 To commemorate the 40th anniversary of mangaka Akimi Yoshida's debut, it has been announced that her manga Banana Fish will get a TV anime broadcasting on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot in 2018.Synopsis Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... (Source: Viz) Staff Director: Hiroko Utsumi (Free!) Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko (Inuyashiki) Character Design: Akemi Hayashi (Doukyuusei (Movie)) Studio: MAPPA Banana Fish ran for 19 volumes in Betsucomi from May 1985 to April 1994. A radio drama adaptation for the manga was released via the NHK-FM show Seishun Adventure in Summer 1994 and Summer 1995. VIZ Media released the manga in English from January 1999 to April 2007. A compiled volume featuring side stories was released in December 1997. A 40th anniversary special book for the mangaka titled Mangaka Hon special Yoshida Akimi will be released this Christmas. Announcement Note: The video is region-locked; click here for an alternative link. Official site: http://bananafish.tv/ Official Twitter: @bananafish_tv Source: Comic Natalie Banana Fish on MAL |
VindstotFeb 21, 2018 5:26 PM
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| Ooh, MAPPA adapting more older manga series. Nice. I haven't read this before but definitely interested to now. Summer 2018 seems likely given their current lineup. |
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| Well at least Noitamina has a decent lineup for 2018, there doesn't seem to be any crap in it. I wonder if this will be two cours long since the manga seems to be long, we know more Kabaneri is coming, but that could be a movie or could get delayed. Overall, good to see some older classic manga getting proper adaptations, this has a fairly solid staff. |
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| Well, I never saw that happening. The manga's 32 years old! Guess you can never give up hope for any series... |
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Yaoi-Senpai said: first time.i agree with ur hypeMappa, Free! Director and Doukyuusei Character design. PTW IMMEDIATELY. King mappa |
| I love this manga so much... T____T Can't believe it's getting an anime after all these yearss Thank you MAPPA!! |
| HOLY MOLY WTF I NEVER THOUGHT THE DAY WOULD COME??? TIME TO SEE ASH IN ALL HIS GLORY!! This manga can actually get pretty dark though, I'm really surprised it's going to get an adaptation!! It sounds like a BL with a dark setting, but it's story and character driven. I'm conflicted between being estatic af and worried about it being butchered... but MAPPA does great with animation so tbh I think this will be amazing!!!!! (I doubt they'll adapt it all though...) Nonetheless I hope this gives the manga more attention since it's really difficult to buy in English. If they republish it I can die happy... especially the side-stories you can't find online. (Ｔ▽Ｔ) |
MirorinOct 22, 2017 10:43 AM
| Even though I haven't been a big fan of MAPPA's work this year, I'm excited to see how this goes. Hopefully they give this the "Ushio to Tora" treatment and maintain the original style of the manga. |
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Same. It's one of my favorite manga and I'm afraid they will ruin it. But I'm still excited to watch it. |
| Interesting. This certainly makes me want to buckle down and read the manga before 2018 cause I've heard good things about it. |
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| Holy shit I was literally going to read this manga today, but never mind! I'm super hyped for next year, it could possibly be the best year for sequels ever. |
| Banana Fish ?! LOL anime name is stupid, but the synopsis look interesting |
| uhh okay that's rather rare for something that old to get an anime nowadays dunno about the name though |
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| Wow. This was pretty unexpected. But great news! |
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| These anime dudes have always had a quality knack for entitling their work with retarded-ass names. |
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| Adapting more older manga is a great thing. |
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| for everyone wondering about the title, it's the name of a drug in the story. |
| Super excited for this. Banana Fish was amazing and was begging for an anime. |
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| As for the title of Banana Fish, I believe it's a reference to the 1948 short story by Salinger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Perfect_Day_for_Bananafish Oh man, my hopes are really soaring for this adaptation... The picture and PV, although bare, seems to follow the style for the manga. High hopes.... ahhh. |
