The producer WWWave Corporation presented a new trailer for the television anime Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kunadaptation of the manga created by Takuya Shinjō. The trailer confirmed that the series will premiere on October 5 in Tokyo MX at 25:05 hours (equivalent to October 6 at 1:05 am in Japan, 18:05 on October 5 in Spain). Later it will also be broadcast on BS11.
Musical themes and versions
It was announced that the opening will be performed by the group UtaGe! with the song “UKU”, while Palette Parade will perform the ending theme titled “Jōjō ↑ High Tension.” The anime will have three different editions: an uncensored version called “Complete Deregulate”a partially censored edition, and the fully censored television version, all available on AnimeFesta and other platforms.
Cast and production team
The main cast includes:
- Rikuya Yasuda as Kōyō Kotesashi
- Hina Suguta as Aroma Kusunoki
- Yu Serizawa as Aoba Kitahara
- Saya Aizawa as Izumi Sumiyoshi
- Manatsu Murakami as Chiyo Sayamagaoka
- Ruriko Aoki as Miyuki Hongō
The direction is carried out by Hisashi Saito (I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?, Fantasista Doll) in the studio Quad. Gogo Hakuki supervises the scripts, Ryūsuke Tsukamoto design the characters and Chihiro Endo compose the music. Production is in the hands of Deregulate. Additional personnel include: Taiki Ura (color design), Makoto Shiraishi (artistic direction), Makoto Togo (photograph), Jun'ichi Masunaga (edition) and Kohei Yoshida (sound direction).
A bit of manga history
The manga follows Kōyō Kotesashia young man who dreams of becoming a sports doctor. To get closer to his goal, he starts working as a massage specialist in high school. Seiha University High Schoolfamous for its sports teams. There she offers treatments to several athletes with very particular personalities.
The work debuted in Magazine Pocket from Kodansha in May 2021 and currently has 12 compilation volumesthe most recent published on July 9.
