A new PV trailer for the My Master Has No Tail anime has been released for the character Enshi Kirino (voiced by Ayana Taketatsu). She is a master rakugo storyteller that can only speak naturally when a metronome is used in her performances. The series is set to premiere on September 30, 2022.
The production team has previously released character trailers for Mameda, Bunko Daikokutei, and Shirara Tsubaki.
The main anime voice cast consists of M.A.O as Mameda, Hibiku Yamamura as Bunko Daikokutei, Lynn as Shirara Tsubaki, Takuya Eguchi as Tsubaki Byakudanji, Ayana Taketatsu as Enshi Kirino, Akira Ishida as Utaroku Ebisuya, Junichi Suwabe as Buncho Daikokutei, Ayumu Murase as Sakujiro, Natsuki Aikawa as Omatsu, Ikumi Hasegawa as Koito, and Yuuichirou Umehara as Rakuda.
My Master Has No Tail is based on the “Taisho rakugo fantasy” manga by TNSK, which was first serialized in Kodansha’s Good! Afternoon magazine on January 7, 2019. The series is published under the Afternoon KC label and has released eight tankoubon volumes in total so far.
The anime production staff includes Hideyo Yamamoto (Cells at Work! BLACK) as director, Touko Machida (PuraOre! Pride of Orange) as series composer and one of the screenwriters, Haruka Yamauchi (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato co-sub character designer) as character designer, and Arte Refact’s Tsukasa Yatoki, Atsushi Harada, and Yuuki Honda as music composers. Liden Films is handling the animation production.
Kodansha USA releases the original manga in English for North America. It describes the story as:
Mameda is a tanuki who was born in the wrong era – all she wants is to trick humans, but that age of tanuki shenanigans is over. But one woman, a rakugo master named Bunko, shows Mameda it’s still possible to cast magic on humans…only with words, not illusions. Mameda is determined to become Bunko’s apprentice, but can she convince the stoic master to take her on…?
