MM! (anime)
 

The shounen(boy's) light novel series MM! by Akinari Matsuno (author) and QP:flapper (illustrator) will be getting a TV anime adaptation:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/moonphase/20100317

えむえむっ!
MM!

少年向けライトノベル.
Boy's light novel seires (light novel series for boys).

The light novel series is published under the shounen(boy's) light novel label MF Bunko J.
For now there are 11 volumes released of this light novel series.
Covers:



Author: Akinari Matsuno
Illustrator: QP:flapper

A seinen manga adaptation of the shounen light novel series is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Comic Alive.
Currently there are 3 volumes released of the manga.

Covers:



Manga drawn by: Hyoju Issei

Genre: Shounen, Comedy, Romance

Other male oriented light novels from the boy's light novel label MF Bunko J that got animated:


Wiki entry for MM!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MM!

What's the story?

Our main protagonist is a masochist, he loves being abused by females, but he is troubled by this, He won't be able to have a normal love life and confess to the one he loves when he has this condition.

This is enough for now :P

Uhm... Not to bash on Zero no Tsukaima and Kage Kara Mamoru, but if this series follows the same basic concepts, I'll probably pass when it comes out. The girls look cute, though, and if they keep the art close to what's featured in the light novels, then it might be worthy of watching.

Some nice illustrations are available on the publisher's site:

Illustration 1
Illustration 2

Media Factory is the publisher of the boy's light novel label MF Bunko J.

I haven't read the light novels, so I can't be sure about the following, I read these from people's comments on the novels:

He gets slapped by a girl which is the reason for the awakening of his masochism (LOL).
One or more of the heroines are sadists >.> (LOL)

I can kind of understand what the MM means now i think lol

very interesting show i might have keep my eyes out for this show.

:twitch:

This sounds... interesting...

Completely unexpected, but now I think about it...

MM......

Looking forward to it! :)

Here's another illustration of the bishoujos that got added by the publisher :)

Illustration 3

Sorry guys, false report :(

Quoting myself from the New Announced Anime thread:

Thanks to xris for re-opening this thread :)

The anime adaptation became true :D I'll be updating the first post of this thread with the covers of the shounen(boy's) light novel series MM!, which this anime is based on.

Edit:

Heh, notice that this thread is about 2.5 years old... 2.5 years till it really got an anime adaptation.

So no actually staff information until the 23rd when the 9th volume goes on sale? I honestly don't care much for the premise but at least the art looks somewhat decent ...

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Ya~y! It's been a long wait...
Ever since that "want to" thing. :heh:

I hope the anime art will be as good as QP Flapper's, but... Not possible...? (´・ω・｀)

The characters look pretty generic (not in a bad way) so it shouldn't be hard to reproduce. The manga one's pretty good (albeit characters look slightly more mature, just very slightly). Mio just gives me massive Koromo vibe (Saki) from the novel art (too loli-like), though I don't get as much that from the manga.

Well, there is no insurance though. Even if the basic structure is the same, the overall feeling of the art differs. For instance, Kanokon's and Ladies x Butler's anime art keeps the "same design" but look like different people. The two Spice and Wolf seasons share similar designs, but the overall feel is completely different... especially in the magazine scans.


Anyways, the good thing of an anime version is more popularity for the series... The bad thing is worrying over how good it will be, as a fan.
Waiting for more info... in a few days? When the drama CD is released?
And since the anime's voice actor =/= drama CD's, there is the worry that Kugimiya will be drafted for Mio-sama......................................
doki doki waku waku

Think the Drama CD's on the 24th, but Comic Alive's on the 27th? So yeah probably more information coming over in the next couple of days/week.

Who is in the cast for the drama cd?

Please don't use Kanokon's character design for the anime... oh god how much I hated it... -_-

And please let Rie take over the role of Mio, that abusive tsundere nature is so fitting for her.

At the time it was created, I was still a relative newcomer to late night anime. Flash forward to now, and I'm a regular. Time flies.

Sado Tarou : Suzuki Chihiro (Luke from TOA, Hanzou from Sumomomo momomo, etc.)
Isurugi Mio : Ishiguro Chihiro (Not really any major roles, JP wiki link)
Yuuno Arashiko : Horie Yui (Naru from Love Hina, Siesta from Zero no Tsukaima, etc.)
Onigawara Michiru : Kuwashima Houko (The person whose characters always seem to be dying)
Sado Shizuka : Nonaka Aoi (Fuuko from Clannad, Kafuka from Zetsubou Sensei, etc.)
Sado Tomoko : Hisakawa Aya (Faruko from AIR, Minamo from Azumanga Daioh, etc.)