Teach Me, Hokusai!

Teach Me, Hokusai! (おしえて北斎!) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Naoto Iwakiri. The original name of this manga is Yume wo Kanaeru Bakusho! Nihon Bijutsu Manga Oshiete Hokusai! (夢をかなえる爆笑！ 日本美術マンガ おしえて北斎！) but, it has been serialized in cakes website as Oshiete Hokusai! from August 9, 2016, to February 7, 2017, and has been collected in single tankōbon volume. This single volume manga was published by Sunmark Publishing on June 30, 2017. A short original net animation (ONA) series adaptation by CoMix Wave Films premiered from March 7, 2021, to March 14, 2021.

Characters

 * Tenkorin Okakura (岡倉てんこりん)


 * Raijin (雷神)


 * Kanon Kano (狩野カノン)


 * Korin Ogata (尾形光琳)


 * Yuichi Takahashi (高橋由一)


 * Eitoku Kano (狩野永徳)


 * Ekaku Hakuin (白隠慧鶴)


 * Kuniyoshi Utagawa (歌川国芳)


 * Ryūsei Kishida (岸田劉生)


 * Shoen Uemura (上村松園)


 * Seiki Kuroda (黒田清輝)

Anime
On November 7, 2020, it was announced that Teach Me, Hokusai! would receive an original net animation series adaptation. This anime series is produced by Japanese studio CoMix Wave Films who also produced popular films Your Name and Weathering with You. Directed by Naoto Iwakari who also wrote the manga of this title and Sou Matsumoto is the producer. Series composition by Hayato Morohashi, character design and key animation by Yuusuke Itou. Haru Yamada directed the sound and sound work by Sound Team Don Juan. Sound effects by Naoto Yamatani. Shingo Nishimura composed the music. Tokin directed the original art and background art, script or screenplay written by Natsu Hashimoto. Production generalisation by Yuuchi Sakai and photography by Norihisa Nakama. bilibili is streaming this anime on Mainland China, South Asia and Southeast Asian territories.

The opening theme song of this anime is "Tenkorin no Theme (The Theme of Tenkorin)" by CHAI featuring Tenkorin Okakura (CV: Azumi Waki) and Raijin (CV: Katsuyuki Konishi). And the ending theme song is "Oshiete Hokusai! (Teach Me, Hokusai!)" by Kami Suzuki Brothers (P.O.P) and YMCK.