Kodoani.com – The official website for the TV anime adaptation of the manga My Cluless First Friend (Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru) by Taku Kawamura aired a 15-second promotional video for the anime on Tuesday, revealing the April 9 premiere date. The website also revealed the main visuals, voice cast, and cast. with the singer of the anime.
The anime’s additional cast includes:
Wakana Maruoka as Sumire Kasahara
Kōhei Amasaki as Kotarō Kitagawa
Jun Fukuyama as Akane’s father
The anime will premiere on April 9 in Japan on the Tokyo MX channel, at 10:00 p.m. JST. It will then air on Yomiuri TV and TV Aichi on April 10, BS Fuji on April 11, and on Animax on April 15. The anime will also pre-air in Japan on the ABEMA service on April 2.
Kitri will perform the anime’s ending theme song “Kokorone” and Reina Kondo will perform the opening theme song “Alcor to Polaris.”
Cartoon stars:
Konomi Kohara as Akane Nishimura
Shizuka Ishigami as Taiyo Takada.
Kengo Kawanishi as Daichi Hino
Reina Kondo as Umi Adachi
Atsumi Tanezaki lồng tiếng Yukiko Takada
Shigenori Kageyama (DYNAMIC CHORD, Himawari!, Himawari Too!!) is directing the anime at St.Signpost, and Chikashi Kadekaru (Mieruko-chan, Juni Taisen: Zodiac War) is designing the characters. Takafumi Hoshikawa and Shogo Yasukawa are in charge of the series scripts, and Toshio Masuda (Kamisama Kiss, Naruto) is composing the music.
A lonely, gloomy fifth grade girl is the target of relentless bullying and teasing by her classmates—that is, until a new child appears. The friendly Takada is oblivious because he means well, but somehow he possesses the magical ability to start pulling “Death” Nishimura out of her shell. When elementary students come together to experience all the joys of childhood summer—from swimming, picking sunflowers to watching fireworks—an extraordinary friendship blooms!
Kawamura launched the ongoing manga in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine in May 2018.