Nicole S. Castro
Mar 29, 2022
The second PV introduces additional cast plus the opening theme To Our Future Heroes by YouTuber Shou Takeyaki.
By: Nicole S. Castro on March 29, 2022 at 11:32 PHT
A second promotional video has been released for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Tsukiya's The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting (Romaji: Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari), scheduled to air in Japan on July 7, 2022 on TOKYO MX.
The series is animated by studios Feel and Gaina.
The story features 28-year-old Toru Kirishima (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya), a yakuza member who one day receives the task to take care of his boss' daughter, Yaeka Sakuragi (CV: Misaki Watada).
The second PV introduces additional cast, namely, Rei Hojo (CV: Wataru Hatano), Masaya Hayami (CV: Jun Fukuyama), and Yuri Masahiro (CV: Hiroshi Kamiya).
The featured opening theme is 「未来のヒーローたちへ」 (English: To Our Future Heroes) by YouTuber Shou Takeyaki.
Previously Announced Cast
Kei Sugihara (CV: Kaito Ishikawa)
Kazuhiko Sakuragi (CV:yōta Takeuchi)
Kanami Kurosaki (CV: Misa Kobayashi)
Miyuki Sakuragi (CV:Mai Nakahara)
Tōichirō Aoi (CV: Tomoaki Maeno)
Staff
Original work: Tsukiya (serielized in Micro Magazine's Comic Elmo)
Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Series composition: Keiichiro Ochi
Character design: Hiromi Ogata
Music: Takuro Iga
Animation production: feel./GAINA
Production: The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Production Committee
Source: The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.