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Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible Anime's 2nd Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, January 10 Debut

Kadokawa started streaming the second promotional video for the television anime of Nene Yukimori's Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible (Kubo-san wa Mob o Yurusanai) manga on Thursday. The video reveals additional cast and staff members and the January 10 premiere or the anime.

The anime's additional cast includes:

Previously announced cast members include:

• Kana Hanazawa as Nagisa Kubo
• Kengo Kawanishi as Junta Shiraishi
• Miku Itо̄ as Akina Kubo
• Sora Amamiya as Saki Kubo
• Ai Kakuma as Hazuki Kudō
• Ayana Taketatsu as Tamao Taira

Kazuomi Koga (Rent-A-Girlfriend both seasons, Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color) is directing the anime at studio PINE JAM (Do It Yourself!!, Kageki Shoujo!!). Yūya Takahashi (Laughing Under the Clouds, Lupin III: Part IV, Luck & Logic) is both overseeing and writing the series scripts, and Yoshiko Saitō (Comic Girls) is designing the characters for animation.

Additional staff members include:

• Chief Animation Director: Yoshiko Saitō (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Assassins Pride), Kou Aine (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation)
• Art Director: Sumiko Aihara (Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter, Background art)
• Color Key Artist: Yasuji Sakagami (Just Because!, Do It Yourself!!)
• Compositing Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui (Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon, Fate/Grand Order: First Order)
• Editing: Megumi Uchida (Brothers Conflict, Gintama)
• Sound Director: Yuichi Imaizumi (Cardfight!! Vanguard, Dropkick on My Devil!)
• Music: Kujira Yumemi (In the Land of Leadale)
• Sound Effect: Yuika Shiraishi (How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?, Noragami)
• Sound Production: Glovision

The anime will premiere on January 10 on the AT-X channel at 9:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m. EST), and it will also run Tokyo MX, BS11, and MBS.

Kana Hanazawa will perform the opening theme song "Dramatic Janakutemo" (Even Though it's Not Dramatic). Hanazawa will mark the 20th anniversary since her debut as a voice actress in 2023, and this will be the first time she has both starred in and provided a theme song for an anime. Dialogue+ will perform the ending theme song "Kasuka de Tashika".

Viz Media is releasing the manga in digitally and in print in English. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service is also releasing the manga in English digitally, and it describes the story:

First year high schooler Junta Shiraishi is a mob character who goes unnoticed even when he's standing right next to you. But his classmate, "heroine-level beauty" Kubo, always notices him and is there to tease him. Anyone can become special to someone, but it might be a little too early to call these feelings "love." Perhaps this story is still two-steps from being a romantic comedy--let's call it a sweet comedy where a background character becomes visible!

Yukimori launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in October 2019. The manga also runs on the Shonen Jump+ website and app. Shueisha will publish the manga's 11th volume on December 19.

Sources: Press release, Kadokawa Anime's YouTube channel




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