The anime adaptation of the Shounen Maid manga has found its first simulcast partner with AnimeLab announcing that they’ve picked up the rights for it in the Australian and New Zealand region. The service did not specify a premiere date for it, but the Japanese premiere is scheduled for April 8th, 2016.

The show has set Yuusuke Yamamoto to direct based on series composition from Yoshiko Nakamura. Character designs are being handled by Kana Ishida while 8bit is the studio behind it.

The series previous updated with news that Natsumi Fujiawara will play Chihiro Komiya, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Madoka Takatori and Tomoaki Maeno as Keiichirou Shinoazki. Supporting cast includes Natsuki Hanae as Ryuuji, Taku Yashiro as Hayato, Kazutomi Yamamoto as Ibuki, Yui Makino as Miyako Ōtori, Mitsuki Saiga as Yūji Hino, Yukari Tamura as Chiyo Komiya and Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kazusa Takatori.

The series comes from the manga by Ototachibana that began in Comics B’s-LOG back in 2008 and has eight volumes to its name so far. This was their second manga after the one volume release of Ghost Hunt Scramble! in 2007 in the same magazine.

Plot concept: Chihiro is left homeless with supposedly no relatives after his mom died. As he worries about what to do next, his uncle shows up and plans to take care of him…or is it the other way around?

We're super excited to reveal our first simulcast for the new season – Shounen Maid! If you like cute boys, cute maids and lots of comedy then this sho(unen) is maid for you! 😛 Posted by AnimeLab on Monday, March 21, 2016

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