Patalliro!

Patalliro! 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 where it continues to be published. The 1980s Boku Patalliro! (ぼくパタリロ!) anime adaptation by Toei Animation was the first to present shōnen-ai themes on television.Gravett, Paul (2004) Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics (Harper Design ISBN 1-85669-391-0) page 90 As of 2006, the manga had 22 million copies in circulation.
Several other adaptations were made, including a Live Action in 2016, when the first play based on the work premiered. With another play presented in 2018, and a movie that was released in 2019. All of these live-action adaptations cover key points from the manga, which were also shown in the 82's anime.
He was voted in 1993 at the rec.arts.anime like the most Over-rated/Under-rated anime.
===Media Presentation===
*Manga
:Patalliro! by Mineo Maya (1978 – present)
*Anime television series
:Boku Patalliro! by Masaki Tsuji (April 8, 1982 – May 13, 1983)
*Anime film
:Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku by Toei Animation (July 10, 1983)
*Manga
:Patalliro Saiyuki! by Mineo Maya (2003 – 2005)
*Manga
:Patalliro Genji Monogatari! by Mineo Maya (2004 – 2008)
*Manga
:Okusama wa Patalliro! by Mineo Maya (June 5, 2006)
*Anime television series
:Patalliro Saiyuki! by Magic Bus (June 5, 2005 – November 9, 2005)
==Canon==
Once, there was an island where it was always spring...
...An island somewhere in the South Seas, with green forests and wide lakes. And mountains, let us not forget the mountains. Tall mountains with deep roots, filled with one of mankind's most precious treasures: diamonds. The name of this island is Malynera, and its king is only a child.
Patalliro the 8th, King of Malynera, is ten-years-old. From the day he was born, everyone knew he was... unusual. He is a hyper boy, with flashes of genius, moments of thoughtless cruelty, and the ability to make a bad pun out of anything. Smart, but only a child and so he often does very stupid things.
Patalliro! is his story.
He lives in a world very similar to our own, but where the bizarre is commonplace. He manages to get into all kinds of trouble, from international terrorists, to space aliens, to accidental time-travel. His first challenge as king is to stay alive, when a group called the International Diamond Syndicate decides that they want control of the Malynera diamond mines. This is how he meets Bancoran, who was assigned to be his bodyguard during a trip to Britain. It's also how they meet Maraich, who was one of the assassins sent by the IDS.
Patalliro is almost always accompanied by his army of Tamanegi ("Onions," so-called because of their onion-shapped wigs). The Tamanegi all wear identical masks, wigs, and glasses, and are known only by numbers. They are Patalliro's protectors, but protect the world from him just as much as they protect him from the world.
==Main Characters==
*Patalliro du Malyner VIII, パタリロ・ド・マリネール8世
:The 10-year-old diabetic brainchild king of Malynera. When he becomes frustrated or embarrassed, he grooms himself like a cat.
*Maraich Juschenfe
: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 he got pregnant twice.
:His pregnancy is cut out of the anime. In the manga he first gets pregnant in volume 10, but he loses the baby shortly after finding himself pregnant, and a second time he had a baby by cesarean section which he named Figaro in volume 46. 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.
*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 BencolinHenri Bencolin is a fictional detective created by John Dickson Carr. He was Carr's first series detective, appearing in five "locked-room" and "impossible crime" mystery novels in the 1930s, and four short stories that appeared even earlier. In later decades, Carr did not return to the Bencolin character, but instead focused on creating English sleuths. and much of his spy talents as well as the agency he works for comes from James Bond.
*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.
==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!'s Skunky.
==The Fandom== 
Contrary to what the critics imagined, Patalliro became an online micro-phenomenon, mainly due to his canon mpreg, having an small but active fan community to this day.
In the past, fan translation projects have been started, both for the manga and anime. Further popularizing access to the consumption of the title.
Somehow fanfics were being published as early as the 80's; it is unknown if there was an earlier fan translation project or if the Western fans learned Japanese or got summaries from Japanese speakers.
===Shipping===
Following the anime and manga canon, most fanworks are paired Jack Barbarosa Bancoran/Maraich Juschenfe. On AO3 there are 30 works in the fandom tag, 25 of which are from this ship. The author alone Jennichi has produced 13 titles, the most representative being on the Patalliro! website.
==Comments==
===1991===
===1993===
===1996===
In April 1996, between the 11th and 14th of rec.arts.anime the user Qzwxecrv asked "I heard there are an anime called "Patalilo". What is about it?". was answered by Sea Wasp, Kinght Z and Elizabeth HL Horn who correlated the anime with James Bond:
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
*Family conversations by Qelinor, A series of drabbles for Patalliro! anime. Bits of routine life for Bancoran and Maraich, with occasional cameo of Patalliro and others. As if life can be routine for a MI6 agent and a former assassin... (2012-2013)
===Fanart===
*Bancoran-Juschenfe by EraiErai for MayronMay (2021)
*Фигаро — фанфик по фэндому «Patalliro» by МайронМай (2019)
===Doujinshi===
*Shiratamahime Collection by Kanan Maki
*Infecundity by Aoike Yasuko
===Fanzines===
 None of these zines are currently available to print.
*Growing Up by DVS in The Rodilla Project
*The Mole's Hole by RM by Ron Milles at Anime House Presents #2
:"Bancoran is a traitor? Maraich mist join forces with Patalliro to find his missing lover and discover the truth." 
*Forbidden Fruit by Steph Rendio, art by APril Lee at Anime House Presents #3
*Be Careful of Your Little Boy by Barbara T, art by Lee Dunning at Anime House Presents #3
*Artist of the Heart by Janice Hornyak, art by April Lee at Anime House Presents #4
*Tokyo Splice by Ron Miles, art by Heather Bruton at Anime House Presents #4
*Mirror Image by Lee Dunning (16 pages) at Anime House Presents #5 and #11
*Fool’s Gold by Lee Dunning (25 pages) at Anime House Presents #9
*Slash: The APA published at least three Patalliro stories
==Archives, Communities & Resources==
*Patalliro! tag at Archive Of Our Own
*Patalliro! Article at Aestheticism
*Belladonna Fansite (includes links to online fanfiction)
*Caithion.net, One of the first websites dedicated to Patalliro!.
*cock_robin_ondo a LiveJournal Community by emeryl
*patalliro a LiveJournal Community by jote
*Patalliro! Fan Blog at Tumblr
*Patalliro tag at TikTok
*Patalliro Saiyuki tag at TikTok
==Notes==
==References==
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