# Patalliro!

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.
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.
The series has also received four stage plays based on various arcs from anime and manga, and a live action film adaptation in 2018.
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.

## Plot

The story focuses on the comedic adventures of Patalliro himself, and the entire kingdom of Malynera.

## Characters
### Patalliro du Malyner VIII (パタリロ・ド・マリネール8世)

    The 10-year-old diabetic prodigy king of Malynera. When he becomes frustrated or embarrassed, he grooms himself like a cat.

### Jack Barbarosa Bancoran

    Major Bancoran of the British MI6. Nicknamed "Bishōnen Killer" for his ability to seduce young men with just his eyes. Patalliro questioned Bancoran to discern if he was interested in his mother, but Bancoran stated that he was only attracted to men. Meeting Patalliro has changed his existence; after playing bodyguard to the most annoying person he's ever met, he's now living with Maraich, who tried to kill him, and their son Figaro. Bancoran is known for his blue eyeshadow (purple in Patalliro Saiyuki), his long black hair, and the fact that he never takes off his gloves, even in bed. His name comes from Henri Bencolin.

### Maraich

    An 18-year-old former assassin from the Diamond Syndicate. His former lover Count Larken told him not to return until he could kill Bancoran, but ended up reforming and becoming Bancoran's lover. He has a ferocious temper and seethes with jealousy whenever a bishōnen is in Bancoran's vicinity. He beats up Bancoran on a regular basis, regardless of whether or not he cheats, and somehow got pregnant twice, despite being biologically male.
    His pregnancy is cut out of the anime. In the manga he first gets pregnant in volume 10, and a second time in volume 46. His first pregnancy miscarries, but the second time he gives birth to a son named Figaro Bancoran. He is an expert knife user, and his looks and body allow him to easily pass for a woman with only Patalliro and Bancoran being able to see through his disguise.
    He has no official full name as the last name "Juschenfe" has never been used for him specifically, only various family members of his. He has only ever been referred to as "Maraich" in the series.

### Plasma X

A robot that Patalliro built to mine diamonds on the moon, and another powerful character; one of his abilities is to shoot lasers from his eyes.

### Afro-18

A female robot built by Patalliro. She initially dislikes Plasma X, but they later become husband and wife.

#### Tamanegi

    Patalliro's biseinen bodyguards, forced to hide their beauty under padded uniforms, frosted glasses, masks that cover their mouths, noses, and onion-style wigs.

## Anime
### Cast
#### Boku Patalliro!

* Patalliro: Fuyumi Shiraishi
* Bancoran: Kazuyuki Sogabe
* Maraich: Toshiko Fujita
* Police Chief: Ichirō Nagai
* Head Guard: Takeshi Aono
* Tamanegi: Akio Nojima, Toshio Furukawa, Tōru Furuya, Yūji Mitsuya, Yoku Shioya, Kaneto Shiozawa, Kazuhiko Inoue, Akira Kamiya
** The Tamanegi were portrayed by the members of Slapstick, a voice actor band Sogabe was a member of.
* Etrange: Masako Ikeda
* Sanders: Junpei Takiguchi
* Patalliro 7th: Kazuko Sugiyama
* Patalliro 10th: Minori Matsushima
* Plasma X: Hideyuki Hori
* Afro 18: Eiko Masuyama
* Pulara: Michiko Nomura
* α Random: Junko Hori

#### Patalliro! Saiyuki

* Patalliro/Son Goku: Yuki Kaida
* Maraich/Genjo Sanzo: Reiko Takagi
* Bancoran: Takehito Koyasu
* Mi-chan: Ken'yū Horiuchi
* Cho Hakkai: Yoshirō Matsumoto
* Sa Gojo: Rikiya Koyama
* Gautama Buddha: Kazuya Tatekabe

