, don’t take this anime seriously! This is a comedy anime where it deconstructs the whole music idol genre and it does a fantastic job. One can say some of the characters are even godly.

The story is simple but ironically funny. We have ... a failed art student with statue-phobia, Miki Ishimoto, who lands a job as a manager for a boy band group called The Rockies. To her stone-cold surprise the band of idols is composed of four Greco-Roman sculptures, St. George, Mars, Hermes and Medici. Here’s the ironic plot-twist, they are all literal idols aka statues. How will she overcome her statue-phobia to lead the boys to their rocky success? Well that’s why you watch this well scripted ironic gag anime which pokes fun at every minute detail. It’s a real work of art that will leave you feeling like you’ve just spent 7 minutes in heaven.

If the premise of the anime is already mind boggling wait till you meet the ingenious characters. The director found a perfect balance between overly emotive Ishimoto and single facial reaction from all the sculptures. I mean they are sculptures, why would their sculpted facial reaction change, right? Regardless, it is beyond baffling how the sculptures convey so much emotion with only one facial expression each. The voice acting team comprised of godlike seiyuus such as Sugita (Gintoki), Fukuyama (Lelouch), or Daisuke Ono (Shizuo) deserves major props for how much life they manage to give to completely un-emotive characters.

Overall, this anime isn’t an artistic masterpiece. In fact, the animation is pretty mediocre. There really isn’t any OP song but the ED song despite not being good is super catchy and fun to sing along. The anime starts of great. The first seven or eight episodes are hilarious but the latter episodes are just funny. Regardless, I would still recommend you to watch it because of its absurd premise, fantastic script alongside some of the funniest single-expression characters to date.

S – E – K – K – O – B – O – Y – S SEKKO!!

P.S. I’m always open to criticism and suggestions and I hope you found this short but supaishi review helpful.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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