Magic Knight Rayearth Anime Casts Shinichiro Miki, Megumi Toyoguchi as Umi's Parents
The two voice actors join the TV Asahi anime as Umi's father and mother, the official website announced Thursday.
The official website for the new Magic Knight Rayearth television anime announced on Thursday that Shinichiro Miki and Megumi Toyoguchi have joined the cast, according to myanimelist.net. Miki voices Umi's father, and Toyoguchi voices Umi's mother.
The series 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, Satomi Watanabe designs the characters, and Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa and Shiho Terada compose the music.
The anime adapts CLAMP's manga, which began serialization in Nakayoshi magazine in October 1993 and ran until February 1995. A sequel manga launched the same month and ended in March 1996. Tokyopop licensed both manga in 1997, Dark Horse Comics in 2009, and Kodansha USA in 2019, which released them in two hardcover box sets of three volumes each.
The production previously announced additional cast on June 5 and again on October 8.
Quick answers
Who voices Umi's parents in the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime?
Shinichiro Miki voices Umi's father and Megumi Toyoguchi voices Umi's mother, the official website announced on Thursday.
When does the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime air?
It 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 directs at E&H Production, with Takayuki Sano as assistant director.