Discotek Media picked up the 2003 series Cinderella Boy this past fall and while they had scheduled a date we didn’t get actual solicitations hitting retailers until a few days ago, now making it official. The distributor is planning for a February 27th, 2018 release as a DVD-only title with it now being listed at both Right Stuf and Amazon for preorder priced at $34.95. The thirteen episode run will be presented in its original Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed by Tsuneo Tominaga based on the series composition by Michihiro Tsuchiya, it’s adapting the original work by Monkey Punch. Tomihitsu Kobayashi handled the character designs.
The Japanese cast includes Takehito Koyasu as Ranma and Yumi Touma as Rella Cindy Shirayuki.
Plot Concept: Ranma is a poor private detective with a strong sense of justice. His partner, Rella, is a thrill-seeking rich girl. They make for an odd couple on the dangerous streets of Kirin Town, until a run-in with a mafia boss ends up in a near-fatal car accident. Ranma wakes up at the scene, but it is days later and Rella is nowhere in sight. He gets back on the case to find out what happened to his partner, but at the stroke of midnight, a metamorphosis occurs, as Ranma is replaced by Rella. Now every day is a race against time as the two detectives, somehow working together though always apart, try to get their normal bodies back while taking on cases and struggling to survive against the city’s vilest villains.
