'Kusuriya no Hitorigoto' Reveals Additional Cast, Theme Songs, Main Promo

by Doshigatai
Oct 1, 2023 9:12 AM | 11 Comments

The official website of the Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) television anime revealed additional cast, theme songs artists and the main promotional video on Sunday. The anime is set to premiere with the first three episodes on October 22 at 1:05 a.m. on Nippon TV.

Cast
Gaoshun: Katsuyuki Konishi (Helck)
Gyokuyou: Atsumi Tanezaki (Sousou no Frieren)
Lihua: Yui Ishikawa (NieR:Automata Ver1.1a)
Lishu: Hina Kino (Eiyuu Kyoushitsu)
Ah-Duo: Yuuko Kaida (Gintama)
Meimei: Megumi Han (Dance Dance Danseur)
Pairin: Ami Koshimizu (Edomae Elf)
Joka: Hiroki Nanami (Visual Prison)
Madam: Kimiko Saitou (Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou)
Luomen: Hiroshi Yanaka (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon)
Lihaku: Kenji Akabane (Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!)
Xiaolan: Misaki Kuno (Meikyuu Black Company)
Guen: Mitsuaki Kanuka (Overlord IV)
Narrator: Sumi Shimamoto (Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä)

Ryokuoushoku Shakai (Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi) is performing the opening theme "Hana ni Natte." Aina the End (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo Season 2) will perform the ending theme "Aikotoba." The theme songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Norihiro Naganuma (Mahoutsukai no Yome) is directing the anime and handling the series composition at TOHO animation STUDIO, OLM. Yukiko Nakatani (Go! Princess Precure) is designing the characters. Satoru Kousaki (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss), Alisa Okehazama (Jujutsu Kaisen) are composing the music.

Hyuuga originally began penning the medical mystery novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in October 2011. Shufunotomo published it under its RayBooks imprint in a single novel volume in September 2012, featuring the cover illustration by Megumi Matsuda. The publisher began reprinting the series as a light novel through its Hero Bunko label with illustrations by Touko Shino in August 2014. The 14th volume was released on September 29.

Itsuki Nanao began writing a manga adaptation in Monthly Big Gangan in May 2017, featuring illustrations by Nekokurage. Square Enix published the 11th volume on February 25.

Sunday Gene-X began serializing a second manga adaptation by Minoji Kurata in August 2017. The 16th volume shipped on February 25.

J-Novel Club licensed the light novel in English in November 2020 for digital release and published the eighth volume on May 29.

Square Enix Manga & Books licensed Nanao and Nekokurage's manga adaptation in English in November 2019 and shipped the ninth volume in August. The tenth volume is planned to be released on November 7.

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11 Comments Recent Comments

Wow, I certainly didn't expect that choice of voice for Gyokuyou. I wonder if we'll have from her a completely different kind of voice than what we heard from her various previous main roles (Vivy, Chise, Anya Forger, Emporio) considering it's a character very different from anything she's voiced so far.
Also man Pairin got the jackpot among side characters...

Oct 10, 2023 11:52 AM by Zefyris

Such a stacked cast, gonna love it.

Oct 4, 2023 9:13 AM by MegamiRem

@VivavideoUser2x Just saw this and I'm even more hyped then I already was. Nice!

Oct 1, 2023 4:32 PM by TasoM

@RobertBobert there is official translation for it. And it is good. They could just use the names from there like ANN did, not the ones added here god knows when based on horrible fantranslation.

Oct 1, 2023 3:30 PM by Nachtwandler_21

@VivavideoUser2x Hope the story is good too, these Japanese Chinese stories often miss the mark.

Oct 1, 2023 3:28 PM by Swagernator

Vivy and JJK composer are collabing with Kevin Penkin, holy shit if this anime's ost is not goated, that will be a major shock.

Oct 1, 2023 3:09 PM by VivavideoUser2x

@Nachtwandler_21 I'm not a linguist, but as far as I remember, Japanese is phonetically closer to Korean than to Chinese. So Chinese and Japanese are completely different languages in this regard. However, what should I do when even the official translation gives the male character the female form of the Russian surname in Little Busters?

Oct 1, 2023 2:39 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert yes, but the ones used on MAL totally ignires existence of letter "L" (and a copuple of other sounds) like they tried to transliterate names from Chinese but using JP rules. So half of the names above sound not Chinese-like but gibberish. The author specifically asked in the notes to use Chinese reading. Similar ANN article has proper names that are also used in official LN translation. As LN reader I am really bothered by this. Like I get that JP see no difference beteween L and R, but Chinese use L way more often and this shit affects authentity.

Oct 1, 2023 2:32 PM by Nachtwandler_21

@Nachtwandler_21 Is there a big difference? As far as I remember, most of the characters have normal Chinese names. Well, or at least quasi-Chinese, since the author is Japanese.

Oct 1, 2023 2:24 PM by RobertBobert

MAL, goddamit, use official name translitaration (both LNs and manga are licensed in English after all) no the old ones from fantraslation used when they were added to the site.

Oct 1, 2023 11:19 AM by Nachtwandler_21

I wish that more future works get 24-26 episodes to air.

Oct 1, 2023 10:42 AM by Memore