March Comes In Like a Lion (2016)
March Comes In Like a Lion (2016)
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Plot.
Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.
Where to Watch.


Currently March Comes In Like a Lion is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Kengo Kawanishi
Rei Kiriyama (voice)

Miki Kasai
Compositing Artist

Miku Oshima
Producer

Khoi Dao
Rei Kiriyama

Jun Sakata
Producer

Rei Egami
Director of Photography / Compositing Artist

Kazuhiko Yusa
Producer

Yumi Shimizu
Prop Designer / Key Animation

Koji Tsuchiya
Compositing Artist

Yasuhiro Nakura
Layout Supervisor / Art Designer / Layout Supervisor / Key Animation

Laura Post
Akari Kawamoto

Kohei Yoshida
Sound Recordist

Ryo Tomoda
Producer

Kayli Mills
Hinata Kawamoto

Akiko Yodo
Producer

Kohei Nawata
Title Designer

Fuminari Fukino
Producer

Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Effects

Masaharu Yamanouchi
Music Producer

Xanthe Huynh
Momo Kawamoto

Yasuko Watanabe
Color Designer

Izumi Takizawa
Color Designer

Rie Matsubara
Editor

Kenjirou Okada
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director

Akiyuki Shinbo
Series Director / Series Composition

Yukari Hashimoto
Original Music Composer

Nobuhiro Sugiyama
Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer / Animation Director

Toshiki Kameyama
Sound Director

Seiki Tamura
Art Direction

Chica Umino
Comic Book

Mie Oishi
Storyboard Artist

Shouji Saeki
Storyboard Artist

Takashi Kawabata
Storyboard Artist / Director

Kouji Maruyama
Background Designer

Shinsaku Sasaki
Storyboard Artist

Hajime Otani
Storyboard Artist / Co-Director / Director

Park Seong-hyeon
Background Designer

Mamoru Kurosawa
Storyboard Artist

Ayami Hidaka
Background Designer

Marie Kitai
Background Designer

Hiroko Kazui
Storyboard Artist

Midori Yoshizawa
Storyboard Artist / Director

Sagako Itakura
Background Designer

Toshimasa Suzuki
Storyboard Artist

Tomohiko Ito
Storyboard Artist

Toshihiko Goto
Background Designer

Etsuko Abe
Background Designer

Hiroshi Hamasaki
Storyboard Artist

Kenichi Imaizumi
Storyboard Artist

Osamu Nakajima
Background Designer

Kazuya Sakamoto
Storyboard Artist

Ayano Kato
Background Designer

Kentaro Miura
Art Department Assistant

Atsushi Morikawa
Background Designer

Takayuki Aizu
Director of Photography / Compositing Artist

Shinichiro Eto
Director of Photography

Kazuya Shiotsuki
Costume Designer / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director / Key Animation

Yoshiko Mikami
Director

Tetsuya Miyanishi
Director

Yukihiro Miyamoto
Director

Yutaka Kawasaki
Director

Sayaka Iwai
Director

Takudai Kakuchi
Director

Seimei Kidokoro
Director

Takayoshi Nagatomo
Director

Yuichi Wada
Director

So Toyama
Director

Noriko Hashimoto
Director

Tomoyuki Itamura
Director

Hidekazu Hara
Director

Hiromi Sasaki
Assistant Editor

Akane Shiraishi
Assistant Editor

Masahiro Nojima
Producer

Takahiro Yoshikawa
Producer

Masayuki Sano
Producer

Tadao Iwaki
Producer

Yuji Hamagata
Production Assistant / Additional Production Assistant

Mizuki Saito
Production Assistant

Yuya Matsukawa
Production Manager

Kouji Mizunashi
Production Assistant

Takumi Arao
Production Assistant

Kotoko Komatani
Production Assistant

Shohei Fujita
Production Assistant

Motoo Fujiwara
Theme Song Performance

Yoshifumi Naoi
Theme Song Performance

Hideo Masu
Theme Song Performance

Hiroaki Masukawa
Theme Song Performance

Kenshi Yonezu
Theme Song Performance

Shinya Takano
Visual Effects / CGI Director

Shosuke Shimizu
Animation Director / Key Animation

Tsutomu Shibutani
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation

Ken Yamamoto
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation

Naoki Eto
Compositing Artist

Yoshiko Oka
Compositing Artist

Hironori Tanaka
Opening/Ending Animation

Takumi Yokota
Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director / Key Animation

