Yōko Hikasa Joins Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! as Masaki Kotobuki
Hisako Kotobuki's mother appeared in episode 7 of the adaptation of Muchimaro's four-panel manga.
Yōko Hikasa voices Masaki Kotobuki, Hisako's mother, who appeared in episode 7 this weekend. The anime's staff also released a new opening sequence.
The staff of the Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! (Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!) TV anime confirmed on Sunday, via its official website, that Yōko Hikasa voices Masaki Kotobuki. Hisako Kotobuki's mother appeared in episode 7 this weekend.
The staff also released the anime's new opening sequence.
Sangatsu no Phantasia performs the opening theme, "Kaze no Naka wa Hashirukkya Inai."
The anime premiered on October 3 and airs on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV.
In Japan, d Anime Store and AnimeFesta stream both the "on air" and "unrestricted" versions. OceanVeil simultaneously streams both versions with English subtitles, alongside an English dub.
The series' cast includes:
- Shōgo Sakata as Mizunoe Ume
- Haruka Shiraishi as Hisako Kotobuki
- Miyu Tomita as Komaro Michinoku
- Hiyori Kōno as Tan Otori
- Shizuka Ishigami as Arisu Terui
- Yumi Uchiyama as Satomi Hiratsuka
The production staff includes:
- Director at Passione: Naoyuki Tatsuwa (Ōmuro-ke, Gourmet Girl Graffiti, Nisekoi - False Love, Promise of Wizard)
- Character designer and chief animation director: Ryo Imamura (ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!)
- Series script supervisor and writer: Masahiro Yokotani (Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Beelzebub, The Devil Is a Part-Timer!)
- Main animators: Kay Yu, Kona Ming (name romanization not confirmed), Asatoshi Oki, mockingbird, SanzashiAme, and Mushiki (name romanization not confirmed)
- Art director: Hiromichi Itō
- Color design: Arisa Komatsu
- Director of photography: Junpei Takatsu
- Editing: Michi Takigawa
- Sound director: Satoshi Motoyama
- Music: Tomoki Kikuya
The television anime adapts Muchimaro's four-panel manga of the same name. Seven Seas publishes it in English.
Seven Seas' premise follows Mizunoe Ume, who joins the student council hoping for an easy solution to academic trouble and avoiding repeating a grade. Instead, he faces a chaotic school year with eccentric council members: an airhead, someone scary, and a secret pervert.
He finds these strange peers oddly cute and endearing, leaving him caught up in their chaos. The slice-of-life story mixes charm, quirky characters, and a little naughtiness.
Muchimaro began the manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2022. Kodansha released the 13th collected volume on August 17, and Seven Seas released its first volume on September 8.
K MANGA also publishes the series digitally in English. The manga received an animated advertisement in July 2024.
In 2023, the manga won the print category at the ninth Next Manga Awards (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō).
Sources: Comic Natalie via ANN