### Music

* "Patalliro!" (パタリロ!) by Fusako Fujimoto (Patalliro! / Boku Patalliro!)
* "Ajisai Ai Ai Monogatari" (紫陽花アイ愛物語, Hydrangea Ai Love Story) by v-u-den (Patalliro Saiyuki)
* "Utsukushisa wa Tsumi" (美しさは罪, Beauty is Crime) by Eri Takeda. (Patalliro 1st ending)
* "Cock Robin Ondo" (クック=ロビン音頭) by Fuyumi Shiraishi & Slapstick. (Boku Patalliro 1st ending)(from "Who killed Cock Robin?")
* "Nanchū Koi wo Yatterū You Know?" (なんちゅう恋をやってるぅ YOU KNOW?) by Berryz Kobo. (Patalliro Saiyuki)

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1982)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Animation directed by | Art directed by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | "The Bishounen Killer" | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Masaki Tsuji | Yoshinori Kanemori | Isamu Tsuchida | April 8, 1982 (1982-04-08) | 101 |
| 2 | 2 | "A Flower Falls on a Misty Night" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Masaki Tsuji | Akito Dobashi | Isamu Tsuchida | April 15, 1982 (1982-04-15) | 102 |
| 3 | 3 | "A Rose Blooms Upon a Grave" | Takashi Hisaoka | Masaki Tsuji | Jiro Tsuno | Isamu Tsuchida | April 22, 1982 (1982-04-22) | 103 |
| 4 | 4 | "Look Out, Patalliro" | Yugo Serikawa | Akiyoshi Sakai | Masami Abe | Isamu Tsuchida | April 29, 1982 (1982-04-29) | 104 |
| 5 | 5 | "Maraich, the Angel of Death" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Tomoko Konparu | Makoto Ito | Nobuto Sakamoto | May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13) | 105 |
| 6 | 6 | "Etrange's Grief" | Hiroshi Shidara | Tomoko Konparu | Yoshinori Kanemori | Isamu Tsuchida | May 20, 1982 (1982-05-20) | 106 |
| 7 | 7 | "Kung Fu" | Takashi Hisaoka | Akiyoshi Sakai | Nobumichi Kawamura | Nobuto Sakamoto | May 27, 1982 (1982-05-27) | 107 |
| 8 | 8 | "From Patalliro with Love" | Yugo Serikawa | Masaki Tsuji | Jirou Tsuno | Isamu Tsuchida | June 3, 1982 (1982-06-03) | 108 |
| 9 | 9 | "A Cherry Blossom Storm" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Akiyoshi Sakai | Masami Abe | Nobuto Sakamoto | June 17, 1982 (1982-06-17) | 109 |
| 10 | 10 | "Snow in Malynera" | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Tomoko Konparu | Yoshinori Kanemori | Isamu Tsuchida | June 24, 1982 (1982-06-24) | 110 |
| 11 | 11 | "Maraich Maraich" | Takashi Hisaoka | Masaki Tsuji | Makoto Ito | Isamu Tsuchida | July 8, 1982 (1982-07-08) | 111 |
| 12 | 12 | "A Vampire in Malynera" | Yugo Serikawa | Akiyoshi Sakai | Nobumichi Kawamura | Nobuto Sakamoto | July 22, 1982 (1982-07-22) | 112 |
| 13 | 13 | "Invasion of America" | Hiroshi Shidara | Akiyoshi Sakai | Jirou Tsuno | Nobuto Sakamoto | July 29, 1982 (1982-07-29) | 113 |
| 14 | 14 | "Patalliro the 7th and 8th" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Tomoko Konparu | Yoshinori Kanemori | Isamu Tsuchida | August 12, 1982 (1982-08-12) | 114 |
| 15 | 15 | "Prince Maraich" | Yugo Serikawa | Akiyoshi Sakai | Masami Abe | Nobuto Sakamoto | August 26, 1982 (1982-08-26) | 115 |
| 16 | 16 | "Legendary Diamond" | Takashi Hisaoka | Tomoko Konparu | Nobumichi Kawamura | Isamu Tsuchida | September 2, 1982 (1982-09-02) | 116 |
| 17 | 17 | "Target: Scarlet Mermaid" | Hiroshi Shidara | Masaki Tsuji | Emi Hoshino | Nobuto Sakamoto | September 9, 1982 (1982-09-09) | 117 |
| 18 | 18 | "Twinkle Twinkle, Tamanegi!" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Akiyoshi Sakai | Yoshinori Kanemori | Isamu Tsuchida | September 16, 1982 (1982-09-16) | 118 |
| 19 | 19 | "Journey to the Moon" | Takashi Hisaoka | Akiyoshi Sakai | Masami Abe | Nobuto Sakamoto | September 23, 1982 (1982-09-23) | 119 |
| 20 | 20 | "Bancoran Is Dead!" | Hiroshi Shidara | Akiyoshi Sakai | Nobumichi Kawamura | Nobuto Sakamoto | September 30, 1982 (1982-09-30) | 120 |

