The official website for the anime Mashiro no Oto, Marimo Ragawa 's manga, has announced the voice actor for the main character, Setsu, the main staff, and a preview of the anime with a visual.
Main character Setsu Sawamura's look.
Staff
Nobunaga Shimazaki will star as the protagonist Setsu Sawamura .
Hiroaki Akagi ( Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san ) is directing the anime at Shinei Animation . Yoichi Kato (Aikatsu!, Duel Masters) is supervising the script, while Jiro Mishima is doing the character design. The Yoshida brothers (Nintendo Wii advertising campaign, Gibiate anime opening theme) are supervising the tsugaru-jamisen (3-stringed instrument) music in the anime.
Author Ragawa made an illustration to celebrate the anime!
Synopsis
The 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.
Additionally, Ragawa also serialized the manga Baby & Me, with 18 volumes between 1991 and 1997. Ultimately, the manga inspired an anime adaptation in 1996 to 1997 and a Korean live-action film in 2008.
Sources: ANN and Official Website
