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Bocchi the Rock! TV Anime Casts Ikumi Hasegawa
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Anime based on manga about all-girl rock band premieres this year
The staff for the Ikumi Hasegawa will play Ikuyo Kita (pictured below) in the show. Ikuyo is a guitarist and vocalist in the band and she is a first-year high school student with a cheerful personality.
The anime will premiere in 2022.
Previously revealed cast includes:
- Yoshino Aoyama as Hitori "Bocchi-chan" ("Loner") Gotō
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Nijika Ijichi
- Saku Mizuno as Ryо̄ Yamada
Wonder Egg Priority) is deg the characters.
The manga's story follows Hitori "Bocchi-chan" ("Loner") Gotō, a lonely high school girl whose heart lies in her guitar. She does nothing every day except strum her guitar by herself at home. However, she happens one day to meet Nijika Ijichi, who is looking for a guitarist for her group named "Kessoku Band."
Hamaji Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in December 2017.
Image ©はまじあき/芳文社・アニプレックス
Source: Press release