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Yōko Hikasa Joins Cast of Tower of God Anime
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Korean creator SIU's Tower of God manhwa revealed an additional cast member on Monday. Yōko Hikasa is joining the cast as Karen.
Yōko Hikasa as Karen
The series debuted on Crunchyroll on April 1, and premiered in Japan on April 2 at 12:30 a.m. The show will have 13 episodes.
The anime's previously announced cast includes:
- Taichi Ichikawa as Bam
- Saori Hayami as Rachel
- Houchu Ohtsuka as Headon
- Rie Suegara as Endō.rsi Jahad
- Akira Sekine as Anaak Jahad
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Khun Aguero Agnes
- Kenta Miyake as Rak Wraithraiser
- Mariko Honda as Yuri Jahad
- Toshinari Fukamachi as Hatz
- Takuya Eguchi as Shibisu
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Evan Edroch
- Daisuke Ono as Phonsekal Laure
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Lero-Ro
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Quant
- Shizuka Itou as Black March
Takashi Sano (Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement, Transformers: Energon) is directing the anime at Telecom Animation Film (Lupin the Third: Part 5, We Rent Tsukumogami, Orange). Hirokazu Hanai (Dances with the Dragons, Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas) is the assistant director. Erika Yoshida (Trickster, Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena-) is in charge of series composition. Masashi Kudo (Bleach, Hayate the Combat Butler) and Miho Tanino are designing the characters. Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss, The Rising of The Shield Hero) is composing the music.
Korean all-male band Stray Kids are performing the opening theme song "TOP-Japanese ver.-."
Sola Entertainment is providing production management for the series. Rialto Entertainment, Aniplex's wholly owned subsidiary, is producing the anime.
The Crunchyroll and WEBTOON production is part of the Crunchyroll Originals slate. Crunchyroll describes the anime:
The upcoming Crunchyroll Original series centers on the journey of a young man as he battles his way through the mysterious Tower, building friendships, discovering the rules that govern this tower, and facing unimaginable terrors, as he strives to find the only friend he's ever known.
SIU launched the manhwa on NAVER WEBTOON in 2010. WEBTOONS launched the manhwa in English in July 2014.
Sources: Tower of God's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
