It’s been a long process to get here since it was originally announced in July 2016 but now we’re close to the debut of Memeco Arii’s property Hitorijime My Hero. With it being a part of the summer season the official site has now revealed a July 8th, 2017 debut on Tokyo MX and AT-X. Yukina Hiiro as the director working from the series composition by Yuusei Naruse. Fumina Nishino is on board as the character designer and the chief animation director with Encourage Films handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Tomoaki Maeno as Kousuke Ooshiba, Toshiki Masuda as Masahiro Setagawa, Shinnosuke Tachibana as Asaya Hasegura and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kensuke Ooshiba.
Coming as a spin-off to Hitorijime Boyfriend, this series kicked off in 2012 and six volumes as of this month.
The opening theme song is “Heart Signal” as performed by Wataru Hatano while the ending theme song is performed by the four main voice actors.
Plot concept: The property follows Kensuke’s brother, Ooshiba Kousuke and friend, Setagawa Masahiro from the Hitorijime Boyfriend manga series.
Hitorijime Boyfriend Concept: “Would you like to break up with me again or be held, which would you prefer?” My former friend with the beautiful face, whom I’ve run into again after so long, only says things that cause me trouble. In the winter of sixth grade, Kensuke was upset about having to separate from his best friend Hasekura in middle school, and ended up breaking off their friendship. Three years has passed since then, and Hasekura comes in contact with Kensuke like nothing had changed. Kensuke was happy they could repair their friendship, but Hasekura says something completely out of left field…