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Miyuki Sawashiro
Miyuki Sawashiro voices Ash Vamps in the two-part Armored Trooper Votoms: The Gray Witch films, and appears in the October 2026 Suikoden anime as Anabelle. A talk between Sawashiro and Asami Ando runs in the CONTINUE SPECIAL Votoms: Gray Witch issue out November 19, the day before the first film opens.
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Miyuki Sawashiro's recent work splits between new franchise leads and a historical drama. In August 2026, Sunrise and Production I.G revealed the full trailer and character visual for the two new Armored Trooper Votoms films, Soko Kihei Votoms Haiiro no Hexe, confirming Sawashiro as Ash Vamps, the feared AT pilot called the Grey Witch. Mamoru Oshii directs, with original creator Ryosuke Takahashi supervising, and Mabuki Andou plays Maki Stauffenberg, an officer investigating Ash's past.
Ohta Publishing will release CONTINUE SPECIAL Armored Trooper Votoms: Gray Witch on November 19, an 80-page full-color single-issue magazine built around Oshii's theatrical anime. It carries a long interview with Oshii and a talk between Sawashiro and Asami Ando, who plays Maki Stauffenberg. The film opens nationwide in Japan on November 20, one day after the magazine, as a two-part theatrical series with the first part arriving that date and the second part's release timing still to be announced.
Earlier in July 2026, the Suikoden anime staff announced Sawashiro as Anabelle, mayor of Muse City and chairperson of the Jowston Alliance, alongside Jin Yamanoi as Agares Blight and Kodai Sakai as Jess. The adaptation of Konami's Suikoden II premieres in October 2026 on Tokyo MX, Kansai TV, BS Asahi, and 29 other stations across Japan, for 32 channels total, with a 60-minute first episode. In June 2026, the staff of The World Is Dancing added Sawashiro as Shirabyoshi, a woman struggling to survive in difficult circumstances, joining Yoji Matsuda as Inuo. Toshimasa Kuroyanagi directs at Cygames Pictures, and the series premieres July 2 on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto, with additional broadcasts starting July 3.
Key facts
- Votoms role
- Voices Ash Vamps, the feared AT pilot called the Grey Witch, in the two new Armored Trooper Votoms films ↗
- Votoms staff
- Mamoru Oshii directs and original creator Ryosuke Takahashi supervises; Mabuki Andou plays Maki Stauffenberg ↗
- CONTINUE Votoms issue
- CONTINUE SPECIAL Armored Trooper Votoms: Gray Witch runs 80 pages in full color at 1,980 yen, released November 19, and includes a talk between Sawashiro and Asami Ando ↗
- Votoms film release
- The film opens nationwide in Japan on November 20 as a two-part theatrical series; the second part's release timing is not yet announced ↗
- Suikoden role
- Voices Anabelle, mayor of Muse City and chairperson of the Jowston Alliance, in the Suikoden anime adaptation of Suikoden II ↗
- Suikoden broadcast
- Premieres in October 2026 on Tokyo MX, Kansai TV, BS Asahi, and 29 other stations across Japan, for 32 channels total, with a 60-minute first episode ↗
- The World Is Dancing role
- Voices Shirabyoshi, a woman struggling to survive in difficult circumstances ↗
- The World Is Dancing broadcast
- Premieres July 2 on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto, with additional broadcasts on other networks starting July 3; Toshimasa Kuroyanagi directs at Cygames Pictures ↗
- Notable prior credits
- Credits include Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third and Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter (2011) ↗
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All coverage
Oct 8
Ohta Publishing will release CONTINUE SPECIAL Armored Trooper Votoms: Gray Witch on November 19, a single-issue magazine built entirely around Mamoru Oshii's theatrical anime of the same name. The volume runs 80 pages in full color, priced at 1,980 yen including tax, in B5 variant format. It carries a long interview with Oshii, who directs the film, and a talk between Miyuki Sawashiro, who plays Ash Vamps, and Asami Ando, who plays Maki Stauffenberg. Sumire Uesaka, cast as a young maintenance soldier, contributes a feature on her attachment to the Votoms series, and the magazine includes a complete commentary on the original Armored Trooper Votoms. The film opens nationwide in Japan on November 20, one day after the magazine. It is a two-part theatrical series, with the first part arriving on that date and the second part's release timing still to be announced.
Aug 21
Sunrise and Production I.G revealed the full trailer and character visual for the two new Armored Trooper Votoms films, Soko Kihei Votoms Haiiro no Hexe. The trailer introduces Miyuki Sawashiro as Ash Vamps, the feared AT pilot called the Grey Witch, and Mabuki Andou as Maki Stauffenberg, an officer investigating Ash's past. Additional cast and staff were also announced.
Aug 19
The anime film Mononoke the Movie: Chapter 3, The Serpent God, which opened in Japanese theaters in May 2026, will be exclusively streamed worldwide on Netflix starting Tuesday, September 29. This installment is the concluding chapter of a new theatrical trilogy based on the 2007 TV anime Mononoke, which itself originated from the Bakeneko arc of Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales. The trilogy is set in the Ooku, the inner chambers of the shogun's palace, and follows the Medicine Seller, voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya, as he exorcises vengeful spirits. Each chapter shifts perspective to a woman of higher status: a new maid in Chapter 1, The Phantom Rain; an elite senior maid in Chapter 2, The Fire Rat; and the Midaidokoro, the highest-ranking woman, in Chapter 3. The third film centers on Sachiko, voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki, whose newborn son dies, triggering a conspiracy tied to the Ooku's founding 150 years earlier. The theme song is No Epilogue by Aina The End. Chapters 1 and 2 are already streaming on Netflix, so the full trilogy will be available at once.
Jul 5
The staff for the Suikoden anime, adapting Konami's Suikoden II game, revealed three new cast members and a second promotional video on July 5. The video debuts the opening theme song "Kanashimi Sae Otonabite" by amazarashi. The new cast includes Jin Yamanoi as Agares Blight, the king of the Highland Kingdom; Miyuki Sawashiro as Anabelle, the mayor of Muse City and chairperson of the Jowston Alliance; and Kodai Sakai as Jess, the deputy mayor of Muse City. The anime will premiere in October 2026 on Tokyo MX, Kansai TV, BS Asahi, and 29 other stations across Japan, for a total of 32 channels. The first episode will be a 60-minute extended special. Before the broadcast, a two-week advance premium screening of episodes one through three will run at 10 theaters nationwide starting August 21. A stage greeting event with five main cast members is scheduled for August 23 at Shinjuku Piccadilly. The staff also announced a manga adaptation titled "Gensō Suikoden The Anime ~Honmono no Eiyū~" drawn by Kochiya, set to debut in Comic Dengeki Daioh volume 155 on July 27.
Jun 5
The staff of the television anime adaptation of Kazuto Mihara's manga The World Is Dancing released a music trailer and announced two new cast members on Friday. Veteran voice actor Yoji Matsuda, known for his role as Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke, joins the cast as Inuo, a mysterious man who appears and disappears while influencing the protagonist Oniyasha. Matsuda stated that this is his first regular role in a serialized TV anime. Miyuki Sawashiro, whose credits include Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third and Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter (2011), voices Shirabyoshi, a woman struggling to survive in difficult circumstances. The trailer also previews vocal insert songs performed by Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha and Romi Park as Zojiro. The anime is set to premiere on July 2 on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto in Japan, with additional broadcasts on other networks starting July 3. Toshimasa Kuroyanagi directs the series at Cygames Pictures, with character designs by Keigo Sasaki. The story follows a boy named Oniyasha born into a family of sarugaku theater performers in 1374, who would later shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.