Hiromu Arakawa was nothing more than a farm girl living in the remote sections of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, when she met Edward Elric and Arslan. Arakawa is the author of the semi-autobiographical manga series Hyakusho Kizoku (Noble Farmer), which was earlier intended to be adapted into an anime series. In this series, Arakawa writes about her early life. However, a release date for that anime was announced today, along with a new visual, a large number of staff members, and cast members.
Check out the anime's key visual below!
Check out the staff and cast for the Hyakusho Kizoku anime below:
Staff:
- Director/Script: Yutaro Sawada (Pokémon Kids TV shorts)
- Character Designs/Animation Director: Ayane Matsumoto
- Backgrounds: Ari
- Animation: Ayane Matsumoto
- Ending Animation: Minori Yamada
- Ending Theme Singer: FRAM
- Music: Precious tone
- Agricultural Supervision: Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
- Animation Production: Pie in the sky
Cast:
- Hiromu Arakawa: Mutsumi Tamura (Kobayashi in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
- Ishii-san: Mariko Honda (Sandrone in Genshin Impact)
- Oyaji-dono (Father): Shigeru Chiba (Buggy the Clown in One Piece)
- Okan (Mother): Kujira (Otose in Gintama)
The first chapter of the original Hyakusho Kizoku manga was published in 2006, and there have been seven volumes of the manga published thus far. Before the firm went out of business in June 2013, JManga was the owner of the English license for the series. The Japan Media Art Festival, where the series was selected to appear in the Manga Division Jury Selection.
About Hyakusho Kizoku:
Before becoming a manga artist, ARAKAWA Hiromu spent seven years working as a farmer in Hokkaido. Well acquainted with the many emotions that are part and parcel of agricultural work, she captures the harsh realities of Japanese dairy farming while also shedding light on this tough and powerful way of life in a series of sidesplitting episodes. Known for numerous works in which she celebrates the joys of life, in this essay-style comic ARAKAWA reveals her own roots and little-known truths about farming life.
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