Takarai’s ‘Ten Count’ BL Anime Canceled Due to Production Issues

Summary

• The official website for ‘Ten Count’ boys-love announced that the anime had been canceled due to production issues.
• The story focuses on Shirotani Tadaomi, a germaphobe who falls for his psychologist.

Yuri anime has been thriving recently, but it seems like BL is still getting the short end of the stick. Many anticipated BL anime have been getting canceled due to various reasons.

It’s almost like a curse has struck the BL world. After the BL movie sequel Grizzly was canceled, it is now the turn of ‘Ten Count Boys.’

The official website for the anime of Rihito Takarai’s ‘Ten Count’ boys-love announced that the anime had been canceled due to issues relating to its production. 

The anime was initially scheduled to premiere on television in 2020. However, it was postponed as the staff reconsidered the series’ development form. 

In October 2022, the staff announced it as a theatrical anime that would open in 2023, but the anime did not debut last year. Now they have canceled the anime.

Here is the list of staff members initially working on the anime.

It is an infrequent situation for an anime to get canceled due to production reasons, and it is not a good look for the studio.

Fans are curious to see if the anime will be picked up by other studios. However, it seems highly unlikely in this situation.

About Ten Count

‘Ten Count’ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rihito Takarai, serialized in the manga magazine Dear+ from 2013 to 2017. Two video game adaptations of the series have been produced.

Tadaomi Shirotani suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder that manifests as severe mysophobia. He meets psychotherapist Riku Kurose and how he falls for him forms the crux of the story.

Source: Official Website