A special panel for the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime — based on CLAMP‘s classic manga — debuted a fresh trailer at Anime Expo on Saturday. The trailer announced three additional cast members and confirmed that the series will premiere on October 7.
Newly Announced Cast
- Saori Hayami as Emeraude
- Yūki Ono as Zagato
- Mika Kikuchi as Mokona
Previously Announced Cast
The three lead Magic Knights were announced earlier: Ayane Sakura as Hikaru Shidō, Rumi Ōkubo as Umi Ryūzaki, and Rie Takahashi as Fū Hōōji.
Staff
Yui Miura — episode director on Ninja Kamui and Bullet/Bullet — makes his series directorial debut on the project. E&H production is handling animation production, while Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga, Ninja Kamui, Apocalypse Hotel) is overseeing the series scripts. Satomi Watabe (Escha Chron, Aikatsu Friends!) is serving as character designer. The music is being composed by Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa, and Shiho Terada. The project is being produced by UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS.
Additional Staff
- 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
Broadcast Details
The anime will air in the “IMAnimation W” programming block on TV Asahi and affiliated channels beginning in October, with new episodes airing every Wednesday at 11:45 p.m. JST.
Story
Magic Knight Rayearth follows three high school girls — Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu — who are mysteriously transported from a class trip to Tokyo Tower into the fantasy world of Cephiro. There, the mage Clef informs them that the world is on the verge of collapse after the priest Zagato kidnapped Princess Emeraude, whose prayers sustain Cephiro’s existence. Granted magical powers as the Magic Knights, the three girls must learn to work together to rescue the princess and save the world.
Background
CLAMP serialized the original Magic Knight Rayearth manga in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine from 1993 to 1996, spanning six volumes. It previously inspired two television anime seasons — the first airing from October 1994 to March 1995, and Magic Knight Rayearth 2 from April to November 1995 — as well as a three-episode 1997 OVA titled Rayearth, which presented an alternate retelling of the story.
In North America, Media Blasters originally released the TV anime on VHS and DVD. Discotek Media later licensed the series in 2014 and released a complete DVD and Blu-ray collection in 2017, though that release did not include the Rayearth OVA.
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