The Way of the Househusband is a 2021 Original Net Animation based on the manga series by Kōsuke Ōno. The first part consisting of five episodes premiered on Netflix in its entirety on April 8, 2021 while Part 2 with the remaining five episodes premiered on October 7, 2021.
A second season was announced and premiered on January 1, 2023.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
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Tatsu "Inmortal Dragon" |
Kenjirō Tsuda | Jonah Scott |
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Miku | Shizuka Itō | Laura Post |
| Secondary Characters | |||
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Masa | Kazuyuki Okitsu | Andres Paul Ramacho |
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Gin | Mao Ichimichi | Laura Stahl |
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Torajirō | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Ben Pronsky |
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Hibari Torii | Atsuko Tanaka | Melissa Greenspan |
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Otaku | Hirofumi Nojima | Adam Tomei |
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Boss | Hōchū Ōtsuka | ¿? |
| Recurring Characters | |||
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Companion of the president | Satomi Arai | ¿? |
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Nagai | Masashi Nogawa | Keith Silverstein |
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Police | Junichi Yanagita | ¿? |
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Miku's Mother | Naomi Shindō | Catherine Cavadini |
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Miku's Father | Satoshi Hino | Jason Marnocha |
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Owner of the Jing Tei | Shō Hayami | |
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Kunimi | Jun Fukushima | Billy Kametz (eps. 1-10) |
| Stephen Fu (eps. 11-15) | |||
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Bob | Tomokazu Sugita | Gogo Lomo-David |
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Ryota | Mutsumi Tamura | Ryan Bartley |
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Ryota's Mother | Rie Kawamura | Abby Trott |
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Head of the Bears | Yasuhiro Mamiya | Ben Pronsky |
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Butcher Shop Owner | Taketora | ¿? |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Characters | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode | Part |
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Urita | Nobuo Tobita | Kim Strauss | 1 | 1 |
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Yakuza Thug | Kento Shiraishi | Jason Marnocha | 2 | |
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Pet Cat | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Greg Chun | ||
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Yakuza Boss | Kenji Nomura | Jason Marnocha | 3 | |
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Goda | Subaru Kimura | Kaiji Tang | 8 | 2 |
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Yuriko | Kana Asumi | Samantha Daniel | 9 | |
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Yuzuru | Yasuaki Takumi | Kaiji Tang | ||
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President Chono | Kimiko Saitō | Barbara Goodson | 12 | 1 |
| Fukuda | Reiko Suzuki | Dorah Fine | |||
| Yokoh | Sachiko Kojima | Cathy Cavadini | |||
| Kitagawa | Masako Katsuki | Jodi Carlisle | |||
| Maho | ¿? | Laura Stahl | |||
| Shige | Shōta Yamamoto | D.C. Douglas | |||
| Gokudone | ¿? | Keith Silverstein | |||
| Kumasan Boss | Yasuhiro Mamiya | Ben Pronsky | |||
| Koharu | Ami Koshimizu | Ryan Bartley | 13 | ||
| Chen | ¿? | Ryan Colt Levy | 14 | ||
Additional Voices[]
- Abby Trott (Season 1)
- Adam Tomei (Season 1 (Part 1) and Season 2 (Part 1))
- Barbara Goodson (Season 1; Part 1)
- Ben Pronsky (Season 1; Part 1)
- Billy Kametz (Season 1; Part 1)
- Catherine Cavadini
- D.C. Douglas (Season 2)
- Doug Stone (Season 2)
- Gogo Lomo-David (Part 2)
- Greg Chun (Season 1; Part 1)
- Jason Marnocha
- Jodi Carlisle (Season 2)
- Kaiji Tang (Part 2)
- Keith Silverstein
- Kevin Hoffer (Part 2)
- Kim Strauss (Season 1)
- Laura Stahl
- Melissa Greenspan
- Ryan Bartley
- Ryan Colt Levy (Season 2)
- Samantha Daniel (Part 2)
- Stephen Fu
- Veronica Taylor (Season 2)
Note[]
- This is Jonah Scott's first anime dub at VSI Los Angeles.
- Stephen Fu replaces Billy Kametz as Kunimi in Season 2 due to Kametz's passing on June 9th, 2022.
- Kevin Hoffer and Jennifer Roberts who directed and scriptwrote the first season didn't return for the second season and were replaced by Brandon Schuster and Michele Knotz.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Content | Country | ||
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April 8, 2021 (Season 1; Part 1) |
Anime / Netflix Original Series |
Digital | 5 episodes (eps. 1-5) | 
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| October 7, 2021 (Season 1; Part 2) |
5 episodes (eps. 6-10) | ||||||
| January 1, 2023 (Season 2; Part 1) |
5 episodes (eps. 11-15) | ||||||
External Links[]
- The Way of the Househusband at the Internet Movie Database.
- The Way of the Househusband (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- The Way of the Househusband on Behind The Voice Actors.