Another short-form series addition for the fall season has been announced with Haoliner Animation League’s series To Be HERO. THe project, which has Shinichi Watanabe overseeing it, will debut on Tokyo MX on October 5th, 2016 with a plum 6:30 pm slot. The original gag anime series is set for nine-minute episodes. While the production team hasn’t been revcealed, we did get some of the cast with:
- Kenjirou Tsuda as Ossan
- Moa Tsukino as Min
- Tomokazu Sugita as Prince
- Takeshi Maeda as Alien
- Yutaka Aoyama as Yamada-san
Plot concept: Our main character, Ossan, is a no-good father with messy appearance even though he looks nice, and decorates restrooms. He is a divorced, single-dad and lives with his daughter Min-chan, who is good at both studying and sport. One day, Ossan has been sucked into the toilet that he finished using, and becomes a hero to save the Earth! The price for his power is that he has lost his ikemen appearance and becomes a fat person!! Ossan’s battle to protect the Earth and Min-chan has begun…