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The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic Anime Reveals Theme Songs, January 5 Debut in New Promo Video
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The staff of The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, the television anime of Kurokata's Chiyu Mahō no Machigatta Tsukai-kata: Senjō o Kakeru Kaifuku Yōin (The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic: Recovery Team Running Through the Battlefield) fantasy light novel series, revealed the show's January 5 debut in a second promotional video on Friday.
The staff also revealed a new key visual and theme song information. waterweed performs the opening theme song "Cure" and ChouCho performs the ending theme song "Green Jade." The above video previews both songs.
Additionally, the staff revealed more cast members:
Reina Ueda as Princess Celia, princess of Llinger Kingdom
Shōhei Komatsu as Aruku, a knight of Llinger Kingdom
Hitomi Ueda as Amila, commander of the third army of the Demon Lord's army
Wataru Hatano as Hyriluk, a researcher with the Demon Lord's army
The Black Knight, a demon belonging to the Demon Lord's second legion (voice actor not revealed)
The anime stars:
- Shōgo Sakata as Usato
- Ayaka Nanase as Suzune
- Kengo Takanashi as Kazuki
- Saya Aizawa as Amako
- Atsuko Tanaka as Rose
- Akeno Watanabe as Blurin
- Genta Nakamura as Orga
- Yoshino Aoyama as Ururu
- Kentarō Itō as Tong
- Chad Horii as Mill
- Tooru Nara as Alec
- Sōshirō Hori as Gomul
- Hayato Fujii as Gurd
Takahide Ogata (Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala♪ Star Tanjō, Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori) is directing the anime at Studio Add and Shinei Animation. Shogo Yasukawa (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Quality Assurance in Another World) is in charge of series scripts, and Kenji Tanabe (BLUELOCK) is designing the characters. Elements Garden (Hitoshi Fujima, Seima Kondō) are composing the music.
The "slapstick isekai fantasy with gags and battles" begins when ordinary high school student Usato happens to bump into student council president Suzune and classmate Kazuki on his way home. All three are suddenly swallowed up by a magic circle and transported to another world.
The trio are summoned as heroes to save a kingdom from a demon king's army — but, only Suzune and Kazuki have what it takes to be heroes. Usato just happened to be dragged along for the ride.
However, things turn around when Usato is discovered to have the rare knowledge of a healing mage. He is abducted by a woman who identifies herself as Rose, the leader of the life-saving corps, and drafted into her ranks.
Kurokata launched the light novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in March 2014. MF Books imprint published the first volume of the novel with illustrations by KeG in March 2016, and the 12th and final volume in March 2020. Reki Kyūgazan is adapting the story into a manga, and Kadokawa is publishing the volumes in print.
Source: Press release
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