Poster depicting Patalliro!
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Alternative titles
Japanese
パタリロ!
English
Patalliro!
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Aired
1982-04-09 to 1983-05-13
Episodes
49

Patarillo! is set in a society much like ours in most ways, with one decided twist. The manga on which it is based is one of the much-read works produced for adolescent Japanese girls that features a healthy proportion of gay men and beautiful teenagers aka bishounen (beautiful boys). Most of the action takes place in Marinera, the land of eternal spring, located somewhere in the South Seas. The country is a major producer of diamonds; they provide much of the basis of conflict in the anime series. They come from one of the most prolific mines in the world, owned by the king of Marinera, the vertically challenged but horizontally endowed boy-king Patarillo himself. The International Diamond Syndicate - a huge semi- criminal organization/ secret society dedicated to taking over the world`s entire diamond supply- wants that mine and will stop at nothing to get it. In the early episodes they send off a number of bishounen assassins to do in Patarillo, which necessitates his having a bodyguard, the English MI6 agent, Major Jack (`Bishounen-Killer`) Bancoran. Bancoran`s nickname doesn`t mean he shoots bishounen in cold blood. The soubriquet comes from the fact that no male under the age of 17 can resist his sexual fascination. This, to Bancoran`s eternal disgust, includes Patarillo himself. The action switches often from Marinera to MI6 headquarters in London (London seems to be an easy two hour`s flight from the South Seas) or Bancoran`s palatial condo in the suburbs of same. (MI6, be it noted, looks a lot like Fritz Lang`s Metropolis, while Jack`s `apartment` bears a passing resemblance to Randolph Hearst`s spread.) The action also goes into the past and future and out into space. Patarillo evidently gets around.(Source: aestheticism.com)

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Voice Actors & Characters

Patalliro the 8th main Fuyumi Shiraishi Japanese
Major Jack Barbarossa Bancoran main Kazuyuki Sogabe Japanese
Maraich Juschenfe main Toshiko Fujita Japanese
Thatcher supporting Miyuki Ueda Japanese
Challe supporting Toru Furuya Japanese
Etrange supporting Masako Ikeda Japanese
Zachary supporting Keiko Toda Japanese
Afro 18 supporting Eiko Masuyama Japanese
Thomas supporting Kazuko Sawada Japanese
Robbie supporting Toru Furuya Japanese
Plasma X supporting Hideyuki Hori Japanese
Patalliro the 10th supporting Minori Matsushima Japanese
Sukun 1 supporting Kazuko Sawada Japanese
Tamanegi No.16 supporting Kazuhiko Inoue Japanese
Tamanegi No.21 supporting Akira Kamiya Japanese
Purara supporting Michiko Nomura Japanese
Johan supporting Kaneto Shiozawa Japanese
Johan supporting Keiko Toda Japanese
Jenne supporting Youko Asagami Japanese
Bjorn supporting Eiko Masuyama Japanese
Marion supporting Keiko Yokozawa Japanese
Patalliro the 7th supporting Kazuko Sugiyama Japanese
Jada supporting Keiko Toda Japanese
Coco supporting Michiko Nomura Japanese
Skunky supporting Kiyonobu Suzuki Japanese
Samiel supporting Kazue Komiya Japanese
Garnesia supporting Masako Ebisu Japanese
Madeline supporting Reiko Katsura Japanese
Tommy supporting Satomi Majima Japanese
Chrystia supporting Keiko Han Japanese
Police Secretary supporting Ichiro Nagai Japanese
Dr. Christian supporting Akira Kamiya Japanese
Phillip supporting Toshio Furukawa Japanese
Oscar supporting Kiyonobu Suzuki Japanese
Sherman supporting Mitsuo Senda Japanese
Patababa supporting Keiko Yamamoto Japanese
Zange supporting Shuuichi Ikeda Japanese
Sidewinder supporting Ikuko Tani Japanese
General Grosvenor supporting Hidekatsu Shibata Japanese
Bennett supporting Kouhei Miyauchi Japanese
Mark supporting Satomi Majima Japanese
Eddie supporting Katsuji Mori Japanese
Alpha Random supporting Junko Hori Japanese
Patrick supporting Miyuki Ichijou Japanese
Duran Du Laken supporting Shuusei Nakamura Japanese
Shunei Li supporting Yoko Matsuoka Japanese

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