The official YouTube channel for the original anime “Pon no Michi” has revealed the first promotional video, which features a preview of the opening theme song “Ponpopopon” performed by Kana Nakada, former member of the idol group Nogizaka46 and current professional mahjong player, with a guest appearance by Pon no Michi All Stars.
Pon no Michi – First promotional video for the anime released
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Synopsis
The anime takes place in the city of Onomichi, in Hiroshima Prefecture, where high school student Nashiko Jippensha has been kicked out of her home. Without a place to play with her friends, she discovers that the mahjong parlor her father used to run is empty. She fixes up the mahjong parlor and transforms it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, drink tea, and sometimes play mahjong.
The main cast of the anime includes:
- Kaori Maeda as Nashiko Jippensha
- Iori Saeki as Father Kawahigashi
- Shion Wakayama as Izumi Tokutomi
- Yui Kondou as Riche Hayashi
Tatsuma Minamikawa (Fire Force, Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry) is directing and writing the scripts for the anime at OLM. Negi Haruba (original creator of The Quintessential Quintuplets) is sketching the original character designs, and Kenji Ōta is adapting the designs for animation.
Other team members include:
Color Artist: Emi Kadono
Art Direction: Scott MacDonald
Director of Photography: Miyabi Amada
Editing: Yoshiaki Kimura
Sound Director: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
Music: Yūko Takahashi, Takuma Sogi, hisakuni, Rico Ohashi, Kanji Eguchi, Shari
Music Production: SUPA LOVE
Production Cooperation: Mahjong Soul, Taiyo Giken Co., Ltd.
Tsukasa Unohana, known for her work on "Anima Yell!", began a manga adaptation of the anime on September 1st in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine.
Source: Comic Natalie
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