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Patalliro! | |
![]() Cover of tankōbon volume 77, featuring Patalliro the 8th in his iconic pose. | |
パタリロ! (Patariro!) | |
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Genre | Comedy, fantasy |
Manga | |
Written by | Mineo Maya |
Published by | Hakusensha |
Magazine |
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Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 1978 – present |
Volumes | 104[1] |
Anime television series | |
Boku Patalliro! | |
Directed by | Nobutaka Nishizawa |
Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
Original run | April 8, 1982 – May 13, 1983 |
Episodes | 49 |
Anime film | |
Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku | |
Directed by | Nobutaka Nishizawa |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | July 10, 1983 |
Runtime | 48 minutes |
Manga | |
Patalliro Saiyuki! | |
Written by | Mineo Maya |
Published by | Hakusensha |
Magazine | Hana to Yume |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 2003 – 2005 |
Volumes | 8 |
Manga | |
Patalliro Genji Monogatari! | |
Written by | Mineo Maya |
Published by | Hakusensha |
Magazine | The Hana to Yume |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 2004 – 2008 |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Patalliro Saiyuki! | |
Directed by | Kenichi Maejima |
Studio | Magic Bus |
Original network | Kids Station |
Original run | June 5, 2005 – November 9, 2005 |
Episodes | 27 |
Patalliro! (Japanese: パタリロ!, Hepburn: Patariro!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mineo Maya. The comedy manga was serialized in Hana to Yume from 1978 to 1990, before switching to Bessatsu Hana to Yume in 1991, and now currently is serialized on the app Manga Park (マンガPark) since 2020.[2]
An anime adaptation, Boku Patalliro! (ぼくパタリロ!), produced by Toei Animation, originally aired from April 8, 1982, to May 13, 1983, on Fuji TV, and was the first to present shōnen-ai themes on television.[3]
The series has also received four stage plays based on various arcs from anime and manga,[4][5][6][7] and a live action film adaptation in 2018.[8]
Two spin-off manga, Patalliro Saiyūki! and Patalliro Genji Monogatari!, were originally serialized from 2003-2005 and 2004-2008 respectively. Patalliro Saiyūki! received an anime adaptation produced by Magic Bus which aired on Kids Station from June 5 to November 9, 2005.
As of 2019, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.[9]