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Charisma TV Anime Reveals January 7 Debut in Teaser Video

The staff for the television anime of Evil Line Records label (Hypnosis Mic) and the intellectual property company Dazed's Chōjin-teki Share House Story Charisma (Superhuman Shared Residence Story: Charisma) project began streaming the anime's teaser promotional video on Sunday. The video reveals the anime will debut on January 7.

The series will debut on January 7 on TBS and 27 other affiliate channels and will air on Thursdays at 11:56 p.m.

The staff also revealed two new cast members on Sunday. Shinnosuke Tachibana voices Sōemon Nakakami and Tomohiro Ōno voices Shū Torahime.

In addition, a separate short anime series will debut on November 4 on TBS, and will air on Wednesdays at 11:56 p.m. within TBS's Yoru no Brunch program.

Jōji Furuta (Bad Girl, ēlDLIVE, Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, 2021 Shaman King) is directing the anime at Pierrot Films. Original creator Shū Matsubara is overseeing and writing the series scripts, and Evil Line Records is in charge of music. Along with Matsubara, Dazed is credited for the original work, and Ebimo is credited for the original character designs. TBS Television is the production manager.

Additional staff includes:

• Character Design: Haru Watanabe
• Chief Animation Directors: Haru Watanabe, Seung Ah Han
• Art Director: Seiki Tamura
• Color Key Artist: Yukiko Kakita
• Compositing Director of Photography: Tōru Fukushi
• Editor: Kumiko Sakamoto
• Music: Gesshoku Kaigi
• Sound Directors: Kyōko Wada, Shū Matsubara
• Sound Production: Rakuonsha
• Producers: Kotaro Sudo, Soichiro Hirano, Yoshihiro Tominaga

Evil Line Records and Dazed launched the original project in 2021, and the project revolves around 2D characters who embody "charisma" — in the original sense of the term, which means divinely gifted elemental traits. They stay in a share house (a residence with some shared facilities, such as the kitchen) while aspiring for even higher goals.

Confirmed cast members reprising roles for the anime include:

• Katsumi Fukuhara as Iori Motohashi, the charisma of obedience
• Kenta Hosoda as Kei Sarukawa, the charisma of rebellion
• Saku Hyūga as Ohse Minato, the charisma of internal punishment
• Genki Okawa as Terra, the charisma of self-love
• Tomohisa Hashizume as Amahiko Tendō, the charisma of sex

The project has already spawned musical releases and live concerts. Rin Manda and Iori Irino serialized the four-panel manga Charisma: Kyō mo Heiwa Desu in Kodansha's Dessert magazine in January 2023 to December 2024 with two volumes compiled, and Sō Tobita serialized the Charisma: Charisma na Karera wa Charisma House de Karizumai-chū manga on Kodansha's Comic Days site from February to December 2023 with two volumes compiled.

Sources: Charisma House's website, Comic Natalie