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Magical Explorer TV Anime Reveals More Cast, October 3 Debut, Theme Song Artist in Video
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The staff for the television anime of Iris and Noboru Kannatsuki's Magical Explorer light novel series revealed on Friday the anime will debut on October 3. The staff also revealed a second key visual, a second promotional video, more cast and staff, and the theme song information.
ASCA performs the show's opening theme song "Remedy" and the ending theme song "Double Wings." The above video previews the opening theme.
The series will debut on October 3 at 24:00 (effectively October 4 at 12:00 a.m.) on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11. The anime will also air on Tohoku Broadcasting, TV Aichi, and YTV.
New cast members include:
- Mai Fuchigami as Marino Hanamura
- Minami Tsuda as Hatsumi Hanamura
- Risa Tsumugi as Claris
- Asaki Yuikawa as Iori Hijiri
- Hikaru Tōno as Rina Katō
Additional staff members include:
- Prop Design: Yaeko Watanabe, Yūkei Yamada
- Monster Design: Naoto Hosoda
- Effect Design: Hiroshi Yakou
- Art Director: Yūki Yokoyama
- Color Design: Eriko Murata
- Director of Photography: Shinya Kuwabara
- 3D Director: Haruka Sakaguchi
- Special Effects and 2D Works: Keiko Ōnishi
- Editing: Masahiro Gotō
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Sound Effects: Toshiya Wada
- Executive Producer: Gaku Iwasa
- Animation Producer: Shin'ichirō Katō
The anime will star:
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kōsuke Takioto
- Ai Kakuma as Ludie
- Saori Ōnishi as Yukine Mizumori
- M.A.O as Nanami
Kazuki Ohashi (Shadows House) is directing the anime at WHITE FOX. Satoko Sekine (TsukiPro the Animation) is handling series composition. Ryosuke Kimiya (Grimoire of Zero) is designing the characters. Kenichiro Suehiro (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) is composing the music.
Yen Press is publishing the light novel series and Yukari Higa's manga adaptation, and it describes the story:
Living in the world of Magical★Explorer, the legendary erotic game, sounds like a dream. Problem is, I reincarnated not as the lady-killer protagonist with his overpowered cheat skills, but as his unlucky comic-relief best friend!
The novel series debuted in February 2018 on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website. Kadokawa began publishing the light novel series in November 2019. The 13th volume shipped on April 1.
The manga adaptation launched in Young Ace Up in August 2020. Kadokawa published the manga's third compiled book volume on January 8.
Source: Press release
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