With an anime series that launched back in the fall of 2016, the Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari manga is about to end. The manga from Nodoka Shinomaru began in 2012 and is serialized in Comic@Bunch magazine. It’s had twelve eleven volumes out and the twelfth and final is slated to ship in March 2019. The serialization has been revealed to end with the February 15th, 2019 chapter on the Kurage Bunch site.
The TV anime series was directed by Yoshihide Ibata with series composition from Natsuki Takahashi and character designs from Eriko Itou. Liden Films served as the production company.
The Japanese cast includes Yuuichi Nakamura as Souta Tawara, Shiho Kokido as Poco, Tomokazu Sugita as Shinobu Nakajima, Mai Nakahara as Rinko Oishi and Jun Fukuyama as Shunsuke Fujiyama.
Plot concept: Souta Tawara is a web designer working in Tokyo. When he visits his family’s Udon place in his hometown Kagawa Prefecture, he discovers a young boy. Upon confronting the boy, Souta soon learns his secret and decides to quit his job in order to take care of the boy, Poko. The daily adventures of the two slowly enfold as Poco energetically navigates his way through Kagawa, the “Udon Kingdom,” along with Souta.
[Source: ANN]