### Season 2 (1982–83)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Animation directed by | Art directed by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 21 | 1 | "Super-Robot Plasma X" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Masaki Tsuji | Makoto Ito | Isamu Tsuchida | October 9, 1982 (1982-10-09) | 201 |
| 22 | 2 | "Plasma's Love" | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Tomoko Konparu | Yoshinori Kanemori | Nobuto Sakamoto | October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16) | 202 |
| 23 | 3 | "License to Kill" | Takashi Hisaoka | Masaki Tsuji | Masami Abe | Isamu Tsuchida | October 23, 1982 (1982-10-23) | 203 |
| 24 | 4 | "Fly Away Jack" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Masaki Tsuji | Masami Suda | Nobuto Sakamoto | October 30, 1982 (1982-10-30) | 204 |
| 25 | 5 | "Papa Plasma" | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Tomoko Konparu | Nobumichi Kawamura | Nobuto Sakamoto | November 6, 1982 (1982-11-06) | 205 |
| 26 | 6 | "Patalliro 8th and 10th" | Hiroshi Shidara | Akiyoshi Sakai | Yoshinori Kanemori | Nobuto Sakamoto | November 13, 1982 (1982-11-13) | 206 |
| 27 | 7 | "24-Hour Escape" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Masaki Tsuji | Makoto Ito | Nobuto Sakamoto | November 20, 1982 (1982-11-20) | 207 |
| 28 | 8 | "The Story of the Loyalty Tree" | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Tomoko Konparu | Masami Suda | Isamu Tsuchida | November 27, 1982 (1982-11-27) | 208 |
| 29 | 9 | "The Assassin's Return" | Yoshikatsu Kasai & Takashi Hisaoka | Akiyoshi Sakai | Masami Abe | Nobuto Sakamoto | December 4, 1982 (1982-12-04) | 209 |
| 30 | 10 | "Beloved Purara" | Hiroshi Shidara | Akiyoshi Sakai | Jiro Tsuno | Nobuto Sakamoto | December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11) | 210 |
| 31 | 11 | "Gelman Castle" | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Tomoko Konparu | Nobumichi Kawamura | Isamu Tsuchida | December 18, 1982 (1982-12-18) | 211 |
| 32 | 12 | "Nyanko is Nyanko" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Akiyoshi Sakai | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Nobuto Sakamoto | December 25, 1982 (1982-12-25) | 212 |
| 33 | 13 | "I'll Be Waiting" | Yugo Serikawa | Akiyoshi Sakai | Yoshinori Kanemori | Nobuto Sakamoto | January 8, 1983 (1983-01-08) | 213 |
| 34 | 14 | "Still Purara" | Hiroshi Shidara | Tomoko Konparu | Makoto Ito | Isamu Tsuchida | January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15) | 214 |
