A new character trailer has been released for the upcoming Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show TV anime series, highlighting the assistant directors of the eponymous in-universe show, Zhar and Lloigor. The series is scheduled to premiere in Japan on July 1, 2025.
Zhar and Lloigor will also be debuting as VTubers and are credited in the show as themselves.
Additionally, it was announced that two VTubers from the group Nijisanji, Joe Rikiichi and Yashiro Kizuki, will have brief cameos in the anime’s first episode.
A previous preview video of the first episode was also released, showcasing the life of the main character, Miko.
Masato Matsune (The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians) is directing the original anime series, with Makoto Uezu (KonoSuba) as story draft writer and screenwriter, Jiro Suzuki (Revenger co-original character designer, Umineko no Naku Koro ni: Episode 2: Turn of the golden witch manga artist) as original character designer, Hiroshi Kosuga as character designer and chief animation director, and Evan Call (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) as music composer. Studio Gokumi is in charge of the animation production, while Cygames is credited as the producer of the series.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast includes:
- • Riho Sugiyama as Miko Kurono
- • Nana Hazumi as Kanna Kagurazaka
- • Manaka Iwami as Cthulhu and Mayu Mayusaka
- • Hiroki Yasumoto as Game Master
- • Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hastur
- • Katsuyuki Konishi as Ghatanothoa
- • Ayasa Ito as Cthugha
Crunchyroll will stream Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show worldwide, outside of Japan. It describes the main synopsis as:
Miko Kurono, also known as Necronomico, graduates from middle school and decides to pursue her dreams of becoming a streamer. One day, as she’s with her childhood friend, Mayu Mayusaka, and her rival, Kanna Kagurasaka, she accepts an offer to play a new VR game. The game gives Miko the opportunity to take on mysterious challenges with other unique streamers she meets within the VR world.
Sources: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show Official Twitter (via AIR News), Crunchyroll News
