"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 Interest | Anime | Musician | Homosexuality | Surrealism

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

Directed by
Bob Shirahata
Shinichi Watanabe

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Maki Murakami		comic
Bill Timoney		English version

Other crew
Bill Timoney	....	adr director: English

Production Companies

• SPE Visual Works

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: This really scary guy saw it.
Hiroshi Nakano: What were you doing? Peeing in the bushes?
Shuichi Shindo: Not that! The lyrics! He saw the lyrics!

A fantastic anime - romantic, funny, dramatic, exciting!

Gravitation is one of my all-time favorite animes. It's got a great story line and some of the most unique characters I've ever encountered. The star, Shindou Shuichi and his best friend Nakano Hiroshi are a struggling Japanese Rock band. An already unsure Shuichi has even bigger doubts about himself and his career after an encounter with the mysterious Yuki Eiri. This anime is exciting and hilarious! So many twists and turns throughout the series keep you guessing at just how our pink haired star will overcome his newest obstacle. This anime may seem a little... different. Mainly due to it's yaoi (male/male) natures, but don't let that urk you. This anime is really fantastic. Only 13 episodes (and two OVA) it's short, but it really makes up for it. If I were grading, I'd give this show an A+, no doubt, for great animation, great charcaters, and all in all a great story.