TV anime "Hakozume - Police Box Girls Strike Back" will air in January 2022! Additional cast: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kanba Tsuchiya, Kana Hanazawa.

Broadcast of the TV anime "Hakozume" is set to begin in January 2022. Various information has arrived.

Hakozume is a popular manga serialized in "Morning" by Taizoko that has sold more than 2.3 million copies (as of August 2021). From July 2021, the TV drama "Hakozume - Tatakau; Koban Joshi" will be broadcast on Nippon Television Network Corporation! Police Box Girls" was aired on Nippon Television in July 2021 and gained popularity.

⇒ A TV anime adaptation of "Hakozume: Koban Joshi no Gyakushuu" is scheduled for 2022! Teaser PV, main cast & staff, etc. all revealed!

⇒Click here for the list of winter 2022 anime.

The TV anime will start airing in January 2022, and the first PV, additional cast members, theme song, etc. have been announced.

First PV

Additional cast members are announced: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kanba Tsuchiya and Kana Hanazawa!

Seiji Minamoto (CV: Yoshiaki Suzuki)
Sergeant.
A detective in the Investigation Section and a classmate of Fuji at the police academy. He and Fuji are classmates at the police academy. They exchange casual remarks, but both recognize each other's abilities as police officers.
He has a natural perm, which is his trademark. Although his grades at school were the lowest, he has a natural talent for winning people's hearts and minds in an instant, and is looked up to as an "interrogation genius.

<Cast Comments
I play the role of Seiji Minamoto.
I am very happy to have encountered another interesting work.
I have the impression that Gen is a very skilled storyteller as an interrogation genius, but he is such an unfathomable person that it is hard to tell where he is natural-born and where he is technical.
The range of his comedic parts is one of his charms, and I would like to do my best to add even more depth to the story.
Thank you very much for your cooperation!

Takeshi Yamada (CV: Kanba Tsuchiya)
Sergeant
He is a detective in the Investigation Section 1 who is paired with Minamoto. He is one term junior to Fuji and Minamoto in the police academy. He has been used and taken care of since his days at the police academy. He is a man of justice who wants to help people in need.
He has a sense of justice and wants to help people in need, but he is so focused on the job at hand that he sometimes loses his perspective.

<Cast Comments
I had not yet read the original manga when I heard about the audition for "Hakozume," so I hurriedly bought the first 10 volumes and read them in one sitting. I recommended it to everyone I knew and was completely hooked.
It is such an interesting work that I was really honored when I was chosen to play the role of Yamada.

Miwa Makitaka (CV. Kana Hanazawa)
Sergeant
Belonging to Investigation Section 1, she and Yamada were classmates at the police academy.
She is known for her solid and careful work ethic, and is trusted by front-line investigators.
She is a "Rekijo," a Shinsengumi nerd who loves the works of Ryotaro Shiba. She became a police officer because of the similarity between her job and that of the Shinsengumi.

<Cast Comments
I was excited about the manga, so I was very happy when I heard I was cast!
Makitaka-chan, who does the voice, is a sergeant in the Investigation Section, a reki-jyo who loves the Shinsengumi and has a fast-paced personality, and is not very good with men.
She always seems reserved, but there are many times during the investigation when her will comes out strongly, and I find her core strength attractive.
The work is a perfect balance of being horrified by the hard work of the police officers and laughing at the relaxed interaction between Maie and her senior colleague Fuji. Please watch it!

All comments are in Japanese only.

Theme Song Information

The OP theme song is "Shiranai Dakara" by Riko Azuzuki, and the ED theme song is "Change" by nonoc! Comments have also arrived.

Comment from Riko Azuki
I sang the song while thinking of Kawai-chan, who is trying her best to follow the back of Director Fuji every day.
She is the person I admire who gave me a chance to take a step forward in a world full of things I didn't know.
I want to be as close to him as possible! I want to be as close to him as possible!
I hope to deliver to you the excitement that you have yet to experience!
(Original text)

Comment from ■nonoc
I sang this song to accompany the thoughts of "Kawai-chan," who is anxious but struggling with various problems and her own feelings!
This is a song that will bring you forward together with the anime. Please enjoy it!
(Original text in Japanese)

To celebrate the anime adaptation, an interview with the original author, Taizoko Sensei, is also available on the official website. She talks about how she felt when the anime adaptation was decided, so be sure to check it out.
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Work information
TV anime "Hakozume: Police Box Girls Strike Back!
Broadcasting will begin in January 2022!

＜Staff
Original story by Sanko Tai (serialized in Kodansha's "Morning")
Director: Yuzo Sato
Series Composition: Ryunosuke Kintsuki
Character Designer Kei Tsuchiya
Animation Production MADHOUSE
Assistant Director: Noboru Ishida
Art Board: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Norihiko Yokomatsu
Art Setting: Susumu Sugiyama
Color Design: Harue Ohno
Director of Photography: Hironobu Hatanaka
3D Director: Yasutaka Tanaka
Editing: Mariko Tsukatsune
Music: Nobutomo Nobuzawa
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Production Producer: Mariko Ashikawa, Tomonori Toyoda
Production: Hakozume Production Committee

OP Theme Song: Nariko Azuki "I have to know
(Lyrics: Zero Tanaka, music: Naska, arrangement: the Third)
ED theme song: nonoc "Change
(Lyrics and music by DECO*27, arranger: Rockwell)

＜Cast
Mai Kawai：Ushion Wakayama
Seiko Fuji: Yui Ishikawa
Seiji Minamoto: Yokota Suzuki
Takeshi Yamada: Kanba Tsuchiya
Miwa Makitaka: Kana Hanazawa

＜Introduction
I'm quitting the police!
I'm quitting the police!" He has taken every civil service exam he could think of, and the only one he passed was the one for policemen.
Mai Kawai regretted becoming a police officer for the shallowest reason she could think of.
If I had known it was such hard work and that I was such a hated person, I would never have become a police officer!
As Kawai grabs her letter of resignation and decides to make a second life for herself, a new instructor arrives: Seiko Fuji, a former ace of the detective division who graduated from the police academy with the highest honors and is nicknamed "Miss Perfect.
Kawai is intimidated by rumors that Fuji has been transferred from the Criminal Investigation Division to the police box for harassing junior officers, but they are soon paired up for patrols. ......
The curtain now opens on a work comedy that will make you laugh, be surprised, and even shed a tear or two, centered on the uneven pair of Kawai, a rookie police officer, and Fuji, a former ace of the detective division, and their unique and fascinating personalities!
Be there! This is the real(?) and new story of the police box girls! This is the story of the real(?) and new police box girls!

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