There’s been a deluge of series kicking off on Hulu this past week and another one of those is the winter 2016 anime series Dagashi Kashi. The show has its first couple of episodes live, but they’re coming off the Funimation side as subscription-based material so there are no previews for it or openly available episodes at the moment. Those that sSubscribe to Hulu can watch this show on your TV and mobile devices.
The show is set to be directed by Shigehito Takayanagi and he’s working on the scripts along with Yasuko Kamo. Character designs are being handled by Kanetoshi Kamimoto and it’s being 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.
The 2014 manga series comes from Kotoyama, his first work. Kotoyama’s series is pretty recent s 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!
