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The television anime of Nao Iwamoto's The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom manga has revealed a second trailer, new cast members, and its opening theme. Miyuki Sakurai, Natsumi Fujiwara, Takehito Koyasu, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Daisuke Namikawa join the cast, and yama performs the opening song "Sayonara wa Iwanai." The anime premieres on October 3.
Prime Video will distribute the anime Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom worldwide exclusively on its platform. Streaming begins October 4 at midnight Japan time, with new episodes every Sunday. A new PV reveals the opening theme Sayonara wa Iwanai by yama and showcases the voices of the seven brothers.
Dark Machine the Animation revealed three additional cast members and an October 13 debut on Fuji TV. Nao Tōyama, Nonoka Ōbuchi, and Rei Nakashima join as members of team Stellatus, an idol unit and rival to Kairi's Carbuncle team. The staff also showed mecha designs for three of Kairi's machines.
The TV anime Hotaru no Yomeiri held a preview screening on September 6 at United Cinemas Toyosu, showing episodes 1 through 3 ahead of its October 9 premiere on Fuji TV's noitamina block. Voice actors Lynn, Kouki Uchiyama, and Kento Itou appeared in kimono, discussed their auditions, and played a game guessing which scene Lynn found most romantic. The answer was the episode 2 scene where Shinpei shows Satsuko fireflies and confesses his love.
The Tokyo performance of YUKIHIDE "YT" TAKIYAMA's LIVE 2026 UNCHAINED tour will stream in real time on September 19 through the FanStream app and StreamPass platform. The show supports the third album "Talkin' to My Hand" and features Gin Kitagawa on bass and vocals and Toshi Nagai on drums. Viewing tickets cost 3,800 yen for SonusNexus fan club members and 4,500 yen for general buyers, with archive viewing from September 23 through 26.
The official website for the Romelia War Chronicle TV anime revealed 14 additional cast members on Friday, September 5. The new additions include Hiromichi Tezuka as Hans and Tomohiro Yamaguchi as Glein, among others. The anime is set to debut in October on Tokyo MX, BS11, Sun TV, and KBS Kyoto.
The staff for the second season of The Detective Is Already Dead, based on the light novel series by Nigoju and Umibozu, revealed a third promotional video, new cast members, and an October 7 premiere on Friday. The anime will debut on Tokyo MX at 10:30 p.m., with streaming starting earlier at 10:00 p.m. on d Anime Store. It will also air on AT-X and BS NTV, with additional streaming services to follow. Kadokawa had previously scheduled the season for July before delaying it to October. New cast members include Akari Komiyama as Mia Whitlock and Nobuhiko Okamoto as Scarlet, both introduced in the trailer. Okamoto's Scarlet is described as one of the Tuners and identified as the "Vampire," while Komiyama's Mia Whitlock is another Tuner holding the role of "Priestess." Manabu Kurihara returns to direct at ENGI, with Deko Akao handling series scripts and Yosuke Ito designing characters. The opening theme "Kono Shinzo ni Hanataba wo" is performed by Kokorone, while Kagura Nana performs the ending "Hakuchumu." Both themes are written, composed, and arranged by 40mP.
UniVIRTUAL virtual singer Shiraku Utano will hold "Shiraku Utano ACOUSTIC SPECIAL LIVE at Yamaha Sound Crossing" on October 10 at Yamaha Sound Crossing Shibuya STAGE. The event runs in two parts, at 13:00 and 17:00, with free admission. Each part offers 20 reserved seats through a lottery open from September 3 to September 6. The second part will stream on her YouTube channel.
Sonic Powered announced the sixth entry in the Tetsudou Nippon! RealPro series on September 4. The game covers the Hida limited express from Nagoya to Toyama, the series' longest route at 256.1km and about 3.5 hours of driving, and releases December 17 on Switch. Players drive the HC85 series hybrid train. The fifth entry, XROSS OVER Nagoya, releases October 29.
The TCG Xross Stars will include a signed card for LEO, the Crazy Raccoon persona of talent Yamada Ryosuke. The LRPP LEO card carries the same stats as the standard LRP LEO but uses different art and a signature. It sits at a low inclusion rate. The fifth booster pack, Ignition Vortex, ships October 30 at 475 yen.
