Always a Catch! Anime Casts Tetsu Inada
The official X/Twitter account for the television anime of Mayo Momoyo's Always a Catch! (Nigashita Sakana wa Ōkikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ōkisugita Ken) light novel series announced on Thursday that it has cast Tetsu Inada as Maria's father:TMS also streamed the anime's creditless opening theme song "Chikai wa Kyun to." by HoneyWorks feat. Airi Suzuki.: The anime debuted on Wednesday on Tokyo MX and BS 11 at 24:00 JST (effectively Thursday at 12 midnight).Akira Oguro (Giant Beasts of Ars, Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena-) is directing the anime at TROYCA. Michiko Yokote (Ao-chan Can't Study!, Call of the Night) is in charge of series scripts and Isamu Suzuki (Shinobi no Ittoki) is designing the characters. Yoshino performs the ending theme song "DEAD OR LOVE."Additional staff members include:Square Enix Manga & Books publishes the manga adaptation in English and describes the story: Momoyo launched Nigashita Sakana wa Ōkikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ōkisugita Ken as a short story on the "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" (Let's Become Novelists) website in 2020. Momoyo started the story's sequel series on the website in 2020. Square Enix started publishing the novels with illustration by Mito in 2021.Kaki Nagato launched the manga adaptation on Square Enix's Manga UP! service in April 2022. The novels' seventh volume and the manga's 10th compiled book volume will both ship on April 7.Square Enix's Manga UP! Global, Kadokawa's BookWalker Global Store, and Comikey publish the manga digitally in English.Sources: Always a Catch! anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
