Funimation is continuing to bolster their UK & Ireland streaming catalog ahead of its debut and the latest one to be confirmed as being a part of the launch is the winter 2016 season Dagashi Kashi, which has been getting glowing reviews here. So we’re definitely glad to see this show getting some expanded reach into new territories when the service gets underway.
The show was directed by Shigehito Takayanagi, who wrote the scripts along with Yasuko Kamo. Character designs were done by Kanetoshi Kamimoto and it was animated at studio feel.
The cast includes Ayana Taketatsu asHotaru Shidare, Atsushi Abe as Kokonotsu Shikada, Keiji Fujiwara as Yō Shikada, Manami Numakura as Saya Endō and Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Tō Endō.
Presumably, we’ll be getting the Broadcast Dub edition as well and that version is being directed by Kyle Phillips based n the scripts from Jamie Marchi. Jeremy Woods and Domonique French are on board as the ADR engineers for it. The cast now includes in primary roles Todd Haberkorn as Kokonotsu Shikada, Tabitha Ray as Hotaru Shidare, Jeremy Inman as Yo Shikada, Sara Ragsdale as Saya Endo and Justin Pate as To Endo.
The 2014 manga series comes from Kotoyama, his first work. Kotoyama’s series is pretty recent as the third volume came out on October 16th, 2015.
Plot concept: Shikada Kokonotsu’s father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu’s father is famous and she wants him to join her family’s company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!
