'Hikari no Ou' Announces Additional Cast, Staff
The official website of the Hikari no Ou (The Firecatcher Lord) television anime announced additional cast and staff on Wednesday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in January 2023.
Cast
Kun: Sachi Kokuryu (Slow Loop)
Shouzou: Chiaki Kobayashi (Yuukoku no Moriarty)
Yuoshichi: Kenta Miyake (Ousama Ranking)
Hibana: Kaori Nazuka (Log Horizon)
Takimi: Mamoru Miyano (Steins;Gate)
Haijuu: Shinichiro Miki (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie 3: Unato Kessen)
Kaho: Makoto Koichi (Lycoris Recoil)
Hotaru: Yume Miyamoto (Tomodachi Game)
Sakuraku: Shunichi Maki (Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari)
Enzen: Youji Ueda (Vinland Saga)
Hitou: Ryuunosuke Watanuki (Shuumatsu no Izetta)
Yanagi: Sayaka Ohara (Kingdom 2nd Season)
Roroku: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Golden Kamuy)
Hibari: Akira Ishida (Renou Xueyuan)
Benio: Yuuko Hara (Hitsugi no Chaika)
Narrator: Yoshiko Sakakibara (Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid)
Staff
Assistant Director: Sachiko Kanno (Vlad Love)
Effect Animation Director: Kazunori Ozawa (Ryuuou no Oshigoto! effect supervision)
Image Illustration, Prop Design: Gouichi Iwahata (Isekai Ojisan prop design)
Art Design: Mika Nakajima (Chainsaw Man)
Mechanical Design: Kaoru Kamigiku (Najica Dengeki Sakusen storyboard)
Creature Design: Tomohiro Matsubara
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura (Itou Junji: Collection)
Color Design: Youko Watanabe (Giovanni no Shima)
Telop: Mayumi Katsumata (Calligrapher)
Title Design, 2D Works: Makiko Yamazaki (Psycho-Pass 2D works)
Picture in the Play: Uta Mizuno (Vlad Love visual design)
CG Director: Yusuke Nishimuta
CG Production: Reirs (Deemo Movie: Sakura no Oto - Anata no Kanadeta Oto ga, Ima mo Hibiku)
Special Effects: Hideo Sakurai (D.N.Angel)
Director of Photography: Eiji Arai (Kaizoku Oujo)
Editing: Junichi Uematsu (Yuukoku no Moriarty)
Music Production: flying DOG
Sound Production: Production I.G
Junji Nishimura (Basilisk: Ouka Ninpouchou) is helming the anime at Signal.MD. Mamoru Oshii (Vlad Love) is handling the series composition and penning the script. Takuya Saitou (Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On) is designing the characters and Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100) is composing the music.
Holp Shuppan began publishing Rieko Hinata's post-apocalyptic fantasy novel in December 2018, featuring artworks by Akihiro Yamada (The Twelve Kingdoms). The fourth volume shipped in September 2020.
Source: Comic Natalie
Cast
Kun: Sachi Kokuryu (Slow Loop)
Shouzou: Chiaki Kobayashi (Yuukoku no Moriarty)
Yuoshichi: Kenta Miyake (Ousama Ranking)
Hibana: Kaori Nazuka (Log Horizon)
Takimi: Mamoru Miyano (Steins;Gate)
Haijuu: Shinichiro Miki (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie 3: Unato Kessen)
Kaho: Makoto Koichi (Lycoris Recoil)
Hotaru: Yume Miyamoto (Tomodachi Game)
Sakuraku: Shunichi Maki (Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari)
Enzen: Youji Ueda (Vinland Saga)
Hitou: Ryuunosuke Watanuki (Shuumatsu no Izetta)
Yanagi: Sayaka Ohara (Kingdom 2nd Season)
Roroku: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Golden Kamuy)
Hibari: Akira Ishida (Renou Xueyuan)
Benio: Yuuko Hara (Hitsugi no Chaika)
Narrator: Yoshiko Sakakibara (Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid)
Staff
Assistant Director: Sachiko Kanno (Vlad Love)
Effect Animation Director: Kazunori Ozawa (Ryuuou no Oshigoto! effect supervision)
Image Illustration, Prop Design: Gouichi Iwahata (Isekai Ojisan prop design)
Art Design: Mika Nakajima (Chainsaw Man)
Mechanical Design: Kaoru Kamigiku (Najica Dengeki Sakusen storyboard)
Creature Design: Tomohiro Matsubara
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura (Itou Junji: Collection)
Color Design: Youko Watanabe (Giovanni no Shima)
Telop: Mayumi Katsumata (Calligrapher)
Title Design, 2D Works: Makiko Yamazaki (Psycho-Pass 2D works)
Picture in the Play: Uta Mizuno (Vlad Love visual design)
CG Director: Yusuke Nishimuta
CG Production: Reirs (Deemo Movie: Sakura no Oto - Anata no Kanadeta Oto ga, Ima mo Hibiku)
Special Effects: Hideo Sakurai (D.N.Angel)
Director of Photography: Eiji Arai (Kaizoku Oujo)
Editing: Junichi Uematsu (Yuukoku no Moriarty)
Music Production: flying DOG
Sound Production: Production I.G
Junji Nishimura (Basilisk: Ouka Ninpouchou) is helming the anime at Signal.MD. Mamoru Oshii (Vlad Love) is handling the series composition and penning the script. Takuya Saitou (Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On) is designing the characters and Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100) is composing the music.
Holp Shuppan began publishing Rieko Hinata's post-apocalyptic fantasy novel in December 2018, featuring artworks by Akihiro Yamada (The Twelve Kingdoms). The fourth volume shipped in September 2020.
Source: Comic Natalie
5 Comments Recent Comments
Mamoru Oshii (Vlad Love)
Ah yes, my favourite Oshii anime, Vlad Love.
Oct 27, 2022 5:46 AM by elnino02
Thanks! Yes incredible casting, it is promising!
Oct 26, 2022 10:19 PM by Decent1
Oshii is definitely known for Vlad Love and nothing else.
Oct 26, 2022 2:31 PM by El-Melloi
Finally interesting work will air soon! And the cast is amazing too! Good news, thanks!
Oct 26, 2022 1:47 PM by Memore
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