The TV anime adaptation of Shō Aimoto’s (藍本松) supernatural manga “Kemono Jihen” (怪物事変) reveals a key visual, additional cast and staff. The anime series is scheduled to debut in 2021.
▍Additional Cast
■ Mihai (ミハイ) – CV: Daisuke Ono (小野大輔)
■ Inari (飯生) – CV: Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜)
■ Kon (紺) – CV: Yumiri Hanamori (花守ゆみり)
■ Nobimaru (野火丸) – CV: Hiro Shimono (下野 紘)
▍Synopsis
The story starts with a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night in a remote mountain village. Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate.
While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings – but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.
▍Staff and Production
Original Works: Shō Aimoto (藍本松)【Serialized in Jump Square】
Director: Masaya Fujimori (藤森 雅也)
Series Composition: Noboru Kimura (木村 暢)
Character Design: Nozomi Tachibana (立花希望)
Chief Animation Directors: Yuki Nishioka (西岡夕樹), Emiko Endo (遠藤江美子)
Monster Design/Action Animation Director: Yuki Miyamoto (宮本雄岐)
Prop Design: Ryō Hirata (ヒラタリョウ)
Art: Inspired (インスパイアード)
Art Director: Sachiko Nishiguchi (西口早智子)
Art Advisor: Osamu Masuyama (増山 修)
Art Setting: Moriyoshi Ōhara (大原盛仁)
Coloring: Naomi Nakano (中野尚美)
Photography/Compositing: Asahi Production, Shiroishi Studio
Photography Director: Teppei Satō (佐藤哲平)
Offline Editing: Seyama Editing Room
Editing: Rie Matsubara (松原理恵)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki (長崎行男)
Sound Production: JTB Next Creation
Animation: Ajia-do Animation Works
▍Character and Cast
■ Kabane Kusaka (日下 夏羽) – CV: Natsumi Fujiwara (藤原夏海)
■ Shiki Tademaru (蓼丸 織) – CV: Natsuki Hanae (花江夏樹)
■ Kohachi Inugami (隠神 鼓八千) – CV: Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部順一)
■ Akira (晶) – CV: Ayumu Murase (村瀬 歩)
■ Mihai (ミハイ) – CV: Daisuke Ono (小野大輔)
■ Inari (飯生) – CV: Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜)
■ Kon (紺) – CV: Yumiri Hanamori (花守ゆみり)
■ Nobimaru (野火丸) – CV: Hiro Shimono (下野 紘)