Earlier today, the official Hōkago Saikoro Club anime website updated with two new cast members. The series will add the following:
- Ryūji Yoshioka: Shun Horie
- Yūto Aoshima: Taku Yashiro
- Ren Shibusawa: Kotori Koiwai
- Hana Takayashiki: Hisako Tōjō
- Kyōko Maki: Eriko Matsui
Visuals for Ryūji and Yūto were also revealed, which you can check out below.
Hōkago Saikoro Club hits Japanese TV on October 2. The full premiere schedule is as follows (All time JST):
- ABC TV: 10/2/2019 at 26:16 (10/3/2019 at 2:16AM)
- Tokyo MX: 10/3/2019 at 24:30 (10/4/2019 at 12:30AM)
- AT-X: 10/4/2019 at 21:30 (10/4/2019 at 9:30PM)
Kenichi Imaizumi (Reborn!, Komori-san Can’t Decline!) will direct the title at Liden Films, with Yukiko Ibe (Magical Girl Ore, Jewelpet Twinkle) providing character designs. Atsushi Maekawa (Fresh Pretty Cure, Hunter x Hunter) is in charge of series composition.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Aya: Marika Kōno
- Midori: Miyu Tomita
- Miki: Saki Miyashita
- Shōta Tanoue: Kōhei Amasaki
- Emilia: M.A.O.
- Takeru Kinjō: Takaya Kuroda
Hirō Nakamichi’s Hōkago Saikoro Club manga launched in the pages of Monthly Shonen Sunday in March 2013. The series currently spans fourteen collected volumes, with volume 15 due to ship to stores on October 11.
MyAnimeList describes the title as:
A story about girls playing board games after school!
Kyoto in Spring. Aya is a high school girl who’s just moved to a new town. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a speciality board games store. The Dice Club!! Without thinking they try out a German board game together.
These girls, who are searching for fun, soon fall into the exciting world of games!
Source: Comic Natalie
