As a follow-up to the anime adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Honobu Yonezawa’s Little Citizen series, it has been revealed that Makoto Furukawa will be in charge of the new character, Kengo Dojima.
With a good physique, a teaser visual and teaser PV featuring the characters Kobato and Kosanai have also been released, with Shuichiro Umeda and Hina Hitsujimiya portraying them, respectively. It was also announced that he would play the role. We have also received character introductions, cast comments for both characters, and comments from the original author, Honobu Yonezawa, and other staff members.
In addition, a particular stage has already been decided to be held at the NBC Universal Entertainment booth at AnimeJapan 2024, which will be held at Tokyo Big Sight for two days, March 23rd and 24th. On the day of the event, there will also be a live broadcast on ABEMA and YouTube, with Shuichiro Umeda playing the role of Tsunegoro Kobato, Hina Hitsujimiya playing the role of Yuki Osanai, and Shin Furukawa playing the role of Kengo Dojima, who were announced when the anime was decided. Will appear.
The Little Citizens” series is a mystery work by Honobu Yonezawa, a Naoki Prize-winning author who is the author of the Classics Club” series, including Hyouka.” It has been decided that two works of Parfait Incident” will be broadcast on the “NUMAnimation” slot of TV Asahi’s 24 stations nationwide starting July 2024.
Additional character information + primary character information
Kengo Dojima is a first-year student at Funato High School. A newspaper club member full of physical strength and chivalry. He was Kobato’s classmate in elementary school, and although he feels uncomfortable with Kobato aiming to become a citizen, he still relies on Kobato in times of need. I’m Shin Furukawa, and I’ll be playing Kengo Dojima. High school life is about youth.
The atmosphere is like, let’s make lots of sparkling memories. However, this is a slightly different story about two people who want to become small citizens. It’s a work where the characters are human-like and betray you well. Please take a look! Kobato Tsunegoro (CV. Shuichiro Umeda) is a first-year student at Funato High School.
Although he has excellent reasoning ability that he calls wisdom,” he yearns for an everyday life that could be called a small-town citizen. Since some time in middle school, he and Mr. Osanai have promised a mutually beneficial relationship” in which they help each other. Yuki Osanai (CV. Hina Hitsujimiya) is a first-year student at Funato High School. Although he has keen insight and the ability to take action, he aspires to be a small-time citizen like Kobato-kun due to past mistakes. He has an eye for sweets and often goes to sweet shops in town after school.