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Mannaka no Rikkun Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, January 9 Premiere
posted on by Karen Ressler
The January issue of Mannaka no Rikkun (Rikkun in the Middle) manga on Thursday. The magazine's website posted a color visual of the characters.

The anime will air as part of TV Tokyo's KinderTV variety program beginning on January 9.
The cast includes:
- Yurina Watanabe as Riku
- Akiha Matsui as Mom
- Hiroaki Miura as Dad
- Nao Shiraki as Kū
- Tomomi Isomura as Una
- Tadanori Date as Narrator
- Nichika Ōmori as Mushroom God
- Masaaki Doi as Bamboo Shoot God
- Hinata Tadokoro as Mountain God
Other staff include:
- Art Director: Yasutada Kato
- Color Key: Akiko Saitou
- Director of Photography: Yuusaku Murakami
- Editor: Keisuke Yanagi
- Music Production: jeux d'eau
- Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
- Sound Effects: Masami Kitakata
- Recording: Tatsuhiro Amano
- Sound Production: dugout
The "home comedy" centers on the mischievous boy Rikkun and his eccentric family. Totsuka (ended it in March. The manga has three compiled volumes.
Sources: Morning January issue, Morning website