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'The 8th son? Are you kidding me?' TV Anime Reveals 8 More Cast Members
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the television anime of Y.A.'s Hachinantte Sore wa Nai Deshō! (The 8th son? Are you kidding me?) light novel series announced eight more cast members for the show on Saturday.
The site also revealed a new key visual:
The new cast includes:
Hiro Shimono as Erwin von Alnim
Tomohito Takatsuka as Roderich
Shizuka Ishigami as Wendelin (young)
Tomokazu Sugita as Kurt
Yukana as Amalie
Daisuke Namikawa as Alfred
Yūsaku Yara as Brantack Lyngstad
Masashi Yamane as Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong
The anime will premiere in April, and will star: (Note: Character name romanizations for all characters are not official.)
- Junya Enoki as Wendelin
- Asuka Nishi as Elize
- Yuuna Mimura as Louise
- Mikako Komatsu as Iina
- M.A.O as Vilma
Tatsuo Miura (episode director for Kaiketsu Zorori, Mahō no Princess Minky Momo: Yume o Dakishimete, Okusama wa Maho Shojo) is directing the series at Shinei Animation and Synergy SP. Fuzichoco is credited as the original character designer, and Keiji Tanabe (Caligula, Good Luck Girl!) is adapting those designs for animation. Takeshi Miyamoto (Trickster script, Fullmetal Alchemist live-action film screenplay) is handling the series composition. Catherina Ancient Music Ensemble, which plays Middle Ages-era and Renaissance-era European instruments, will perform music for the anime. Minako Seki (Kingdom both seasons, Black Clover) is also composing music for the anime.
The novels' story begins with Shingo Ichinomiya, a normal, average employee for a trading company. He wakes up one day to find himself inhabiting the body of Wendelin — a five-year-old boy, and the eighth son of a destitute noble family in a fantasy world.
Y.A. began serializing the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website in June 2013, and ended it in March 2017. Kadokawa began publishing the story in print volumes with illustrations by Fuzichoco (R.O.D Rehabilitation) in September 2015. Hiroki Kusumoto has been drawing a manga adaptation of the story on Kadokawa's ComicWalker website since 2015.
The novel series is also inspiring a game adaptation. In the game, players will take the role of "another adventurer" who travels alongside Wendelin and the others. The game will have an original story by Y.A. that will be "synchronized" with the television anime's story. The game is slated for iOS and Android devices this year.
Sources: The 8th son? Are you kidding me? anime's website, Comic Natalie
