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Spy Classroom Anime Casts Inori Minase (Updated)
posted on by Alex Mateo
The staff of the television anime adaptation of Takemachi's Spy Classroom (Spy Kyōshitsu or Spy Room) light novel series revealed on Friday that Inori Minase as Erna (Codename "Fool"), a shy girl who is the youngest member of the team. She was the daughter of a wealthy family, but she lost her parents in a mansion fire.
Manga adaptation artist Kaname Seu drew a commemorate illustration featuring Erna with the rest of the cast:
The anime's visuals have been updated to include Erna:
The show's main cast members are reprising their roles from earlier promotional videos and a bonus voice drama:
- Sora Amamiya as Lily
- Yuichiro Umehara as Klaus
- Miku Itō as Grete
- Nao Tōyama as Sibylla
- Aoi Yūki as Monika
- Sumire Uesaka as Thea
- Ayane Sakura as Sara
- Tomori Kusunoki as Annett
Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Frame Arms Girl, Hayate the Combat Butler, Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU) is directing the anime at the studio feel., and Shinichi Inotsume (Gangsta., Hayate the Combat Butler, PERSONA 5 the Animation) is supervising the series scripts. Sumie Kinoshita (Dropout Idol Fruit Tart, Forest of Piano, Girlish Number) is designing the characters. nonoc performs the opening theme song "Tomoshibi" (Lamplight). Konomi Suzuki performs the ending theme song "Secret Code."
Yen Press is publishing the light novel series and its manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:
Following a devastating military conflict, countries fight their wars in the shadows. One unusual spy, Klaus, has never failed on the job despite his quirks, and he is building a team to take on an Impossible Mission—one with over a 90 percent chance of failure. However, his chosen members are all washouts with no practical experience. They'll have to use every trick in the book (and some that aren't) to prove they're up to the task!
Takemachi launched the light novel series with illustrations by tomari in January 2020. Kaname Seu launched a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Alive magazine in May 2020.
Update: Kadokawa revealed a short promotional video and a new character visual for Erna on Friday. Source: Press release
Source: Press release
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