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Gonzo's loose (very l—o—o—s—e) anime take on William Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers trope christener Romeo and Juliet premieres on Animax Asia this 28 April 2010, Wednesday, 7PM WIB. Two Romeo × Juliet episodes will air back to back.
I doubt you don't know this already, but just in case — blurb:
...a new re-imagination of Shakespeare's classic that sets the doomed love of Romeo and Juliet, heirs to rival houses Montague and Capulet, against the fantasy world of Neo Verona with a dramatically charged political background. [Animax's synopsis]
As TV Tropes sez, it's better than it sounds.
I actually found myself enjoying Oizaki Fumitoshi's series directorial debut so much that [SPOILAGE] (click at your peril)
Twenty-four Romeo × Juliet episodes aired in Japan from April through September 2007. The chief screenwriter for the series was Yoshida Reiko. Seiyuu Mizushima Takahiro and Mizusawa Fumie were originally cast as our star-crossed lovers, but from the promo plugs I've seen, I think Animax's version will be dubbed into English. Lena Park sang the opening theme Inori ~You Raise Me Up~; 12012 performed Cyclone, the first ending theme (eps 1-14), with Mizrock's Good bye, yesterday as the ED for episodes 15 to 23. Inori~You Raise Me Up〜 (English version) was used as the ending theme for the series finale.
Encore telecasts of episodes 1 - Two People ~When They Met
and 2 - Promise ~The Fragrance of Memory
will be at 11PM tonight and 730AM and 11AM tomorrow, in case you miss the 7PM premiere.
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) via Animax Asia
P.S. There's a Romeo × Juliet manga adaptation, too, serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Asuka.
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I wished the requisite downer ending had been subverted.