Here’s the first teaser for Toshio Lee’s Box!, which is based on a novel by Naoki Hyakuta. In the interest of full disclosure, logboy actually sent me a link for this one on Sunday, but my intense hatred of Hayato Ichihara and his stupid, stupid face made me avoid checking it out until now. As it turns out, the rest of the cast is actually filled with people I don’t hate at all!

Plot: Yoshihei Kaburaya (Ichihara) is a sub-par high school student in Osaka with a natural talent for boxing. His childhood friend Kitaru (Kengo Kora) is a genius student well on his way toward moving on to a prestigious university. However, he’s been a weakling and lacked physical confidence since he was a child. Wanting to become strong like his friend Kaburaya, Kitaru joins him in their school’s boxing club and the pair become both partners and rivals in training.

“Box!” will be released by Toho in Japan on May 22, 2010.

Source: Official website

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