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SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes Original Anime Reveals Anan Furuya as Protagonist Kyōya

The staff for Aniplex and Sony Music's new original television anime series SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes revealed on Sunday the cast for the show's protagonist Kyōya and the "mysterious girl" from the show's first episode.

Anan Furuya as Kyōya

Manaka Iwami as "mysterious girl" Nagi

The staff also revealed the anime's clean opening and ending sequence videos.

The series debuted on Fuji TV on October 5 at 9:30 a.m. JST, and began streaming on various services in Japan starting on October 7. Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide excluding Asia. The anime will air for two consecutive cours (quarter of a year).

The anime also stars:

• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Sōji
• Akari Kitō as μ (pronounced "myu")
• Daisuke Namikawa as YOSUKE
• Ayane Sakura as Siren
• Sōma Saitō as JUNE

Daisuke Yoshida (Idol Incidents, Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga) is directing the anime at Studio VOLN. Naho Ōtsuki (key animator for Lycoris Recoil, Back Arrow) and Nami Fujii (key animator for My Hero Academia seasons 6 and 7) are designing the characters for animation, and Shūhei Mutsuki (Spy×Family three seasons) is composing the music.

Fumiaki Maruto (Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend light novel author and anime scriptwriter) is overseeing and writing the series scripts. Hidari (Santa Company, Fractale, Phantom in the Twilight) is the original character designer.

Other staff members include:

• Sub-Character Design: Mika Takahashi, Masahiro Yamanaka
• Monster Design: Tomohisa Onoue
• Chief Animation Director: Yurie Ōhigashi
• Action Animation Director: Takaaki Hirayama
• Art Director: Takao Makino
• Color Design: Yoshinori Horikawa
• Director of Photography: Sota Mikami
• CG Director: Masato Takahashi
• Editing: Yumi Jinguji
• Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura

The in-story unit SI-VIS performs both the opening theme song "So Far Away" and the ending theme song "Friends & Smile" for the anime's first half. Taisho is handling the vocals in songs for YOSUKE, the leader of SI-VIS.

The story centers on the members of the SI-VIS co-ed vocal unit that is wildly popular both inside and outside Japan. Their true secret identity is a group of heroes who fight against a mysterious calamity threatening to destroy the world named "Mirage." Through their live performances, they gather the power to fight.

Sources: SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes anime's website (link 2), Comic Natalie