March Comes In Like a Lion
2016
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 44 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 25 min/episode
AnimationDrama
This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...
Where to Watch (US)
Stream
Crunchyroll
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Seasons
Season 1
Rei Kiriyama moves in to town, and his past is slowly revealed. Alongside battling opponents in shogi, he also wants to find that missing something...
Season 2
The After School Science Club merged with a proposed shogi club to become “the Shogi Science Club.” Club activities include Rei teaching the members how to play shogi and Rei being taught various science experiments. Rei realizes that he’s delighted to have a warm place where he belongs at school. With ramune in hand, he heads for the Kawamoto home.
Crew
Producer
Miku Oshima, Kazuhiko Yusa, Jun Sakata
Network
NHK G
Production
SHAFT, Aniplex, Asmik Ace, dentsu, Hakusensha, NHK Enterprises, TOY'S FACTORY
Keywords
competitiondepressionsportshigh schoolbullyingslice of lifedysfunctional familycoming of agetournamentbased on manga