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Kana Hanazawa, Rina Satou Join Wanna Be the Strongest in the World Anime
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The official website for the anime adaptation of ESE and Kiyohito Natsuki's Wanna Be the Strongest in the World (Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!) manga announced more of the anime's cast on Thursday.
- Kana Hanazawa as Juri Sanada
- Rina Satō as Kanae Fujishita
- Eri Kitamura as Makoto Kirishima
- Suzuko Mimori as Chinatsu Suzumoto
- Sumire Uesaka as Kurea Komiyama
- Yuka Ōtsubo as Nanami Kanno
- Miku Itou as Yuuho Mochizuki
- Sora Amamiya as Aika Hayase
- Sora Tokui as Hornet
The new cast will be joining Ayana Taketatsu as Sakura Hagiwara, the main vocalist of the nationally renowned idol group Sweet. Sakura suddenly decides to become a female professional wrestler one day. Kana Asumi will play Erena Miyazawa, the singer who competes with Sakura to be the top idol in Sweet.
Rion Kujo (Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero, Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku) is directing the anime at the studio ARMS (MAOYU, Ikki Tousen). Rin-Sin (Queen's Blade, Ikki Tousen) is designing the characters for the first 30-minute television anime based on a manga from the Comic Earth Star magazine.
The anime will premiere in October. The manga version launched in the inaugural issue of Comic Earth Star in 2011, and the fourth compiled book volume will ship on September 12.
Source: MoCa News
Image © ESE/Wanna Be the Strongest in the World Production Committee
