So! As long as I can remember, there has always been one persistent question, stubbornly haunting Skip Beat’s dedicated group of fans: “Will Skip Beat! ever become an Anime?” The resounding answer is: Yes!  The Baka-Updates Manga Forum, The Scrumptious Anime Blog, and A Geek By Any Other Name have quoted Moon Phase as the source, and yes, it has been VERIFIED that there will be a Skip Beat! Anime!

Like with anything else that I love that becomes an adaptation, I’m anxious, but still tentatively excited to see the result.  I cannot, for the life of me, imagine an exceptionally well-done adaptation of the Manga because Skip Beat! is so incredibly hilarious and serious all at the same time, that it’s hard to believe it can be done!

There’s also a Taiwanese Drama adaptation that’s in the works and I can’t seem to raise my hopes for that one, either.  It probably has something to do with the fact that I really want it to be as well executed as Nodame Cantible (the Japanese Drama), but I don’t expect it to fall any where near that quality.  It’s really sad; I really like Nodame Cantible for its balanced combination of story-telling, humor, acting, and depth, so much so, that I can’t really imagine anything else captivating me like it did.

Well, we shall see.  As always, the Skip Beat! Fans are torn into several parties over this issue.  You can see the love-hate relatonship at the Baka-Updates Manga Forum and the Skip Beat! Yahoo! Mailing List as well =) I get the gist of both sides, but it’s fun to watch people get riled up over something that’s definitely going to happen =)

Anyway!  There’s no doubt that the Anime is coming!  I can only cross my fingers and hope that it really takes my breath away when it gets here.  Listed below are the people and studio that have slated to work on this project:

Director: Kiyoko Sayama (Pretear, Princess Tutu, and Vampire Knight)
Studio: HAL Film Maker (Princess Tutu, Pretear, and Boys Be)
Series Composition: Sekijima Mayori (Angel Sanctuary, Clamp School, Petite Cossette)

And if anyone is interested, here’s a link to the Skip Beat! Drama CD, where you can hear a voice actress playing Kyoko, and you can dig around YouTube for some more clips yourself–I know there’s one of Ren somewhere!  I have no idea whether they’ll be the same voice actors for the Anime… but, hopefully, we’ll find out soon.  In the Manga, there’s an author’s section where Nakamura-sensei really gushes over the Drama CD and how she feels so bad for the voice actress playing Kyoko’s part because Kyoko’s so insane! =D I’m glad the humor’s not lost on her. I’ll see if I can find it and I’ll add an excerpt from the book.

Thanks to Golden Meliades for the heads up =)