The official X/Twitter account for the television anime adaptation of Kagiri Araido's Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru (Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again) manga revealed three new cast members for the anime series on Monday. Three actors appeared in the anime's eighth episode on Sunday and all played members of the Takahashi family.
Shōhei Kajikawa as Satoshi Takahashi
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Nobuyuki Hiyama as Ha jima Takahashi
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Yū Kobayashi as Setsu Takahashi
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The anime premiered on April 7 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, BS11 and Aomori Broadcasting. The show is streaming in Japan on ABEMA and Netflix. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs.
Anime stars:
The main cast will reprise their roles from the previous comic book voice adaptations.
Masayoshi Nishida (Chikyū to no Yakusoku) is directing the anime at Gekkō. Yukie SUGAwara (The Vampire Dies in No Time, Overlord, No Guns Life) is in charge of writing the series, Nagisa Takahashi (lead animator for Ensemble Stars!, FUUTO PI) is designing the characters and Tomoki Hasegawa (NANA, Cherry Magic! Can thirty years of virginity turn you into a witch?!) is composing music.
Koresawa performed the opening theme song “Kimi ga Ojiichan Atashi ga Obaachan”(You are Grandpa I am Grandma). Mamiko Noto and Shinichirō Miki performed the ending theme song “Soitoge YO-YO!!”(Married for Life YO-YO!!).
The humorous series revolves around an elderly couple living a quiet life in Aomori harvesting apples. One day, they wake up and find their age restored to their 20s.
Araido launched the manga on pixiv in October 2019 and since then the series has garnered over 100 million views. The manga ranked 6th in the Web Manga category of “Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō” Friday in 2020. Kadokawa published the manga's seventh volume on August 16. The manga will end at the eighth volume. The series has one million copies in circulation (including digital purchases).
Source: X/Twitter account of the anime Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again account via Ota-Suke
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