TV Anime Adaptation of 'Handa-kun' Announces Cast and Staff

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

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Source: Comic Natalie