With Sentai Filmworks picking up the anime adaptation of the Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge previously, it’s not much of a surprise but welcome news to see that Crunchyroll will be simulcasting the series. They’ll be following suit in calling it Tanaka-kun is Always Listless and have set the premiere date of Saturday, April 9th, at 10:00am ET for members. It’ll be available to audiences in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Latin America.
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.