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New Magic Knight Rayearth Anime's New Trailer Unveils More Cast, October 7 Debut
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The Anime Expo panel for the new anime of CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth manga presented a new trailer on Saturday. The trailer announces three more cast members and the October 7 premiere for the anime.
The newly announced cast members are:
Previously announced cast members include: Ayane Sakura as Hikaru Shidō, Rumi Ōkubo as Umi Ryūzaki, and Rie Takahashi as Fū Hōōji and the following:
- Saori Hayami as Emeraude
- Yūki Ono as Zagato
- Mika Kikuchi as Mokona
Yui Miura (episode director for Ninja Kamui, Bullet/Bullet) is making his series directorial debut with the anime, and E&H production is producing the anime. Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga, Ninja Kamui, Apocalypse Hotel) is in charge of the series scripts. Satomi Watabe (Escha Chron, Aikatsu Friends!) is designing the characters. Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa, and Shiho Terada are composing the music. UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS is producing the project.
The anime will air in the "IMAnimation W" programming block on TV Asahi and affiliated channels in October on Wednesdays at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT).
Magic Knight Rayearth centers on three high school girls named Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu. On a class field trip to Tokyo Tower, they are magically transported into the fantasy world of Cephiro. They are immediately greeted by the mage Clef, who tells them that the world is dying after the priest Zagato kidnapped Princess Emeraude, whose prayers maintain the state of the world. Without her singing, Cephiro is on the brink of collapse. Imbued with magical powers as the Magic Knights, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu must learn how to work together to survive and save Cephiro.
The creative circle CLAMP serialzied the Magic Knight Rayearth manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine from 1993 to 1996 with six volumes. The manga inspired two television anime seasons, the first running from October 1994 to March 1995, and the second season, titled Magic Knight Rayearth 2, running from April to November 1995. The manga also inspired a three-episode 1997 original video anime project simply titled Rayearth, featuring an alternate retelling of the story.
Media Blasters first released the television anime on VHS and DVD in the United States. Discotek Media licensed the anime in 2014, and released it as a complete collection on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2017. (The release did not include the Rayearth OVA series.)
Update: The newly announced staff members include:
- Assistant Director: Takayuki Sano
- Chief Animation Director: Satomi Watabe
- Rune God Design/Rune God Mechanic Director: Hiroki Mutaguchi
- Art Director: Kazumaru Ando
- Color Key Artist: Chiho Nakamura
- 3D Supervision: Tomohiko Kan
- Compositing Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura
- Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
- Sound Director: Shūhei Abe
- Creative Producer: Sunghoo Park
Sources: Magic Knight Rayearth anime's X/Twitter account, Magic Knight Rayearth World Premiere at Anime Expo (Lynzee Loveridge)
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