Avex Shares ‘Dokyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.’ Anime Commentary Track

The winter 2019 anime adaptation of the Dōkyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue manga is getting its home video releases handled by NBC Universal Japan. That run wrapped up a few weeks ago but Avex Pictures is doing some additional promotion as one of the committee partners. They now have the fifth episode streamed but with the Japanese cast commentary playing for it. Sadly, it’s not widely useable as there are no subtitles, but for those that are a bit more fluent or learning, it’s a fun piece to check out. The distributor has set a shortened schedule for the release where it’s getting three sets coming out that began on March 22nd, 2019. The DVD sets are priced at 13,000 yen and the Blu-rays at 15,000 yen, both formats of which are listed as limited editions. Check the full schedule below!

The series has Kaoru Suzuki directing based on the series composition from Deko Akao. Masaru Kitao worked on the character designs with Zero-G working on the animation production.

The Japanese cast includes Kensho Ono as Subaru Mikazuki, Haruka Yamazaki as Haru, Hiro Shimono as Atsushi Kawase, Shun Horie as Hiroto Yasaka, Chika Anzai as Nana Ōkami, Yoshiki Nakajima as Yūgo Ōkami, Ayumu Murase as Hachi, Kenjiro Tsuda as Roku, Tomokazu Sugita as Tarō, Hisako Tōjō as Nagisa Yasaka, Megumi Toyoguchi as Tora-nee-san, and Daisuke Ono as Kuro.

Schrödinger’s Cat adding kotringo will perform the opening song “Unknown World” while Yoshino Nanjō will perform the ending theme song “Kimi no Tonari Watashi no Basho.”

The property translates as My Housemate Is on My Lap, But Sometimes on My Head and comes from Minatsuki and As Futatsuya as appearing on the Comic Polaris web manga site. The manga began in 2015 as an ongoing and has four compiled volumes in print form so far.

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Plot Concept: The story deals with socially awkward novelist Subaru Mikazuki, who adopts a stray cat. He names it Haru, and they begin their life together. As with the manga, each episode of the anime will have both a “Subaru” and “Haru” chapter that will tackle the story from the point of view of both characters.

[Source: Dokyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.]

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