| According to the cover note of the novel, Narita Ryohgo's light novel "Durarara!!" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The cover of the novel vol.1 Staff Director: Ohmori Takahiro ("Natsume Yuujinchou", "Baccano!") Series Organizer: Takagi Noboru ("Baccano!") Original Novel Illustrator: Yasuda Suzuhito Character Designer: Kishida Takahiro ("Baccano!", "Noein - Mou Hitori no Kimi e") Producer: Aniplex Production Studio: Brains Base Synopsis: The story takes place in a downtown of Tokyo, Ikebukuro. Teenage punks gang up and fight against each other. The gangsters are afraid of an urban legend "Dullahan" headless rider, who rides a black motorcycle without head lights nor sounds of engine. Ryuugamine Mikado is a normal high school boy who seeks peculiar beings. When He moves in to Ikebukuro, a mad scramble for Dullahan's missing head breaks out. Official website Source: Scan of the cover note Cast Ryuugamine Mikado: Toyonaga Toshiyuki Kida Masaomi: Miyano Mamoru Sonohara Anri: Hanazawa Kana Kishitani Shinra: Fukuyama Jun Orihara Izaya: Kamiya Hiroshi Heiwajima Shizuo: Ono Daisuke Source: Dengeki |
dtshykAug 10, 2009 3:02 AM
| i have never heard of that before, seems like it might be promising but idk :O |
| SWEET, Narita Ryohgo novel adapted by the same Baccano! staff/studio?! I sense a winner right here. This should be just as good as Baccano!, if not better. |
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| I am so curious about this. May take a look. |
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| I never heard about this, but seems cool! |
| I've read five volumes of the novel. "Headless heroine, who communicates with PDA (since she cannot speak)" is quite unique. |
dtshykJul 2, 2009 6:31 PM
| Wicked, this is incredibly promising. Especially considering the staff involved. |
| The TV adaptation announced on the Vol. 1 cover? This will probably suck. Unfortunate, because it looks interesting. Eh, might check out the manga. |
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| Sounds interesting. Something to look forward to. |
NabeShogun said: The TV adaptation announced on the Vol. 1 cover? This will probably suck. Unfortunate, because it looks interesting. Eh, might check out the manga. no, volume 6, which will be released on July 10th. (the scan was leaked by someone.) |
| Huh, somehow this isn't so surprising since it got a manga adaptation in G-Fantasy last month, so maybe it was in preperation for this? Either way, Ryohgo + Brains Base = Insane potential. |
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| Oh this sounds so sweet!!! Can't wait.~ |
dtshyk said: Director: Ohmori Takahiro ("Natsume Yuujinchou", "Baccano!") Production Studio: Brains Base I'll make sure that I watch this. |
| The staff is really good, the plot seems so-so, but hopefully it'll be a decent show. |
| Hmm personally the art is not of my preference but let's see if this will be interesting enough. |
| Looks like fun, I'll check it out. |
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dtshyk said: Ryuugamine Mikado is a normal high school boy who seeks peculiar beings. Is that what normal high school boys do? |
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| ^ Lol, why not? :) The staff alone puts this one on my must watch list!!!! |
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| Art and charrie design are drawing me in. Ah, heck, I'll watch it :) |
| I hate Baccano D: |
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| Disappointed this isn't Baccano! season 2 but will still watch since it's the Baccano! team adapting another Narita Ryohgo light novel series... but please guys.. fucking do a second Baccano! season before doing Ryohgo's Vamp! |
| I like the title. succinct. |
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| great ! \o |
| YES |
| Looks like another winner, looking forward to it. |
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| The art looks a lot like the one from Yozakura Quartet(i hate that anime..). |
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| Headless biker? No engine sounds, No headlights... First time heard of this, I am going to wait for the poster and the seiyuu cast before deciding to watch or not. Actually, I didn't like Baccano and wasn't very interested in Natsume Yuujinchou either. Thus, I get the feeling I most likely won't be watching this... |
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Pissed0ff said: The art looks a lot like the one from Yozakura Quartet(i hate that anime..). Same character designer, that's it. |
| Sounds interesting enough, even if it's solely because of all the related staff to Baccano. |
| ^lol. Looks interesting, so I'll check it out |
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| No news about this series? |
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| Cast Ryuugamine Mikado: Toyonaga Toshiyuki Kida Masaomi: Miyano Mamoru Sonohara Anri: Hanazawa Kana Kishitani Shinra: Fukuyama Jun Orihara Izaya: Kamiya Hiroshi Heiwajima Shizuo: Ono Daisuke Baccano writer + Awesome cast= Must watch it! |
Kagura89Sep 5, 2009 9:09 PM
Kagura89 said: HOLY...!!! Any anime with these four is a must watch for me. (*___*)Cast Kida Masaomi: Miyano Mamoru Kishitani Shinra: Fukuyama Jun Orihara Izaya: Kamiya Hiroshi Heiwajima Shizuo: Ono Daisuke! |
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| i'm in, the staff looks promising |
| I want my Baccano! season 2 but this'd be more than enough. I mean, I also love Yasuda Suzuhito just as much as Ryohgo Narita. Pissed0ff said: The anime was awful. The manga had the better original art by Yasuda Suzuhito and the story was executed well.The art looks a lot like the one from Yozakura Quartet(i hate that anime..). |
RibeyrollesSep 23, 2009 12:51 PM
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| Quite like the art style and the staff look pretty good. Think I might give this a go. |
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| Here's the trailer: Durarara trailer One word: Awesome! |
Kagura89Oct 10, 2009 6:20 AM
i like the music in there :> black hair guy is win there~ |
| Oh my god!*faints*I don't think it'll be better than baccano but I'm so excited right now |
| "This Forest isn't going to reveal all its secrets for the likes of you." |
| Expectation = Very High I'm somehow expecting Baccano style of story telling technique. If it really is, I'll be awesome. Edited: Wait, Daisuke (Battler), Miyano Mamoru (Imagay yagamI), Kamiya Hiroshi (<3 <3 <3), and even Fukuyama-sama (not for Leloch but for Watanuki...)?.... This staff casting... makes me even more anticipated about this... |
ringoo4Nov 8, 2009 11:39 PM
| Summary from the Durarara!! light novels (If I wrong please tell me..) Many unusual people gather here in Ikebukuro, Tokyo--- a youth who yearns for an un-mundane life, a hoodlum, a stalker denpa-girl, a young man who deals in information ‘for fun’, a black-market doctor, a high-schooler obsessed with magic, as well as a ‘headless rider’ riding a bike painted black. These unusual people begin a series of abnormal stories that never fail to create headaches. But, although their personalities are all twisted— they still talk about love. |
| OP 『裏切りの夕焼け』 (Uragiri no Yuuyake)／THEATRE BROOK ED 『Trust Me』／松下優也 (Yuya Matsushita) THEATRE BROOK  Releasing February 24th Yuya Matsushita  Releasing February 17th |
tsubasaloverJan 6, 2010 10:15 AM
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
tsubasalover said: OP 『裏切りの夕焼け』 (Uragiri no Yuuyake)／THEATRE BROOK ED 『Trust Me』／松下優也 (Yuya Matsushita) O.o i never heard about those singer, but i was hoping ABS for the OP song ;w; better to be good, but it isn't too needed though. |
| Duuude, epic cast o.o Definitely gonna watch! |
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| I'm interested in it for so many reasons. New series, created by the same person who made Baccano!, looks interesting, and what really makes me smile is just the dullahan in general. It's a shame since the legends about them are actually really interesting and not too many series have them other as the grunt bad guy, that and my Irish pride is kicking in for taking out Irish mythology. Loving it~ |
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