‘The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting’ is a comedy manga created by Tsukiya that started as a web comic in 2018 before being published by Micro Magazine and Kaiten Books in North America. The series was picked up for an anime in the Summer of 2022 by Fun-Media and the Japanese animation studio Gaina. Crunchyroll had picked it up for streaming and will produce an English dub.
The cast list was revealed on their website:
- Jonah Scott (Tatsu in The Way of the Househusband) as Kirishima
- Emi Lo (Kate in SHADOWS HOUSE) as Yaeka
- Christopher R. Sabat (All Might in My Hero Academia) as Kazuhiko
- Cherami Leigh (Asuna in Sword Art Online) as Kanami
- Nazeeh Tarsha (Jude in The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent) as Sugihara
- Y. Chang (Haruki in given) as Mashiro
Austin Sisk works on the project as ADR Director with Madeleine Morris working as the ADR Script Supervisor.
You can watch the trailer below:
The show was directed by Itsuro Kawasaki and written by Keiichirō Ōchi. The first season has twelve episodes.
MyAnimeList describes the synopsis as follows,
“Tooru Kirishima’s notoriety is spread far and wide in the underworld. He is most commonly known as “The Demon of Sakuragi”—a man who is not afraid to resort to violence if deemed necessary. After almost jeopardizing a peace treaty, his boss tasks him with the most difficult job he has ever had: taking care of seven-year-old Yaeka Sakuragi—the boss’ precious daughter—so that Tooru understands what it means to be responsible for another life.
At first, the two do not seem to meet eye to eye, as Tooru has no clue on how to communicate with Yaeka, and the young girl is not used to expressing her emotions. However, as time goes on, they come to understand each other despite their differences. The fearsome right-hand man of a yakuza boss and the child he must protect are about to learn that family is not always bound by blood.”
The anime was nominated for the 5th Next Manga Awards in the digital category in 2019.
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