Media coverage was quite high for the new season of “Osomatsu-san” that even the monthly general literature magazine joined in on the hype. Three days before the new season’s debut, it was revealed by Kadokawa that the main VAs of the series have made it to the cover of the magazine.
Set to be featured in its upcoming November 2017 issue, the magazine has the cast of sextuplet Matsuo all in black suits and tie in a group shot, a first time for the magazine. In commemoration of the second season, the magazine also has a 42-page feature for the series, including interviews with the six cast members available.
When the first season ended back in March 2016, the magazine featured the series on the cover of their May 2016 issue and had sold a total of 140,000 copies from it.
The cast of the sextuplets Matsuno brothers comprise of the following including their ages and a brief into to their character,
43-year-old Takahiro Sakurai as the eldest gambling brother Osomatsu, then there is Yuichi Nakamura 37-years-old and playing as Karamatsu, the dramatic second eldest.
Hiroshi Kamiya, 42-years old, plays as as the overly worried Choromatsu with 38-years-old Jun Fukuyama plays as the prickly, Ichimatsu. Lastly are 39-years-old Daisuke as the cheerful baseball loving Jyushimatsu and 29-years-old Miyu Irino as the independent Todomatsu.
Daisuke Ono as Jyushimatsu
Miyu Irino as Todomatsu
The “Osomatsu-san” series was first released in October 2015 in Japan and has just now released its second season on October 2. The first season ran for a total of 25 episodes then was followed by a special. Based on the 1962 manga series “Osomatsu-kun” by Fujio Akatsuka, the series fast forwards to 10 years later and tells of the daily adventures of the sextuplets as lazy NEETs.
With the original series that ran for around 34 volumes by Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine, it told the tale of the Matsunos as young children causing mischief and the adventures of their childhood. When the first series gained an anime adaptation, around 56 or more episodes was produced from February 1966 to Match 1967. Then the series gained another anime adaptation was made and this time around 86 episodes were released from 1998 to 1999. In the course of the series’ run, the franchise has grown with campaigns, collaborations, and merchandising for all kinds of “Osomatsu-san” fans.
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