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Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun TV Anime's Main Promo Video Reveals October 5 Debut
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
WWWave Corporation unveiled on Friday the main promotional video for the television anime of Takuya Shinjō's Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun (Don't Touch Kotesashi) manga.
(The below promo video may not be safe for work.)
The company also revealed the show's theme song information, October 5 debut, and a new key visual. The new key visual is not safe for work and is available on the anime's website here.
UtaGe! will perform the opening theme song "U.K.U," and Palette Parade will perform the ending theme song "Jōjō ↑ High Tension."
The anime will debut on Tokyo MX on October 5 at 25:05 (effectively October 6 at 1:05 a.m.), and then late at night on BS11 on October 6. A "Complete Deregula Version" will stream on AnimeFesta that is uncensored. The partially censored "Deregula Version" and the censored broadcast version will also stream on AnimeFesta and other streaming services.
An advanced screening event will take place in Tokyo on September 28.
The anime stars:
- Rikuya Yasuda as Kōyō Kotesashi
- Hina Suguta as Aroma Kusunoki
- Yū Serizawa as Aoba Kitahara
- Saya Aizawa as Izumi Sumiyoshi
- Manatsu Murakami as Chiyo Sayamagaoka
- Ruriko Aoki as Miyuki Hongō
Hisashi Saito (I’m Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?, Fantasista Doll) is directing the anime at Quad. Gogo Hakuki is in charge of series scripts, Ryūsuke Tsukamoto (The Apothecary Diaries, Protocol: Rain animation director) is designing the characters, and Chihiro Endō is composing the music. Deregula is producing the anime.
Additional staff includes:
- Color Design: Taiki Ura
- Art Director: Makoto Shiraishi
- Compositing Director of Photography: Makoto Tōgō
- Editing: Jun'ichi Masunaga
- Sound Director: Kōhei Yoshida
The manga centers on Kōyō Kotesashi, a boy who aims to become a sports doctor. He becomes a massage specialist in Seiha University High School, a school known for its powerhouse sports teams. There, he provides massage services to unique athlete girls.
Shinjō launched the manga in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in May 2021. Kodansha published the manga's 12th compiled book volume on July 9.
Sources: Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun anime's website, Comic Natalie