| 35 | 15 | "When the Snow Stopped" | Takashi Hisaoka | Masaki Tsuji | Kuni Tomita | Nobuto Sakamoto | January 22, 1983 (1983-01-22) | 215 |
| 36 | 16 | "Patalliro's Strangeness" | Yugo Serikawa | Akiyoshi Sakai | Jirou Tsuno | Isamu Tsuchida | January 29, 1983 (1983-01-29) | 216 |
| 37 | 17 | "Sunflower of Versailles" | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Tomoko Konparu | Nobumichi Kawamura | Nobuto Sakamoto | February 5, 1983 (1983-02-05) | 217 |
| 38 | 18 | "I Love Maraich" | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Tomomi Tsutsui | Yoshinori Kanemori | Nobuto Sakamoto | February 12, 1983 (1983-02-12) | 218 |
| 39 | 19 | "That Man Bancoran" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Akiyoshi Sakai | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Isamu Tsuchida | February 19, 1983 (1983-02-19) | 219 |
| 40 | 20 | "Purara's Brother" | Takashi Hisaoka | Tomoko Konparu | Masami Abe | Nobuto Sakamoto | February 26, 1983 (1983-02-26) | 220 |
| 41 | 21 | "Maraich's Season" | Hiroshi Shidara | Tomomi Tsutsui | Yoshinori Kanemori | Isamu Tsuchida | March 5, 1983 (1983-03-05) | 221 |
| 42 | 22 | "Patalliro's Great Gathering" | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Akiyoshi Sakai | Nobumichi Kawamura | Isamu Tsuchida | March 12, 1983 (1983-03-12) | 222 |
| 43 | 23 | "True Love for Bancoran" | Yugo Serikawa | Tomoko Konparu | Jirou Tsuno | Nobuto Sakamoto | March 19, 1983 (1983-03-19) | 223 |
| 44 | 24 | "Phantom" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Akiyoshi Sakai | Makoto Ito | Isamu Tsuchida | March 26, 1983 (1983-03-26) | 224 |
| 45 | 25 | "Ahh... New School Term Amid the Flowers" | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Akiyoshi Sakai | Yoshinori Kanemori | Nobuto Sakamoto | April 8, 1983 (1983-04-08) | 225 |
| 46 | 26 | "Purara's First Love" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Tomomi Tsutsui | Shinnosuke Kon | Isamu Tsuchida | April 15, 1983 (1983-04-15) | 226 |
| 47 | 27 | "Farewell Afro" | Yugo Serikawa | Tomomi Tsutsui | Masami Suda & Masami Abe | Nobuto Sakamoto | April 22, 1983 (1983-04-22) | 227 |
| 48 | 28 | "Foggy London Airport" | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Tomomi Tsutsui | Nobumichi Kawamura | Isamu Tsuchida | May 6, 1983 (1983-05-06) | 228 |
| 49 | 29 | "Foggy London Airport" | Yoshikatsu Kasai | Tomomi Tsutsui | Makoto Ito | Isamu Tsuchida | May 13, 1983 (1983-05-13) | 229 |

