'Piano no Mori' TV Anime Announces Staff and Cast

by Vindstot
Jan 30, 2018 9:05 PM | 18 Comments

The official website of the previously announced TV anime adaptation of Makoto Isshiki's Piano no Mori manga has revealed cast and staff members. The anime is scheduled to premiere on NHK in April 2018.

Staff
Director: Gaku Nakatani (Madagascar 3 CG supervisor)
Series Composition: Aki Itami (Aku no Hana), Mika Abe (Onihei)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Sumie Kinoshita (Dantalian no Shoka)
Studio: Fukushima Gainax
Production: Piano no Mori Anime Partners

Ending Theme: "Kaeru Basho ga Aru to Iu Koto" by Aoi Yuuki

Cast
Kai Ichinose: Soma Saito (Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records)
Sousuke Ajino: Junichi Suwabe (Uchouten Kazoku)
Shuuhei Amamiya: Natsuki Hanae (Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau)
Kai Ichinose (Elementary): Ryoko Shiraishi (Natsu no Arashi!)
Shuuhei Amamiya (Elementary): You Taichi (Princess Principal)

Source: Moca News

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Feb 22, 2018 7:14 PM by tsubasalover

Well the director was... shocking. I guess.

This person has no involvement in the industry at all but this will be interesting though.

Jan 31, 2018 12:41 PM by removed-user

It's not exactly the staff I imagined and I'm not really sure why they picked that director, but I still have a tiny bit of hope for one of my favorite manga.

Jan 31, 2018 8:50 AM by DeadlyRaven

Well... The director is a nobody in the industry AND it'll be his first directorial work ever. And the chara designer is also pretty inexperienced and has only designed moe characters so far. Even the studio branch is quite recent and has only done mediocre stuff.
Not very confident about this production staff, but I guess it makes sense since few people are even aware that this series is even a thing.

Let's hope for a nice surprise then. At least, since they cited two VAs for the MCs, they'll probably breeze through the kid part, although I hope they don't rush it under the pretense that the movie exists.

Jan 31, 2018 5:41 AM by HapHazrD

"Madagascar 3 CG Supervisor"........WAIT WHAT!?

Jan 31, 2018 5:16 AM by NG_Chloe

I'm not particularly excited about this.

Jan 31, 2018 3:59 AM by ItsXolo

DatRandomDude said:
Well, thats definitly not the staff i expected to see.
Also, RIP @alpha_shadow theory about Watanabe

Stark700 said:

There's plenty of chapters they can work with this so 2-cour is easily possible.

Specially since its NHK, its almost a given that its going to be at least 2-cour

Now I'm more excited about whatever Bones and Shinichiro Watanabe are up to, since it's most likely gonna be an original project about music.

Hopefully we get 50-75 episodes. It doesn't matter if the 25 episode chunks are split up or not, it would be nice for this to get an adaptation that respects the source material.

Jan 31, 2018 12:02 AM by alpha_shadow

Gainax? Haven't heard that name for a while. Are they back? Otherwise, not sure how I feel about inexperienced staff taking on what could be a huge project.

Jan 30, 2018 11:21 PM by Shibusu

An anime about classical music is always a reason to get hyped,especially since the source looks great. The staff might be a wild card,but I have still high hopes.

Jan 30, 2018 11:15 PM by FMmatron

well i cant tell anything from the staff, just pls dont mess up one of my fav manga

Jan 30, 2018 11:14 PM by fatedKujo

Yo... S U W A B E as Ajino, this is a blessing!
Hanae Natsuki as a Amamiya is suitable for him lmao, I can already feel my eye twitching.

Not sure how I feel about the studio and such.
This is a series that could benefit with a little bit of rushing imo especially during the mid-sections, but it also needs to be more than 2-cour to get through the story effectively.
If they plan to reach the end they absolutely can't rush or half-ass the last few volumes. Vol 24 is a masterpiece.

Jan 30, 2018 11:12 PM by stand

*loud whistle* That is a lot of material. Wonder how much it'll go on for.

I'll probably get around to this, I'm all for something soft and beautiful of this nature.

Jan 30, 2018 11:08 PM by Stripes

"A tranquil tale about two boys"

Eh, no thank you, i'll pass on this.

Jan 30, 2018 11:00 PM by Swagernator

the cast look great but i have mixed feelings about the staff

Jan 30, 2018 10:58 PM by elior1

kind of surprised it's not madhouse, considering they done the movie (even it was a flop, maybe that's the reasons?)...

Jan 30, 2018 9:51 PM by Kuma

Whew I love how the anime industry for adapting this as a classic fan(casual fan)

they need 50 episodes, 2 cour split airing to perfectly adapt it(200+ chapters), especially there's a lot of moments in the manga that should be prolonged with legit pieces (though real pieces especially the concerto would take 40 mins)

Jan 30, 2018 9:28 PM by youseiki

Well, thats definitly not the staff i expected to see.
Also, RIP @alpha_shadow theory about Watanabe

Stark700 said:

There's plenty of chapters they can work with this so 2-cour is easily possible.

Specially since its NHK, its almost a given that its going to be at least 2-cour

Jan 30, 2018 9:20 PM by DatRandomDude

The new key visual looks great. Really hope they give this a nice quality for the animation itself too.

There's plenty of chapters they can work with this so 2-cour is easily possible.

Jan 30, 2018 9:18 PM by Stark700