Magic Knight Rayearth Anime Adds 3 Cast Members as Hikaru's Classmate
Mao Ichimichi, Natsumi Takamori and Miyuki Sakurai join the new Magic Knight Rayearth TV anime, which premiered on October 7.
The official website for the new Magic Knight Rayearth television anime announced additional cast members on Thursday. Mao Ichimichi, Natsumi Takamori and Miyuki Sakurai join the series as Hikaru's classmate, according to myanimelist.net.
The anime premiered on October 7 at 11:45 p.m. on TV Asahi's IMAnimation W frame.
Yui Umemoto is directing at E&H Production, with Takayuki Sano as assistant director. Shigeru Murakoshi handles series composition and Satomi Watanabe designs the characters. Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa and Shiho Terada compose the music.
Original manga
CLAMP serialized the original Magic Knight Rayearth manga in Nakayoshi magazine from November 1993 to February 1995. A sequel manga ran from the same month until March 1996.
Tokyopop licensed both manga in 1997, followed by Dark Horse Comics in 2009 and Kodansha USA in 2019, which released two hard-cover box sets containing three volumes each.
Quick answers
When did the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime premiere?
The series premiered on October 7 at 11:45 p.m. on TV Asahi's IMAnimation W frame.
Who is directing the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime?
Yui Umemoto is directing at E&H Production, with Takayuki Sano as assistant director.
Who joined the cast of Magic Knight Rayearth?
Mao Ichimichi, Natsumi Takamori and Miyuki Sakurai joined the cast as Hikaru's classmate.