Funimation’s additions for the UK streaming service continue, though they’re not quite as out front promoting them as they were before the service went live. They’ve now brought out another quiet addition with the twelve episode run of No-Rin, which is being made available in its original Japanese language form as well as the English language dub. The full run is ready to be viewed now on the service.
Check out our review of the series here.
The show comes from original creator Shirow Shiratori and was animated at Frontier Works. The series was directed by Shin Oonuma based on scripts and composition by Michiko Yokote.
The English cast includes Austin Tindle as Kousaku Hata, Jād Saxton as Ringo Kinoshita, Lynsey Hale as Minori Nakazawa, Derick Snow as Kei Kamatori, Megan Shipman as Kochou Yoshida, Tia Ballard as Natsumi “Becky”, Caitlin Glass as Wakadanna, Jarrod Greene as Rintarou Miyamoto, Morgan Garrett as Torao Kanegami, Joel McDonald as Kaoru Hanazono and Bryn Apprill as Akari Suzuki.
Plot Concept: When the national idol Kusakabe Yuka suddenly retired from the entertainment business, it shocked the world and it devastated teenager Hata Kosaku. Kosaku was Yuka’s biggest fan and her departure left him depressed. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School finally are able to get him to leave his room and attend his class, but to everyone’s amazement, Kusakabe Yuka (her stage name) comes into the class under the name Kinoshita Ringo as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has the once in a lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl and, together with his group of friends, try to find out why she is here and become closer than just classmates.
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