Ladies versus Butlers!
 

The shounen(boy's) light novel series Ladies versus Butlers! by Kouzuki Tsukasa (author) and Munyuu (illustrator) will be getting an anime adaptation.

Official site:
http://www.ladies-vs-butlers.com/

れでぃ×ばと!
Ladies versus Butlers!

少年向け小説(ライトノベル).
Shounen light novel series (light novel series aimed at boys).

The light novel series is published under the shounen light novel label Dengeki Bunko.
Currently there are 9 volumes released of this light novel series.

Covers:



From MangaUpdates:

Author: Kouzuki Tsukasa
Illustrator: Munyuu

A seinen manga adaptation is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Dengeki Moeoh. The manga started serialization in the June 2008 issue of the magazine (released on April 26th, 2008).

Genre: Shounen, Comedy

More news :
Staff
Director: Ohtsuki Atsushi ("Kanokon")
Character Designer: Takami Akio ("Kanokon")
Series Organizer: Tamai ☆ Tsuyoshi ("Inukami!", "Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu")
Production Studio: XEBEC

Cast
Hino Akiharu: Okitsu Kazuyuki
Saikyo Tomomi: Kawasumi Ayako
Sernia: Nakahara Mai
Shikikagami Saori: Koshimizu Ami
Daichi Kaoru: Kugimiya Rie
Pina: Goto Mai
Ousawa Mimina: Hidaka Rina
Tenjoji Kaede: Ise Mariya
Mikan: Sakuma Kumi

I added the covers of the shounen light novel series Ladies versus Butlers! to the first post of this thread...

I see a lot of "no-pan" ladies.

Why am I not surprised to see Ayako and Xebec together?

I just looked at some of the raw, I think I understand now why they have Kanokon's director doing this...

The title is misleading, I thought this was aimed at girls. You know...fujoshis do LOVES butlers. Well nevermind.

It's not aimed at me, so 'no comment' from me.

The manga is up on some site and the story's quite cute. Drill girl (lol) is a delicious tsundere.

Goody. Random cute-ness is always appreciated.

Same reason half of Zetsubo-Sensei's VAs were Maria+Holic

And that reason is....?

I haven't watched Maria+Holic, so have no idea who the seiyuus are in that show.

it seems good but xebec...

For a sec I thought it looked like some sort of battle royale between epic tsunderes vs combat butlers, but I can only dream of something like that ever happening.

...means a lot of fanservice? :P
It says it's shounen but I can only see it as comedy/romance/drama...I mean how exactly is the plot going to unfold?

"Shounen" is a demographic, not a genre. It can be both.

Thanks for clarifying that, it got shounen as a genre in the OP :)

I don't think this anime will turn out to be a shounen one. Its most likely the crossover of Hayate no Gotoku! and some ecchi love comedy.

Its a light novel series aimed at teenage boys, so yes its a shounen(boy's) light novel series.

If the anime is gonna be like "They Are My Noble Masters" , then i'm definitely sold.

The first cover remember me a card in the game "Dengeki Gakuen RPG" .
Well , seems a very ecchi anime .
"Genre = Shounen" . I though it was Shojo .
No pics for the guy ? seems a yakuza's like .

Oh , and yeah , you add Kanokon's director , Character designer too then here it comes ECCHIS !

Again, that's not a genre.

Oh. Well Maria+Holic and Zetsubou Sensei are both by SHAFT, and since the seiyu were (mostly) the same for those series I assume it's gotta be because it's convenient for the studios to have people they've worked with before.

So I assume the same is for XEBEC and Kawasumi Ayako.

As I said before Ladies versus Butlers! is a light novel series aimed at boys. Dengeki Bunko is a label aimed at a teenage boys/young adult males (the light novel series is published under this shounen label), and is not aimed at girls.

It's the typical harem with lots of girls so it's definitely shounen. Too many big breasted women scares me though. Even a tsundere will lose her charms if she packs a couple of melons... I think there must be a formula to calculate something like this, I suppose Maid Guy can tell us. :heh:

The anime will start broadcast on January 5th, 2010.

Opening and ending theme artists confirmed. Lantis provides once again.

The OP is "LOVE x HEAVEN" by Mai Nakahara, Ayako Kawasumi, Rie Kugimiya and Ami Koshimizu.
The ED, still untitled, is by Mai Nakahara.

Not really a fan of the art style they used for Kanokon the anime, the trailer didn't really impress either. I'll give it 2-3 episodes when it comes around before I decide whether to drop it.

The trailer

Hmm, not fond of the chara designs, but I'll give it a shot. I'm in a somewhat love hate viewpoint of XEBEC (though it tends to lean towards hate). Maybe it'll prove to be entertaining. Btw, I keep getting the urge to eat croissants whenever I see that twin drills girl.

It looks like the trailer showed almost every fanservice scene in the series. I never had a problem with fanservice, but even though I saw the Kanokon series somehow the fanservice there went overboard even for me.

Since Kanokon and Ladies vs butlers are both Xebec regardless of who the voices are, I sense bad omen (but I might be thinking too far ahead). Right now the art and character designs from the trailer is above average which is fine with me. I still plan on checking this series out.

Now we have some anime-style promotional art.

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ir3vax_th.jpg
Who the main players are: Akiharu (in the suit), Selnia (drill hair), Tomomi (short brown hair), Sanae (maid) and Kaoru (other one in a suit).

I so want to check out this anime, but the similar character designs from Kanokon is sooo wanting me to not to bother... *sigh*

Has Akio Takami ever heard of noses???

Edit: magazine scan:

http://a.imagehost.org/t/0666/a727dc...a741621724.jpg

Ok , yeah , art design the same as Kanokon so great design .
But omg , so Fanservice powaaa ...
Japan's author really like Butlers , Princess , Rich people and Cie lol
As usual , the maid , the school girl , the loli (huh) .
(Mostly the princess is a blond girl though )

I think they should have spent their money on making this into a game. Not the "points-by-girls-you-bed" kind of game, but the Smash Brothers kind.

The official website has gone into its final form. No info on the title of the ED theme yet, but we can now get a good look at the character designs, as well as a finalized airtime for the show.

22:00 (or 10:00 PM Japan Time) on AT-X on Tuesday, Jan. 5th.

those are one of the biggest... hair croissant i have ever seen.

I have to agree, the char design does look pretty unappealing, especially with the way how almost every female has disproportionate big bewbs. Ah well, its a harem so I will give it a chance.

There we go, got the ED title. "my starry boy", by Mai Nakahara.

according to sources about the storyline it could be( or may as well be) a harem anime because the school that it takes place in WAS a all girls school and just recently just opened up as co-ed

male population:5

yeah goodluck guys

lol when you see the "oh-my-hand-grabbed-her-boob-while-falling-on-top-of-her" scene, you know you can't expect much from it but you know its good for some s**** and giggles:heh:

I had only found out about this in winter anime thread, premise appealed to me and just saw the trailer just now.
I think I'll probably check it out cause....well the inner ecchi wants to and I can't argue with him:p

This one might actually pass Kanokon in terms of service, service. The one blond's hair reminds me of that other blond on the student council from Mamoru-kun...

New magazine scan:

http://g.imagehost.org/t/0720/cc42bc...ff4f877aca.jpg

And I think I'll drop it at this point... I just can't stand how the characters are designed... *sigh*