Manami Umeshita
Key Animation / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director

Mayu Fujimoto
Animation Director / Key Animation

Kayo Nomichi
Key Animation / Animation Director

Akihito Asai
Animation Director

Miyuki Katayama
Key Animation / Animation Director

Kiichi Takaoka
Animation Director

Chihiro Nishikawa
Key Animation / Animation Director

Atsuko Yamazaki
Animation Director

Aiko Wakatsuki
Animation Director

Kazuya Saito
Animation Director

Shuntaro Yamada
Key Animation / Animation Director

Shinya Nishizawa
Animation Director / Key Animation

Hitoshi Miyajima
Animation Director / Key Animation

Kumiko Kawashima
Animation Director / Key Animation

Kazunori Aoki
Key Animation / Animation Director

Kim Jung-nam
Key Animation / Animation Director

Sayuri Sugito
Animation Director / Key Animation

Itaru Saito
Key Animation

Hirotoshi Arai
Animation Director / Key Animation

Etsuko Sumimoto
Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Naoko Masui
Key Animation

Shohei Yamanaka
Key Animation

Miho Ayabe
Key Animation / Animation Director

Toru Akiba
Animation Director / Key Animation

Kayoko Suzuki
Key Animation

Akio Kitahara
Animation Director

Hina Kobayashi
Key Animation

Kazuki Baba
Key Animation / Animation Director

Kenichi Shimizu
Key Animation / Animation Director

Akane Yano
Animation Director

Kazuko Hayakawa
Animation Director / Key Animation

Akihisa Takano
Animation Director / Key Animation

Kousei Kudo
Key Animation

Yoshihisa Sato
Animation Director

Momoko Yamada
Key Animation / Animation Director

Yoshiaki Ito
Key Animation / Animation Director

Michinosuke Nakamura
Animation Director

Satoshi Harayama
Key Animation

Junya Sato
Key Animation

Miyuki Koga
Key Animation

Aki Komori
Key Animation

Motoki Yagi
Key Animation

Nanako Egami
Key Animation

Yoshio Kozakai
Animation Director

Ayumi Kurokawa
Key Animation

Rikiya Okano
Animation Director

Shoshi Ishikawa
Animation Director / Key Animation

Takashi Hirabayashi
Key Animation

Yasue Katori
Key Animation

Satoshi Shimada
Key Animation

Yasuko Miyazaki
Key Animation

Riki Matsuura
Animation Director

Yoshihiro Maeda
Key Animation / Animation Director

Natsumi Sugawara
Key Animation

Yohko Ariizumi
Key Animation

Takayo Nishimura
Key Animation

Aya Tajima
Key Animation / Animation Director

Mayumi Nakamura
Key Animation

Kazutoshi Azuma
Key Animation

Katsumi Aoshima
Key Animation

Akio Sugino
Key Animation

Mika Inoue
Key Animation

Hiroshi Konno
Key Animation

Kenta Mizusaki
Key Animation

Shigeru Chiba
Key Animation

Song Su-jeong
Compositing Artist

Satoshi Aoki
Key Animation

Taisuke Iwasaki
Animation Director

Nana Miura
Key Animation

Issei Arakaki
Animation Director

Takashi Koizumi
Key Animation

Yuuya Kumagai
Animation Director

Kou Yoshinari
Key Animation

Ai Mochida
Key Animation

Kazuhiro Ohmame
Key Animation

Atsushi Kasano
Key Animation

Tomoya Atsumi
Animation Director

Ryou Komori
Key Animation

Yuna Fueki
Key Animation

Saori Hosoda
Animation Director

Takayuki Noguchi
Key Animation

Shinya Takahashi
Key Animation

Toshihiro Kikuchi
Animation Director

Kyohei Oyabu
Key Animation

Takashi Yasui
Key Animation

