A new main key visual has been unveiled for the upcoming The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies TV anime series. The series will begin broadcasting in Japan in a 15-minute time slot starting on July 9, 2024.
Akiyo Ohashi (The Stranger by the Shore) is directing the anime adaptation, with Yuniko Ayana (BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter, Haruko Iizuka (Horimiya, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish) as character designer, Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs) as sub-character designers, Yumiko Kuga (Deaimon) and Takumi Onitani as art directors, Yukari Goto (Bungo Stray Dogs) as color designer, Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi (Bungo Stray Dogs, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish) as compositing director, and MAYUKO (Ranking of Kings) as music composer. Bones is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes:
- • Yuki Ono as Mira
- • Mai Nakahara as Byakuya Mimori
- • Shinichiro Miki as Mitsukai (cat)
- • Mariya Ise as Hibana Kagari
- • Hikaru Midorikawa as Mitsukai (bird)
The anime is based on the 4-koma manga by the late Cocoa Fujiwara (Inu x Boku SS), which was serialized in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker from September 21, 2013 to March 20, 2015. It has been collected into three total tankobon volumes. Yen Press releases the manga in English for North America.
Avex Pictures described the synopsis of The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies as:
The lieutenant is merciless and cunning. He’s the brains behind the organization and righthand man to the king. Byakuya, a jinxed magical girl is the one in charge of standing up to the earth invasion. Mira, the evil lieutenant, is supposed to face off against the girl and unexpectedly falls in love at first sight… This is the story of the magical girl and the evil lieutenant who used to be enemies. Refusing to kill (and love) each other, what will become of the couple —?
Source: The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Official Anime Twitter
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