It has been announced that the TV anime "Okitsura: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying", based on the manga by Sora Egumi currently being serialized on Shinchosha's manga site "Kurage Bunch", will be broadcast on TOKYO MX, BS11 and others from January 4, 2025. The story is set in Okinawa and will be broadcast every Sunday at noon on Okinawa Television from the 5th, every Wednesday at 1:49 am on Ryukyu Broadcasting from the 8th, and every Thursday at 1:20 am on Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting from the 9th. This will be the first time that a TV anime will be broadcast on the three Okinawa Prefecture commercial broadcasting stations, Okinawa Television, Ryukyu Broadcasting, and Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting.
The second key visual, depicting Hiyan Hina and Higa Kana enjoying an Okinawa-style beach party, and the third PV featuring the opening theme "Dai Dai Dai Daisuki" by the band HY have also been released.
The series began serialization in Kurage Bunch in 2020. It is a comedy about the protagonist, Teruaki Nakamura, who transfers to Okinawa, Hiina Kiyan, who speaks the Okinawan dialect Uchinaaguchi, and Kana Higa, who helps Teruaki by translating Uchinaaguchi.
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Teruaki Nakamura: Takeo Otsuka▽Hikaru Kiyan: Akari Kito▽Natsuna Higa: Ai Fairouz▽Yae Agena: Murasaki Shimoji▽Tensuke Uemata: Sougo Nakamura▽Isao Shimoji: Kentaro Kumagai▽Tetsu Higa: Yamato Kinjo▽Suzu Higa: Miyuri Shimabukuro▽Naoya Higa: Risa Tsumugi▽Sachiko Kiyan: Yuko Gibu▽Oki Memo Shisa: Etsuko Kozakura▽Narration: Tarusuke Araki