### Film (1983)

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Animation directed by | Art directed by | Original release date |
| Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Yasuo Tanami | Kinichirou Suzuki | Isamu Tsuchida | July 10, 1983 (1983-07-10) |

### Patalliro Saiyuki! (2005)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Animation directed by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Goku Appears! A Journey for the Scriptures" | Shūji Miyahara | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Kenichi Maejima | June 7, 2005 (2005-06-07) |
| 2 | "Goku Appears! A Journey for the Scriptures" | Shūji Miyahara | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Kenichi Maejima | June 14, 2005 (2005-06-14) |
| 3 | "Goku Appears! A Journey for the Scriptures" | Shūji Miyahara | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Kenichi Maejima | June 21, 2005 (2005-06-21) |
| 4 | "A New Companion! The Journey Begins With Chaos" | Kunitoshi Okajima | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Tsutomu Murakami | Kunitoshi Okajima | June 28, 2005 (2005-06-28) |
| 5 | "A New Companion! The Journey Begins With Chaos" | Kunitoshi Okajima | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Tsutomu Murakami | Kunitoshi Okajima | July 5, 2005 (2005-07-05) |
| 6 | "A New Companion! The Journey Begins With Chaos" | Kunitoshi Okajima | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Tsutomu Murakami | Kunitoshi Okajima | July 12, 2005 (2005-07-12) |
| 7 | "A Raid! The Golden and Silver Demon" | Akira Shimizu | Koji Ueda | Kiyoshi Matsushita | Kenichi Maejima | July 19, 2005 (2005-07-19) |
| 8 | "A Raid! The Golden and Silver Demon" | Akira Shimizu | Koji Ueda | Kiyoshi Matsushita | Kenichi Maejima | July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26) |
| 9 | "A Raid! The Golden and Silver Demon" | Akira Shimizu | Koji Ueda | Kiyoshi Matsushita | Kenichi Maejima | August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02) |
| 10 | "Demon's World Banquet, Sanzou's Great Rescue Operation" | Shūji Miyahara & Shūichi Iizumi | Koji Ueda | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Kenichi Maejima | August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09) |
| 11 | "Demon's World Banquet, Sanzou's Great Rescue Operation" | Shūji Miyahara & Shūichi Iizumi | Koji Ueda | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Kenichi Maejima | August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16) |
| 12 | "Demon's World Banquet, Sanzou's Great Rescue Operation" | Shūji Miyahara & Shūichi Iizumi | Koji Ueda | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Kenichi Maejima | August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23) |
| 13 | "Glossy Manshan Boy's Competition is Full of Danger" | Kiyoshi Fukumoto | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Hideo Maru | Kenichi Maejima | August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30) |
| 14 | "Glossy Manshan Boy's Competition is Full of Danger" | Kiyoshi Fukumoto | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Hideo Maru | Kenichi Maejima | September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06) |
| 15 | "Glossy Manshan Boy's Competition is Full of Danger" | Kiyoshi Fukumoto | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Hideo Maru | Kenichi Maejima | September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) |
| 16 | "Ruthless Fireworks Red Rays of Lightning Attacks" | Akira Shimizu | Koji Ueda | Kiyoshi Matsushita | Dan Odawara | September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) |
| 17 | "Ruthless Fireworks Red Rays of Lightning Attacks" | Akira Shimizu | Koji Ueda | Kiyoshi Matsushita | Dan Odawara | September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27) |
| 18 | "Ruthless Fireworks Red Rays of Lightning Attacks" | Akira Shimizu | Koji Ueda | Kiyoshi Matsushita | Dan Odawara | October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04) |
| 19 | "Heavenly Panic! Angel of Love Calls a Storm" | Shūichi Iizumi | Koji Ueda | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Yasuo Iwamoto | October 11, 2005 (2005-10-11) |
| 20 | "Heavenly Panic! Angel of Love Calls a Storm" | Shūichi Iizumi | Koji Ueda | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Yasuo Iwamoto | October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18) |
| 21 | "Heavenly Panic! Angel of Love Calls a Storm" | Shūichi Iizumi | Koji Ueda | Katsutoshi Kobayashi | Yasuo Iwamoto | October 25, 2005 (2005-10-25) |
| 22 | "Burning Death Battle! Battle of Flamingo Mountain" | Kiyoshi Fukumoto | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Yoshito Miki | Dan Odawara | November 1, 2005 (2005-11-01) |
| 23 | "Burning Death Battle! Battle of Flamingo Mountain" | Kiyoshi Fukumoto | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Yoshito Miki | Dan Odawara | November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08) |
| 24 | "Burning Death Battle! Battle of Flamingo Mountain" | Kiyoshi Fukumoto | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Yoshito Miki | Dan Odawara | November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15) |
| 25 | "Shenjun Furnace Explosion! Is It? Countdown to Miraculus" | Akira Shimizu | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Shinichi Suzuki | Kenichi Maejima | November 22, 2005 (2005-11-22) |
| 26 | "Shenjun Furnace Explosion! Is It? Countdown to Miraculus" | Akira Shimizu | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Shinichi Suzuki | Kenichi Maejima | November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29) |
| 27 | "Sanzou's Wedding!? Sasori's Poison is a Sweet Trap" | Akira Shimizu | Mitsuyo Suenaga | Shinichi Suzuki | Kenichi Maejima | November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29) |

## Legacy

Rock musician Tomoaki Ishizuka took his stage name "Pata" from Patalliro, his nickname in high school as he was said to resemble the series' title character.
Yu Yu Hakusho author Yoshihiro Togashi based his character Hiei's design on Patalliro!.