Part 2 will be released in January Image provided by Pony Canyon
© Koji Shinasaka (AKITASHOTEN)/Takatsu-gumi
A stage presentation for the television anime of Kōji Shinasaka's Tohai: Ura Rate Mahjong Tohai Roku manga at the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair (KyoMAF) event on Sunday revealed that the series will air over two consecutive sessions (quarters of a year). The second part will air in January.
The drama will premiere on October 4 at 2:23 a.m. (actually October 5) on MBS and TBS before airing on other networks.
Anime stars:
June Hatori is directing the anime at EAST FISH STUDIO. Mariko Kunisawa is supervising the series scripts, Sayaka Anesaki is designing the characters, and Yūsuke Shirato and Yūki Kishida are composing the music. Masayoshi Ōishi performs the opening theme song “GAMBLING HALL” and the idol group Taiyo to Odore Tsukiyo ni Utae performs the ending theme song “PLASTIC SHOWCASE”.
Pony Canyon anime description:
Money, women, organs. Kei, a high school boy, frequents the underground mahjong parlor full of lust, earning him the nickname 'K of Ice' in the underworld for his cool strategy and stylish gameplay. Rumor has it that he keeps a girl at his house.
Shinasaka serialized the manga in Akita Shoten's Young Champion magazine from 2006 to 2011, and the series has 12 compiled book volumes. Other works in the series include the 16-volume Tōhai: Hitobashira-hen manga, the 10-volume Tōhai: Minagoroshi-hen manga, the 4-volume Haō Densetsu Lion manga, the 5-volume Haō Kessen Lion manga, and the ongoing manga. Tōhai: Cold Girl manga. The 8th volume of the Tōhai: Cold Girl manga will be released on October 18.
The manga was adapted into a live-action film in 2013.
Source: Live stage presentation at KyoMAF