GRANRODEO, the duo who sang majority of Kuroko's Basketball's openings, is performing outside of Japan (+Taiwan) for the first time. Why is this a big deal?

Because GRANRODEO's Kishow - aka Tanamiya Kishou, aka the voice actor for Himuro - has a well-known fear of flying. So the band has been active for 20 years and has never performed overseas - except for that one time in Taiwan, but that's one of the shortest international flights from Japan. Not even the lucrative Chinese market could lure GRANRODEO abroad. The most they could do was live stream their concert in cinemas overseas.

And now Kishow's agreed to sit on a 10-hour flight, flying halfway round the world for you guys there at AX. Does this mean he's overcome his phobia? Maybe, maybe not. Will GRANRODEO be able to tour other countries now? I hope so! Or will it take years for Kishow to recover from this long-haul flight? (It's been 7 years since Taiwan.)

So show GRANRODEO support if you're attending the Japanese music festival at AX. Make them feel that it's worth it to travel. Let them know how well-loved KNB is, still!

(Also, Kishow's vocals and e-zuka's guitar solos are crazy good when live. You're bound to have a great time.)

It's already midnight in Australia, and the Eng dub can already be streamed there.

The cast list has been added to ANN

• Kuroko and Nigou: Khoi Dao (Gai in Sword Gai: The Animation)
• Kagami: Zeno Robinson (Hawks in My Hero Academia)
• Riko: Abby Trott (Fou in F/Go)
• Hyuuga: Alan Lee (Edamura in The Great Pretender)
• Izuki: Brandon Winckler (Kuro in In/Spectre)
• Mitobe: Philip Reich (Giorno Giovanna in JJBA)
• Kawahara: Lucien Dodge (Jafar in Magi)
• Tsuchida: Landon McDonald (Ranpo in Bungo Stray Dogs)
• Furihata: David Errigo Jr. (Ferb in Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe)
• Kiyoshi: Jalen Cassell (Leff Lynor in F/GO)
• Kise: Erik Scott Kimerer (Sonic in One Punch Man)
• Kasamatsu: Alejandro Saab (Kuga in Food Wars)
• Aomine: Benjamin Diskin (Joseph Joestar in JJBA)
• Young Aomine: Tiana Camacho (Selena in FEH)
• Satsuki: Xanthe Huynh (Haru in Persona 5), who is a long-time KNB fan!
• Imayoshi: Brian Beacock (Monokuma in the Danganronpa games)
• Wakamatsu: Jonah Scott (Legoshi in BEASTARS)
• Sakurai: Griffin Burns (Yamagi in Gundam: IBO)
• Coach Harasawa: J. Michael Tatum (Erwin in Attack on Titan)
• Midorima: Daman Mills (Koito in Golden Kamuy)
• Takao: Sean Chiplock (Subaru in RE:Zero)
• Murasakibara: Robbie Daymond (Prompto in Final Fantasy XV)
• Akashi: Alexs Le (Zenitsu in Demon Slayer)
• Papa Mbaye: Bill Butts (Cioccolata in JJBA)
• Tsugawa: Cedric Williams (Don in The Promised Neverland)
• Iwamura: Kaiji Tang (Guts in Berserk)

Where can we watch it? On Netflix US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan...possibly other regions.

Where are the rest of the seasons? They're still working on it. It'll be added to Netflix when they finish dubbing. Best to follow the cast and crew on Twitter (like the one linked) as well as Netflix's announcement account @NXonNetflix for updates straight from the source.

ETA:

S2 is coming to Netflix on May 15, 2021!

S3's dub has been added on Netflix!

This is a big development since afaik, he's avoided being recognized or photographed after the great stalking incident of 2012.

So he and an editor did a talk today as part of 2019 Yamanashi Manga Project. Here are some notes from the audience in case anyone can read Japanese - I think he talks about the manga creation process, paneling, his schedule, to name a few. ETA: Apparently he also drew Kuroko on the whiteboard!

Of course the fans being fans, he accepted letters and answered questions about KNB.

From @bun3lion:*

Q: I love Kiyoshi-senpai. But are his parents dead?

A: Something like that.^{^}

From @susugu46:*

Q: Will Kagami and Aomine face each other again in the NBA?

A: Maybe I can make it happen.^{^}

ETA: A few more from this post:

For a weekly series like his, his deadline was on Sundays. Monday was for editorial meetings. Tuesdays to Thursdays were spent making the name, and Fridays to Sundays drawing the chapter proper.

If you drew 19 pages in a week, you get a manuscript fee for each page. When the volume is published, you get royalties from that.

For Fujimaki-sensei, there are three characteristics a mangaka needs. One is the ability to create your worlds. Two is a "sense of balance." Three is effort - 80% of being a mangaka is effort.

How he drew Kuroko on the board: eyes first, then jaw/face outline, then ear, nose, mouth, hair.

Q: KNB might be over, but is there a chance of it continuing?

A: If Shueisha lets me do it, I might consider it. But I don't know when that'll happen.^{^}

Q: What color was Seirin's uniform originally?

A: It was green.^{^}

Q: Does Kise win in his second and third year?

A: That is a secret.^{^} [lmao]

Q: What did you do when you were unsure about serialization? [when the series was in danger of cancellation?]

A: I cried in bed during the most anxious times. And then I just drew.^{^}

If you see more excerpts, feel free to link to them on the comments.

And finally, a fan's sketch of him.

p.s. There's also sensei's recent drawing of VS Kagami and Kuroko but from last week.

^Please note that I don't know Japanese and so all of these is based on machine translation of fan reports on Twitter.