The staff for the television anime adaptation of Egumi Sora ‘s Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru (The Dialect of the Girl I Fell in Love With in Okinawa is too Difficult to Deal With) manga revealed on Friday two new cast members, the opening theme song artist, an advance cut video, and the anime’s January 2025 premiere.
The anime’s staff also revealed an original visual to commemorate the anime’s premiere announcement, featuring its two female protagonists and the anime’s PR ambassador VTuber Ui Nema :
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The newly announced cast includes:
Etsuko Kozakura as Oki Memo Shisha, a character based from Okinawa’s ancient lion statue used to ward off evil spirits. It is in charge of introducing Okinawa in the series
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Tarusuke Shingaki will serve as the series’ narrator.
The anime will premiere in January 2025 on the TOKYO MX , BS11 , and on three television channels in Okinawa: Okinawa TV, Ryukyu Broadcasting , and Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting .
The four-piece band HY from the city Uruma in Okinawa are in charge of the anime’s opening theme song.
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The anime stars:
Takeo Ōtsuka as Teruaki Nakamura (Tee-ruu)
Akari Kitō as Hina Kyan (Hii-naa)
Fairouz Ai as Kana Higa (Kaa-naa)
Shin Itagaki ( Teekyū nine seasons, Berserk TV 2016 and 2017) is the chief director of the anime, and Shingo Tanabe ( I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World ) is directing the anime at Millepensee . Itagaki and Tanabe are also overseeing the series scripts. Tomohiro Yoshida ( So I’m a Spider, So What? chief animation director) is the character designer. Tomohisa Ishikawa ( Harmonie , Kurokami The Animation ), Yoshimi Katayama , and Ayano Kinjō are composing the music at King Records . Studio Mausu is the sound producer. Hodaka Fukumura is the dialect coach.
The romantic comedy manga centers on a boy named Teruaki Nakamura, who transferred from Tokyo to Okinawa. There, he finds a girl that he likes named Hina Kyan. But Teruaki is having a hard time understanding Hina’s Okinawan dialect. Hina’s friend Kana Higa always helps Teruaki and translates the dialect for him. But what he doesn’t know is that Kana secretly likes him.
The manga launched on Shinchosha ‘s Kurage Bunch website in January 2020. Shinchosha published the manga’s first compiled book volume in July 2020, and the eighth volume on February 8. The manga has 350,000 copies in circulation.
Source: Press release
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