 The official website of the Summer 2016 anime Handa-kun has announced the main voice cast and production staff of the series. The first promotional video for the series has also been uploaded on the official YouTube channel of the TBS network.Handa-kun is an adaptation of the manga series by Satsuki Yoshino, which will end its serialization next week in the July 2016 issue of Shounen Gangan. The series is a prequel set six years before the events of Barakamon and tells the story of calligrapher Sei Handa during his time in high school. Handa-kun will air on Fridays at 1:58 a.m. beginning July 8 on the TBS network, followed by CBC, MBS, BS-TBS, and TBS Channel 1. It will also be streamed on the Docomo Anime Store platform. Cast Sei Handa: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Free!) Takao Kawafuji: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova) Junichi Aizawa: Yuuya Hirose (Ganbare-bu Next!) Reo Nikaidou: Tetsuya Kakihara (Fairy Tail) Akane Tsutsui: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar) Yukio Kondou: Daiki Yamashita (Boku no Hero Academia) Staff Director: Yoshitaka Koyama (Noramimi) Series Composition, Script: Michiko Yokote (Shirobako) Character Design: Mayuko Matsumoto (Gingitsune) Script: Mariko Kunisawa (Isshuukan Friends.), Miharu Hirami (Aikatsu!) Art Director: Kaori Kikuna (Nisekoi:) Color Design: Youko Matsubara Director of Photography: Yasuyuki Itou (Mayoiga) Editing: Yuuji Oka (Kantai Collection: KanColle) Music: Ken Itou (Yumekuri) Music Production: Lantis Sound Director: Kengo Kawazoe (Komori-san wa Kotowarenai!) Studio: Diomedea Opening Theme: "The LiBERTY" by Fo'xTails Ending Theme: "HIDE-AND-SEEK" by Kenichi Suzumura PV 1 Source: Comic Natalie |
| When I first saw this I thought it was Hachiman lol |
| Hmm PV looks okay, not too impressive. I think they picked a decent cast though. |
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| >not the same VA as Handa in barakamon >diomedea goddamnit oh well, even with this, im looking forward to it. |
DatRandomDudeJun 5, 2016 10:07 PM
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| From Takatori Madoka to Handa Sei. (*>艸<) what a change in character for the seiyuu so suddenly.. wwww |
| >Diomedea yep, this series is done for. |
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ixaa said: Same thoughts, mate...When I first saw this I thought it was Hachiman lol |
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| > Sei Handa: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Free!) Ono Daisuke won't be returning? Well he's not suitable for a teenage boy anyway. And the new VA for Sensei was good too. (Shinichi - Parasyte/Kiseijuu) >Akane Tsutsui: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar) >Yukio Kondou: Daiki Yamashita (Boku no Hero Academia) Count me in! >Studio: Diomedea Damn it. I prefer Kinema Citrus. Well, I'll still give this a chance. |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| The cast is alright. I wanted to hear OnoD back as Hands though, but like someone else said, he's not really suited to teenage boys. |
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| Well the change of VA's for Handa is understandable to be honest, you can't expect one to have the same exact voice in high school as the voice he has in full maturity. |
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| I don't really mind the changes of seiyuu for the reasons already stated above but the change in staff and studio really lowered my expectations for this now. |
| Terrible studio, a literally who? director and a VA recast. Great... I will give this a chance but I'm expecting it to suck. |
| :3 |
| Yay! Can't wait! So it doesn't really matter if I haven't watched Barakamon yet and instead watched this first? |
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| What a big change in VA.. I think it will take a while for me to get used to that, lol. And Diomedea.... Not sure what to think of that. |
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| >Sei Handa: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Free!) What the fuck Where's muh OnoD Why won't my honeypie voice Handa NOOOOOooooOOOOOOOooooo (I like Nobunaga Shimazaki btw I just don't want him to voice Handa) >Director: Yoshitaka Koyama (Noramimi) Literally who? >Studio: Diomedea Diomedea as in the studio who did Mayoiga? I'm so fucking done scytheavatar said: Exactly, he's actually voiced more than just a few teenage boys over the years (Itsuki Koizumi, Shintarou Midorima, Kurou Yatogami, Kou Ichijou, Heath Hasekura, Suzuya Touzuki) so I don't see why he wouldn't be able to voice teenage Handa. Not to mention that Kyon has a much deeper than Koizumi but that didn't stop people from loving the heck out of him, remember?I don't understand all this talk about Ono Daisuke not being able to voice a teenage boy, have people forgotten he voiced Itsuki in Haruhi? I don't see anything wrong with him using the more mature voice in Barakamon either........ |
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| still excited! it's a sol so I could careless abt the studio |
M00ner said: i dont see any problem to do that, but i Dont see why either... barakamon is only a cour series and easy to binge..Yay! Can't wait! So it doesn't really matter if I haven't watched Barakamon yet and instead watched this first? ot: waitz the original source end? wait, what? |
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| I'm not happy with the change of the seiyuu xD but I didn't know the manga is going to finish next month! too bad the subbers are late! |
| Damn at the lack of Ono Daisuke. He really made the character for me back in Barakamon. |
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| I don't get why they needed to change Handa's voice actor. It's not like Ono Daisuke never voiced teenage characters before. |
| I'm not happy with the changes. |
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| Surprised Ono Daisuke isn't playing Handa, he has played teenage roles so thought he'd still be chosen. But nice to see Hosoya Yoshimasa! |
| Terrible cast change. Why no OnoD? Even if people say he's not suited for teenagers, which I think he is, he can do Handa's screams better than Nobunaga Shimazaki could ever. The manga is super funny so it's a good thing I read it cause watching Handa kun is going to disappointing. But Suzuken singing the ending? So conflicted, but that won't save the anime for me. |
| This is stupid. It's not like OnoD can't play a teenager. Just listen to him as Jyushimatsu and how childish his voice is then. I was really looking forward to this anime since i like the manga. I guess i'll just stick to the manga then. |
| ; -; with all this... I'm still going to watch the anime cos I really really really liked the manga.. |
| OnoD could've done a younger Handa easily :/ And the studio doesn't have the best track record, especially this season. At least the source material is good... |
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scytheavatar said: Except it's years ago.I don't understand all this talk about Ono Daisuke not being able to voice a teenage boy, have people forgotten he voiced Itsuki in Haruhi? I don't see anything wrong with him using the more mature voice in Barakamon either........ |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| Do not have high hopes. |
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| :/:/ I'm so offended! Where's my Ono D! Aside from the fact that I super LOVE the manga the other factor that made me over excited about the anime adaptation was because of friggin Ono Daisuke! I even opened this news post with excitement ready to add a comment about how awesome it would be to hear him as Handa again. Pthegh! Such annoying news. It won't be Handa Sei without you Daisuke chwan T_T!!! Did they have to go with this studio?? I would have rather waited a million years and have them do this on a scale big enough to afford the original voice actors than for them to do it half-baked now. Sigh... |
hahaha Naru, also how I felt when I learned how to read all my Kana. Barakamon is everything!!:'D |
| The PV looks okay. I like Nobunaga Shimazaki but I think having OnoD would have been better. |
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| Ono D CAN voice teenagers and high schoolers. Same with Suwabe Junichi-- Takeshi from High School of the Dead? He can be higher pitched if he wanted to. They're both versatile actors. Quite sad they had to change them both. I can never see Shimazaki as Handa. |
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