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Millennium Family TV Anime Casts Katsuyuki Konishi
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The staff for the television anime of Sho Kasugai's Millennium Family (Odoru Sennen Kazoku) manga announced on Thursday that Katsuyuki Konishi will join the anime's cast as Hayden, the eldest sibling of the Benfield family.
The anime will star Rikuya Yasuda as the protagonist Theo.
Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!/2wei Herz!/3rei!!, Chaos;Child, The Rising of The Shield Hero Season 2) is directing the anime at PartsCraft, and is also supervising the scripts. Hiroshi Yoneda (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow) is the character designer and chief animation director.
AI localization company Orange Inc.'s e-bookstore service emaqi licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Seven immortal siblings born in England possess humanity's ultimate dream: eternal life. But their gift makes them targets for the criminal underworld, corrupt hospitals, and international military organizations!
After centuries apart, this extraordinary family reunites for a thrilling new chapter in their lives.
Kasugai launched the manga in Shōnengahōsha's Young King Ours magazine in March 2021. Shōnengahōsha released the manga's ninth compiled book volume on July 30.
Source: Press release
