"Gravitation" (1999)TV series

Directors:

Bob Shirahata
Shinichi Watanabe

Writers:

Maki Murakami (comic)
Bill Timoney (English version)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Gravity can be a funny thing: just like love, it draws the most unlikely people together. As luck would have it...

Plot Keywords:

Gay Romance | Anime | Homosexuality | Musician | Gay Interest

Cast

Dan Bello	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mandy Bonhomme	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tim Breese	...	Taki Aizawa (voice: English version)
Jessica Calvello	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Zoe Fries)
John Carey	...	Maa (voice: English version)
Joe DiGiorgi	...	Ken (voice: English version)
Rome Elliot	...	Eiri Yuki (voice: English version)
Jason Griffith	...	Tatsuha Uesugi (voice: English version)
Samson Grove	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Daniel Kevin Harrison	...	Hiroshi Nakano (voice: English version)
Megan Hollingshead	...	Noriko Ukai (voice: English version)
Haruna Ikezawa	...	Noriko Ukai
Kazuhiko Inoue	...	Eiri Yuki
Hideo Ishikawa	...	Tatsuha Uesugi
Carol Jacobanis	...	Kaoruko (voice: English version)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Sakano
Rachael Lillis	...	Ayaka Usami (voice: English version)
Jessica Loseth	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Jessica Luseth)
Kevin Lynch	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brian Maillard	...	K (voice: English version)
Emily Mark	...	Mayu / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kenneth Robert Marlo	...	Ryuichi Sakuma (English Version) (voice: English version)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Hiroshi Nakano
Rich McNanna	...	Shuichi Shindo (voice: English version)
Shinichirô Miki	...	Tachi Aizawa
Chunky Mon	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Luke Novak	...	Suguru Fujisaki (voice: English version)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	The character named K
Ai Orikasa	...	Touma Seguchi
Michael Perreca	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Debora Rabbai	...	Mika Seguchi (voice: English version) (as Angora Deb)
Kelly Ray	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Georgette Reilly	...	Editor, Miku, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bill Rogers	...	Touma Seguchi (voice: English version)
Jon Rosenbaum	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Shuuichi Shindou
Fujiko Takimoto	...	Suguru Fujisaki
Rie Tanaka	...	Ayaka Usami
Bill Timoney	...	Mr. Sakano (voice: English version) (as Billy Regan)
Bob Timoney	...	Barkeep, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Mika Seguchi
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Ryuuichi Sakuma

Runtime:

26 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG

Company:

SPE Visual Works

Trivia:

When Shuichi is bustling around Yuki's apartment with his belongings, he holds up a magazine to ask if Yuki has read it. If you look closely, you will see the magazine has Yuki and Shuichi on the cover.

Goofs:

Continuity: In many episodes regarding Shuichi and his band Bad Luck playing the song 'Rage Beat' in a concert setting, the scenes and shots are reused over and over again with the same background, clothes, etc. regardless whereever they are in the episode.

Quotes:

Shuichi Shindo: [smiling blissfully] Hey Hiro, why don't you ask what happened to me last night?
Hiroshi Nakano: [smiling and humoring him] Hey, Shuichi, what happened to you last night?
Shuichi Shindo: [has heart-shaped eyes] Something GOOD!
[Hiro winces]
Shuichi Shindo: Now you say, "Come on, don't just say that. What happened?"
Hiroshi Nakano: Come on, don't just say that. What happened?
Shuichi Shindo: I won't tell!

A common misconception.

A common misconception about Gravitation is that if you are a male, you have to be gay or bi to enjoy it. This isn't true. The relationship between Shindo and Yuki is only half of it - the music is also a huge part, and it's very good. The voice acting is excellent, especially by the last few episodes. Just don't watched the dubbed version. The "gay" part is VERY tame (especially compared to the manga).

Though the storyline gets off the track of the original manga, it basically stays on track, even though some of the characters have different parts (in the manga, Noriko comes in way before K-san and has a much bigger part, the scene with Aizawa Taki is a lot more drawn out and intense, et cetera). The ending to the anime is well done and it doesn't seemed rushed or dissatisfying. This is good not only for people who like shounen-ai, but people who like a lot of colour and Japanese club music.