KEY POINTS

  • "Ya Boy Kongming!" Episode 4 is airing Thursday
  • The episode will stream on Hidive
  • The anime is based on a story by Ryo Ogawa and Yuto Yotsuba

Eiko has stepped up from a club event to a festival but she is forced to make an important decision in "Ya Boy Kongming!" Episode 4.

The official synopsis of Episode 4 is out. Eiko is ready to face her next challenger but she is scared by this big opportunity as it came so sudden.

In Episode 3, titled "Kongming Learns of the Right Path to Take," Eiko was happy to gain more followers but Kongming wanted her to focus on putting out more songs for her listeners.

"Fate and reincarnation deliver brilliant military strategist, Kongming, from warring, ancient China to Japan's modern party hot spot in Shibuya City, Tokyo. After a lifetime of battles and military skirmishes, Kongming wished with his last breath to be reborn in a world of peace and prosperity," read the official synopsis of "Ya Boy Kongming!" anime, according to Sentai.

"It's nearly two millennia later and he's finding his way in a very different world than that of his past life. When he meets Eiko, an amateur musician with big dreams, the unlikely duo strikes up an even unlikelier friendship. Eiko has street smarts to help Kongming navigate this strange new world, and Kongming will use his strategic mind to help Eiko achieve stardom!" it continued.

The cast of the anime includes 96Neko as Eiko Tsukimi's singing voice, Kaede Hondo as Eiko's speaking voice, Ryotaro Okiayu as Kongming, Hibiku Yamamura as Nanami Kuon's speaking voice, Lezel as Nanami's singing voice, Jun Fukushima as Owner Kobayashi, Shoya Chiba as Kabe-Taito, Daisuke Namikawa as Liu Bei and Yu Kobayashi as Mia Iriomote.

"Ya Boy Kongming!" anime is based on the original story by Ryo Ogawa and Yuto Yotsuba.

Osamu Honma is directing the anime, while the series composition is by Yoko Yonaiyama. The storyboarding is handled by Osamu Honma and Kei Oikawa. The music is by Genki Hikota.

Kanami Sekiguchi is the character designer, while Junichi Higashi is the art director.

"Ya Boy Kongming!" Episode 4 is airing Thursday. Fans in the U.S. can watch the episode online on Hidive. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles.

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