Archipel will hold The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day game culture festival, on September 22-23 at Tokyo Nichi-Futsu Gakuen. The lineup includes talks with Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada, a Rez 25th anniversary session with Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Ken Ishii, a horror panel with Keiichiro Toyama and Frederic Raynal, and a Persona 30th anniversary talk. Shuhei Yoshida curates an indie legacy showcase with 15-plus titles, and music sets include Yuzo Koshiro and Saori Kobayashi. Several talk sessions have already sold out.
Frontier Works released a promotional video for the television anime based on Atamoto's Tanuki to Kitsune manga, revealing the first footage and the voice cast. Misaki Kuno plays Tanuki, Nao Tōyama plays Kitsune, Toshiyuki Morikawa plays Ōkami, Maria Naganawa plays Usagi and the narrator, and Takuma Nagatsuka plays Kuma and Usagi. The anime premieres October 4 on TV Tokyo's Animori program. The franchise has 1.35 million copies in circulation.
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey began IMAX advance screenings in Japan on September 4, and demand is running ahead of supply. Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro sold out every showing for September 4 and 5 within hours of tickets going on sale, and other Tokyo theaters reported sold-out screenings piling up. The advance run continues through September 10, ahead of the nationwide release on September 11. The screenings arrived with a wave of celebrity comments. Director Lee Sang-il called the film "a movie at the extreme point," manga artist Mari Yamazaki said it showed the maturity of film history, and game creator Hideo Kojima praised the all-IMAX presentation as "an Odyssey no one has seen." Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who returned from space, said the story of a hero carrying guilt after war left him in awe. The film, based on Homer's epic and starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, is the first feature shot entirely with IMAX cameras. Its worldwide box office reached $1.5526 billion (about 251.5 billion yen) as of August 30, the highest for a Nolan film and the highest ever for an R-rated release.
Kenji Kamiyama, directing and writing series composition for Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, said the anime and the game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT share one world, with the game set 100 years later. The game team proposed the enemy concept, and the anime team built the war structure. He kept the tricolor robot and human war as essential Gundam elements. Both projects target 2027.
Netflix announced on September 1 that its original series Fujiyama Boy will premiere worldwide in January 2027. Wataru Ichinose stars as Kakuhata Kanta, a man who has been a shut-in for eight years and has zero romantic experience. Suzu Hirose plays Hamamiya Mami, Japan's top idol, whom Kanta vows to marry after his dying mother tells him she dreamed of the union. The story follows Kanta's sudden declaration that he will marry the idol and his subsequent struggle to make that happen. Ichinose, who previously starred in the Netflix series Sanctuary, said he was surprised to hear Netflix wanted him for a love story and that he felt obligated to give his all since Netflix changed his life. Hirose described the project as quite funky and said she wondered why she was cast, but praised the explosive strength of her character. The series is directed by Yu Irie, known for the SR Saitama no Rappers films and An no Koto, with scripts by Shigeki Kaneko, who won the 38th Kuniko Mukoda Award for Ore no Hanashi wa Nagai. Executive producer Yuta Fukui said the story is about a man who recklessly pursues a love everyone calls impossible.
TV Asahi's classical music program "Music Concert Without a Title" will broadcast a special "Dragon Quest Concert conducted by Koichi Sugiyama" on September 26 at 10:00. The program will feature the late composer appearing via VTR, delivering famous tunes he conducted himself along with exclusive talk, according to the official website. Koichi Sugiyama composed music for the Dragon Quest series from its first installment, creating well-known pieces including "Overture (Roto's Theme)" and "To Fly in the Sky." He passed away on September 30, 2021. The scheduled songs for the broadcast have not been announced as of the time of writing. The Dragon Quest series marks its 40th anniversary this year, and a commemorative exhibition is running in Harajuku, Tokyo until September 6. The program is part of the regular "Music Concert Without a Title" series on TV Asahi, which typically features classical music performances and commentary.
Takara Tomy President and CEO Akio Tomiyama sat down with Anime Herald at Anime Expo 2026. He discussed Beyblade's strategy-driven design, the company's move of manufacturing from China to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand to avoid tariffs, and his argument that physical toys remain central even as digital marketing grows.
