Tonari no Yokai-san Anime Reveals New Trailer, April Premiere Date

The Tonari no Yokai-san anime revealed a new trailer and visual along with the April 6 premiere date. LIDENFILMS (Call of the Night, Insomniacs After School) is animating it under the direction of Aimi Yamauchi.

Tomoko Konparu is writing the script, with Shigemitsu Abe designing the characters, Avex Music Creative and Blue Bird’s Nest composing the music. The theme songs include “Obake Himawari” by Pii as the opening theme, and “Iro no Naka” by Aoi Kubo as the ending theme. The cast includes:

• Asaki Yuikawa as Mutsumi Sugimoto
• Ryosuke Higa as Jirobo Enkazan
• Yuki Kaji as Buchio Oishi
• Jin Urayama as Tazenbo Fuchibiyama
• Yo Taichi as Yuri Tachibana
• Kenji Hamada as Taira Tanaka
• Mutsumi Tamura as Takumi Oishi
• Yuko Sanpei as Ryo Sano
• Megumi Han as Rein Nakagawa
• Yuko Kaida as Hayachiyo
• Satoshi Mikami as Sanmoto Gorozaemon
• Ayako Kawasumi as Suzu Sakaki
• Tatsumaru Tachibana as Benmaru Kobayashi/Betobeto-san
• Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Nishiya Chiaki/Wagen
• Hideyuki Tanaka as Kazuhiko Nishiya

The Tonari no Yokai-san anime was announced in April 2022 and is based on a manga series by noho. The manga was first published on X (Twitter) in August 2017 before East Press published it under its Mato Grosso magazine. As of this writing, there are four volumes out, as well as one side story.

The series follows the story of the main character Buchio, who suddenly transforms into a nekomata. Confused with this transformation alongside Yuri, a kitsune. Together, they discover the relationship between humans and yokais, as well as the secrets behind why many yokais undergo these rapid transformations.

Source: Official Website
©noho, East Press/”Tonari no Yokai-san” Production Committee