Kodoani.com – TV Asahi announced on Friday that Honobu Yonezawa’s mystery novel series “Shōshimin” is inspiring an anime television adaptation, which will air on the NUMAnimation channel in July. The anime will titled “Shōshimin Series” in Japanese and has the English title “How to Become Ordinary.”
Mamoru Kanbe (Elfen Lied, The Promised Neverland, You and Me.) will direct the anime at studio Lapin Track. Toshiya Ono (The Promised Neverland, Shadows House, 86) is supervising the script, Atsushi Saitō (Black Fox, Love Live! Superstar!!) is designing the characters, and Takahiro Obata (Cinderella Nine, The Promised Neverland) is composing the music. music.
The anime will star Shūichirō Umeda as Jōgorō Kobato and Hina Yomiya as Yuki Osanai.
Specifically, the anime will adapt the novels “Shunki Gentei Ichigo Tart Jiken” (The Case of the Springtime Limited-Edition Strawberry Tart) and “Kaki Gentei Tropical Parfait Jiken” (The Case of the Summertime Limited-Edition Tropical Parfait). Tokyo Sogensha published “Shunki Gentei Ichigo Tart Jiken” in December 2004 and “Kaki Gentei Tropical Parfait Jiken” in April 2006. The novel series also includes two other stories, “Shuki Gentei Kuri Kinton Jiken” (The Case of the Autumn Limited-Edition Chestnut Sweet) and “Paris Macaron no Nazo” (The Mystery of the Paris Macaron), among many other stories. The latest novel, “Tōki Gentei Bonbon Chocolat Jiken” (The Case of the Wintertime Limited-Edition Chocolate Bonbons), will be released at the end of April.
The story focuses on Jōgorō Kobato, who wants to live a peaceful life after painful experiences. He forms a “mutually beneficial relationship” with Yuki Osanai, who desires the same thing. They start high school with plans to spend their days peacefully like normal people, but they are constantly caught up in mysteries and disasters.
The novel series has had several manga adaptations, including “Shunki Gentei Ichigo Tart Jiken” by Anko Manjūya, which was released in 2008-2009 and has two volumes. Omiomi drew a two-episode adaptation of “Kaki Gentei Tropical Parfait Jiken” in 2010-2011.
Honobu Yonezawa is best known for his Kotenbu (Classical Literature Club) novel series, starting with “Hyōka” in 2001. Kyoto Animation adapted several stories from the series into a 22-episode television anime titled “Hyōka” in 2012. The novel also inspired a manga series in Kadokawa’s monthly Shōnen Ace magazine.
Yen Press also published Yonezawa’s novel “Black Dungeon Castle” (Kokurōjō) in English.
