The official website for the television anime adaptation of Nao Iwamoto‘s manga Marronnier Ōkoku no Shichinin no Kishi (The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom) announced that voice actor Shōya Ishige has joined the cast as Johann, the son of a noble house from Marronnier’s western territory. Johann serves as vice captain of the Marronnier knights and travels to the Country of Long Nights alongside Insomniac on a diplomatic mission. The character will make his first appearance in the anime’s third episode, airing on Saturday.
Story
The fantasy romance manga follows seven brothers who serve as knights of the Marronnier Kingdom, a realm situated at the center of a group of eight kingdoms. Each brother is dispatched to a different kingdom as an ambassador, embarking on an adventure to find his fated partner.
Cast
- Kengo Takanashi as Nemukunai (Insomniac)
- Makoto Tanikawa as Hakuai (Fraternity)
- Haruki Ishiya as Atsugariya (Feverish)
- Satoshi Inomata as Samugariya (Chilly)
- Kiyoto Mizuno as Kemono Tsukai (Beast-Tamer)
- Taishi Murata as Tsurugi Jiman (Swordsman)
- Reiji Kawashima as Harapeko (Hungry)
- Akeno Watanabe as Baribara
- Show Hayami as Narrator
- Shōya Ishige as Johann (newly announced)
Staff
- Director: Kiyoko Sayama (Skip Beat!, Vampire Knight, To Your Eternity seasons 2–3) at J.C. Staff
- Series Scripts: Shinzō Fujita (To Your Eternity seasons 1–3, The World Is Still Beautiful)
- Character Design: Yuriko Maeda (chief animation director, Requiem of the Rose King; One Punch Man TV 2)
- Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Apocalypse Hotel, Land of the Lustrous, Love Live! School idol project)
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Dr. Stone, Fire Force)
Broadcast & Licensing
The anime premiered on NHK Educational on October 3 at 6:25 p.m. JST. Amazon Prime Video is streaming the series and is also carrying an English dub.
Viz Media licensed the manga on October 1 and made the first two chapters available digitally on the same day. The manga has been running in Shogakukan’s Flowers magazine since 2016 and currently spans 11 volumes, with the latest released on June 10. It topped the female-reader ranking in Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for 2018.
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