High School! Kimengumi Adds M.A.O & More New Voice Cast Members
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The official Twitter/X and website for the upcoming High School! Kimengumi TV anime series has revealed the addition of five more new cast members who will play members of an all-girl gang. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in January 2026. A new character visual has also been released, showcasing the leader of the Omegumi female gang, Jako Amano, who will be voiced by M.A.O. The other four new cast members of the Omegumi include: • Kaoru Sakura as Maki Hidari • Sachiko Okada as Ikue Sandanhara • Marie Oi as Desuko Honba • Minami Shindo as Kayo Oba ©新沢基栄／集英社・奇面組 They join the anime’s ensemble voice cast that stars: • Tomokazu Seki as Rei Ichido • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Go Reietsu • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kiyoshi Shusse • Chiaki Kobayashi as Jin Daima • Kikunosuke Toya as Dai Monohoshi • Haruka Shiraishi as Yui Kawa • Ikumi Hasegawa as Chie Uru • Yusuke Kobayashi as Kai Undo • Takuto Yokoyama as Ken Akiresu • Masayuki Sato as Susumu Intahai • Shuya Watanabe as Yutaka Konjo • Ayumu Asakura as Chikara Suji Kazuaki Seki (Ranma 1/2 remake first opening director and co-storyboard artist, “Suki Da” music video director) is directing the new anime series, with Takashi Nishikawa as animation director, Shigeru Murakoshi (Apocalypse Hotel series composer and scriptwriter) as series composer, and Yuka Abe as character designer. Seven is handling the animation production. High School! Kimengumi is based on the comedy manga by Motoei Shinzawa. The series began with the title San-nen Kimengumi and was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly…
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Witch Hat Atelier Reveals Teaser Trailer, April 2026 Premiere
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The Witch Hat Atelier TV anime has received a teaser trailer (labelled Official Trailer 2 by Crunchyroll) and an April 2026 premiere window announcement, among other reveals. Rena Motomura is voicing main protagonist Coco, while Natsuki Hanae is taking on the role of her magician mentor Qifrey. Visuals for both characters were released. More staff credits were also revealed, including: • Assistant director: Jun Shinohara (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Episode 3 and 12 storyboard artist and director)• Series composer: Hiroshi Seko (Jujutsu Kaisen)• Background art director: Ryota Goto• Color designer: Naomi Nakano (Chainsaw Man)• Compositing director: Tadashi Kitaoka (Love Live! Superstar!!) Witch Hat Atelier was supposed to premiere this year, before a delay knocked it back to 2026. It is an adaptation of the fantasy manga by Kamome Shirahama, which sees village girl Coco embarking on the path to being a witch after an encounter with the traveling Qifrey. The manga began in 2016 in Monthly Morning Two and will get its 15th volume on November 21, 2025 in Japan. Ⓒ白浜鴎／講談社／「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」製作委員会 Ⓒ白浜鴎／講談社／「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」製作委員会 Kodansha USA describes the premise of the manga as such: In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After…
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This Monster Wants to Eat Me Interview: Discussing the Dark Fantasy Yuri Tale With Its Creator, Editor, and Producer
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The horror yuri series This Monster Wants to Eat Me held its US premiere at Otakon 2025 in Washington, DC. Anime Trending had the opportunity to speak with the manga’s creator Sai Naekawa, manga editor Takumi Kamemaru, and anime producer Ena Hamabe prior to the October 2025 debut of the TV anime adaptation. Interview and article by Kwok-Wai Hanson. Questions by Kwok-Wai Hanson and Melvyn Tan. Manga Creator Sai Naekawa Anime Trending: First, we’d like to start with Naekawa-sensei. What led you to create this manga? Sai Naekawa-sensei: I was originally inspired by the theme of the sea, and when I was thinking about my next work, I wanted to tackle that theme that I had been wanting to draw for a while. What was the reason behind making one of the main characters, Shiori, a ningyo*? Sai Naekawa-sensei: The reason why I made Shiori a ningyo is because I thought that [when] you think about the sea, [you then think of] yokai. I thought ningyo was very fitting because a ningyo is both a beautiful and scary yokai. *ningyo: A Japanese mythological creature, traditionally depicted as a mermaid-like being with a human upper body and fish tail. What types of stories do you normally enjoy? Do they influence This Monster Wants to Eat Me? Sai Naekawa-sensei: I wouldn’t say they really influence me on what I produce because normally I read about girls and they tend to be the same things, like love comedies and serious [stories], but I don’t think they really influence my work all that much. …
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