March Comes in Like a Lion

March comes in like a lion is a 2016 anime based on the manga series by Chica Umino. It premiered in Japan on October 8, 2016 and ran until March 18, 2017. Aniplex of America released the series in two sets on December 19, 2017 and April 10, 2018.

Synopsis
The protagonist 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.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season
Rei Kiriyama	Kengo Kawanishi	Khoi Dao	1-2
Rei Kiriyama	Yumi Uchiyama (young)	Wendee Lee (young)	1-2
Akari Kawamoto/Kuro	Ai Kayano	Laura Post	1-2
Hinata Kawamoto/Mike	Kana Hanazawa	Kayli Mills	1-2
Momo Kawamoto	Misaki Kuno	Xanthe Huynh	1-2
Harunobu Nikaido	Nobuhiko Okamoto	Zach Aguilar	1-2
Harunobu Nikaido	Yuko Sanpei (young)	Erica Mendez (young)	1-2
Kyouko Kouda	Marina Inoue	Lauren Landa	1-2
Yusuke Takahashi	Yoshimasa Hosoya	Chris Hackney	1-2
Misaki Kawamoto	Michiko Neya	Wendee Lee	1-2
Tatsuyuki "Smith" Misumi	Tomokazu Sugita	Robbie Daymond	1-2
Issa Matsumoto	Subaru Kimura	Doug Erholtz	1-2
Masachika Kouda	Tōru Ōkawa	Cam Clarke	1-2
Hanaoka	Yōji Ueda	Doug Stone	1-2
Manabu Yasui	Mitsuo Iwata	Joe J. Thomas	1-2
Takashi Hayashida	Takahiro Sakurai	Keith Silverstein	1-2
Ayumu Kouda	Marina Inoue	Janice Kawaye	1-2
Takeshi Tsujii	Yūichi Nakamura	Xander Mobus	1-2
Touji Soya	Akira Ishida	Todd Haberkorn	1-2
Raidou Fujimoto	Akio Ōtsuka	Jamieson Price	1-2
Eisaku Noguchi	Yūji Ueda	Arnie Pantoja	1-2
Morio Shigeta	Kenjiro Tsuda	Kellen Goff	1-2
Okuyasu Yokomizo	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Lucien Dodge	1-2
Masamune Gotou	Hiroki Touchi	Ray Chase	1-2
Kai Shimada	Shinichirō Miki	Kirk Thornton	1-2
Takanori Jinguuji	Tesshō Genda	Richard Epcar	1-2
Sōmeiji Kawamoto	Shigeru Chiba	TBA	1-2
Chiho Sakura	Asuka Nishi	Brianna Knickerbocker	2
Kengo Kumakura	Ryōta Takeuchi	Armen Taylor	2
Sakutarou Yanagihara	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Jake Eberle	2
Megumi Takagi	Aoi Yūki	Ryan Bartley	2
Gakuto Sakurai	Daisuke Ono	Ben Lepley	2
Takashi	Kiyono Yasuno	Jackie Lastra	2
Kokubu	Fumihiko Tachiki	Paul St. Peter	2
Junkei Yamazaki	Hiroki Yasumoto	Jalen K. Cassell	2
Gakuto Sakurai	Daisuke Ono	Ben Lepley	2
Gan	Ryusei Nakao	Christopher Corey Smith	2

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Rei's Dad	Kentarō Tone	Greg Chun	5
Shoichi Matsunaga	Kazuo Oka	Steve Kramer	9
Izumida	Binbin Takaoka	Paul Stewart	16
Shimada's Grandpa	Tomisaburou Horikoshi	Stephen Mendel	19
Shimada's Grandpa	Tomisaburou Horikoshi	Stephen Mendel	20
Shimada's Dad	Shinya Takahashi	Doug Stone	20
Kaneda	Yō Taichi	Julie Ann Taylor	22
Ota	Kentarō Tone	Brian Hanford	23
Arimoto	Hiroshi Naka	Doug Stone	25
Subaru Hachiya	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Brad Venable	29
Takagi's Mother	Satomi Arai	Cindy Robinson	34
Tohno	N/A	Christopher Corey Smith	37
Aono	Shinya Takahashi	Ben Lepley	38
Sakisaka	Shinya Takahashi	Doug Erholtz	42
Mrs. Yamada	N/A	Lauren Landa	43

Additional Voices[]

Notes[]

This marks Gregory Snegoff's first involvement in an anime dub since Lupin the 3rd Part 2, albeit as a script writer rather than a voice actor.
Khoi Dao and Kellen Goff’s anime debut role.

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Content	Region	Country
Aniplex of America	2017-2018		The Complete Series	A DVB-T	United States
Aniplex of America	2017-2018		2 Volumes	A DVB-T	United States

External Links[]

March Comes in Like a Lion at the Internet Movie Database
March Comes in Like a Lion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia