Jun is a voice actor cast as Stan in the television anime adaptation of The Cat and the Dragon, which is scheduled to premiere in July 2026.
Jun was announced as a cast member for the television anime adaptation of The Cat and the Dragon on May 14, 2026. The series is based on the light novel series by Amara and Mai Okuma, which began as a web story in 2013 and has sold over one million copies across nine print volumes. Jun will voice the character Stan, one of three new roles revealed alongside a second promotional video and a key visual.
The production is handled by Studio OLM, with Jin-Koo Oh directing and Mitsutaka Hirota writing the series composition. The anime is set to premiere in July 2026. The other new cast members are Atsumi Tanezaki as Gali and Chika Anzai as Annerossa. They join previously announced leads Takehito Koyasu as Nekoryu and Kikuko Inoue as Mamanyan.
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