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Seiren Original Anime Casts Takuya Eguchi
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for Kisai Takayama's original anime series Seiren revealed on Friday that Takuya Eguchi (My Love Story!!'s Takeo, Re:Zero's Julius) will play Tatsuya Araki. The website also revealed Tatsuya's character design, details of the anime's radio program, and information about its Comic Market items.
Takuya Eguchi as Tatsuya Araki, an "animal-loving dude" and Shōichi's video game buddy. He is in class 3-D at Teruhi Higashi High School. He has been Shōichi's friend since middle school, and he has a bright and lively personality. His good looks also make him very popular with girls.
The anime's "Ayane to Manami no Seiren Say 'You're Cute?'" radio program, starring Ayane Sakura (voice of Hikari) and Manami Numakura (voice of Tomoe), will debut on the Internet Radio Station Onsen on December 26. New episodes will stream every Monday starting on January 16. TBS Animation and Animaru!'s booth at Comic Market 91 will offer a tapestry, hug pillow cover, and CD for the radio program. Comic Market 91 will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from December 29 to December 31.
The anime's previously announced cast includes:
Ryōta Asari as Ikuo Nanasaki, Shōichi's childhood friend from elementary school. He was mischievous in elementary school, but thanks to his older sister he is now quiet and composed. He gets good grades.
Ayane Sakura as Hikari Tsuneki, a "modern day meddling princess." She is always cheerful and is the class idol of class 2-B at Teruhi Higashi High School. She was the runner-up of last year's "Miss Santa Contest," and has an exclusive seat on the terrace. She loves to eat, and is occasionally stubborn.
Shino Shimoji as Tōru Miyamae, a "critical upperclassman." She is in class 3-A at Teruhi Higashi High School. She loves video games, and her skill is at the level where she competes in tournaments. She is good with her hands and her hobby is to make original goods. She isn't very good at talking to others, and has a hard time continuing conversations with people who don't share her hobbies.
Juri Kimura as Kyouko Touno, a "childhood friend who acts like a student at a girls' middle school." She has been the childhood friend of the protagonist since kindergarten, and they used to play together at a park at the top of the hill. She is an honor student in class 1-A who has excellent grades. On the other hand, she also loves shōjo manga and can also act a bit childish, and has a complex about the two sides of herself.
Shiori Izawa as Miu Hiyama, an "elite girls' high school swimming club member." She is in class 2-D at Sakuragawa Higashi Girls' High School, a high-class school. She is ignorant of the ways of the world. She has always attended a girls' school, so she is jealous of those who go to co-ed schools.
Shiori Mikami as Makoto Kamizaki. She in class 1-A at Teruhi Higashi High School, and is a member of the public morals committee. She is extremely timid and weak to pressure, so while she is supposed to be cautioning others about public morals, she ends up bundling her thoughts in. She adores her older sister.
Honoka Kuroki as Ruise Sanjō, the "gloomy public morals committee member" who is in class 2-A at Teruhi Higashi High School. As the chair of the public morals committee, she has the top grades in her year. She hates unreasonable things. She is strict to those around her, but has a soft spot for her underclassman Makoto.
Manami Numakura as Tomoe Kamita, the protagonist's only older sister and in class 3-A at Teruhi Higashi High School. She was last year's Miss Santa. She has the personality of an air-headed idol, and she naturally charms others. Because of that she's very popular at her school.
Like Amagami SS, the anime is an omnibus work that will consist of four-episode arcs focusing on each of the main heroines. The three planned story arcs will focus on Hikari, Tōru, and Kyouko. The love stories take place in the summer of the main characters' second year of high school. The protagonist Shōichi is anxious about growing up, and his homeroom teacher calls him to talk about his career plans. Shōichi meets various girls and heads to an unknown future.
The anime will premiere at night on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 2:28 a.m. (effectively Friday morning) on TBS, and also air on Sun TV and BS-TBS. An advance screening of the first episode will be held in Tokyo on December 29 along with a cast talk and theme song performance by Oku.
The official website posted a two-page promotional manga titled "Amagami Chara ni Yoru Seiren Interview: Hikari Tsuneki-hen" on December 2, which is the first of a series that will introduce the three Seiren heroines in a crossover with Amagami. Piaisai illustrated the manga, and is also drawing the introductory crossover manga Seiren Chara ni Yoru Amagami Challenge! on Famitsu's Comic Clear website. The series launched on Friday and it will serialize every other week.
Takayama is credited with the original work, series composition, and original character designs for the series. Tomoki Kobayashi (Akame ga KILL!, Rozen Maiden) is directing the anime at Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. Naoto Hosoda (Jinki:Extend, Nagasarete Airantou) is adapting Kobayashi's designs for animation, Satoshi Motoyama (One Week Friends, Little Busters!) is the sound director at Dax Production, and Nobuaki Nobusawa (Dagashi Kashi, Lord Marksman and Vanadis) is composing the music at Pony Canyon.
Hanako Oku, the singer/songwriter who performed the theme song for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, will perform the opening theme song "Kimi no Hana" (Your Flower). Each of the voice actresses for the three the main heroines will perform an ending theme song. Ayane Sakura's ending song "Shunkan Happening" (Moment Happening) will ship on CD on January 25, followed by Shino Shimoji and Juri Kimura's as-yet-untitled themes on February 22 and March 15, respectively.
Source: MoCa
