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Kanagawa Elves Light Anime Reveals 4 New Cast, December 4 Debut
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for the television light anime adaptation of Yoroida's #Kanagawa ni Sunderu Elf (Kanagawa Elves or literally, The Elves Living in Kanagawa) manga revealed on Thursday a new key visual, four new cast members, and its December 4 premiere within TV Kanagawa's (tvk's) local midday news and variety program Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide at 12 noon JST.
The newly announced cast, who are all from Kanagawa Prefecture, include:
Kōtarō Nishiyama as Yōsei-san (Fairy) and the narrator
Yūsuke Nagano as Elf from Yokosuka
Yūki Inoue as Elf from Sagamihara
Gō Fujii as Orc from Machida
Yūji Umoto (SHIBUYA♡HACHI, Karl to Fushigi na Tō, Hachimitsu Suicide Machine film) is directing the anime at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio. Taeko Miura (Rent-A-Girlfriend sound production manager, Gakkō dewa Oshiete Kurenai Taisetsu na Koto) is the sound director, Shin Kawamoto is composing the music, Kazuya Takahashi (Sword Art Online II, Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning 2nd key animator) is the production supervisor, and Usagiou is credited for animation production assistance.
The fantasy comedy manga tells the story of elves whose forest home had been burned down, and are now living ordinary lives in Kanagawa.
Yoroida launched the manga on Comic Elmo in August 2020. Micro Magazine published the manga's first compiled book volume in 2021, and the fifth volume on March 10.
The manga also inspired a live-action adaptation, which debuted on September 30, also within the Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide news and variety program.
Sources: #Kanagawa ni Sunderu Elf anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
