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Kirakira Precure a la Mode Anime Casts Daisuke Hirakawa, Hisao Egawa

The official website for the Kirakira ☆ Precure a la Mode anime series revealed new cast members and characters for the anime on Saturday. The new cast includes:

Daisuke Hirakawa as Elisio, a servant of Noir who uses cards to target the weak points of the Precures. He has an eerie laugh, and always looks like he is plotting something.

Hisao Egawa as Grave, a high-strung servant of Noir who is obsessed with his own rules. He rides around in a huge car and uses his clay servants to attack.

The anime, which is the 14th entry in the Precure animated series, premiered on February 5 at 8:30 a.m. on the ABC and TV Asahi channels and their affiliates. The show's theme is a crossover of colorful sweets with cool and cute animals. The main characters run a sweet shop and must face off against evil fairies to protect their beloved confections.

Akira Tanaka, Risa Endō, and Yu Kaminoki (Go! Princess Precure, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal) are producing the series. Kōhei Kureta (One Piece Film Z assistant director) and Yukio Kaizawa (Digimon Frontier, Jigoku Sensei Nube director) are the series directors, and Jin Tanaka (Go! Princess Precure, Anne-Happy) is handling the series composition. Yuuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia, Death Parade) is composing the music, and Marie Ino (Death Note, Heartcatch Precure! key animator) is designing the characters. Cake designer and café owner Junko Fukuda is serving as the "sweets supervisor" for the series.

Yuri Komagata (Mangirl!) is performing the anime's opening theme song "SHINE!! Kirakira ☆ Precure a la Mode," and Kanako Miyamoto (Yes! Precure 5) is performing the ending theme song "Let's La Cooking ☆ Showtime."

The anime is inspiring an anime film that will open in Japan in October.

Source: The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web