Broadcasting starts on April 2 (Fri.)! TV anime "Mashiro no Otoko" episode 1 synopsis & scene cuts revealed!

Mashiro no Otoko", which will start airing on April 2 (Fri.) on MBS/TBS/BS-TBS "Anime-ism" slot, has released a synopsis and scene cuts from the first episode "Desolate". Also, the musician who will appear in the drama has been announced, and comments from the Yoshida brothers, Yoriyuki Kasai, Masato Shibata, and Hirotaka Hayakawa have also been received.

The first episode airs on TBS at 26:27, two minutes later than usual. The first episode airs on TBS at 26:27, two minutes later than usual.

Mashiro no Otoko" is a Tsugaru shamisen x coming-of-age story serialized by Marishige Ragawa in "Monthly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha).The TV animation is directed by Hiroaki Akagi ("Chibimaruko-chan," "Atashinchi," etc.) and produced by Shin-Ei Animation ("Doraemon," "Crayon Shin-chan," etc.).

⇒The second PV of the TV anime "Mashiro no Otoko", which will air in April, has been released! Additional character visuals performed by Yuki Kaji and others were revealed!

⇒Click here for the list of 2021 Spring Anime!

Synopsis & Scene Cuts
Episode 1 "Desolate
Sawamura Yuki, whose grandfather was Shogoro Sawamura, a Tsugaru Shamisen player, moves to Tokyo to search for "his own sound" which he lost after the death of his grandfather, whom he admired.
When he gets into trouble, he is rescued by Yuna Tachiki, a woman working at a cabaret club, and ends up performing as the opening act at a live concert.

Comments from the performers of the songs in the play (in Japanese only)

Tsugaru Shamisen Supervisor: Yoshida Brothers

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I am very happy to be able to present this work, which I have been involved in events and projects since its serialization, to you as the anime "Mashiro no Otoko".
The shamisen accompaniment for this year's anime was composed mainly by young artists, and university Tsugaru shamisen clubs close to the age of the anime characters participated in the project.
The recording process was not so much a recreation as a creation of each song from scratch, and each of the participating members went through a process of trial and error.
It is one of the ways to enjoy watching the anime, imagining which player is playing which piece. There might be a hint hidden in the end roll...? Don't miss it until the end!
（Kenichi Yoshida)

<Profile>
The Yoshida Brothers are leading Tsugaru shamisen players, celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2019.
Born in Noboribetsu City, Hokkaido, Japan. Both began learning the shamisen at the age of five and studied under Tsugaru shamisen player Takashi Sasaki I from 1990. They emerged at national Tsugaru shamisen competitions and made their major debut with the album "Ibuki" in 1999. Since his debut in the U.S. in 2003, he has performed all over the world and actively collaborated with various artists both in Japan and abroad.
In 2020, he released his 20th anniversary album "THE YOSHIDA BROTHERS". As the one and only world-class Tsugaru shamisen artist, he is expected to play a wide range of activities beyond the boundaries of traditional Japanese performing arts.
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Tsugaru shamisen performance by Yoriyuki Kasai
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As someone who was born and raised in my hometown of Tsugaru, I am very happy to be involved in an animated film that is a driving force in Japanese culture. I am sure that many people will be familiar with Tsugaru, so please look forward to it!

Tsugaru shamisen player: Masato Shibata
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It has been 9 years since I first met the original author, Mr. Marishige Ragawa, and he told me that the expression of that scene was about you. I am happy to be able to be involved in the actual Tsugaru shamisen performance in the Mashiro no Otoko anime adaptation.

Haruya Otsuka, Kyoki Sawada, Ai Shibata, Yuri Shibata, Jomei Shirata, Daisuke Sugiyama, Kazuma Tanaka, Koji Nagamura, Daichi Riota, Ryoichiro Yoshida, Kenichi Yoshida
Keio University Tsugaru Shamisen Group Genseonbae
Meiji University Tsugaru Shamisen Hibiki
Waseda University Tsugaru Shamisen Enthusiast Group Mitsuboe

Song: Masakiko Yoshida

Musical accompaniment produced by Hirotaka Hayakawa
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To switch with the performance in the play and to make the story more dynamic, Sekine and Handa were in charge of producing the piano and string melodies, which are their respective specialties. We are a young team! We did our best!

Work information
TV animation "Mashiro no oto
＜Broadcast and distribution information
Broadcasting will begin on April 2 on MBS/TBS/BS-TBS "Anime-ism" slot!
TBS: Every (Fri.) night from 2:25 p.m. ( only the first episode is delayed by 2 minutes)
MBS: Every ( Fri.) night from 2:25pm
BS-TBS: Every ( Fri. ) night from 3:00 p.m.

＜Introduction
My sound..."
Sawamura Shogoro is a legendary Tsugaru shamisen player. Sawamura Shogoro is a legendary Tsugaru shamisen player, and his grandfather, Sawamura Yuki, has been unable to play the shamisen since his grandfather's death. ......
Having lost his "favorite sound," Snow moves to Tokyo without any means.
A woman working at a cabaret club, Yuna Tachiki, helps him out and he ends up performing the Tsugaru shamisen as the starter for a live show.
Snow plays the shamisen, putting her various encounters and feelings on the tone of the instrument.
Continuously searching for her own sound, her own feelings...

<Staff> <Staff> <Staff> <Staff> <Staff
Original Story: Marishige Ragawa (serialized in Kodansha's "Monthly Shonen Magazine")
Director : Hiroaki Akagi
Series Composition : Kato Kanichi
Character Design : Jiro Majima
Art Director: Tomomi Sugimoto
Color Designer: Kayoko Emina
Director of Photography: Shigemitsu Hamao
CG Director: Masafumi Uchiyama
Editing: Fumi Hida
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Onuma
Music: Yuki Sekine, Akinori Handa
Tsugaru Shamisen Supervisor: Yoshida Brothers
Animation Production: Shin-Ei Animation

Opening Theme Song: BURNOUT SYNDROMES "BLIZZARD" & "Silver World
Ending Theme Song: Miliyah Kato "Until This Dream Awakens feat.

<Cast
SAWAMURA Yuki: SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga
Wakana Sawamura: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Umeko Sawamura: Takako Honda
Sawamura Shogoro: Tomohisa Aso
Akari Maeda: Yume Miyamoto
Yui Yamazato: Reina Kondo
Kaito Yaguchi: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Nagamori Rai: Tatsuo Suzuki
Seiryu Kamiki: Yuichiro Umehara
Soichi Tanuma: Yu Hatanaka
Mai Tanuma: Mikami Eri
Takaomi Kaji: Hiroki Kaji
Arakawa Ushio: Fukushi Ochiai
YAMANO Sakura: TANIGUCHI Yumena
Keiko Koyabu: Tomoha Takayanagi
Hiroshi Ohtawara: Masaya Kimura
Tachiki Yuna: Rikako Aida
Taketo: Tetsuya Kakihara

Original story information
■Comics "Mashiro no Otoko
Serialized in Kodansha's "Monthly Shonen Magazine
Written by Marishige Ragawa

Volume 27 will be released on March 17, 2021!

⇒ The first episode is now available for reading!

(C) Marishige Ragawa, Kodansha / Mashiro no Otoko Production Committee