The official website of the Tongari Boushi no Atelier (Witch Hat Atelier) television anime revealed a pair of supporting cast members on Monday. The anime series adapting Kamome Shirahama‘s fantasy manga began airing on April 6 at 11:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX, BS11, followed by KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and AT-X

Voice actors Ryusei Nakao (Dragon Ball) and Hiiro Ishibashi (Kaijuu no Kodomo) are joining the cast as Sasaran and Euini, respectively.

Shirahama began serializing the manga in Morning Two magazine in July 2016. Kodansha published the 16th volume on April 23.

Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English in July 2018 and published the 14th volume on March 17.

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The official website of the Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers television anime revealed additional cast, visual (pictured), theme songs, and a promotional video for the second part on Monday. Part two is scheduled to premiere on July 7 at 11:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, followed by Kansai TV and BS11.

Cast

Yashima no Sagume: Maaya Sakamoto (Fate/Apocrypha)

Inmei: Takehito Koyasu (Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season)

Gomei: Tomoaki Maeno (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)

Shimei: Aya Endou (Violet Evergarden)

Gaimei: Hiroshi Shirokuma (Overlord)

J-pop band Dannie May (Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!) is performing the opening theme “Bad Idenshi,” which is previewed in the promotional video below. Karanoah (Gachiakuta) performs the ending theme “Bakemon.”

Youichi Fujita (Gintama) is directing the anime at Sunrise. Shougo Mutou (Biohazard: Infinite Darkness) is handling the series composition and penning the script, and Yuuhei Murota (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) is designing the characters. Shuuji Katayama (Overlord) is composing the music.

The original television anime aired in 39 episodes from Spring 1998 to Winter 1989. Three original anime sequels were released, with the latest five-episode OVA released in 1991.

Hajime Yatate and Ryuuichi Hoshino began serializing a manga adaptation in Comic Bonbon in 1988. Kodansha published the second and final volume in 1989.

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Shingo Yamashita‘s Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (Chō Kaguya-hime!) anime film will end its run in Japanese theaters on June 18. The film will get a stage event in Kanagawa and Tokyo on June 19.

In its 13th weekend (its 11th weekend was its last time in the top 10) the film earned 27,652,100 yen (about US$173,800) from Friday to Sunday. It has earned a cumulative total of 2,526,627,600 yen (about US$15.88 million) as of May 17.

The film’s limited theatrical run started on February 20. Tickets quickly sold out, with some theaters having to increase the number of screenings to more than 10 times a day. The film’s limited one-week theatrical screening run in Japan was extended. 

Netflix began streaming the film on January 22.

Netflix describes the film’s story:

Tsukuyomi is a virtual realm where hopes and dreams come together.
Iroha Sakayori, a 17-year-old high school student in Tokyo, leads an extremely busy life trying to balance part-time work and academics. She finds peace by watching a popular streamer named Yachiyo Runami, who is the administrator of an online virtual space called Tsukuyomi.

Iroha frequents Tsukuyomi, where people can live different lives and freely pursue their creativity, and she passes the time by supporting Yachiyo and playing battle games to earn a little extra money.

On her way home one day, Iroha finds a telephone pole shining with iridescent hues. To her surprise, an adorable baby emerges from the pole.Unable to abandon it, Iroha takes the infant home and watches her rapidly grow into a girl her own age.

“Are you Princess Kaguya?”

The grown-up Kaguya develops a self-indulgent personality. At Kaguya’s fervent request, Iroha helps her start streaming in Tsukuyomi. With Iroha as producer and songwriter and Kaguya as streamer and singer, the two grow steadily closer. Little do they know that ominous forces lie in wait, eager to take Kaguya back to the moon.

This is the tale of Princess Kaguya as never seen before.

The movie stars:

Rie Kugimiya is voicing Fushi, a fluffy sea slug and Yachiyo’s partner.

Yamashita (Pokémon: Twilight Wings, opening animation for Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, 2022 Urusei Yatsura) made his feature-length directorial debut with the film in a collaboration between his Studio Chromato and Studio Colorido. Hechima (The Idolmaster Gakuen) and Akihiro Nagae (Drifting Home) designed the characters, with the former in charge of the Tsukuyomi designs and the latter handling the real-world character designs.

Saori Hayami as Yachiyo performs the theme song “Ex-Otogibanashi” (“Ex-Fairy Tale”), composed by Ryo (supercell).

The film features songs by Vocaloid producers Ryo (supercell), kz (Livetune), 40mP, HoneyWorks, Aqu3ra, and yuigot.

The film has a manga adaptation by Tarо̄ Yoneda that launched with the first two chapters in Kadokawa‘s Comptiq magazine on January 9. Naruto Kiriyama also penned a novel for the film with illustrations by Asao Urata, which shipped on January 30. Yamashita supervised the novel.

Sources: Comic Natalie