Ikumi Hasegawa Joins Kill Blue Anime Cast as Mai Otohime
The casting of a prominent voice actor for a dual-role character adds a key element to the adaptation as it airs its first season.
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The Kill Blue anime staff announced Ikumi Hasegawa will voice Mai Otohime, a marine sports prodigy with dual personalities. A new key visual was also revealed. The series, based on Tadatoshi Fujimaki's manga, premiered in April and streams on multiple platforms including Netflix and Crunchyroll.
The staff for the Kill Blue television anime announced on Saturday that Ikumi Hasegawa is joining the cast as Mai Otohime. The character is described as a marine sports prodigy known as the "Mermaid Queen" who has both a shy, petite "Chibi-hime" side and a bold "Gyaru-hime" side. A new key visual was also released alongside the casting news.
Hiro Kaburagi directs the series at CUE, with Miho Daidoji handling character designs. The anime premiered on April 11 across multiple Japanese TV stations and began streaming the same day. It is available on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, and other services. The manga, by Kuroko's Basketball creator Tadatoshi Fujimaki, ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from April 2023 to September 2024.
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