Not to be confused with Kemono Friends

Earlier today, the official Manaria Friends anime website updated with a new cast member. The series will add the following:

  • Jill: Hiroshi Naka

Visuals for the Heinlein, Jill, and William were also revealed, which you can check out below.

Manaria Friends air in Winter 2019.

Manaria Friends Anime VisualHideki Okamoto (Battle Girls – Time Paradox, D.C. II: Da Capo II) will helm the project at Cygames Pictures, with Megumi Ishihara (Fate/stay night, Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku) providing character designs. Satoko Sekine is in charge of series composition. Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Art Director: Kenichi Kurata
  • Chief Animation Director: Megumi Ishihara

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • William: Yūma Uchida
  • Heinlein: Chiharu Sawashiro
  • Grea: Ayaka Fukuhara
  • Anne: Yōko Hikasa
  • Miranda: Kikuko Inoue
  • Roux: Kimiko Koyama
  • Hanna: Nana Mizuki
  • Owen: Wataru Hatano

Manaria Friends is based on the Rage of Bahamut smartphone game. The series was originally planned for a Spring 2016 premiere. Due to undisclosed circumstances, though, the series was indefinitely delayed. The show’s staff was de-listed, and a previously planned screening event on March 20, 2016 was officially cancelled.

Source: Animate Times