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Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Ikoku Nikki Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus Asia announced on Wednesday that it will air a simulcast of Tomoko Yamashita's Ikoku Nikki (Journal with witch, or literally Diary of a Strange Land) manga for the winter 2026 season.
The anime will premiere in Japan on January 4.
The anime will star:
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Makio Kōdai
- Fūko Mori as Asa Takumi
- Junichi Suwabe as Shingo Kasamachi
- Sumire Morohoshi as Emiri Nara
- Eriko Matsui as Nana Daigo
- Takashi Kondō as Kazunari Tōno
- Sayaka Ōhara as Minori and Makio's older sister
Miyuki Oshiro (episode director for Durarara!!×2 Ketsu, Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go, To Your Eternity) is directing the anime at Shuka. Kohei Kiyasu (Run with the Wind, My Home Hero) is in charge of composition and writing the scripts, Kenji Hayama (Princess Jellyfish, Tiger & Bunny) is designing the characters, and kensuke ushio (Chainsaw Man, A Silent Voice, Heavenly Delusion) is composing the music. Singer-songwriter TOMOO performs the opening theme song "Sonare," and pop duo Bialystocks performs the ending theme song "Kotozute" (Hearsay).
Additional staff members include:
- Sub-Character Designer: Toshie Kawamura
- Prop Setting: Miyako Kanō
- Costume Setting: Kaede Aizawa
- Art: Eriko Takahashi
- Color Design: Miho Tanaka
- Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki
- Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
- Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Yamashita (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window, Don't Cry Girl, Mo'some Sting) launched the manga in June 2017 in Shodensha's Feel Young magazine, and ended it in June 2023. The manga's 11th and final compiled book volume shipped in August 2023. The manga was nominated for the 28th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2024. The manga also ranked at #5 on the women's list of the 2024 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, topped Da Vinci's 23rd annual "Book of the Year" list for manga in December 2023, and was nominated for the 13th Manga Taisho awards in 2020.
Source: Aniplus Asia's Facebook page
