A new key visual, voice cast member list, and character visual have been revealed for the upcoming Me & Roboco anime film. The film is scheduled to be released theatrically in Japan on April 18, 2025.
The newly released visual showcases several multiverse versions of the titular Roboco characters. The new voice cast members (besides Mayumi Tanaka, whose role was announced last December during Jump Festa) playing the Roboco variants include:
- • Mayumi Tanaka as Roboco (Classic Battle Worldline)
- • Shigeru Chiba as Roboco (Classic Sci-Fi Action Worldline)
- • Sumire Uesaka as Roboco (Romantic Comedy Worldline)
- • Masako Nozawa as Roboco (Showa era Gag Manga Worldline)
They join the film’s main voice cast that stars:
- • Shun Matsuo as Roboco (Original)
- • Minami Tsuda as Bondo
- • Ryotaro Okiayu as Gachi-Gorilla
- • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Motsuo
- • M.A.O as Madoka
- • Kotono Mitsuishi as Bondo’s mother
Additionally, a character visual of Roboco (Classic Sci-Fi Action Worldline) was released, as well as a promotional video featuring Chiba’s lines as the variant.
Many production staff members from the TV anime series are working on the new anime film. Akitaro Daichi (Ojamaru) is serving as director, with Michihiro Sato (Delicious Party Precure episode director) as assistant director, Sayuri Ooba (The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2 scriptwriter) as screenwriter, and Yuko Ebara (Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS animation director) as character designer. Gallop is in charge of the animation production.
Other staff include Manami Koyama (Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer) as art director, Ayami Minowa (Yu-Gi-Oh: VRAINS) as color designer, and Reina Tanimoto as director of photography.
Me & Roboco aired for 28 total episodes from December 5, 2022 until June 19, 2023. Each episode ran for three minutes.
The original gag manga series by Shuhei Miyazaki was first serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 6, 2020. The series is published under the Jump comics label and has released 20 tankobon volumes as of January 2024.
VIZ Media releases the Me & Roboco manga in English digitally, and describes the main synopsis as:
Now that Bondo has his very own OrderMaid, it’s time to show her off to his friends. But will they be able to handle Roboco? And what exactly is the secret behind this special robot?!
