Kindergarten Wars Anime Casts Tetsu Inada as Gordon
The casting of Tetsu Inada, a veteran voice actor, as a former soldier turned pacifist school nurse adds a notable contrast to the action-heavy premise of Kindergarten Wars.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Crunchyroll News.
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Yu Chiba's Kindergarten Wars manga announced a new cast member on Thursday. Tetsu Inada will voice Gordon, the vice-principal and school nurse at Kindergarten Noir. The anime is set to premiere in spring 2027. Inada joins a cast that includes Atsumi Tanezaki as Rita, Kentaro Kumagai as Doug, Hitomi Ohwada as Hana, Satoshi Hino as Luke, Mariya Ise as Silvia, and Romi Park as Erina. Shinsuke Gomi, who has worked as an episode director on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, is directing the series at studios Sunrise and Felix Film. Junko Yamanaka, known for character design on Kamisama Kiss and Servamp, is handling character designs. The original manga launched on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ app and website in September 2022 and has 17 compiled volumes in Japan. Yen Press publishes the series in English physically and digitally. The manga entered its final arc in March 2025 and has over 2 million copies in circulation.
Inada is known for roles including Rabbit in One Piece and Gildarts Clive in Fairy Tail. Crunchyroll's coverage notes that Gordon, though a former soldier, "abhors violence and is the most caring member of the school." The character serves as the vice-principal and school nurse at Kindergarten Noir, the same facility where the main cast works.
The anime is directed by Shinsuke Gomi, who has worked as an episode director on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Secrets of the Silent Witch. Junko Yamanaka, known for character design on Kamisama Kiss and Servamp, is handling character designs. Production is at studios Sunrise and Felix Film.
Yen Press describes the manga's premise as follows: Rita is Convict 999, a former legendary assassin who now works at a kindergarten for the children of world leaders. Her job is to protect the schoolchildren from assassins sent after them, but she has a weakness for good-looking men. A spinoff manga, Kindergarten WARS -LUKE-, launched in November 2024 and is a 180-page story focused on the character Luke.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network News Kindergarten Wars Anime Casts Tetsu Inada
- Crunchyroll News Kindergarten Wars Anime Casts Tetsu Inada as Gordon