An official website launched by Aniplex revealed main staff, teaser visual (pictured above), and television format for the anime adaptation of NisiOisiN's Bishounen Series novel on Friday. The anime series will debut under the title Bishounen Tanteidan (Pretty Boy Detective Club) in 2021.
Akiyuki Shinbou (Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai, Owarimonogatari) is serving as the chief director at animation studio Shaft (Mekakucity Actors, Assault Lily: Bouquet). Hiroki Yamamura (Fate/Extra: Last Encore, Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru) is designing the characters.
Kodansha began publishing the novel series through its Kodansha Taiga label in October 2015, featuring illustrations by Kinako (Gatchaman Crowds). The 11th volume shipped on December 20 last year (pictured right).
Suzuka Oda (Shinrei Tantei Yakumo) began drawing a manga adaptation titled Bishounen Tanteidan in ARIA magazine in April 2016. Following the discontinuation of ARIA in April 2018, the manga transferred to Shounen Magazine Edge in October that year. Kodansha published the fifth volume last September.
Vertical licensed the novel series in English in November 2019 and released the first volume on September 29. The second volume will go on sale on December 29. The publisher also licensed the manga adaptation in English last month and plans to ship the first volume next Summer.
Synopsis
Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy middle school, has lost something—a star she glimpsed just once, ten long years ago. But help is on the way, in the form of the unofficial, secretive, and thoroughly mysterious Pretty Boy Detective Club! Rumored to solve problems within the school (most of which they themselves might as well created) for reasons aesthetic rather than financial, these five gorgeous boys sweep Mayumi into their world of excitement, danger, and overwhelming beauty. (Source: Vertical, edited)
Official site: https://bishonen-tanteidan.com/
Official Twitter: @nisioisin_anime
Source: PR Times
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