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Isuca Anime's 1st Promo, Commercials Feature Opening Theme

Kadokawa began streaming the first promotional video, broadcast commercial, and Blu-ray and DVD commercial for the upcoming anime Isuca on Thursday. The videos preview the animation along with the opening theme "Never Say Never" by idol group Afilia Saga (My mental choices are completely interfering with my school romantic comedy, Hyperdimension Neptunia).

Promotional Video

Broadcast Commercial

Blu-ray and DVD Commercial

The story of Osamu Takahashi's manga revolves around Shinichirō, a male student who gets a job as a housekeeper in order to pay his rent. While on the job, he accidentally releases a strange creature into the world, and he learns that his female employer named Sakuya Shimazu is the head of the Shimazu clan that hunts these creatures. Shinichirō cooperates with her to hunt down the monsters that are running loose.

The cast includes:

Ibuki Kido (Tokyo ESP) as Sakuya Shimazu

Keisuke Kōmoto (Tokyo ESP) as Shinichirō Asano

M.A.O (Ai: Tenchi Muyo!, World Conquest Zvezda Plot) as Suseri Shimazu

Kaori Sadohara (Inari Kon Kon, Date A Live) as Tamako

Akane Kohinata as Matsuri Sōma

Saeko Zōgō (Chaika the Coffin Princess, Date A Live II) as Nadeshiko Sōma

Ayumi Fujimura (Squid Girl) as Isuca

Akira Iwanaga (Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee) will direct the anime at ARMS (Himawari!, Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny) with series composition by Masashi Suzuki (Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox, The Sacred Blacksmith). TWO-FORMULA will perform the ending theme.

The series will premiere on January 23. Madman Entertainment licensed the series in Australia.

Images © Osamu Takahashi / Kadokawa / Isuca Production Committee