Kururu Shiozawa
Key Animation

Haruka Kudo
Key Animation

Konomi Sato
Key Animation

Liu Yunliu
Animation Director

Shinji Yamamoto
Key Animation

Masato Okada
Key Animation

Yuta Masaki
Key Animation

Hitoshi Morikawa
Key Animation

Yayoi Takano
Animation Director

Hiroki Takagi
Key Animation

Hisatoshi Motoki
Key Animation

Isamu Utsuki
Animation Director

Ahn Hyo-jeong
Animation Director

Misao Abe
Key Animation

Tomoki Kouda
Animation Director

Hiroyuki Okaji
Animation Director

Konomi Sakurai
Animation Director

Rika Kanetaka
Animation Director

Hirokazu Sato
Animation Director

Ryuga Fujiwara
Key Animation

Katsuyuki Yamazaki
Key Animation

Tomokazu Shimabukuro
Animation Director

Shota Tsukiyama
Key Animation

Kazuko Shibata
Animation Director

Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation

Mizue Ogawa
Key Animation

Shoko Kushibiki
Key Animation

Yosuke Anai
Key Animation

Hiromi Daimi
Animation Director

Yoshinori Nakamura
Key Animation

Kenichi Yamaguchi
Key Animation

Gen'ichirou Abe
Key Animation

Eri Irei
Key Animation

Takeshi Ito
Key Animation

Shingo Tamagawa
Key Animation

Ken Nishio
Key Animation

Yugo Ohashi
Key Animation

Chen Dali
Key Animation

Misako Izumi
Key Animation

Kanako Ueda
Key Animation

Nobuhiro Okazaki
Key Animation

Toshiharu Sugie
Key Animation

Yuichi Kikuchi
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Okuno
Animation Director

Saki Hisamatsu
Animation Director

Michiko Noda
Key Animation

Hirona Okada
Key Animation

Akari Kimura
Key Animation

Miyuki Nakamura
Key Animation

Masahiro Sasaki
Key Animation

Hiromi Fushimi
Animation Director

Yoko Sugita
Animation Director

Seika Saruwatari
Animation Director

Kaori Higuchi
Key Animation

Nanako Ninomiya
Key Animation

Saori Koike
Key Animation

Tomoyuki Kitamura
Key Animation

Yukito Kizawa
Writer

Fuyashi Tou
Series Composition

Izumi Takiuchi
Announcer (voice)

Yumiko Konatsu
Old Lady A (voice)

Masumi Taira
Flower Shop Lady (voice)

Yu Kitada
Reporter B / Convenience Store Clerk (voice) / Kiwako's Husband (voice) / Yamamoto (voice) / Shogi Official (voice)

Yumiko Ofuku
Mrs. Kouda (voice)

Yu Kobayashi
Dog (voice)

Chie Arikawa
Old Lady (voice) / Old Lady B (voice) / Miyanogawa Clerk (voice) / Relative (voice)

Kazuo Oka
Shouichi Matsunaga (voice)

Kana Asumi
Lance Cat / Rook Cat / Angel Cat (voice) / Dragon Cat (voice)

Mitsuo Iwata
Manabu Yasui (voice)

Ryuichi Kijima
Shogi Player (voice)

Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Shogi Player (voice)

Yuka Iguchi
Knight Cat / Bishop Cat / Angel Cat (voice) / Stubborn Cat (voice)

Fukushi Ochiai
Shogi Association Staff Member (voice)

Ai Nonaka
Pawn Cat / Gold General Cat (voice) / Promoted Pawn Cat / Gold General Cat (voice) / Pawn Cat (voice)

Kohei Amasaki
Classmate (voice)

Hiroshi Naka
Rei's Grandfather (voice) / Arimoto (voice)

Mutsuki Iwanaka
Classmate (voice) / After School Burners Club Member (voice) / Student (voice)

Akio Otsuka
Raidou Fujimoto (voice)

Shota Yamamoto
Reporter (voice)

Binbin Takaoka
Izumida (voice)

Yuko Sanpei
Young Harunobu Nikaidou (voice) / More Stubborn Cat (voice) / Young Harunobu Nikaidou / Nikaidou Household Mistress (voi...

