Victoria of Many Faces Anime Adds 8 More Cast Members
The eight new cast members fill out the supporting roster for a July premiere, signaling the production has moved into its final pre-broadcast phase.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Crunchyroll News.
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Syuu and Nanna Fujimi's light novel series Victoria of Many Faces announced eight additional cast members on Friday. The new additions include Kenji Nojima as Lancome, Daisuke Ono as Edward Asher, Saeko Akiho as Yolana Haynes, Hiroshi Yanaka as Bernard Fitcher, Makoto Furukawa as Zaharo, Kensho Ono as Cedric Ashbury, Ryota Osaka as Conrad Ashbury, and Megumi Han as Clark Anderson. The anime is set to premiere in July on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Chika Anzai leads the cast as Victoria, with Shion Wakayama as Nonna and Yohei Azakami as Jeffrey. Nobukage Kimura is directing the series at Studio DEEN, with series composition by Naohiro Fukushima and character designs by Mina Osawa. The three-piece band KI_EN performs the ending theme song "En no Tsuki." Yen Press publishes the original light novels and the manga adaptation in English. The story follows Chloe, a spy with disguise skills who fakes her death and starts a new life as Victoria in a neighboring kingdom, only for her past to catch up.
The eight new cast members were announced via the anime's official social media accounts on Friday. The roles include Lancome, Edward Asher, Yolana Haynes, Bernard Fitcher, Zaharo, Cedric Ashbury, Conrad Ashbury, and Clark Anderson. The production team also expanded. Keika Ōtsuka, Sayuri Sakimoto, Yuri Naminoue, and Mana Matsumura are sub-character designers. Yabomi handles prop design. Mizuki Nakagawa is the color key artist. Si Man Wei is the art director. Ren Zhou Li is the compositing director of photography. Megumi Uchida is the editor. Satoshi Yano is the sound director, with sound effects by Hidemi Tanaka and sound production by Bit Grooove Promotion. Moe Hyūga, who previously worked on The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten and Steins;Gate 0, composes the music. Music production is by Kadokawa. Takayuki Saitō and Naoki Sakai are the animation producers. Frontier Works is credited for original work planning.
Nobukage Kimura, who directed Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 and served as an episode director for tsuritama and Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-, is directing at Studio DEEN. Naohiro Fukushima, who worked on I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 2, handles series composition. Mina Ōsawa, known for the Given franchise, designs the characters. The story, published in English by Yen Press, follows Chloe, a spy with disguise skills who fakes her death and starts a new life as Victoria in the neighboring kingdom of Ashberry, only for her past to catch up. Syuu launched the original story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in December 2021, with the latest update in February 2022. Kadokawa published the third novel volume in print in January 2024. Komo Ushino draws a manga adaptation, which launched on Kadokawa's Flos Comic website in December 2022. The manga's sixth compiled book volume shipped on February 16.
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- Anime News Network News Victoria of Many Faces Anime Reveals 8 More Cast Members
- Crunchyroll News Victoria of Many Faces Anime Adds 8 More Cast Members