Hiromu Arakawa’s Comedy Anime Hyakusho Kizoku Farms Up July 7 Premiere Date

 

Before Edward Elric and Arslan, Hiromu Arakawa was nothing more than a farm girl living in the rural parts of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. Arakawa penned a manga about her early life in the semi-autobiographical series Hyakusho Kizoku (Noble Farmer), which previously announced an anime series. Today though, that anime got a premiere date along with a new visual and a slew of staff and cast reveal.

 

 

The staff and cast for Hyakusho Kizoku include:

 

Staff –

• Director/Script: Yutaro Sawada (Pokémon Kids TV shorts)
• Character Designs/Animation Director: Ayane Matsumoto
• Backgrounds: Ari
• Animation: Ayane Matsumoto
• Ending Animation: Minori Yamada
• Ending Theme Singer: FRAM
• Music: Precious tone
• Agricultural Supervision: Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
• Animation Production: Pie in the sky

 

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Cast –

• Hiromu Arakawa: Mutsumi Tamura (Kobayashi in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid)
• Ishii-san: Mariko Honda (Sandrone in Genshin Impact)
• Oyaji-dono (Father): Shigeru Chiba (Buggy the Clown in One Piece)
• Okan (Mother): Kujira (Otose in Gintama)

 

The original Hyakusho Kizoku manga began in 2006 and is serialized in Wings with seven volumes released. JManga held the English license for the series before the company closed in June 2013. The Japan Media Art Festival, of which the series featured in the Jury Selection of the Manga Division, describes the comedy manga as such:

 

Before becoming a manga artist, ARAKAWA Hiromu spent seven years working as a farmer in Hokkaido. Well acquainted with the many emotions that are part and parcel of agricultural work, she captures the harsh realities of Japanese dairy farming while also shedding light on this tough and powerful way of life in a series of sidesplitting episodes. Known for numerous works in which she celebrates the joys of life, in this essay-style comic ARAKAWA reveals her own roots and little-known truths about farming life.

 

Hyakusho Kizoku is scheduled to begin in Japan on July 7.

 

Source: Comic Natalie

 

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.