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Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus-Asia announced on Tuesday that it will air a simulcast of the television anime of Hazano Kazutake's Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence (Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi) manga. The simulcast will premiere on July 13 at 1:00 a.m. GMT +8. Aniplus-Asia is streaming an English-subtitled teaser for the anime.
The anime's cast includes:
- Hime Sawada as Cecilia
- Kaito Ishikawa as Lawrence
- Haruki Ishiya as Abel
- Kanna Nakamura as Hazelita
- Haruka Tomatsu as Mel
- Mai Nakahara as Rebecca
- Makoto Koichi as Eric
- Tomoaki Maeno as Gieselbert
- Reina Ueda as Frederica
Sumie Noro (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) is directing the anime at Doga Kobo. Yuka Yamada (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid) is in charge of the series scripts, and Hiromi Nakagawa (WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me) is designing the characters. Ruka Kawada is composing the music. Other staff members include Chieko Nakamura as art director, Genta Makabe as color key artist, Seiichi Sugiura as compositing director of photography, Mutsumi Takemiya as editor, and Masanori Tsuchiya as sound director.
Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Saint Cecilia is beloved by the townspeople—not only is she elegant and composed, she benevolently shares her wisdom with all who seek it. That is, until the last person has left—at which point she becomes totally hopeless! Only Pastor Lawrence, is keeping the Saint put together enough to do her duties...and though she may test him, it's all in a day's work!
