The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Koji Shinasaka’s mahjong-themed manga Tohai – Ura Rate Mahjong Tohai Roku announced today that it is set to premiere in Japan in October 2024.Additionally, the anime’s three main voice cast members have been revealed as below:
Kei played by Kohsuke Tanabe (Alvan in I Shall Survive Using Potions!)
— A high school student, known as “K of the ICE,” earns money as a substitute mahjong player while pursuing academics. He has an exceptional memory and a theoretical playstyle.
Amina played by Fairouz Ai (Manatsu Natsuumi/Cure Summer in Tropical-Rouge! Precure)
— A girl from a foreign country who was taken to the underworld, leaving her without any official records or nationality. After meeting Kei, she ends up living with him.
Doujima played by Shunsuke Takeuchi (Alexander Yamato in KING OF PRISM)
— A skilled mahjong player in the underworld with exceptional intuition and luck.
(from left) Shunsuke Takeuchi, Kohsuke Tanabe, Fairouz Ai
The Tohai – Ura Rate Mahjong Tohai Roku manga series has been serialized in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion magazine since 2006. Jun Hatori (Too Cute Crisis) serves as director alongside series composition writer Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm) and character designer Sayaka Anezaki. Yusuke Shirato and Yuki Kishida provide music, EAST FISH STUDIO (A Condition Called Love) works on anime production.The story is set in a world where underground mahjong parlors engage in high stakes gambling for money, women, and even black market internal organs. This seedy world is being turned upside down by a high school boy gambler whose cold demeanor has earned him the nicknamed “K of Ice.”
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Teaser trailer
Source: “Tohai – Ura Rate Mahjong Tohai Roku” TV anime official website / Twitter Ⓒ Koji Shinasaka (Akita Shoten) / Takatsu-gumi
