The Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san anime adaptation of the manga by Rimukoro is on track for an April 10th, 2019 debut and now Funimation has announced their pickup of it as The Helpful Fox Senko-san. The series will arrive tomorrow at 1:30 am ET while a simuldub will debut on April 24th, 2019 at 4:00 pm ET. Availability for it is set for viewers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia.
Tomoaki Koshida is directing based on the series composition by Yoshiko Nakamura. Miwa Oshima is handling the character designs with animation produced at Doga Kobo.
The Japanese cast includes: Azumi Waki as Senko, Junichi Suwabe as Nakano, Maaya Uchida as Shiro, Ayane Sakura as Kōenji, and Eri Kitamura.
The manga began in 2017 on the Comic Newtype site and has three print volumes published so far.
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Plot Concept: Sometimes the cure to a hard day’s work is the tender love and care of…a fox girl?! Salaryman Nakano’s stressful life is suddenly intruded upon by the fox, Senko-san, who is eager to help him heal his exhaustion. Whether she’s cooking, cleaning, or finding other ways to care for Nakano, she’s there to take away his stress!
