Tonbo! is a 2024 anime series based on the manga with the same name written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa. It has been serialized in Golf Digest's golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest since August 4, 2014.
The anime series was announced in May of 2023.[1] It was animated/produced overall by OLM and directed by Jin-Koo Oh. It aired the first season from April 6, 2024 to June 29, 2024, consisting of 13 episodes. The second season was announced[2], and premiered in the same year on October 5, 2024.
Amazon Prime Video streamed and premiered an English Dub of the series on the same day of release.[3] The English Dub cast is currently unknown.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season(s). |
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| Main Characters | ||||
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Tonbo Ōi | Rika Hayashi | 1-2 | |
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Kazuyoshi Igarashi | Hiroki Tōchi | 1-2 | |
| Secondary Characters | ||||
| Kyushu Women's Championship | ||||
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Tsubura Adaniya | Eri Kitamura | 1-2 | |
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Hinoki Otoha | Yui Ishikawa | 2 | |
| Ema Kurisu | Marina Inoue | 2 | ||
| Tokara Citizens | ||||
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Grandpa Gonji / Gonzō Ōi |
Shin Aomori | 1-2 | |
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Setsuba / Setsu Mitsushima |
Mizuka Arima | 1-2 | |
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Bunpei / Osamu Fumihira |
Junya Enoki | 1-2 | |
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Yōko Adaniya | Mimi Maihane | 1-2 | |
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Wataru / Wataru Higo |
Arisa Sekine | 1-2 | |
| Kuta | Katsuhisa Hōki | 1-2 | ||
| Recurring Characters | ||||
| Kanchō / Hidaka |
Kenji Yamauchi | 1-2 | ||
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Yūma | Satomi Kobashi | 1-2 | |
| Homeroom Teacher | Yūki Sanpei | 1-2 | ||
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Chūzai | Kentarō Takano | 1 | |
| Udō Family | ||||
| Kyūtarou Udō | Naomi Kusumi | 1-2 | ||
| Yaya Udō | Fumiko Takekuma | 1-2 | ||
| Hajime Udō | Eiji Hanawa | 2 | ||
| Others | ||||
| Hinoki's Father | Masafumi Kimura | 2 | ||
| Fumi | Michiko Kaiden | 2 | ||
| Taiga | Tatsuki Kōbe | 2 | ||
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Season One | ||||
| Island Man | Daichi Endō | 1, 13 | ||
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Tonbo's Mother | Yukako Kiuchi | 2 | |
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Tonbo's Father | Masaki Terasoma | ||
| Uncle | Yūji Murai | |||
| Aunt | Saki Endō | |||
| Uncle | Tsuguo Mogami | 2, 5 | ||
| Aunt | Hitomi Shogawa | |||
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Rintarō Igarashi | Tasuku Hatanaka | 3 | |
| Island Men | Daichi Endō | |||
| Kentarō Takano | ||||
| Mother | Saki Endō | |||
| Elderly Man | Shūhei Takubo | 4 | ||
| Middle-aged Man | Taichi Takeda | |||
| Island Women | Saki Endō | |||
| Fumiko Takekuma | ||||
| Island Men | Kōsuke Tanabe | 6 | ||
| Shinnojō Yamada | ||||
| Yūsuke Shirooka | ||||
| Tsubura's Father | Kenyū Horiuchi | 8 | ||
| Tsubura's Coach | Takahiro Fujiwara | |||
| Announcer | Shinnojō Yamada | |||
| The Men from Evil Gravel Island | Kōsuke Takaguchi | 9 | ||
| Fumitake Ishiguro | ||||
| Igarashi's Junior | Jun Miyamoto | |||
| Bunpei's Mother | Kimiko Saitō | 13 | ||
| Season Two | ||||
| Old Man | Tomohisa Asō | 15 | ||
| Yuri | Mariko Nagai | |||
| Futago | Wataru Tsuyuzaki | |||
| Hamada | Kōsuke Tanabe | |||
| Eye | Misa Ishii | |||
| Shop Owner | Yūki Hoshi | |||
| Caddie Master | Michitake Kikuchi | 15, 17 | ||
| Staff | Shinnojō Yamada | 17 | ||
| Nakase | Yutaka Aoyama | 17-18 | ||
| Ikeuchi | Minako Kotobuki | |||
| Matsuda | Masumi Tazawa | |||
| Star | Megumi Okada | |||
| Shinichirō Shima | Fumitake Ishiguro | 18 | ||
| Reporters | Yūki Sanpei | |||
| Ryōhei Kitsunai | ||||
| Golf Shop Clerk | Shinnojō Yamada | |||
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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April 6, 2024 | Anime | Digital | TBA | Season 1 | 13 Eps. | United States | 
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