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Minami-ke Cast Returns for 4th Season & New Songs, But With New Staff
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
The official website for Minami-ke Tadaima ("I'm home"), the fourth season based on Coharu Sakuraba's Minami-ke manga, revealed the show's cast, staff, and theme songs on Monday.
The show will retain the same voice cast, and fripSide vocalist Yoshino Nanjō (Robotics;Notes' Akiho, Joshiraku's Gankyō) is the only new cast member to the show as the character Miyuki.
Some of the show's staff members have changed from previous seasons. Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Mayo Chiki!, Moetan, Sket Dance) is directing the series at studio feel. (Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!, Mayo Chiki!). Takamitsu Kouno (Abnormal Physiology Seminar, Ayakashi, Kyo no Gononi) is in charge of the scripts, Gō Suzuki (chief animation director on Kanamemo, Kiss×sis) drew the character designs, and Takahiro Naka is producing the series.
Additional staff members are as follows:
- Art Director: Kenta Shimizu
- Art Setting: Yuuta Fujii
- Color Key: Sari Tagawa
- Director of Photography: Takeshi Kuchiba
- Offline Editor: Daisuke Hiraki
- Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
- Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani
- Music: Yasuhiro Misawa
- Music Production: Starchild Records
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule
- Production: Minami-ke: Tadaima Production Committee
The show's opening theme song is titled "Shiawase☆High Tension↑↑" (Happiness High Tension) and the ending theme song is titled "Kyūsekkin Lucky DAYS" (Fast-Approaching Lucky Days). The voice actresses for the Minami sisters — Rina Satō, Marina Inoue, and Minori Chihara — will again perform the theme songs as they have for all the previous anime adaptations. Both singles featuring the songs will ship on January 23.
The series will premiere in January.
[Via Saishin Anime Jōhō]
Image © Coharu Sakuraba, Kodansha / Minami-ke: Tadaima Production Committee