(セクシーボイスアンドロボ) is a seinen manga by Iou Kuroda originally serialized in the semi-alternative manga magazine Ikki and is published in the US by Viz Media. In April, 2007, it was adapted into a live action TV series

Plot
The story is about the adventures of a 14 year old girl named Nico Hayashi (林二湖 Hayashi Niko) who uses her talents of changing and altering her voice to manipulate men over the phone who want to participate in Enjo kōsai. Through this she learns a lot about human nature, and gains a keen understanding of peoples through their voices. An aging gangster notices her talents and decides to hire her to solve various cases. While Nico is on her first case, she meets with a geeky man named Iichiro Sudo (須藤威一郎 Sudō I'ichirō), who has an obsession with robot toy models. This obsession that leads Nico to call him "Robo", and the two become an unlikely team. After completing her first case Nico proclaims herself "Sexy Voice" and a variety of short loosely linked character-driven adventures ensue.

The manga won the Excellence prize in 2001 at the Japan Media Arts Festival and has received critical acclaim around the world.

Sexy Voice and Robo is currently unfinished, as there was a rumored falling out between the author and the publisher. Shogakukan claims that the manga's hiatus is due to Kuroda still recovering from an illness, but he's continued to do more manga for different publishers. On his blog, Kuroda claims he intends to write more some day, but is too busy.

TV drama

On January 24, 2007, it was announced that Sexy Voice and Robo would be turned into a live action TV drama, featuring Kenichi Matsuyama and Suzuka Ohgo.

Cast

* Matsuyama Ken'ichi (松山ケンイチ) as Sudō Ichirō (Robo)
* Ohgo Suzuka (大後寿々花) as Hayashi Niko
* Murakawa Eri (村川絵梨) as Hayashi Kazumi
* Okada Yoshinori (岡田義徳) as Nanashi Hideyoshi
* Asaoka Ruriko (浅丘ルリ子) as Makyouna Maki
* Tsukamoto Shinya (塚本晋也) as Hayashi Takeo
* Katagiri Hairi (片桐はいり) as Hayashi Yukie

Guests

* Nakamura Shido (中村獅童) as Mikkabōzu (ep1)
* Murakami Jun (村上淳) as Gotō (ep2)
* Kashii Yu (香椎由宇) as Yamano Tsukiko (ep3)
* Ichikawa Miwako (市川実和子) as Usami Yoshiko (ep4)
* Kurokawa Tomoka (黒川智花) as Rei (ep5)
* Iriyama Noriko (入山法子) as Mika (ep5)
* Naka Riisa (仲里依紗) as Eri (ep5)
* Horan Chiaki (ホラン千秋) as Yumiko (ep 5)
* Takase Yukina (高瀬友規奈) as Tomoe (ep5)
* Kinami Haruka (木南晴夏) as Manami (ep5)
* Ryō (りょう) as ZI (ep6)
* Shiraishi Kayoko (白石加代子) as Robo's mother (ep6)
* Ogi Shigemitsu (小木茂光) as Manabu (ep6)
* Moro Morooka (モロ師岡) as Hanbāgu (ep7)
* Kobayashi Satomi (小林聡美) as Teruko (eps 8-9)
* Motai Masako (もたいまさこ) as Megumi (eps 8-9)
* Tomosaka Rie (ともさかりえ) as Emiri (eps 8-9)
* Sasai Eisuke (篠井英介) as Shinoda Kōn (ep10)

Official Site

its a great show i like the old lady that hires her all the time. and i like how she contacts Niko (baseball, aroows, and so on) I feel bad for the dude that works for that lady though.

^ Yeah, it's strange how she send messages, lol.
I went to search up that lady on wikipedia and found out she was Chinese, I'm surprised because she didn't looked Chinese at all.

What episode are you on now?

I like Robo and his "itadakimax" and his "tadaimax" phrases.

@kita: im up to 8 now. i wonder if they will ever show the 7th eps.
@xeil: lol when i first heard him say itadakimax i thought i was hearing things. i ended up rewinding to make sure.

^ Guess what? Episode 7/unaired episode is finally aired!

Download the hard-sub here: http://torrents.tvnihon.com/



I still can't believe I found this while searching for Horikita Maki PB downloads, lol.

is it subbed? i wanna watch it since my DVD had broke down yesterday...so i cant continue to watch 1 lLitre of tears...TT^TT

@kita: nice i hope they put it up on crunchyroll soon so i can enjoy the robo goodness.

@kimi: its subbed and its on crunchyroll and if u want also 1 litre is on crunchyroll as well along wit the 1 litre movie.

@ngboy > oh yeah! thx for remind me about crunchyroll..:lol: thx alot..:D