The anime adaptation of the Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge manga was announced late last year for a spring season debut and we got our first preview for it previously. The second promo has now arrived and in addition to giving us a taste of the opening sequence we also now have a firm premiere date of April 9th, 2016. The promo certainly sets an amusing tone with its lead character and has me pretty keen to see it. Certainly plenty of students are going to be able to relate to it as well.
Based on the webmanga from Nozomi Uda, the anime will be directed by Shinya Kawatsura working off of scripts from Akemi Omode. Haruko Iizuka is on board as the character designer and it will be animated by Silver Link.
The cast includes Kensho Ono as Tanaka, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Oota, Natsumi Takamori as Miyano, Kotori Koiwai as Shiraishi, Ayaka Suwa as Echizen, Aoi Yuuki as Rino Tanaka, Nao Touyama as Saya Oota, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shimura and Yuuichi Iguchi as Katou.
There are five volumes out so far. Uda began the manga in Gangan Online back in the summer of 2013.
Plot concept: Sighing, leaning on his elbows, sleepy eyes. Tanaka-kun is a boy that basically doesn’t try but isn’t disliked. This is a laid-back youth comedy about Tanaka-kun and the quiet Oota who can’t leave him alone.
