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Crunchyroll Debuts English Dub for Tamon's B-Side Anime

Crunchyroll began streaming an English dub for the anime of Yuki Shiwasu's Tamon’s B-Side (Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!?) manga on Thursday. The dub cast — led by voice director Helena Walstrom, producer Samantha Herek, English script adaptation writer Jessica Sluys, and engineer Zachary Davis — includes:

• Abigail Blythe as Utage
• Conner Allison as Tamon 
• Brandon Acosta as Ouri
• Cody Savoie as Keito
• Kevin D. Thelwell as Natsuki
• Alex Hom as Rintaro
• Aaron Campbell as Fujita
• Rebecca Chiara Marano as Homare
• Taylor Murphy as Riko
• Marwa Elda as Shiraishi
• Casey Casper as Toda
• Emily Neves as Yamato
• Kayla Temshiv as Yuina

The anime premiered on January 1. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Chika Nagaoka (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) directed the anime at J.C. Staff. Chiaki Nagai (Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) both wrote and oversaw the series scripts. Yōko Itō (Delico's Nursery, Love Stage!!, Skate-Leading Stars) was the character designer and chief animation director. Shochiku, King Records, and Hakusensha produced the anime.

Viz Media licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

High schooler Utage Kinoshita works part-time as a housekeeper so she can afford her fangirl obsession with Tamon Fukuhara, her favorite member of boy band F/ACE. When work serendipitously sends her to the home of her idol, she discovers that the real Tamon couldn't be more different from his wild and sexy onstage persona!

Tamon is an insecure mess in real life, and what's worse, he's threatening to quit! Utage refuses to let anyone stand in Tamon's way—least of all himself. What's a fangirl to do but roll up her sleeves and support her favorite singer with everything she's got?

Shiwasu (Takane & Hana) debuted the manga in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine in October 2021. The series is based on Shiwasu's earlier one-shot manga of the same name.

The manga was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga in Kodansha's 47th annual Manga Awards in 2023. The manga ranked at #9 on the top 20 on its list of manga for female readers in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.

Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)