Funimation has the complete series for Kumamiko coming up on July 11th, 2017 as a subtitled-only DVD/BD combo set and to get things moving on it a bit they’ve now dropped their first trailer for it. The show was part of the spring 2016 anime season that Funimation simulcast but did not produced a simuldub for.
The series is based on the manga from Masume Yoshimoto that currently runs in Comic Flapper. The original work has been serialized since 2013 and has six volumes out so far.
The anime adaptation was directed by Kiyoshi Matsuda based on scripts by Masao Iketani and Pierre Sugiura. Hiroyuki Saida worked on the character designs and served as the chief animation director. It was animated at Kinema Citrus and EMT2.
The cast includes Natsumi Hioka as the bear Machi Amayadori, Hiroki Yasumoto as Natsu Kumai, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Yoshio and Eri Kitamura as Hibiki.
The opening theme song is being performed by Maki Hanatani from Fullfull☆Pocket with the song Datte, Gyutte Shite. The ending theme song is being done by the two main actors in-character with KUMAMIKO DANCING, which is pretty much a big pile of amazing fun.
Plot concept: The story follows Machi, a middle school student who serves as a shrine maiden at a Shinto shrine and takes care of a bear, who lives on mountain in Japan’s northern Touhouku region. The bear, Natsu, has the ability to talk and is Machi’s guardian. When Machi explains to Natsu that she will attend a school in the city, he gives Machi a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive city life.