The Red River anime revealed the theme song artists and a new cast member for its second cours. Nana Mizuki performs the new opening theme "Akatsuki no Hoshi" and voices Ursula, a false goddess impersonating Ishtar. Ryu Matsuyama performs the new ending theme "flow feat. Yūko Andō." The anime premiered in NTV's AnichU block on July 7 at 25:35, effectively July 8 at 1:35 a.m., and streams on Crunchyroll as it airs in Japan.
The television anime of Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked manga has added three cast members. Riho Sugiyama plays Takiko Mizuse, Ai Kakuma plays Homare Takanashi, and Minami Tsuda plays Chiyo Mitsunaka. The characters appear in the anime's ninth episode on Wednesday. The series debuted July 8 on TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama, and Chiba TV.
CS broadcaster Satellite Theater announced the program "Rewind the VHS! Our OVA Special," airing nine OVA works from September and October 2026. September includes the Gosho Aoyama short film collections animated by the Detective Conan staff and cast, plus Magic Knight Rayearth, Vampire Princess Miyu, and Tokyo Vice. October brings LedA, Virgust, Puttun Make Love, and Plastic Little.
Minority Stock Dotcom will hold the 42nd session of its Forbes Georgia rich list webinar in early September 2026, focusing on Nino Bregvadze, who owns 50% of supermarket chain Europroduct. The session will analyze the company's 50/50 ownership with auto group GT Group and its vertical expansion from import wholesale to retail.
The second live-action film in the Golden Kamuy adaptation, 'Golden Kamuy: Abashiri Prison Assault Arc,' will stream on Netflix from September 13. Kento Yamazaki returns as Sugimoto Saichi, with Anna Yamada as Asirpa. The film adapts the manga's biggest battle arc, set at Abashiri Prison.
The school gourmet comedy drama Oishii Kyushoku season 4 announced six new cast members on August 27. Issei Hashimoto plays Ren Toma, the transfer student who becomes Amita's rival in the Okinawa-set season. Hiroki Kawata, Shogen, Tomohito Yashima, and Ryosei Tayama join the cast, while Maiko Ito reprises her role as lunch lady Fumie Makino. Hayato Ichihara stars as Yukio Amita.
Yuki Yamada will lead the Prime Original film Super Mob Ninja, streaming worldwide on Prime Video on February 19, 2027. Yugo Sakamoto of the Baby Assassins series directs and writes, with Kensuke Sonomura on action direction. Yamada plays Higashino Akira, a fired convenience store worker who joins a government secret organization battling demons.
Science Saru released a 25-minute making-of video for Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, the series based on Tomato Soup's manga A Witch's Life in Mongol. The video features director Naoko Yamada, director Abel Gongora, and character designer Kenichi Yoshida discussing how they translated the manga's artwork and pacing into animation.
TAKARATOMY President and CEO Akio Tomiyama discussed the company's Anime Expo exhibition, which featured BEYBLADE X, Licca-chan, and Gacha. He explained that the guiding concept behind all their products is "Asobi," the spirit of play. Tomiyama highlighted plans to bring Licca-chan's Japanese "kawaii" culture to North America, including collaborations with Hatsune Miku and adult-oriented designs.
Good Smile Company announced eight new cast members for its original anime Jyuо̄ Mujin Dandivine and revealed the October 7 premiere on Tokyo TV, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV. The cast additions include Nao Tōyama, Misaki Kuno, and Katsuyuki Konishi. The story is set 20 years after the robot Dandivine defeated the Aposdoll.
The final chapter of Shuu Katayama's Fujori Zakkaten Unreal will run in the October issue of Shinshokan's Wings magazine, the magazine's X account announced. The fifth compiled volume ships in late November. The manga follows an unusual shop that sells people's thoughts, where customers' lives change greatly and owner Yagio watches with cold eyes. It launched in June 2022 and inspired a live-action series in 2025 and a stage play in January.
