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Egumi Sora's Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru (The Dialect of the Girl I Fell in Love With in Okinawa is too Difficult to Deal With) manga is getting an anime that will air next January. Last Thursday, a second video trailer revealed more art and new cast members:

The new casts are:

Yamato Kinjo as Tetsu Higa, Kana's older brother and Miyuri Shimabukuro as Suzu Higa, Kana's younger sister

Risa Tsumugi as Naoya Higa, Kana's cousin and Yuko Gibu as Sachiko Kyan, Hina's grandmother

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The anime will premiere in January 2025 on three different Japanese local Okinawan channels.

Previous info:

From the previous announcements, we also know that:

The band HY, a local band from Uruma in Okinawa will be in charge of the anime's opening theme song.

The already announced cast is:

Takeo Ōtsuka as Teruaki Nakamura (Tee-ruu)
Akari Kitō as Hina Kyan (Hii-naa)
Fairouz Ai as Kana Higa (Kaa-naa)
Shino Shimoji as Yae Agena
Shugo Nakamura as Tensuke Uema
Kentarō Kumagai as Isao Shimoji
Etsuko Kozakura as Oki Memo Shisha
Tarusuke Shingaki as Narrator

Shin Itagaki, known for his work on Teekyū and the 2016-2017 Berserk TV series, serves as the chief director for the upcoming anime, with Shingo Tanabe (I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World) directing at Millepensee. Both Itagaki and Tanabe are also in charge of overseeing the series scripts. Character designs are handled by Tomohiro Yoshida, the chief animation director of So I'm a Spider, So What?. The music is being composed by Tomohisa Ishikawa (Harmonie, Kurokami The Animation), along with Yoshimi Katayama and Ayano Kinjō, under King Records. Studio Mausu is responsible for sound production, while Hodaka Fukumura serves as the dialect coach.

Story:

I, Teruaki Nakamura, transferred to Okinawa and fell in love with a girl… but I can't understand her dialect. Thankfully, Higa-san is always helping me out with translations.

A cross-cultural romance that's a wee-bit different begins on the southern island!

(Source: Comic Natalie)

The manga:

The manga debuted on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website in January 2020. Shinchosha released the first compiled volume in July 2020, followed by the eighth volume on February 8. To date, the series has 350,000 copies in circulation.

Previous trailers: