TV anime "Salaryman in Africa" to air in October & key visual revealed! Akira Ishida will play the role of President Tortoise!

The TV anime "Salaryman in Africa" will be broadcast in October. In addition, the official website has been renewed and reopened, and a key visual has been unveiled.

It has been decided that the TV anime of the popular manga "Salaryman in Africa" by Gum, which is currently distributed on the "Anime Beans" smartphone app, will be broadcast in October 2019.

In addition, the official website was renewed and opened, and the key visual was also revealed.

In addition, the second PV has been released, and the additional cast members, Akira Ishida (turtle president) and Hina Kino (hamster who kills), have been confirmed.

The 4th single "Soul Flag" will be released on Wednesday, October 23, 2019.

The music of "Soul Flag" is partially used in the PV released this time, so be sure to check it out.

Character Visuals Revealed!

Lion (CV: Akio Otsuka)

Classification: Carnivora, Felidae, Leopard
Occupation: Company employee
Place of work: Africa
Nickname: Senior Lion
The king of beasts and a middle-manager.
He is called "Senior Lion" by lizards and toucans.
His overwhelming intimidating presence frightens animals on the road, animals he has never met before, and even junior staff at times, but he is basically a mild-mannered person.
Aiming to be the ideal boss.

■Lizard (CV: Kenjiro Tsuda)

Classification: Sciuriformes, family Smaug
Occupation：Company employee
Place of Employment：Africa
Nickname：Kun Lizard
A serious character with an excellent sense of balance who never forgets to care for his senior lion and to butt in with his junior toucan.
In fact, he is a very conscious person and does not take jokes well. He is often pushed around by Touhashi, who does not take this as a challenge.

Toucan (CV: Hiro Shimono)

Classification：Pecker, family Toucans, genus Toucans
Occupation：Company employee
Place of work：Africa
Toucans are not actually from Africa. He is the junior of a lion and a lizard.
He has a very flirtatious personality, and although his work attitude is unserious, he gets by with a lot of energy and a good sense of humor. He is a very compliance-oriented boy.

President Turtle (CV: Akira Ishida) NEW!

Classification：Reptilia, Reptilia, Tortoises, Lycosidae
Occupation：President
Place of work：Africa
The president of the company where the lions work. He often carries a wad of bills on his head and calls his employees "company employees. He has a gentle, snowy-browed appearance, but he talks about "pay cuts" in any case.

■Killing Hamster (CV: Hina Kino) NEW!

Classification: Golden hamsters belong to the family Kinugeridae, order of rodents
Occupation: ?
An adorable animal with dark eyes and a strikingly curly gaze. However, it is always carrying a knife in each hand, and is very ferocious and unpredictable.
He often appears in the company of lions.
Cue!

Product Information
■Hiro Shimono 4th single "Soul Flag

Release date: October 23, 2019 (Wed) / PONY CANYON

■First Limited Edition (CD + DVD)
Price: 1,800 yen (excluding tax)
・ Part number: PCCG.01829

Normal Edition (CD ONLY)
Price: 1,500 yen (tax not included)
Price: 1,500 yen (tax not included) ・ Part Number: PCCG.70464

Anime Edition (CD ONLY)
Price: 1,500 yen (tax not included)
Price: 1,500 yen (tax not included) ・ Part Number: PCCG.01830

Kyanime Limited Edition (CD + DVD & booklet)
Price: 2,200 yen (excluding tax)
Price: 2,200 yen (tax not included) ・ Part Number: SCCG.00041

<Music＞ *Tentative
M1：Soul Flag
M2：Title undecided
M3：Soul Flag (Inst.)
M4：Title undecided (Inst.)

Work information
TV animation "Salaryman in Africa

＜STORY＞
I don't care about the savanna or the food chain.
A comedy of sweat and tears of an African businessman who lives in a Japanese-style society.
A lion, a toucan, and a lizard, all of whom work for a major African company, spend their days breaking through Japanese society with their wild and outrageous language and eccentric behavior.
Forced to work on projects, relentless pay cuts....
The animals struggle to cope with the harsh salaryman's life, which is even more difficult than human life!
It is inevitable that salarymen all over Japan will sympathize with them!
Here is the daily life of an animal office worker who has completely forgotten about the savanna and the food chain!

<STAFF> Original story by...GAGA
Original story ... Gum (KADOKAWA/MFC Gene Pixiv series)
Director, Chief Animation Director, Art Director, Art Setup, Art Director, Color Design, Director of Photography...Tetsuya Tatamiya
Series Composition/Screenplay ... Yuichiro Momose
Character Design...pH Studio,
Original Character Design/Prop Design...HOTZIPANG,
3DCG Director ... Sakamoto Shota
Sound Director ... Junichi Inaba
Sound Effects ... Yuka Shiraishi
Sound Director ... Yoko Nakano
Recording Studio ... Studio Jumo
Sound Production ... Ai Addiction
Sound designer ... Mori Kaneko
Music by Tako Yamaguchi
Music Production ... Pony Canyon
Animation producer ... Hiroki Okutani
Animation Production ... HOTZIPANG

＜CAST>
Lion: Akio Otsuka, Lizard: Kenjiro Tsuda, Toucan: Hiro Shimono
Turtle President: Akira Ishida, Killing Hamster: Hina Kino

Original story information
■"Salaryman in Africa
Author：Gum
Original comic 1-3 volumes are now on sale!
Currently being serialized on Gene Pixiv!

(c)Project AFRICAN OFFICE WORKER 2019
(C)2019 GUM/KADOKAWA/Project AFRICAN OFFICE WORKER
(C)PAOW2019