The cover of the September issue of Kodansha 's Monthly Shonen Magazine announced that Marimo Ragawa 's Mashiro no Oto will get an anime adaptation in April 2021.
Synopsis
SynopsisThe story follows a girl who meets a boy on the street with a peculiar instrument. This encounter between an aspiring idol singer and a shamisen player, a traditional three-stringed Japanese instrument, leads both on a journey to discover their figurative and literal voices.
Ragawa launched the manga in Monthly Shonen Magazine in December 2009. Kodansha published the manga's 25th volume on May 15. Incidentally, Mashiro no Oto was nominated for the 23rd annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize last year.
The manga is celebrating 10 years of serialization this year and to celebrate Kodansha published a promotional video for an animation of the manga in May.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkVA4JTwB0
Additionally, Ragawa also serialized the manga Baby & Me, with 18 volumes between 1991 and 1997. The manga inspired an anime adaptation in 1996 and 1997 and a Korean live-action film in 2008.
Finally, Mashiro no oto also won the 36th Kodansha Award for Best Shonen and an “Excellence Award” at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival.
Source: ANN
