More anime dogs is always better.
Summary:
- The Tono to Inu manga series is to receive an anime adaptation.
- The story explores the bond of a broke samurai and his dog.
- All details about the adaptation are yet to be revealed.
- Tono to Inu is not very popular outside of Japan.
Tono to Inu is a historical manga series written by Rie Nishida. Although the series doesn’t have the official English translation, it can be translated from Japanese as “The Lord and the Dog.” Despite it not being very popular outside of Japan, it’s still exciting to learn that the manga is getting an anime adaptation!
A samurai and his dog
The manga follows a lord and former samurai who is forced to live in an impoverished tenement house now that the times of wars and samurais are gone. The man encounters the most adorable corgi and decides to take it in.
This is how their companionship begins. A companionship full of happiness, cheerfulness and even a little bit of mischief.
Although there hasn’t been any information about the adaptation apart from the fact that it is happening, we do have a visual, featuring the lord and his dog. And this is the most wholesome thing you’ll see this week.
The cute corgi is lying on the floor, sleeping, and the man is next to it, carefully petting its head. We don’t even care if that’s the whole story of the series, we’re just happy to experience an adorable slice-of-life journey of a samurai and his dog.
Japanese fans are excited
As we’ve already said, Tono to Inu is not really popular outside of Japan, and you won’t find endless X threads discussing its main plot points, but this is exactly why we should pay attention to it.
Due to the lack of hype, Tono to Inu feels fresh and undiscovered, and there aren’t high chances that you will stumble across any spoilers online.
There’s also hope that the anime adaptation will work its magic and get more people interested in the series. After all, a lot of anime are meant to increase the manga sales, and this one might just be the case, too.
Japanese fans are very excited about the upcoming adaptation. Of course, they want to learn more information such as the proper release date (or at least the year) or the cast members, but they are not sure if the work on the anime has already started, so they’ll wait patiently for more details.
There’s already a website for the upcoming anime, and fans are looking forward to future updates. With the amount of shounens that keep breaking our hearts every season, a wholesome anime about a man and his dog might be just what we all need