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Kikuko Inoue Joins Cast of Spy×Family Anime as Melinda Desmond
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The official X/Twitter account for the anime of Tatsuya Endō's Spy×Family manga revealed on Saturday that Kikuko Inoue has joined the cast of the third season as Melinda Desmond, wife of Donovan Desmond and mother of Damian. The character will debut in the overall anime's 42nd episode on November 1.
Past seasons' episode director Yukiko Imai is directing the third season at Wit Studio and CloverWorks, replacing second season directors Kazuhiro Furuhashi and Takahiro Harada. Yuki Takeuchi (Ishura, Witch Watch) and past seasons' episode art director Tomomi Sugimoto are now in charge of art setting, Keita Watanabe (Wind Breaker 3D director) is the CG director, and Rina Koguchi (Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc, YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) is the third season's editor.
The new season also features returning cast and staff.
SPITZ performs the opening theme song "Hi o Mamoru" (Protect the Light), and Lilas Ikuta performs the ending theme song "Actor."
The first anime season's first half premiered in April 2022, and the second half premiered in October 2022. The anime's second season premiered in October 2023 and aired for 12 episodes.
The SPY×FAMILY Code: White anime film opened in Japan in December 2023.
Viz Media is publishing Tatsuya Endō's original and ongoing manga in English, and it describes the story:
Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment—get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head!Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!
Shueisha is simultaneously posting the manga in English on its MANGA Plus service. Viz Media added the manga to its app as part of its Shonen Jump subscription in September 2019. The company is also publishing the manga in print.
The manga has also inspired a stage musical that ran in March-May 2023. The second stage musical runs from September to December this year.
