The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Marimo Ragawa's Mashiro no Oto manga has announced the main cast member and main staff along with a teaser promotional video and teaser visual.
Nobunaga Shimazaki will voice the protagonist Setsu Sawamura.
The Yoshida Brothers, who supervise the Gibiate opening, will supervise the tsugaru-shamisen music in the anime.
Hiroaki Akagi is directing the anime at Shinei Animation. Yoichi Kato is supervising the series scripts, and Jiro Mashima is designing the characters.
The anime is set to premiere in April 2021.
Shamisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument that looks similar to a guitar. Teenager Sawamura Setsu's grandfather who raised him and his older brother Wakana, recently passed away. His grandfather was one of the greatest Shamisen players and the two siblings grew up listening to him play and learning to play the instrument. Since the grandfather's death, Setsu dropped out of high school, moved to Tokyo and has been drifting, not knowing what to do besides play his Shamisen. That's when his successful and rich mother, Umeko storms into his life and tries to shape Setsu up.
She enrolls him back into high school but little does Setsu know that he is about to rediscover his passion for Shamisen.
Nobunaga Shimazaki will voice the protagonist Setsu Sawamura.
The Yoshida Brothers, who supervise the Gibiate opening, will supervise the tsugaru-shamisen music in the anime.
Hiroaki Akagi is directing the anime at Shinei Animation. Yoichi Kato is supervising the series scripts, and Jiro Mashima is designing the characters.
The anime is set to premiere in April 2021.
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Ragawa-sensei has released a new illustration in celebration of the announcement of the anime.
She enrolls him back into high school but little does Setsu know that he is about to rediscover his passion for Shamisen.