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“Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” Gets 3 New Cast Members & Character Visuals


Miss Kobayashi’s world is getting a bit bigger with each passing day.

Earlier today, the official Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid anime website updated with three new cast members. The following will join the show’s list of characters:

  • Rico Saikawa: Emiri Katō
  • Jorge Saikawa: Yūko Gotō
  • Shota Shinkado: Koari Ishihara

Visuals for each of the three characters were also unveiled. You can check these out below:

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid will début on TV Tokyo on January 11 at 00:00 (January 12 at midnight). The full broadcast schedule is as follows:

  • Asahi Broadcasting Corporation: 1/12/2017 at 2:14 AM
  • Tokyo MX: 1/12/2017 at 12:00AM
  • TV Aichi: 1/12/2017 at 2:05AM
  • BS11: 1/13/2017 at 12:00AM

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid is based on Coolkyoushinja’s (I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying) manga of the same name. Yasuhiro Takemoto (Lucky Star, Amagi Brilliant Park) will direct the series, which will feature character designs by Miku Kadowaki (Beyond the Boundary, Amagi Brilliant Park). Yuka Yamada (Yuka Yamada, Umi Monogatari) is in charge of series composition.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Art Director: Mikiko Watanabe
  • Color Design: Yuka Yoneda
  • Small Setting: Shuchiku Uniformitarian
  • Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
  • Music: Masumi Ito
  • Music Production: Lantis
  • Opening Theme Song: fhana
  • Ending Theme: Female Leads as Choro-gonzu

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Kobayashi: Mutsumi Tamura
  • Tohru: Yūki Kuwahara
  • Fafnir: Daisuke Ono
  • Kanna: Maria Naganawa
  • Rukoa: Minami Takahashi
  • Makoto Takiya: Yūichi Nakamura
  • Eruma: Yūki Takada

Seven Seas currently distributes the Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid manga in North America. They describe the title as:

Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life, alone in her small apartment–until she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon, named Tohru, has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl (albeit with horns and a long tail!), who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. With a very persistent and amorous dragon as a roommate, nothing comes easy, and Miss Kobayashi’s normal life is about to go off the deep end!

Several character visuals  and a promo video were released to promote the series, which you can check out below:

Promo Video

Character Visuals

Source: Ota-suke

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