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Kaito × Ansa Puzzle-Solving Anime's 4th Promo Video Reveals Daisuke Ono as Yū
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The official website for the Kaito × Ansa "puzzle-solving" (nazo-toki) original television anime began streaming the show's fourth promotional video on Thursday. The video previews SuG's ending theme song "Agaku."
The video reveals that Daisuke Ono (Black Butler's Sebastian, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable's Jōtarō) is joining the show's cast as Kaito's enemy Yū Kuromu.
The anime will premiere on July 12 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and Tochigi TV. The series will later air on BS-Fuji as part of the "Anime Guild" block, and on RNC.
Naoya Fukushi (Nazotokine) is the original creator and director at Tengu Kobou. Kōhei Katō (Lost Days) is in charge of the series scripts. Hitomi Takano (Nazotokine), Yui Katō, and Erina Takayanagi are designing the characters. Satoshi Motoyama (Princess Tutu, From the New World) is the sound director. Asobi Factory is in charge of puzzle supervision, and Jun Peyon and Takanori Morita are in charge of puzzle design. 256 is performing the opening theme song "Hoshi no Kazu Dake" (Just the Number of Stars).
The anime also stars:
Takahiro Sakurai (D.Gray-man's Yu Kanda, Code Geass' Suzaku) as Ansa Arishin
Professional wrestler Genichirō Tenryū will also voice "an unknown character."
Tokyo MX, Tengu Kobou, and Asobi Factory previously collaborated on the Nazotokine television anime, which was also described as a "puzzle-solving TV anime." Fukushi also created the original concept and directed Nazotokine. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan.
