We learned way back in April 2019 from Grand Jump magazine one of Kei Toume’s works is being slotted for an anime TV series with Sing “Yesterday” For Me. The official site has now updated again with some new information as we now have the main cast and an April 4th, 2020 premiere date set for it on TV Asahi. The initial cast announcement now includes:
- Natsuki Hanae as Rō Hayakawa
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Rikuo Uozumi
- Kana Hanazawa as Shinako Morinome
- Yume Miyamoto as Haru Nonaka
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Yoshiyuki Fujiwara directing based on the scripts by Jin Tanaka. Junichiro Taniguchi is handling the character designs with Doga Kobo working on the production.
Sing “Yesterday” For Me began in 1997 and ended in 2015 with eleven volumes after making a jump in location over the years. Toume’s had some work published in English with Lament of the Lamb, which got an OVA series, and has several other works ongoing including Kuden no Himegimi.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The coming-of-age story follows a university graduate named Rikuo who has not been able to find permanent employment after college, a mysterious woman named Haru who has a pet crow, and Rikuo’s former university classmate Shinako.
[Source: ANN]