CITY The Animation Welcomes 2 Exciting New Cast Members
Makoto Kaneko and Atsushi Kousaka join the cast as high school soccer club members, bringing fresh energy to the team drama.
CITY The Animation Reveals New Cast Members and Premiere Details
Two new cast members have joined the lineup for CITY The Animation, the upcoming anime adaptation of Keiichi Arawi's manga CITY. The anime is produced by Kyoto Animation and will premiere soon.
New Cast Announced
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Makoto Kaneko voices Rindō Obina, a member of CITY South High School's soccer club.
Image via CITY the Animation's X/Twitter account
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Atsushi Kousaka plays Yamato Kurogane, another member of the soccer club.
Image via CITY the Animation's X/Twitter account
Premiere Information
The anime will premiere on:
- Tokyo MX: July 6 at 24:00 JST (July 7, 12 midnight)
- ABC TV and TV Aichi: Later dates to be announced
- BS11: July 7 at 11:00 p.m. JST
Main Cast Highlights
- Mikako Komatsu as Midori Nagumo
- Aki Toyosaki as Niikura
- Yui Ishikawa as Wako Izumi
- Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tsurubishi Makabe
- Miyu Irino as Tatewaku Makabe
- Ayaka Nanase as Matsuri Makabe
- Azusa Tadokoro as Eri Amakazari
- Yū Wakui as Riko Izumi
- Takehito Koyasu as Dr. Adatara / Adatara's father
- Mayumi Asano as Adatara's mother
- KENN as Tatsuta Adatara
- Satoshi Inomata as Ryōta Adatara
- Coco Hayashi as Kamome Adatara
- Haruna Fukushima as Umi Adatara
- Yūki Tenma as Sora Adatara
- Yū Miyazaki as Kamaboko Oni
- Ryōta Suzuki as Todoroki
- Kazutomi Yamamoto as Obaba
- Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Ii Hito (the Good Guy)
- Yūko Gotō as Sumire Sakurakomi Tanabe
- Jin Domon as Hotaka
Production Team
- Tamami Tokuyama: Character Designer and Chief Animation Director (known for Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest Arc)
- Shiori Yamazaki: Art Director (worked on Violet Evergarden: The Movie)
- Kana Miyata: Color Designer
- Hiroki Ueda: Director of Photography
- Tatsunori Kase: 3D Director
- Yōta Tsuruoka: Sound Director
- Piranhans Quartet: Music Composers
- Pony Canyon: Music Production
Theme Songs
- Opening Theme: "Hello" by Riho Furui
- Ending Theme: "Lucky" by TOMOO
Direction and Studio
- Directed by Taichi Ishidate, known for Violet Evergarden and Beyond the Boundary.
- Produced by Kyoto Animation.
- This marks Kyoto Animation's first original, non-sequel anime in six years.
About CITY
Kyoto Animation describes the story as:
"This town is not just a normal town. There's laughter, love, and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents! Exciting things come one after another. Welcome to CITY."
Keiichi Arawi launched the original CITY manga in Kodansha's Morning magazine in September 2016, concluding it in February 2021. Kodansha published 13 volumes of the manga, which is fully available in English via Kodansha USA's Vertical imprint and on Kodansha's K MANGA service.
Notably, the manga returned to publication in Morning magazine on December 12, 2024.