The official website for the Mashiro no Oto Marimo Ragawa 's manga announced the voice actor for the main character, Setsu, the main staff and a preview of the anime with visuals.
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 character design. The Yoshida brothers (Nintendo Wii advertising campaign, Gibiate anime opening song) are supervising the tsugaru-jamisen (3-string instrument) song in the anime.
Author Ragawa made an illustration to commemorate the anime!
Synopsis
The story follows a girl who meets a boy on the street with a peculiar instrument. This encounter between a hopeful idol singer and a player of the shamisen, a traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument, takes 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. In fact, Mashiro no Oto was nominated for the 23rd annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize last year.
Furthermore, Ragawa also serialized the manga Baby & Me, with 18 volumes between 1991-1997. Ultimately, the manga inspired an anime adaptation in 1996 through 1997 and a live-action Korean film in 2008.
Sources: ANN and Official Website