New cast members have been announced for Udon no Kuni no Kin-iro Kemari, an upcoming TV anime adapting the manga of the same name by Nodoka Shinomaru.

The new cast members include:

Kana Hanazawa as Sae Fujiyama.

Takuya Kuroda as Gorou Hamada.

Shinnosuke Tachibana as Hiroshi Nagatsuma.

Yūko Minaguchi as Mai Tanaka (formerly Manabe) and Kaede Hondo as Nozomi-chan.

Other cast members listed (but not pictured) include Kōsuke Toriumi as Manabu Saeki, Yu Shimamura as Yukie Saeki, Kujira as Fumi Yoshioka, Hiroshi Naka as Sōta's Father, Kikoku Inoue as Sōta's Mother, Akiko Kimura as Nakajima's Mother, and Yū Kobayashi as Kaeru.









Additionally, the broadcast schedule for Udon no Kuni no Kin-iro Kemari was announced as follows:

Nippon TV: every Saturday during the 25:55 time slot beginning on October 08, 2016.

Nishinippon Broadcasting: every Sunday during the 7:00 time slot beginning on October 16, 2016.

(Please note: The 25:55 time slot on Saturdays is actually on Sunday mornings at 1:55 AM JST.)

The story of Udon no Kuni no Kin-iro Kemari follows Souta Tawara, who returns to his family home in rural Kagawa Prefecture after his father passes away. There Souta discovers a strange child named Poko sleeping in one of his family's udon pots. Souta ends up looking after Poko, but Poko turns out to be more than just a typical human child.

The original Udon no Kuni no Kin-iro Kemari manga is serialized in Shinchosa's Monthly Comic @ Bunch seinen manga magazine. The TV anime adaptation is directed by Yoshihide Ibata and features animation from Liden Films.

Sources:

Ota-suke

Official Udon no Kuni no Kin-iro Kemari TV anime home page

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