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Friday, March 1, 2024 saw Kadokawa begin streaming a main promotional video for the upcoming Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru anime series, revealing the anime’s April 2024 premiere date and its theme songs.
The trailer previews both the opening theem song, “Kimi ga Ojiichan Atashi ga Obaachan” (You are Grandpa I am Grandma) by Koresawa and ending theme song “Soitoge YO-YO!!” (Married for Life YO-YO!!) by Mamiko Noto and Shinichiro Miki.
The latest trailer for the Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru anime series also confirmed three new cast members, revealing their roles as well. It’s unclear if this is the series’ entire cast or not but is likely to be the case, given its imminent premiere. A new key visual for the series was also revealed.
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The Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru anime series serves as the television anime adaptation of author and illustrator Kagiri Araido’s original manga series of the same name.
In English, the title translates to Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again. The manga series first premiered on the author’s Twitter and Pixiv accounts in 2019, eventually receiving parallel serialization in Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alunna magazine in July 2022.
Boruto’s Code, My Hero Academia’s Fat Gum, and more join Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru anime cast
As mentioned above, the Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru anime series has confirmed its Japanese release date of Sunday, April 7, 2024.
The series is set to air on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, BS11 and Aomori Broadcasting. The anime will also stream in Japan on the ABEMA and Netflix platforms starting on April 7. International streaming information is yet to be confirmed.
The three new cast members for the series include Junta Terashima as Shota, Mino’s classmate, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Yoshiaki, Mino’s father, and Tomo Sakurai as Kaede, Mino’s mother.
The trio are likely best known for their prior roles as Boruto’s Code, My Hero Academia’s Fat Gum and Gintama’s Hinowa.
They will join starring cast members Mamiko Noto as Ine/Grandma, Shinichiro Miki as Shozo/Grandpa, Shiori Mikami as Mino, and Nao Toyama as Shiori.
The main cast is reprising their roles from earlier voice comic adaptations. It’s expected that the above comprise the full cast list for the series.
Masayoshi Nishida is directing the anime at Gekko, with Yukie Sugawara in charge of series composition. Nagisa Takahashi is designing the characters, while Tomoki Hasegawa is composing the music for the series. Newly announced staff members include the following:
- Sub-character Design: Yūji Hamada, Maho Tanabe
- Art Director: Chika Ishida
- Color Design: Azusa Sasaki
- Director of Photography: Atsushi Tamura
- Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
- Sound Director: Nobuyuki Abe
- Sound Effects: Junichiro Suzuki
- Sound Production: On-Lead
- Animation Producer: Minoru Hirata
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