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Nagi Yanagi Performs Berserk TV Anime's Ending Theme Song
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website of the new Berserk television anime series announced on Saturday that Nagi Yanagi (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!, A Lull in the Sea, Norn9) will perform the anime's ending theme song "Meimoku no Kanata" (Beyond Closed Eyes). The single is slated to ship on August 31.
The series will premiere on WOWOW on July 1 at 10:30 p.m. The anime will also air on MBS, TBS, and CBC starting on July 8, and on BS-TBS starting on July 9.
The anime's cast includes:
Kaoru Mizuhara as Puck
Hiro Shimono as Isidro
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Serpico
Yōko Hikasa as Farnese
The rest of the cast includes:
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Azan
- Toa Yukinari as Casca
- Takahiro Sakurai as Griffith
- Akio Ohtsuka as Skull Knight
- Unshou Ishizuka as Narrator
The anime adapts Kentarō Miura's dark fantasy manga of the same name. Miura himself is serving as executive supervisor for the series. Shin Itagaki (Basquash!, Ben-To, Teekyū) is directing the anime. Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, Ōsama-tachi no Viking, Yuruyuri San Hai!) is supervising the series scripts in collaboration with Takashi Yamashita (Cencoroll). Hisashi Abe (Pet Shop of Horrors, Gunslinger Girl, Chobits) is designing the characters. Shiro Sagisu (Berserk films, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Megazone 23) is composing the music. LIDEN FILMS is credited for production, while GEMBA and Millepensee are credited for animation production.
Susumu Hirasawa is composing an insert song title "Hai yo" (Oh Ashes), and 9mm Parabellum Bullet will perform the show's opening theme song "Inferno."
Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
[Via Ota-suke]
