If you are looking for a slice-of-life anime series that deals with realistic human emotions and complex relationships, definitely give Umino Chica’s “March Comes in Like a Lion” series a chance! Highly recommended!
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TITLE: March Comes in Like a Lion vol. 3
DURATION: Episodes 23-33 (275 Minutes)
BLU-RAY INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition, English and Japanese Linear PCM Stereo, Subtitles: Japanese and English
COMPANY: Aniplex of America Inc.
RATED: 13 and Up
Release Date: December 18, 2018
NOTE: Names are in first/last name:
Originally Created by Chica Umino
Series Director: Kenjiro Okada
Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Series Composition: Akiyuki Simbo, Fuyashi Tou
Script by Yukito Kizawa
Music by Yukari Hashimoto
Character Design: Nobuhiro Sugiyama
Art Director: Seiki Tamura
Anime Production: SHAFT
Featuring the following voice talent:
Kengo Kawanishi/Khoi Dao as Rei Kiriyama
Ai Kayano/Laura Post as Akari Kawamoto
Akio Ohtsuka/Taylor Henry as RaidÅ Fujimoto
Akira Ishida/Todd Haberkorn as TÅji SÅya
Daisuke Sakaguchi/Lucien Dodge as Okuyasu Yokomizo
Hiroki Touchi/Ray Chase as Masamune GotÅ
Kana Hanazawa/Kayli Mills as Hinata Kawamoto
Kenjiro Tsuda/Kellen Goff as Morio Shigeta
Marina Inoue/Lauren Landa as KyÅko KÅda
Misaki Kuno/Xanthe Huynh as Momo Kawamoto
Mitsuo Iwata/Joe J. Thomas as Manabu Yasui
Nobuhiko Okamoto/Zach Aguilar as Harunobu NikaidÅ
Shigeru Chiba as SÅmeiji Kawamoto
Shinichiro Miki/Kirk Thornton as Kai Shimada
Subaru Kimura as Issa Matsumoto
Takahiro Sakurai as Takashi Hayashida
TesshŠGenda as Takanori Jingūji (Japan Shogi League President)
Tomokazu Sugita/Keith Silverstein as Tatsuyuki Misumi
Toru Ohkawa/Cam Clarke as Masachika KÅda
YÅji Ueda/Doug Stone as Hanaoka
Yoshimasa Hosoya/Chris Hackney as YÅ«suke Takahashi
YÅ«ichi Nakamura/Xander Mobus as Takeshi Tsujii
YÅ«ji Ueda/Arnie Pantoja as Eisaku Noguchi
From Chica Umino, the author of Honey & Clover, comes the award-winning coming-of-age manga about a shogi player and the meaning of family. March comes in like a lion returns to life in full animation for a second season by director Akiyuki Shimbou (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the Monogatari series)!
Rei Kiriyama, 18 years old. Occupation: Professional shogi player. After losing his family at a young age, all Rei had growing up was a shogi board to cling to. The three sisters Akari, Hinata and Momo were the ones to gradually bring light back into his life. When Rei learns that Hinata has become the target of bullying at school, he desperately searches for ways to protect what is important to him.
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