The official website for the Mashiro no Oto , inspired by Marimo Ragawa , has announced the voice actor for the main character, Setsu, the main staff, and a preview visual for the anime.
Visual of the main character Setsu Sawamura.
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-string instrument) music in the anime.
The author Ragawa created an illustration to celebrate the anime!
Synopsis
The story follows a girl who encounters a boy on the street with a peculiar instrument. This meeting between an aspiring idol singer and a shamisen player, a traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument, leads them 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.
Furthermore, Ragawa also serialized the manga Baby & Me, which ran for 18 volumes between 1991 and 1997. Finally, the manga inspired an anime adaptation from 1996 to 1997 and a Korean live-action film in 2008.
Sources: ANN and Official Website