The official website for the upcoming short-format television adaptation of Yuka Ōshima's acclaimed webcomic Haru to Gen ~70-sai, Hajimete Kosodate~ (Haru and Gen: Raising a Child for the First Time at 70) has released a heartfelt teaser promotional video. Alongside the preview footage, the production committee confirmed the main voice cast and locked in an official January 4 premiere date.
The series stars veteran voice actor Bin Shimada as Gen, a seventy-year-old divorcé living in solitude, joined by Hiromi Igarashi as his young granddaughter Haru, and Mayuko Kazama as Sakura, Gen's late daughter who tragically passed away from an illness.
Production Pedigree and Staff
The anime is helmed by director Kōdai Satō, working across animation studios IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio in close partnership with Studio Nanahoshi. The creative backbone also includes sound director Taeko Miura, sound effects specialist Maki Takuma, and composer bermei.inazawa, who is crafting the series' musical landscape under executive producer Kazuya Takahashi.
Originally launched by Yuka Ōshima on Kadokawa's TATESC Comic vertical-scrolling label in December 2022, the original source material explores profound generational themes. The narrative centers on Gen, a man estranged from his family following a divorce decades prior. Thrust into sudden guardianship of his three-year-old granddaughter Haru after the death of his daughter, Gen must confront his past negligence and navigate the chaotic, tender reality of raising a child for the first time.
The short-format series will officially broadcast starting January 4 at 9:55 p.m. via the TV Kanagawa (tvk) network.
