The anime Tonari no Yokai-san has revealed a new trailer and visuals along with its release date on April 6. LIDENFILMS (Call of the Night, Insomniacs After School) will provide animation under the direction of Aimi Yamauchi.
Tomoko Konparu wrote the script, Shigemitsu Abe designed the characters, and Avex Music Creative and Blue Bird’s Nest composed the music. Theme songs include “Obake Himawari” by Pii as the opening theme and “Iro no Naka” by Aoi Kubo as the ending theme. The cast includes:
- Asaki Yuikawa plays Mutsumi Sugimoto
- Ryosuke Higa plays Jirobo Enkazan
- Yuki Kaji as Buchio Oishi
- Jin Urayama plays Tazenbo Fuchibiyama
- Yo Taichi as Tachibana Yury
- Kenji Hamada as Taira Tanaka
- Mutsumi Tamura plays Takumi Oishi
- Yuko Sanpei as Ryo Sano
- Megumi Han as Rein Nakagawa
- Yuko Kaida as Hayachiyo
- Satoshi Mikami plays Sanmoto Gorozaemon
- Ayako Kawasumi plays Suzu Sakaki
- Tatsumaru Tachibana as Benmaru Kobayashi/Betobeto-san
- Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Nishiya Chiaki/Wagen
- Hideyuki Tanaka plays Kazuhiko Nishiya
The Tonari no Yokai-san anime was announced in April 2022 and is based on the manga series by Noho. The manga was first published on X (Twitter) in August 2017 before East Press published it under the magazine Mato Grosso. As of this writing, there are four volumes, as well as a side story.
The series follows the main character Buchio, who suddenly transforms into a nekomata. Confused by this transformation along with Yuri, a kitsune. Together, they explore the relationship between humans and youkai, as well as the secrets behind why many youkai undergo these rapid transformations.
Source: Official website©noho, East Press/”Tonari no Yokai-san” Production committee