Kindergarten Wars Anime Casts Tetsu Inada as Gordon
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.