Voice actress Saori Onishi is joining the voice cast as Me-chan for the ongoing Mission: Yozakura Family TV anime series, starting from the show’s 13th episode. The anime first aired in Japan on April 7, 2024 and will run for two consecutive cours at a total of 27 episodes.
Me-chan is described as a silver-ranked spy with a sensitive sense of hearing and serves as director of the Library of the Dead.
Mirai Minato (Masamune-kun’s Revenge, The Dungeon of Black Company, Sasaki and Peeps) is directing the anime adaptation and writing the screenplay, with Mizuki Takahashi (Kizuna no Allele co-chief animation director) as character designer and chief animation director, and Sus4’s Koji Fujimoto (Ragna Crimson) and Osamu Sasaki (Ragna Crimson) as music composers. SILVER LINK is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Reiji Kawashima as Taiyo Asano
- • Kaede Hondo as Mutsumi Yozakura
- • Katsuyuki Konishi as Kyoichiro Yozakura
- • Akari Kito as Futaba Yozakura
- • Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shinzou Yozakura
- • Aoi Yuuki as Shion Yozakura
- • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kengo Yozakura and Goliath
- • Yumi Uchiyama as Nao Yozakura
The anime is based on the action comedy manga series by Hitsuji Gondaira, which was first serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on August 26, 2019. A total of 24 tankobon volumes have been released as of June 2024, with a 25th volume due out on August 2, 2024.
The anime series has been listed in Hulu’s April lineup as a Hulu Original title in the United States. Disney+ is streaming the series in other select territories outside Japan.
VIZ Media releases the Mission: Yozakura Family manga in English, which describes the main synopsis as:
Taiyo Asano is a super-shy high school student and the only person he can talk to is his childhood friend Mutsumi Yozakura. However, Mutsumi comes from a line of master spies with amazing powers. Her oldest brother, Kyoichiro, is obsessed with Mutsumi and out to kill anyone who gets remotely near her — and his next target is Taiyo! The only way for Taiyo to save himself from Kyoichiro’s murderous clutches is to marry Mutsumi!
Source: Mission: Yozakura Family Official Anime Twitter
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