Haru to Gen Short Anime Teaser Reveals Cast and January 4 Premiere
A new teaser video for the short-form television anime adaptation of Yuka Ōshima’s manga Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~ has been released. The promotional material introduces the voice cast and confirms a January 4 debut on TV Kanagawa.
Bin Shimada stars as Gen, a divorced septuagenarian tasked with raising his three-year-old granddaughter Haru, voiced by Hiromi Igarashi. Mayuko Kazama provides the voice for Sakura, Gen’s deceased daughter. Directed by Kōdai Satō in collaboration between IMAGICA Infos, Imageworks Studio, and Studio Nanahoshi, the series explores Gen's journey into first-time parenting.
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Original headline at Anime News Network: “'Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~' Short Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, January 4 Debut”
Key facts
- Release Date
- January 4
- Platform
- TV Kanagawa
- Studio
- IMAGICA Infos, Imageworks Studio, Studio Nanahoshi
- Cast
- Bin Shimada, Hiromi Igarashi, Mayuko Kazama
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- #Bin Shimada
- #Haru to Gen
- #Kadokawa
- #Short Anime
- #TV Kanagawa
- #Yuka Ōshima
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