The spring 2019 anime series Kono Oto Tomare!, which is set for a two-cour show done in a split form with the first cour showing up in April 2019 and the second in October 2019, wrapped p its first season simulcast this past week. While it is generally a given that when a streaming service picks up the first cour of a two-cour show as they know a second cour is in production often before the general public does that they’ll have an option or pick it up outright, confirmations are always welcome. Funimation has confirmed that they will be handling the second cour of this series when it returns in October.
They’ve set the release schedule for the first cour with it set to begin on June 26th, 2019 as a four-volume release and ahead of that debut, they’ve now brought out a look at the packaging design for the first volume that will define the run. They’re Blu-ray-only releases with the first three priced at 7,800 yen each while the fourth is at 8,800 yen as it includes a soundtrack. Check the schedule and details below.
The anime adaptation has Ryoma Mizuno directing it with Ayumi Hisao handling the scripts. Junko Yamanaka is on board as the character designer with Platinum Vision handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Yūma Uchida as Chika Kudō, Junya Enoki as Takezō Kurata, Atsumi Tanezaki as Satowa Hōzuki, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tetsuki Takaoka, Shouta Aoi as Mio Kanzaki, Haruki Ishiya as Saneyasu Adachi, Makoto Furukawa as Michitaka Sakai, Yūichi Iguchi as Kōta Mizuhara, Sara Matsumoto as Hiro Kurusu, and Daisuke Namikawa as Suzuka Takinami.
The manga comes from creator Amyu that began in 2012 and has eighteen volumes out as this summer as serialized in the Jump SQ magazine.
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Plot Concept: Takezō is the last remaining member of the koto club, a club dedicated to the traditional Japanese string instrument. If he doesn’t find new members, the koto club will be terminated. One day, Takezō is alone in the club room when a student barges in and demands to join. The student is delinquent Chika Kudō, a girl who even scares delinquent upperclassmen at other schools!
