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Ani-One Asia Adds Ya Boy Kongming! Anime on Thursday
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Ani-One Asia announced on Tuesday that it will add the television anime of Yuto Yotsuba and Ryō Ogawa's Ya Boy Kongming! (Paripi Kōmei) manga for streaming in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. GMT +8.
The anime premiered in Japan on April 5. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime in North America, and it describes the story:
Fate and reincarnation deliver brilliant military strategist, Kongming, from warring, ancient China to Japan's modern party hot spot in Shibuya City, Tokyo. After a lifetime of battles and military skirmishes, Kongming wished with his last breath to be reborn in a world of peace and prosperity. It's nearly two millennia later and he's finding his way in a very different world than that of his past life. When he meets Eiko, an amateur musician with big dreams, the unlikely duo strikes up an even unlikelier friendship. Eiko has street smarts to help Kongming navigate this strange new world, and Kongming will use his strategic mind to help Eiko achieve stardom! The story is a clever take (and smart twist) on fish-out-of-water and person-out-of-time themes with out-of-this-world results for Ya Boy Kongming!Kaede Hondo stars in the show as the speaking voice of the musical artist Eiko Tsukumi, but 96Neko provides the character's singing voice. Ryōtarō Okiayu costars as Zhuge Kongming. The other cast members include: Shōya Chiba as Kabe-Taijin, Hibiku Yamamura as Nanami Kuon's speaking voice, and Jun Fukushima as Owner Kobayashi.
Shū Honma (episode director for The aquatope on white sand, Fairy gone, IRODUKU: The World in Colors) directed the anime at P.A. Works. Yoko Yonaiyama (scriptwriter for Uma Musume Pretty Derby both seasons) oversaw the series scripts, and Kanami Sekiguchi (Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow, Shirobako) designed the characters. Genki Hikota (theme songs for Lapis Re:LiGHTs, Yuri!!! on Ice) from Hifumi,inc. composed the music at Avex Pictures.
QUEENDOM, a new music unit made up of hibiki and moka from lol, Akina and Taki from FAKY, and Maria Kaneya from GENIC, performed the opening theme song "Chikichiki Banban." Eiko Starring 96Neko performed the ending theme song "Kibun Jōjō ↑↑" ("I'm Super Pumped↑↑"), which is a cover of mihimaru GT's 2006 hit song.
