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Sangatsu no Lion Episode 8 Delayed by One Week

The official website of the anime adaptation of Chika Umino’s Sangatsu no Lion (3gatsu no Lion/March Comes in like a Lion) manga has revealed the broadcast of the anime’s 8th episode will be delayed by a week.

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The 8th episode of the Sangatsu no Lion anime was scheduled to air on Saturday, November 26th at 11:00pm JST on NHK, but now air on December 3rd at 11:30pm JST on NHK. The reason for the delay has not been specified.

The main cast of the anime has:

  • Kengo Kawanishi (Tobirama Senju in Naruto) will lead the cast as Rei Kiriyama

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  • Ai Kayano (Menma in AnoHana) will voice Akari Kawamoto

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  • Kana Hanazawa (Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!) voicing as Hinata Kawamoto

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  • Misaki Kuno (Kate Hoshimiya from Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda) voicing the role of Momo Kawamoto

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The leading members production of the anime includes:

  • Director: Akiyuki Simbo (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
  • Anime Character Designer: Nobuhiro Sugiyama (Nisekoi, Arakawa Under the Bridge)
  • Art Director: Seiki Tamura (K-ON!, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
  • Music Composer: Yukari Hashimoto (Golden Time, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun)
  • Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama (Dog Days, Nisekoi)
  • Animation Studio: Shaft (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)

Sangatsu no Lion (3gatsu no Lion/March Comes in like a Lion) is a slice of life manga written and illustrated by Chika Umino. The series began its publication in 2007 in Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine. To date a total of 11 volumes have been published. The series itself won the 2011 Manga Taisho Award and the grand prize at the 2014 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

The protagonist is Rei, a 17-year-old shogi player. He lives by himself, not having a family, and does not go to school and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Momo and Hinata, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.

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The Sangatsu no Lion TV anime airs every Saturday at 11:00pm JST on NHK and will run for a total of 22. The 8th episode of the anime has been delayed to December 3rd.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://3lion-anime.com/
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