Yama Wayama’s manga titles Let’s Go Karaoke! and Captivated, by You are getting anime adaptations, and the first trailer for the former has dropped. It shares a bit about the cast and also lets us know that both the anime adaptations of Karaoke and Captivated, by You will start in July.
Let’s Go Karaoke! Trailer
According to the trailer, Shinnosuke Tokudome (Kalkris in Übel Blatt) plays main character Wada.
The series is being made at Doga Kobo, with Asami Nakatani of Yohane the Parhelion -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR helming the project as director
You can see Otaku USA’s review of Let’s Go Karaoke, which is titled “Let’s Go Karaoke Is a Zany Manga About Singing Yakuza,” here.
Yen Press publishes the original manga in America and gave this description for its plot:
Let’s Go Karaoke Plot
Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career — right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, “Let’s go karaoke!” As a yakuza, Kyouji Narita doesn’t scare easily, but a terrifying prospect has driven him to seek Satomi’s help. The boss is holding a karaoke contest, with the loser forced to get a tattoo to be selected and torturously applied by the boss himself! Oka has been to many vocal rehearsals over the years, but never one-on-one karaoke sessions with a gangster!!
Yen Press also publishes Captivated, by You in English and gave this description for its plot:
Captivated, by You Plot
Hayashi’s frank, guileless demeanor quietly draws the attention of classmates and strangers as he counts all the stairs in school, photographs street signs, and dries sweet potatoes on the classroom balcony. In a world shaped by conformity, Hayashi is refreshingly and unapologetically true to himself. Conversely, Nikaidou has worked very hard to perfect a gloomy, dour façade that keeps his classmates far, far away. While much of the school regards Nikaidou as a bad omen, one student catches a glimpse behind the mask and-undeterred by rumors of bad luck and supernatural powers-begins to pick away Nikaidou’s carefully crafted persona…
Are you interested in seeing both these anime from the same creator?
Source: ANN
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