The upcoming Doga Kobo original anime Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night finally has a (non-live-action teaser) trailer, which previews its cast of characters and reveals an April 2024 premiere window. It was also announced that a manga adaptation by Niko Fujii will begin serialization on Magazine Pocket in April 2024.
The newly announced main voice actors for Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night are Miku Itou as Mahiru Kozuki, Rie Takahashi as Kano Yamanouchi, Miyu Tomita as Kiwi Watase, and Miyuri Shimabukuro as Kim-Anouk-Mei Takahashi. The story will see their characters — an illustrator on hiatus, a former idol, a self-proclaimed “strongest” VTuber, and a mysterious composer who wants to support the person she is a fan of — forming an anonymous artist group called JELEE.
There are also new staff announcements, including:
• Chief animation director: Junichirou Taniguchi (OSHI NO KO Doga Kobo animation training director, Magia Record Season 2 character designer)
• Chief animation director: Akiko Toyota (Girlfriend, Girlfriend character designer)
• Chief animation director: Asuka Suzuki (Synduality Noir co-sub-character designer)
• Main animator: Shinnosuke Oota (Warlords of Sigrdrifa co-main animator)
• Main animator: Saurabh Singh
• Main animator: Kazuma Nakao (Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie OP, Episodes 4, 6 et al. co-animation director)
• In-anime illustration drafts: Hamunezuko
• Music composer: Masaru Yokoyama (Horimiya)
Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night is directed by Eromanga Sensei’s Ryouhei Takeshita (also director and storyboard artist for The Heike Story Episode 9, A Couple of Cuckoos‘ OP and ED et al.) with Bottom-Tier Tomozaki author Yuuki Yaku as series composer and scriptwriter. Junichirou Taniguchi (Sing Yesterday for Me) is the character designer, while illustrator popman3580 is the original character designer.
Source: KING AMUSEMENT CREATIVE official channel
