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Otakon 2016: Crunchyroll to Stream “Nanbaka” Anime This Fall


Orange Is The New Black, this definitely is not.

Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they will stream Nanbaka (The Numbers) as part of their fall simulcast lineup. As of press time, no further details have been announced.

Nanbaka Anime Visual 001 - 20160813

Nanbaka will adapt Sho Futamata’s manga of the same name. Shinji Takamatsu (Gintama, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) will helm the series at Satelight, while Mitsutaka Hirota (The Prince of Tennis II, Sweetness and Lightning) pens the scripts.

Nanbaka Anime Visual 002 - 20160813The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Rock: Airu Shiozaki
  • Nico: Daiki Kobayashi
  • Uno: Tetsuya Kakihara
  • Hajime Sugoroku: Tomokazu Seki
  • Jūgo: Yuuto Uemura
  • Hitoshi Sugoroku: Eijin Fudemura
  • Chii: Genki Okawa
  • Seitarō Tanabata: Keito Okuyama
  • Mitsuru Issei: Kenjiro Tsuda
  • Kiji Mitsuba: Kimeru
  • Momoko Hyakushiki: Satomi Akesaka
  • Kenshirō Yozakura: Shouma Yamamoto
  • Yamato Godai: Shunsuke Takeuchi
  • Samon Gokū: Sōichiro Hoshi
  • Honey: Takao Mitsutomi
  • Tsukumo: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
  • Musashi: Yoshimasa Hosoya
  • Upa: Yu Kobayashi
  • Troix: Yūto Adachi
  • Liang: Yuuki Fujiwara

The Nanbaka manga is an ongoing series, which kicked off in the pages of Futabasha’s Comico magazine in 2013. To date, two collected volumes have been produced, with the most recent hitting on May 12. Crunchyroll currently distributes the title as part of its “Crunchyroll Manga” service.

A numerous character designs were released to promote the series, which you can check out below:

Headshots

Character Visuals

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