Written by: Nicole Castro
Published on: December 29, 2021 at 11:43 PHT (GMT+8)
Miko Yasu's comedy manga series Police in a Pod has released a second promotional video (PV) for the anime adaptation which airs on Jan. 5, 2022 on TOKYO MX.
Police in a Pod is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miko Yasu. It focuses on the struggles of protagonist Mai Kawai as a female in the police force.
The manga has been serialized in Kodansha's Morning since November 2017. It won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2021. A Japanese television drama adaptation aired on Nippon TV from July to September 2021.
The main cast includes:
Shion Wakayama as Mai Kawai
Yui Ishikawa as Seiko Fuji
Ryota Suzuki as Seiji Minamoto
Shimba Tsuchiya as Takeshi Yamada
Kana Hanazawa as Miwa Makitaka
Kendo Kobayashi as Deputy Chief
Rikiya Koyama as Tamotsu Hōjō
Staff
Source material: Miko Yasu's "Police in a Pod" (serialized in Kodansha's "Morning")
Director: Yuzo Sato
Series composition: Ryunosuke Kingetsu
Character design: Kei Tsuchiya
Assistant director: Tohru Ishida
Art board: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Norihiko Yokomatsu
Art setting: Shinji Sugiyama
Color design: Harue Ohno
Cinematographer: Hironobu Hatanaka
3D Director: Yasutaka Tanaka
Editor: Mariko Tsukatsune
Music: Nobuaki Nobusawa
Sound director: Kisuke Koizumi
Sound effects: Naoto Yamatani
Recording Studio: Studio T & T
Sound production: Magic Capsule
Production Producers: Mariko Ashikawa, Satoki Toyoda
Animation production: Madhouse
Production: "Police in a Pod" Production Committee
Synopsis from MAL:
Female police officer Kawai had enough of a career she wasn't even that into and was about to hand in her registration, when the unthinkable happened—she met the new, female director of her station! And after spending a little time with this gorgeous role model, Kawai realizes that maybe she isn't quite done being an officer after all.
Source: Police in a Pod official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