| What_year_is_it.jpg It will be interesting to see nevertheless, I wonder how they'll adapt the character design. |
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| Will have to see the number of episodes and duration. I just don't see Banana Fish being good unless it's a full adaptation. |
| Sieg Zeon! |
| A dark BL shoujo? Ohh this looks really interesting. Hope it's adapted well as it's a classic in Japan. I've also noticed that it has the Doukyuusei character designer in it, which opens up some great possibilities about how it's going to look. I am very excited!! |
von12Oct 22, 2017 11:04 AM
| Full male cast + shoujo I smell some bl I'll pass |
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lady_freyja said: von12 said: A dark BL shoujo? It's not a BL, there is no romance at all in that manga. Although you can see subtexts here and there, since yup, it's full of guys. I know it's not obvious BL, but it has plenty of subtext from what I've seen. I love ambiguous relationships anyway. |
| Okay this is pretty awesome news, and this gives me a slight glimmer of hope that one day, we'll get a Mars adaption. |
Hongu said: Fujoshi stuff really isn't my thing so I'll pass. I've heard of this series for a while though, really surprised it's getting an anime. It's ok if you give it a pass, but just having two male protagonists or a having gay character isn't instantly going to make this "fujoshi stuff". This manga explored gritty issues faced by real people in fairly realistic ways and is actually a compelling drama. |
| This sounds like a Urasawa manga but either way I'm gonna look forward to this a lot (I heard that it's one of the best shoujo series ever) |
Agree. A sausage party is a festival for some fujos. We'll probably get some art about it once it airs so nah. |
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| UTSUMI-SENSEI omg jesus now I'm excited |
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| So, hum... a 20ish tomes completed manga series will get one of its segments adapted into a short TV series for a non-anime addicts broadcast slot? Half of this news seems great, half of it sounds like a pretty bad omen. Any reader here to tell me if there is a segment or another in the whole story that could be turned into a standalone story? @lady_freyja Thank you, I was suspecting this much. To know that even a "digest" version isn't possible to make with this short slot makes the news even more disappointing. I was stupid to be curious after I saw the announcement happily shared by Araizumi Rui on Twitter. -_-" |
Rei_IIIOct 22, 2017 1:29 PM
lady_freyja said: von12 said: A dark BL shoujo? It's not a BL, there is no romance at all in that manga. Although you can see subtexts here and there, since yup, it's full of guys. Eh (ending spoilers) This said, the story is not BL and to dismiss everything that features homosexuality as "bait for fujo" is a bit sad, especially when the manga is a famous classic. The manga is probably more gritty and brutal than the average seinen manga. |
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| As i saw the news i expected some retarted comments about fujoshi. Never change MAL. Anyway good news if it's a faithful adaptation, after Devilman the 2018 looks great. |
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| oh shit this is one of my favorite manga and I never in a hundred years would have expected an anime. I wonder if they'll censor anything tho, there some dark shit in this manga. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Weirdest fucking name for a serious series... But the synopsis sounds awesome... Lets all pray that this won't all go to shit |
| Okay so the name and the synopsis are awesome, I'm so in. |
| FUCKING WHAT!? God bless older manga getting adaptions. |
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Roy_Mustang93 said: Looks really boring. Adapt stuff like Grand Blue or Kaguya instead of this old sausage-fest crap! One has 19 volumes and one just has 38 chapters. Does Grand Blue really fit in with noitaminA anyway? I know they had a few odd titles but still. |
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Roy_Mustang93 said: Looks really boring. Adapt stuff like Grand Blue or Kaguya instead of this old sausage-fest crap! I hate to break it to you but Grand Blue will most likely never get an adaptation due to the excessive and under-age drinking. So stop trashing newly announced anime, because it isn’t the adaptation you wanted. Also Banana Fish was literally one of the mostbreaking and influential mangas at the time within it’s genre. |
| uh. WHAT. really? <--- my first reaction it's because this is an old manga i thought it would never get a anime adaption? wow, congrats |
| Mushoku Tensei adaptation when? |
| about time this got adapted and when i was thinking on reading the manga |
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