Sexy Voice and Robo

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Sexy Voice and Robo

American Edition of Sexy Voice and Robo by Viz Media
セクシーボイスアンドロボ
Genre Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Manga
Author Iou Kuroda
Publisher Flag of Japan Shogakukan
Flag of Canada Flag of the United States VIZ Media
Demographic Seinen
Serialized in Flag of Japan Ikki
Original run December 30, 2000February 1, 2003 (unfinished)
Volumes 2 (1 in the US)
TV drama
Director Touya Sato
Network NTV
Original run April 10, 2007June 19, 2007
Time slot Tuesday 22:00
Episodes 11

Sexy Voice and Robo (セクシーボイスアンドロボ?) is a seinen manga by Iou Kuroda. It was originally serialized in the semi-alternative manga magazine Ikki and published in the US by Viz Media. In April, 2007, it was adapted into a live action TV series. [1] The manga won an Excellence Prize at the 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival, and has received critical acclaim around the world.[citation needed]

Sexy Voice and Robo is currently unfinished. On his blog, Kuroda states that he intends to write more some day, but is too busy. [1]

Contents

[edit] Story

The story is about the adventures of a 14 year old girl named Nico Hayashi (林二湖 Hayashi Niko?) who uses her talents of changing and altering her voice to manipulate men over the phone who want to participate in Enjo kōsai. Through this she learns a lot about human nature, and gains a keen understanding of peoples through their voices. An aging gangster notices her talents and decides to hire her to solve various cases. While Nico is on her first case, she meets with a geeky man named Iichiro Sudo (須藤威一郎 Sudō Iichirō?), who has an obsession with robot toy models. This obsession that leads Nico to call him "Robo", and the two become an unlikely team. After completing her first case Nico proclaims herself "Sexy Voice" and a variety of short loosely linked character-driven adventures ensue.

[edit] TV drama

On January 24, 2007, it was announced that Sexy Voice and Robo would be turned into a live action TV drama, featuring Kenichi Matsuyama and Suzuka Ohgo.[1]

[edit] Cast

[edit] Guests

  • Shido Nakamura as Mikkabōzu (ep1&ep11)
  • Jun Murakami as Gotō (ep2)
  • Yuu Kashii as Tsukiko Yamano (ep3)
  • Miwako Ichikawa as Yoshiko Usami (ep4)
  • Tomoka Kurokawa (黒川智花) as Rei (ep5)
  • Noriko Iriyama (入山法子) as Mika (ep5)
  • Riisa Naka (仲里依紗) as Eri (ep5)
  • Horan Chiaki (ホラン千秋) as Yumiko (ep 5)
  • Yukina Takase (高瀬友規奈) as Tomoe (ep5)
  • Haruka Kinami (木南晴夏) as Manami (ep5)
  • Ryō as ZI (ep6)
  • Kayoko Shiraishi (白石加代子) as Robo's mother (ep6)
  • Shigemitsu Ogi (小木茂光) as Manabu (ep6)
  • Moro Morooka (モロ師岡) as Hanbāgu (ep7)
  • Satomi Kobayashi as Teruko (eps 8-9)
  • Masako Motai (もたいまさこ) as Megumi (eps 8-9)
  • Rie Tomosaka as Emiri (eps 8-9)
  • Eisuke Sasai (篠井英介) as Kōn Shinoda (ep10)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b (Japanese) TV Drama Official Website. NTV. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
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