The official website for the television anime of Nao Iwamoto‘s Marronnier Ōkoku no Shichinin no Kishi (The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom) manga revealed the anime’s second trailer and additional cast members on Monday. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song “Sayonara wa Iwanai” (I Will Not Say Goodbye) by yama.

The newly announced cast members are:

Miyuki Sakurai as Eleonora

Natsumi Fujiwara as Princess Brunhild

Takehito Koyasu as Elliot

Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hugo

Daisuke Namikawa as Peregrinus

The anime’s website also lists the following cast members and characters:

Hiroshi Tsuchida as King Lionel

Maki Kawase as Anna-Marie

Kyō Yaoya as Lavinia

The anime will debut on October 3 on the NHK Educational channel at 6:25 p.m. JST (5:25 a.m. EDT).

The anime stars:

Kiyoko Sayama (Skip Beat!, Vampire Knight, To Your Eternity seasons 2-3) is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Shinzō Fujita (To Your Eternity seasons 1-3, The World Is Still Beautiful) is both writing and overseeing the series scripts. Yuriko Maeda (chief animation director for Requiem of the Rose King, One Punch Man TV 2) is designing the characters, Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Apocalypse Hotel, Land of the Lustrous, Love Live! School idol project) is composing the music, and Jin Aketagawa (Dr. Stone, Fire Force) is the sound director.

The fantasy romance manga centers on seven brothers who are knights of the Marronnier Kingdom. The kingdom lies in the center of a group of eight kingdoms, and each brother is dispatched to a different kingdom as ambassadors, to go on an adventure to find their fated partner.

The manga launched in Shogakukan‘s Flowers magazine in 2016. Shogakukan shipped the 11th volume on June 10. The manga topped the list of manga for female readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha‘s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.

Iwamoto’s Kingdom of Gold, Kingdom of Water manga inspired the Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom anime film that opened in January 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment released the original manga in English.

Sources: The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom anime’s website, Comic Natalie

Bandai Namco Pictures revealed the first main promotional video on Monday for Keroro Gunsō ☆, an all-new Sgt. Frog television anime. The video reveals the show’s new cast, full staff, and October 3 debut.

The anime will feature an all-new cast for the franchise. The previous Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu!  film that opened in June featured a returning cast from previous installments in the anime.

The new cast includes (left to right in above image):

Nobuhiro Kondō (Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan four seasons, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ) is the chief director of the anime, and Akihiko Sano (Farmagia, animation director for Medaka Box) is directing the series at BN Pictures with production cooperation by Bridge and AISLE. Toshimitsu Takeuchi (Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan, four seasons, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Fairy Musketeers) is overseeing the series scripts, and Hatsue Nakayama (Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ) is designing the characters. Kan Sawada (Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu!, Yowamushi Pedal anime franchise) is composing the music.

Additional staff members include:

Keroro Gunsō ☆ will debut on October 3 at 9:30 a.m., and will air on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.

Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu! (New Sgt. Frog the Movie: The Earth Is in Mortal Peril as Soon as We Come Back!), the new 20th anniversary anime film project for the franchise, opened in Japan on June 26. The film ranked at #4 in its opening weekend, earning 150,809,200 yen (about US$927,900) in its first three days.

Crunchyroll added the earlier television anime to its catalog beginning in 2021, and it describes the anime:

Keroro is Sergeant Frog – the leader of a platoon of warriors sent to conquer planet Earth. But when the amphibious invaders discovered how much humans enjoy dissecting their comrades, the troops were scattered, the mission was aborted, and Keroro was abandoned. Now, this once proud soldier spends more time wielding a vacuum than he does the weapons of war. It’s a far cry from the glory of battle, but hey, at least he’s got his own room. And though the invasion may have slowed to a hop, Sergeant Frog still occasionally yearns to overcome his karaoke addiction and reassemble his troops.

Sunrise‘s earlier anime series based on Mine Yoshizaki‘s Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunsō) manga ran from 2004 to 2011, and it spawned five feature films. Funimation released two “seasons” of the anime on DVD, after ADV Films had licensed but not released the anime.

Discotek licensed the anime, and its release of Sgt. Frog includes all 358 episodes in successive SD Blu-ray Disc volume releases by season, beginning in 2021. Discotek released seasons 5-7 last year.

American manga publisher Tokyopop released 20 volumes of the original manga in North America before shutting its doors in 2011.

Source: Keroro Gunsō ☆ anime’s website via DenFamiNicoGamer

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The official website for the Dark Machine: The Animation television anime announced the supporting cast on Monday. The anime is scheduled to premiere on October 14 at 1:45 a.m. on Fuji TV, followed by Kansai TV and BS Fuji.

Cast

Aluk: Nao Touyama (Sakamoto Days)

Denebola: Nonoka Oobuchi (Tasokare Hotel)

Spica: Rei Nakashima

Kazumi Terada (Chikyuugai Shounen Shoujo assistant director) is helming the anime at Production +h. Team Carbuncle, which consists of Takaaki Suzuki (High School Fleet original creator), Tatsuhiko Urahata (Muv-Luv Alternative series composition), and Atsuo Ishino (Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise script), is handling the series composition and script.

Kou Yoshinari (Kamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana) is credited as the main character designer and SUGIZO (Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin – Zenya Akai Suisei ending theme song composition) is composing the music.

Source: Comic Natalie