Mashiro no Oto: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shamisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument that looks similar to a guitar. Teenager Sawamura Setsu's grandfather who raised him and his older brother Wakana, recently passed away. His grandfather was one of the greatest Shamisen players and the two siblings grew up listening to him play and learning to play the instrument.

Since their grandfather's death, Setsu dropped out of high school, moved to Tokyo and has been drifting, not knowing what to do besides play his Shamisen. That's when his successful and rich mother, Umeko, storms into his life and tries to shape Setsu up. She enrolls him back into high school, but little does Setsu know that he is about to rediscover his passion for Shamisen.

Series details

• Title: Mashiro no Oto
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime
• Premiere date: 2021-04-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-06-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 54348
• IMDb ID: tt12814598
• TVDB ID: 397965

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-04-03; final listed air date 2021-06-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mashiro no Oto on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.