Uramichi Oniisan

Uramichi Oniisan (うらみちお兄さん, "Big Bro Uramichi") is a Japanese comedy manga series by Gaku Kuze. It has been serialized online via Ichijinsha's Comic POOL digital manga magazine since 2017 and has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. The manga series has been licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Blanc is scheduled to premiere in July 2021.

Uramichi Oniisan
Cover of Uramichi Oniisan volume 1 by Ichijinsha
うらみちお兄さん
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byGaku Kuze
Published byIchijinsha
English publisher
MagazineComic POOL
DemographicJosei
Original run2017 – present
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byNobuyoshi Nagayama
Written byTouko Machida
Music byKei Haneoka
StudioStudio Blanc
Original run July 2021 – scheduled

Characters
Uramichi Omota (表田裏道, Omota Uramichi)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya[1]
Tobikichi Usahara (兎原跳吉, Usahara Tobikichi)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[1]
Mitsuo Kumagai (熊谷みつ夫, Kumagai Mitsuo)
Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura[1]
Iketeru Daga (蛇賀池照, Daga Iketeru)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano[1]
Utano Tadano (多田野詩乃, Tadano Utano)
Voiced by: Nana Mizuki[1]
Hanabee Kikaku (木角半兵衛, Kikaku Hanabee)
Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura[2]
Saito Uebu (上武裁人, Uebu Saito)
Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura[2]
Matahiko Nekota (猫田又彦, Nekota Matahiko)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono[2]

Media

Manga

Uramichi Oniisan is a manga series written and illustrated by Gaku Kuze. It has been serialized online in Ichijinsha's Comic POOL digital manga magazine since 2017 and has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. During their Anime NYC 2019 panel, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the series.[3]

Volumes
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 27, 2017[4]978-4-7580-1575-2December 8, 2020[5]978-1-646-51114-3
2 April 27, 2018[6]978-4-7580-1597-4January 19, 2021[7]978-1-646-51140-2
3 January 29, 2019[8]978-4-7580-1628-5September 7, 2021[9]978-1-646-51261-4
4 October 29, 2019[10]978-4-7580-1666-7——
5 May 29, 2020[11]978-4-7580-1693-3 (regular edition)
ISBN 978-4-7580-1694-0 (special edition)		——

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced in a promotional video of the fourth volume of the manga on October 25, 2019.[1] The television series is animated by Studio Blanc and directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama, with Touko Machida handling series composition, Mizuki Takahashi and Yusuke Shibata designing the characters, and Kei Haneoka composing the series' music. It was scheduled to premiere in 2020,[12] but was delayed to July 2021.[13][14]

References
  1. "Gaku Kuze's Uramichi Oniisan Manga About Children's TV Show Host Gets Anime". Anime News Network. October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  2. Sherman, Jennifer (May 26, 2020). "Uramichi Oniisan TV Anime Casts Ryohei Kimura, Kenichi Suzumura, Kensho Ono". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. Mateo, Alex (November 17, 2019). "Kodansha Comics Announces 12 Digital Manga Licenses, 4 Manga Print Releases". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  4. うらみちお兄さん (1) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  5. "Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan 1". Kodansha USA. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  6. うらみちお兄さん (2) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  7. "Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan 2". Kodansha USA. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  8. うらみちお兄さん (3) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  9. "Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan 3". Kodansha USA. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  10. うらみちお兄さん (4) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  11. うらみちお兄さん (5) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  12. "Uramichi Oniisan Anime Reveals TV Format, 2020 Debut, Staff". Anime News Network. December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  13. "Life Lessons of Uramichi-Oniisan TV Anime Delayed From 2020 to 2021". Anime News Network. June 26, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  14. "Life Lessons of Uramichi-Oniisan TV Anime Rescheduled for July With 2nd Designer". Anime News Network. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.


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