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Puniru is a Kawaii Slime Anime Casts Kazuya Nakai

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Nakai voices middle school teacher Hiroshi Mado

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Maedakun's Puniru is a Kawaii Slime (Puniru wa Kawaii Slime) web manga series revealed on Thursday that Kazuya Nakai has joined the show's cast as Hiroshi Mado, a teacher at the middle school and a mad scientist.

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Image via Puniru wa Kawaii Slime anime's website

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Image via Puniru wa Kawaii Slime anime's website
The anime premiered on October 6 at 11:45 p.m. on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs.

The anime stars:

Yūshi Ibe (Tearmoon Empire) is directing the series at TOHO animation STUDIO. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) is overseeing the series scripts, and Aya Tanaka (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II sub-character designer, chief animation director) is designing the characters. Izumi Mori is composing the music.

The romantic comedy manga tells the story of Kotarō, who created a slime and named it Puniru. Seven years pass, and Puniru transforms into a beautiful young lady.

Maedakun launched the manga in Shogakukan's "Shūkan Coro Coro Comics" ("Weekly Coro Coro Comics") online publication in March 2022. The manga ranked #4 in the Web Manga category of the "Next Manga Awards" (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) in 2022. Shogakukan published the manga's sixth compiled book volume on September 27.

Sources: Puniru wa Kawaii Slime anime's website, Comic Natalie


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