The official announcement confirms Season 2 of the TV anime 'Shin: Yasoden YAIBA' is in production, adapting the Kaguya Arc. The comedy duo Haraiichi has been appointed promotional ambassadors, with an interview in Shonen Sunday issue 39. Season 1 is currently rebroadcasting on Japanese networks.
Yoshino Aoyama, known for Bocchi the Rock!, voices Yumeka Kido in Blue Box Season 2. She auditioned for Karen Moriya in Season 1 but lost the part. Aoyama channels her frustration from that rejection into Yumeka's resentment. She also reveals she roots for Hina in the love triangle.
Yukino Sonoyama's manga Bless is getting a live-action drama series that will stream worldwide on Amazon Prime Video in spring 2027. Naniwa Danshi idol group member Ryusei Onishi stars as Aia Udagawa, a former model who wants to become a makeup artist. Onishi prepared for the role by visiting SABFA, a hair and makeup school run by Shiseido, to learn professional techniques and mannerisms before filming began. The production has full cooperation from Shiseido, with top hair and makeup artist Ikuko Shindo serving as makeup supervisor. Izuru Kumasaka and Maki Tomita are directing, while Satoko Okazaki and Ichiro Kusuno are writing the scripts. Amazon MGM Studios is presenting the project, and C & I Entertainment is producing. The manga, which debuted in 2022, now runs in Monthly Shonen Sirius. Kodansha will publish the ninth volume on October 8, and the series has more than 1.25 million copies in circulation. A-1 Pictures announced in March that it is producing a 2027 television anime adaptation of the same manga.
Kodansha's K MANGA platform announced it has added Daiki Yamazaki's supernatural battle manga Golden Phantom as a simulpub. The series follows Shingo Asahina, who shelters a bloodied man at an amusement park and learns the park will become hell in 30 minutes. Yamazaki debuted the manga in Afternoon magazine on February 25; the first volume shipped in Japan on July 22.
NBC Universal revealed two new cast members for the television anime of Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked manga on Monday. Hiroki Nanami plays student council president Sadame Mikuriya, and Nao Toyama plays vice-president Hachi Ura. The characters appear in the anime's eighth episode on August 26.
Prime 1 Studio has opened orders for a pair of 1/5 scale statues based on Hiroshi Hiroyama's Blu-ray BOX illustration from 'Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya'. The figures, Illyasviel von Einzbern and Miyu Edelfelt, belong to the Concept Master Line series and reproduce the slipcase art of the first TV season's Blu-ray BOX. Each statue stands at 35cm and includes a special base with star-flower effects from the transformation sequence. The standard versions are priced at 85,690 yen, while DX and DX bonus versions add interchangeable head parts and are priced at 94,490 yen. The DX bonus versions are sold exclusively at Prime 1 Studio's online store in Japan. Orders are accepted from August 26 to October 26, 2026, with release scheduled between January and April 2028. The statues are made of polystone and weigh approximately 1.75kg for Illya and 1.5kg for Miyu in their standard versions. The two figures are designed to be displayed together, representing the front and back of the slipcase and the bond between the characters.
Mebius announced on August 27 that it will release Bazoo! Magic World, a Super Famicom RPG originally published by Hot B in 1993, for the Nintendo Switch on November 26, 2026. The game, set in the fantasy world of Ialtis, follows a protagonist who learns his deceased father was a renowned sorcerer and embarks on a journey to become a mage. Character design is by Akihiro Yamada, known for the Twelve Kingdoms series and the TV anime RahXephon. The original version was Hot B's final work, released two days after the company's bankruptcy was decided on July 21, 1993. It became a premium collector's item, with used prices for a complete set reaching 41,000 yen as of 2026. The Switch version adds quality-of-life features: save/load anywhere, adjustable screen size, a five-level play speed option, and a rewind function. The download version costs 2,980 yen, the standard physical edition 4,400 yen, and a limited Special Limited Edition at 11,000 yen includes a newly illustrated box, an original soundtrack, and an art book. The game is also compatible with Nintendo Switch 2.
