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Mix Anime Cast Adds Siblings Yūma Uchida & Maaya Uchida


Earlier today, the official Mix anime website updated with two new cast members. The series will add the following:

  • Otomi Tachibana: Maaya Uchida
  • Sōichirō Tachibana: Yūma Uchida

Visuals for both characters were revealed, which you can check out below.

Mix will air in April on NTV and YTV. The show is slated to be shown on Saturdays in the 17:30 (5:30PM) block.

Mix Anime VisualOdahiro Watanabe (Tokyo Ghoul:re, Soul Buster) was tapped to direct the project at OLM, with Takao Maki (Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls, Laughing Under The Clouds) providing character designs. Atsuhiro Tomioka (Pokémon: Black and White, Ray) is in charge of series composition. Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Script: Chinatsu Houjou
  • Script: Kenichi Yamada
  • Script: Tatsuto Higuchi
  • Script: Yoshifumi Fukushima
  • Music: Norihito Sumitomo

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Minami Asakura: Noriko Hidaka
  • Tōma Tachibana: Yuuki Kaji

Hidaka is reprising her role from the 1985 Touch anime TV series.

Mitsuru Adachi’s Mix launched in the pages of Shogakukan’s Monthly Shōnen Sunday on May 12, 2012. The ongoing series currently spans thirteen volumes, with the latest hitting stores on August 9, 2018.

The title is set thirty years after the events of Touch, and is takes place at Meisei High School. Two stepbrothers, Touma and Souichirou Tachibana, aim to bring the school back to Koshien after their fathers managed to do the same three decades prior.

Source: Comic Natalie

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