The anime film adaptation of Kou Yoneda’s (ヨネダコウ) BL manga Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather (囀る鳥は羽ばたかない The clouds gather) reveals today (27th December) the first PV and more cast. According to the PV, the cast members from the audio drama CDs will reprise their roles in this film.
Kaori Makita (牧田佳織) (YURI!!! on ICE, BANANA FISH) is directing at GRIZZLY, and Hiroshi Seko (瀬古浩司), the writer of Mob Psycho 100 II and Ajin, is handling the scripts. The piano trio band H ZETTRIO is in charge of the music production.
This is the first project of Fuji TV’s newly launched BL-themed anime label BLUE LYNX. Two more BL anime film project is also set to premiere next year, including “Given” (ギヴン) based on a manga by Natsuki Kizu (キヅナツキ), and “L’étranger de la Plage” (春風のエトランゼ) based on a manga by Kanna Kii (紀伊カンナ).
▍Story
The story follows masochist mob boss Yashiro and his deeply devoted bodyguard Doumeki. As Yashiro develops a growing interest in Doumeki, he finds that his subordinates intentionally not engage physically with other people. At the same time, the members of Yashiro’s mob are scrambling to assert power in the syndicate and Yashiro becomes the prime target. The balance of the relationship between Doumeki and Yashiro starts to crumble as Yashiro’s life is put on the line.
▍Characters and Cast
As previously announced, Tarusuke Shingaki (新垣樽助) and Wataru Hatano (羽多野涉) reprises their roles from the audio drama CDs as Yakuza boss Yashiro (矢代) and bodyguard Chikara Doumeki (百目鬼力) respectively.
■ Kanji Kageyama (影山莞爾) – CV: Hiroki Yasumoto (安元洋貴) *NEW
■ Akira Kuga (久我瑛心) – CV: Yuki Ono (小野友樹) *NEW
■ Misumi (三角) – CV: Toru Okawa (大川透) *NEW
■ Atsushi Ryuzaki (竜崎篤士) – CV: Kenta Miyake (三宅健太) *NEW
■ Kazuaki Hirata (平田和明) – CV: Akimitsu Takase (高瀬右光) *NEW
■ Yusuke Nanahara (七原祐輔) – CV: Kazuyuki Okitsu (興津和幸) *NEW
■ Shizuma Ageya (天羽静真) – CV: Takuya Sato (佐藤拓也) *NEW
■ Hayato Sugimoto (杉本隼人) – CV: Takahiro Miyake (三宅貴大) *NEW
▍About Twittering Birds Never Fly
It is originally a BL manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yoneda (ヨネダコウ). It began serialization on ihr HertZ since 2011 and it has reached more than 1.5 million copies in print.
▍PV