Funimation is kicking off their Broadcast Dub of Dagashi Kashi tonight at 8pm ET for their subscribers and ahead of that they’ve now revealed the English-language production team behind it. The winter 2016 anime series 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
Justin Pate as To Endo
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 Japanese cast includes Ayana Taketatsu as Hotaru 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 and is 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!
