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Kanagawa Elves TV Light Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, 1st Teaser Video
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for the television light anime adaptation of Yoroida's #Kanagawa ni Sunderu Elf (Kanagawa Elves or literally, The Elves Living in Kanagawa) manga opened on Thursday and revealed the key visual, main cast, staff, and first teaser video.
Yoroida drew the below key visual:
Chiaki Kobayashi will voice the protagonist Elf from Yokohama (right in image above), and Yuu Hayashi will voice the Human from Kawasaki. Both voice actors hail from Kanagawa Prefecture: Kobayashi from Yokohama city and Hayashi from Zama city.
Yūji Umoto (SHIBUYA♡HACHI, Karl to Fushigi na Tō, Hachimitsu Suicide Machine film) is directing the anime at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio. Taeko Miura (Rent-A-Girlfriend sound production manager), Gakkō dewa Oshiete Kurenai Taisetsu na Koto) is the sound director, Shin Kawamoto is composing the music, Kazuya Takahashi (Sword Art Online II, Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning 2nd key animator) is the production supervisor, and Usagiou is credited for animation production assistance.
The anime will debut in December within TV Kanagawa's (tvk's) local midday news and variety program Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide.
The fantasy comedy manga tells the story of elves whose forest home had been burned down, and are now living ordinary lives in Kanagawa.
Yoroida launched the manga on Comic Elmo in August 2020. Micro Magazine published the manga's first compiled book volume in 2021, and the fifth volume on March 10.
The manga is also getting a live-action adaptation, which will debut on September 30, also within the Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide news and variety program.
Source: #Kanagawa ni Sunderu Elf anime's website and X/Twitter account