Tomisaburo Horikoshi
Kai's Grandfather (voice)

Yoji Ueda
Hanaoka (voice) / Hanaoka / Scorekeeper (voice)

Maria Naganawa
Student (voice)

You Taichi
Announcement (voice) / Cafeteria Employee (voice) / Grandmother (voice) / Kaneda (voice) / Sai Kawamoto (voice)

Ryoko Maekawa
Student (voice)

Yusuke Takashima
Student (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura
Takeshi Tsujii (voice)

Kiyono Yasuno
Takashi (voice) / Female Shogi Player (voice) / Interviewer (voice)

Katsuyuki Miura
Classmate (voice) / Shogi Player 3 (voice)

Ryota Takeuchi
Kengo Kumakura (voice)

Kentaro Tone
Moderator (voice) / Scorekeeper (voice) / Announcer (voice) / Ohta (voice) / Yuusuke's Father (voice) / Student's Parent...

Hiroyuki Yoshino
Subaru Hachiya (voice)

Shun Horie
Sho-sci Club Member (voice) / Baseball Club Member (voice)

Tadanori Date
Friend 3 (voice) / After School Burners Club Member (voice) / Authorized Person 3 (voice)

Asuka Nishi
Chiho Sakura (voice) / Ichigo (voice)

Shinya Takahashi
Authorized Person 1 (voice) / Visitor (voice) / Authorized Person 2 (voice) / Sakisaka (voice) / Reporter (voice) / Stud...

Hiroki Yasumoto
Junkei Yamazaki (voice)

Juri Nagatsuma
Student 1 (voice) / Kawashima (voice) / Student's Parent 1 (voice)

Subaru Kimura
Issa Matsumoto (voice)

Chitose Morinaga
Kimura (voice) / School Girl (voice) / Woman 1 (voice) / Clerk (voice) / Student 2 (voice)

Naomi Kusumi
Principal (voice)

Atsushi Imaruoka
Vice Principal (voice)

Sayaka Ohara
Hinata's Homeroom Teacher (voice)

Kumiko Nakane
Moderator (voice) / Kimura's Hairdresser Lady (voice) / Woman 2 (voice) / Hostess (voice)

Daisuke Sakaguchi
Okuyasu Yokomizo (voice)

Ryoko Shiraishi
King Cat / Silver General Cat (voice) / King Cat (voice)

Daisuke Ono
Gakuto Sakurai (voice)

Motomu Kiyokawa
Tohno (voice)

Nozomi Nishida
Reception Attendant (voice) / Front Desk Clerk (voice)

Tomokazu Sugita
Tatsuyuki 'Smith' Misumi (voice)

Kosuke Kobayashi
Authorized Person 2 (voice) / Concierge (voice) / Authorized Person 4 (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda
Morio Shigeta (voice)

Akira Ishida
Touji Souya (voice)

Marina Inoue
Kyouko Kouda (voice) / Kyouko Kouda / Ayumu Kouda (voice)

Nobuhiko Okamoto
Harunobu Nikaidou (voice)

Hiroki Touchi
Masamune Gotou (voice)

Tessyo Genda
Takanori Jinguuji (voice)

Shin'ichirō Miki
Kai Shimada (voice)

Hochu Otsuka
Sakutarou Yanagihara (voice)

Ryo Sugisaki
Reporter (voice)

Koji Seki
Authorized Person 3 (voice)

Ryusei Nakao
Gan-chan (voice)

Yoshimitsu Shimoyama
Komigawa (voice)

Aoi Yuki
Megumi Takagi (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki
Kokubu (voice)

Satomi Arai
Megumi's Mother (voice)

Yuji Ueda
Eisaku Noguchi (voice)

Mikako Takahashi
Mikako Kawamoto (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai
Takashi Hayashida (voice)

Hitoshi Bifu
Doctor (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya
Yuusuke Takahashi (voice)

Michiko Neya
Misaki Kawamoto (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto
Mrs. Kouda (voice)

Toru Okawa
Masachika Kouda (voice)

Yumi Uchiyama
Young Rei Kiriyama (voice)

Shigeru Chiba
Someji Kawamoto (voice)

Jin Yamanoi
Masachika Kouda (voice)

Kana Hanazawa
Hinata Kawamoto / Mike-chan (voice) / Hinata Kawamoto (voice) / Hinata Kawamoto / Tora-chan (voice)
Media.














Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 2016
Original Name3月のライオン
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes44
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
depression
sport
competition
bullying
dysfunctional family
coming of age
slice of life
tournament
based on manga
family
school life
seinen
anime
shogi
prodigy
Scripted
moving forward
strategy game
high school
japanese high school
bukatsu
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