Arc System Works producer Takeshi Yamaguchi and director and lead battle designer Kazutoshi Sekine gave interviews about MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, the Marvel fighting game published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and released in August 2026 on PS5 and PC. The game uses a 4v4 tag battle system, and Sekine said the format was chosen to express the Marvel team-up world and to deepen team tactics through many character combinations. The game supports both traditional command inputs and simple one-button controls such as Quick Skills and Link Attacks, so players can start with a single character. The team confirmed Phoenix Cyclops as the first Year 1 DLC character, currently in development. The interview also covered Deadpool's parody easter eggs, which Sekine said are not all discovered yet, and PC performance. Yamaguchi said two emergency patches were released on August 10 and August 21 to reduce CPU load and frame drops, and the team considers the CPU load now comparable to or lighter than other Arc System Works fighting games.
Support illustrations for episodes 7 and 8 of the anime Yani Neko were released, drawn by manga artists Shinsuke Kondo and Kei Keizan. Fans on X reacted with jokes and delight, praising the crossover of styles. The comedy series, based on the manga by Nyan Nyan Factory, airs on TOKYO MX, BS11, and AT-X.
DMM Pictures revealed a teaser promotional video and the January 2027 debut for Ore to Yu Nii!, the television anime based on Miyuki Nakayama's Shota Oni boys-love manga. Studio Hibari is animating the series, with Noriko Hashimoto directing and Yuniko Ayana overseeing the series scripts. The voice cast features Shinnosuke Tokudome as Tsubaki and Shuichiro Umeda as Yu. The story follows an elementary school boy named Tsubaki and his high school childhood friend Yu, whom Tsubaki loves but who treats him like a child. Nakayama debuted the manga in September 2021 on the Comic CMOA website as part of the launch for Square Enix's boys-love label Gangan BLiss. The manga won the Best Next Generation (Newcomer) award at boys-love website Chil-Chil's 13th annual BL Awards in 2022. Square Enix published the manga's seventh volume on March 21.
Kadokawa released the first main promotional video for the Matsurika Kanriden television anime on Friday, confirming that the rock band KANA-BOON performs the opening theme song "Hana Hanashi" (Flower Talk). The anime, based on the light novel series by Rinne Ishida with illustrations by Izumi, is scheduled to premiere in January 2027 and will air on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, and BS11 in Japan. The promo also introduced three new cast members: Takeo Ōtsuka as Tenga Rei, Kōtarō Nishiyama as Shisei Hō, and Shō Komura as Shunsetsu Shō. They join previously announced leads Rie Takahashi as Matsurika Kō and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Emperor Hakuyō. Takeshi Mori supervises the series, Yūichi Nakazawa directs at Maho Film, Tōko Machida handles series composition, Manami Inose designs the characters, and Takurō Iga composes the music. The story follows Matsurika, a court lady at the emperor's inner palace known for her good memory, who meets Emperor Hakuyō and is told to pass the civil service exam before approaching him.
The Overgeared anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS11 on October 2 at 11:30 p.m. JST. The second promotional video previews the opening theme "SATISFY" by Re:name and the ending theme "Ray of Emotion" by virtual singer TAO. New cast members include Riho Sugiyama as Jishuka, Masaaki Mizunaka as Toban, Kō Bonkobara as Regas, Masaya Fukunishi as Vantner, Kōhei Amasaki as Pon, and Shunichi Toki as Faker.
Manga artist Ayano Yamane announced she has withdrawn from the manga adaptation of Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou's The Husky and His White Cat Shizun novel series. Libre Publishing had announced minutes earlier that the project is suspended. Yamane apologized for previous social media posts that caused discomfort and concern.
Twin Engine announced on August 19 that stage greetings for the revival screenings of Super Kaguya-hime! will take place on September 20 at three theaters. Yuko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase, Saori Hayami, and director Seigo Yamashita will reunite for five shows, their first gathering since February.
Stormind Games announced on August 18 that Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy, the final chapter in the Remothered trilogy, will launch on October 27. The game is a third-person survival horror title influenced by the Clock Tower series, set in a Sicilian convent where the legend of the Red Nun originated. Players control Susan, whose daughter has gone missing after six girls disappeared in Sicily; she follows a clue from an audio tape to the Ashmann family mansion on Mount Etna. The gameplay involves exploring the mansion, solving puzzles, and using hypnotic abilities such as retrocognition, mirror abilities, and moth control. Players must also hide from and evade terrifying pursuers, striking back at decisive moments. The Red Nun, a recurring monster in the series, reappears. Akira Yamaoka, known for his work on the Silent Hill series, composes the music. The game is scheduled for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com, as well as Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Japanese display planned. It follows Remothered: Tormented Fathers (2018) and Remothered: Broken Porcelain (2020), and can be enjoyed as a standalone despite concluding the trilogy.
