News
Spy Classroom Anime Delays 8th Episode Due to COVID-19
posted on by Alex Mateo
On February 23, a second part of the anime's special program "Gokujō Spy Mission" will air instead.
The anime premiered in Japan on January 5, and HIDIVE is streaming the anime as it airs.
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
- Inori Minase as Erna
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.
Source: Spy Classroom anime's website via Rook
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.
this article has been modified since it was originally posted; see change history