Syundei’s Go for It, Nakamura! boys love manga series has its chance to shine with the new anime adaptation this spring. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the new anime, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and much more about Go for It, Nakamura!.
The story of Go for It, Nakamura! follows Okuto Nakamura, who instantly falls in love with classmate Aiki Hirose. However, Nakamura is clumsy and doesn’t have friends, so he has an uphill battle. The anime will show how he’s able to develop as a character and break out of the friend zone.
Go for It, Nakamura! Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Go for It, Nakamura! will release on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs and an English dub. Go for It, Nakamura! will feature 13 episodes in total.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Go for It, Nakamura! (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – April 1 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – April 1 – OUT NOW
- Double episode premiere
- Episode 3 – April 8 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – April 15 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – April 22 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – April 29 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – May 6 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – May 13 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – May 20 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – May 27 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – June 3 – OUT NOW
- Episode 12 – June 10
- Episode 13 – June 17
New episodes of Go for It, Nakamura! will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 5:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Yasuyuki Okamura and Kento Nakajima perform the opening theme song “Shunpatsuteki ni Koi Shiyо̄ (Let’s Fall in Love Instantly).” Senri Oe performs the insert song “Glory Days,” and Princess Princess performs the insert song “Sekai de Ichiban Atsui Natsu.”
The anime’s cast includes:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Okuto Nakamura
- Yuki Sakakihara as Aiki Hirose
- Takuya Eguchi as Sou Otogiri
- Fairouz Ai as Hifumi Kawamura
- Yukihiro Nozuyama as Kota Takeuchi
- Atsushi Tamaru as Ryou Mukai
- Makoto Koichi as Yuka Hamaoka
- Yume Maihara as Masako Okuda
- Tsubasa Sasa as Tsukasa Omori
Kappei Yamaguchi and Junko Takeuchi are also a part of the cast, but their characters have not been revealed yet.
The English dub cast includes:
- Nasim Benelkour as Nakamura
- Patrick Pedraza as Hirose
- Emi Lo as Hamaoka
- Morgan Berry as Kana
- Gillian Lange as Kawamura
- Katie Wetch as Masako
- Weston Loy as Mukai
- Nate Grizzly as Oomori
- Peyton Howard as Otogiri
- Dalton Tindall as Takeuchi
- Julie Shields as Female Teacher
- Doug Jackson as Male Principal
- Students: Dayeanne Hutton, Meg McClain, Kelly Greenshield, Vanessa Benoit, Cheyenne Haynes, Monica Piskor, Trisha Mellon, Kimmie Britt, Jamie Lee, Lacey Deline, Dalton Walker, Matthew Elkins, Conner Allison, Brandon Allan Majella, Brayden Medlin, Sambob Park
The English dub crew includes:
- Voice Director: Jad Saxton
- Producer: Susie Nixon
- Adaptation: Heather Walker
- Mixer: Rickey Watkins
- Engineer: Seth Aulds
Aoi Umeki directs the anime, writes the scripts, and designs the characters. Drive is animating the series, Naoki Yoshibe is the assistant director, and Yasuko Aoki (Studio Monado) writing and overseeing the series scripts. Ayana Tsujita is the music composer.
Other staff members include:
- Concept Director: Tetsuya Tatamitani
- Art Director: Cheon Bok Lee (Studio Blue)
- Color Design: Harue Ono (MAD BOX)
- Director of Photography: Yū Wakabayashi (ENISHIYA)
- Visual Director: Toshitaka Kanda
- Editing: Yūsuke Ueno (Yanagi Editing Room)
- Color Script: Yue
- Prop Design, 2D Works: Ayumi Nagaki
- Costume Design: Yumi Nakamura
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Where Can I Watch Go for It, Nakamura!?
Crunchyroll will stream the Go for It, Nakamura! anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. In Japan, Go for It, Nakamura! will air on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11, and Hulu will stream the anime in the country as well.
What is Go for It, Nakamura! About?
Syundei launched the Go for It, Nakamura! manga in December 2014. The series is still ongoing with the sequel manga, Go for It Again, Nakamura!, which launched in June 2017. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the series in English. Lastly, here’s a synopsis of the series, via Seven Seas:
Nakamura is a shy boy who falls in love at first sight with one of his classmates–his dreamy high school classmate, Hirose. But there’s a problem: they haven’t met yet. And Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin!