Detective Conan creator Gosho Aoyama revealed on Saturday that he has already drafted the thumbnail layouts, or name, for the manga's final chapter. He made the comment during an interview segment on YTV's 24-Jikan Terebi Saishin Jōhō SP program with singers Taiga Kyōmoto and CHANMINA, both self-described fans of the series. CHANMINA, who said she plans her life by thinking backward from the end, asked Aoyama if he works the same way. Aoyama answered that he has drafted the final chapter's layouts, then jokingly offered to show them. Kyōmoto, who had heard the rumor before, cautioned CHANMINA not to take him up on it. Aoyama described the draft as entertaining but gave no story details or timeline for the manga's conclusion. The interview also touched on the series' longevity. Aoyama said he initially expected Detective Conan to end quickly and first realized its popularity with the release of the first theatrical film. He also recalled a conversation with One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda about the unusual experience of having their manga adapted into weekly anime. Detective Conan has run in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday since January 1994, with 108 volumes released as of April 2026.
Yume Nairai, head of human resources firm Yuinaira, appears in the film Devil Cafe: Welcome to Finis, opening August 16, 2026, and wrote, composed, and sang its opening theme, "Flower Bud." The film adapts the Chiba TV drama Devil Cafe and stars Mahiro Yamaguchi.
KADOKAWA will run a half anniversary campaign for the Oshi no Ko puzzle game from August 17 to September 16. Part 1 of a two-part pickup gacha features newly drawn Ruby and Aqua cards. A login bonus grants up to 30 pulls and two additional cards, and X campaigns offer gacha items and signed color papers.
The One Piece x NBA MASTER STARS PIECE figure line opens reservations for its fourth wave. Yamato wears the Milwaukee Bucks uniform and Trafalgar Law wears the Golden State Warriors uniform. Both figures ship in January 2027 and are available through e-BANPRESTO on Premium Bandai. Two more characters are planned for the series.
Nijimen published its 2026 reader poll ranking Kisho Taniyama's most iconic roles, with 3,345 votes cast between July 28 and August 11. Bungo Stray Dogs' Chuuya Nakahara took first place with 488 votes, marking five consecutive years at the top. The top three of Chuuya, Natsuki Shinomiya, and Jean Kirstein held their positions from last year.
The Pokemon official YouTube channel released the new POKETOON short Kameil to, Natsu no Tsuzuki on August 12. The story follows a boy named Rikuto who visits his grandmother on an island and meets a long-lived Kameil whose tail color differs and whose shell has moss. The animation was produced by Studio Colorido and Studio Churutto, with Seigo Yamashita directing.
The Pokémon Company released a new POKÉTOON short titled "Kameil to Natsu no Tsuzuku" (Wartortle and the Ongoing Summer) on its official YouTube channel on August 12. Shingo Yamashita, known for his opening direction on JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 1 and Chainsaw Man Season 1, directed the short at Studio Chromato and Studio Colorido. The story follows a boy named Rikuto who visits his grandmother on an island at the end of summer and meets a Wartortle with a differently colored tail and a moss-covered shell. The Wartortle turns out to have been friends with Rikuto's father 30 years earlier. Aya Satsuki wrote the script, Riiki Miura designed the characters and served as chief animation director, and Kyosuke Kagawa composed the music. The cast includes Sayaka Senbongi as Rikuto, Kana Hanazawa as Wartortle, Tasuku Hatanaka as Gaku, Akiko Hiramatsu as Shuri, Natsumi Haruse as Leafeon, and Michiyo Murase as Bellsprout. Yamashita previously directed Pokémon: Twilight Wings in 2020 and the 2021 POKÉTOON episode "Yume no Tsubomi," both animated by Studio Colorido.