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Crunchyroll to Stream Sekkō Boys TV Anime
posted on by Egan Loo
Media distribution service anime as it airs in Japan. The streaming will begin this Friday at 11:40 a.m. EST worldwide except in Asia.
Sekkō Boys is a unit of four stone figures — the military saint and group leader Saint Giorgio, history's original celebrity Medici, the strikingly handsome and multi-talented Hermes, and the god of war Mars who is earnest about love — who become idiosyncratic idols. The story depicts their efforts to make it in the entertainment world with their female manager Miki Ishimoto, who just graduated from college.
The anime will star:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Kyon) as Saint Giorgio
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches' Shinichi Tamaki) as Medici
Blue Exorcist's Yukio) as Hermes
Black Butler's Sebastian) as Mars
Also starring are:
Go! Princess Precure's Aroma) as the Sekkō Boys' manager Miki Ishimoto
Yui Makino as the top idol Mira Hanayashiki
Takaya Kuroda as Hanzō Horibe, the president of the Holbein Entertainment agency where the manager Ishimoto lands a job
Rena Maeda as Kinue Yamashita, Mira's manager
Takahiro Sakurai as Hironori Yanagisawa, a manager who has been at Holbein longer than Ishimoto
The concept is the brainchild of the character goods maker Eriko Itō (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches) is serving as character designer and chief animation director. "Sekkō Boys" are also credited with performing the anime's theme song.
The anime will premiere on January 8 as one of the series of anime shorts in the Ultra Super Anime Time timeslot on the BS11 stations.
