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Kaiju Girls Short Anime Series' Cast, Staff Unveiled
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website of the Kaijū Girls ~Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku~ series of anime shorts revealed the anime's main cast on Thursday. The cast includes:
Riho Iida as Agira/Aki Miyashita
Aina Suzuki as Miclas/Miku Ushimaru
Yurika Endō as Windom/Reika Shiragane
The three voice actresses will also perform the series' theme song. The staff is accepting suggestions for the trio's group name. The site will accept submissions until July 15.
The website also revealed the anime's main staff. Minoru Ashina (Kōkaku Kidōtai Nyumon Arise, Spelunker Sensei) is directing the anime at Studio Puyukai and Medicrie. Yasuharu Takanashi (Boruto -Naruto the Movie-, Fairy Tail Zero) is composing the music, Junichi Inaba (Hotarubi no Mori e, Noragami Aragoto) is directing the sound, and Norimitsu Kaihō (School-Live!, Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation series composition) provided the original concept and is in charge of setting. The anime's original character designers include: Nekosuke Ōkuma (Nitroplus), Hiroshi Tani, CHOCO, Jirō Tomioka, Namaniku ATK (Nitroplus), Nekokan Masshigura (Nitroplus), Bakutendo, and minoa (Nitroplus).
Tsuburaya Productions previously streamed a trailer for the anime in March.
The shorts are slated to premiere on the d Anime Store (Docomo Anime Store) service this fall. The project's official website has also revealed that manga, novel, and other projects are in development.
The Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku project transforms kaijū (monsters) from the Ultraman live-action special-effects series into cute, female anthropomorphized monsters. The project already inspired the Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku Galaxy Days four-panel manga. Kadokawa released the second compiled book volume on June 24.
Source: Anime! Anime! (Kōsuke Obana)
