AnimeDexAnimeDex
All news
Anime

Rina Honnizumi Joins I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand as Philly

Philly, the Mastafon noble family's fifth daughter, made her debut in Monday's seventh episode.

Cover image for Rina Honnizumi Joins I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand as Philly

The anime's staff confirmed Rina Honnizumi's casting as Philly on Tuesday. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan.

The staff of I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand confirmed Tuesday that Rina Honnizumi voices Philly. The fifth daughter of the Mastafon noble family first appeared in Monday's seventh episode.

The television anime adapts Ezogingitune and illustrator DeeCHA's light novels, originally titled Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Ittekara 10-nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita.

The series launched first on Amazon Prime Video on July 3. It reached ABEMA and d Anime Store on July 6, alongside its television premiere on these channels:

  • Tokyo MX
  • KBS Kyoto
  • Sun TV
  • TV Aichi
  • BS11

AT-X began airing the anime on July 9. Crunchyroll is streaming it alongside its Japanese broadcast.

Originally scheduled for April, the premiere moved to July so the team could deliver a more enjoyable show for everyone.

The cast includes:

  • Gakuto Kajiwara as Luck
  • Toshiyuki Morikawa as Erik
  • Tsuyoshi Koyama as Golan
  • Yui Ishikawa as Celliss Morton
  • Mayu Sagara as Sia Wolcott
  • M.A.O as Luccira
  • Yurie Kozakai as Milca
  • Wakana Maruoka as Arone
  • Yuuki Terui as Ario
  • Akari Miyazaki as Ginny
  • Miharu Hanai as Charlotte
  • Suzuna Kinoshita as Mary

Vampires central to the story will be voiced by:

  • Nobuhiko Okamoto
  • Kōsuke Toriumi
  • Takehito Koyasu
  • Shinya Takahashi
  • Satoshi Hino

The production's main staff members are:

  • Director: Hiroyuki Kanbe (Viper's Creed), at Gekkō
  • Series scripts: Mitsutaka Hirota (Edens Zero)
  • Character designer and chief animation director: Majiro (Macross Delta)
  • Color key artist: Akira Nagasaka
  • Art director: Bihou, Inc.
  • Compositing director of photography: Taiki Okutani
  • Offline editing: Yumika Okazaki
  • Online editing: Ryōtarō Date
  • Sound director: Ryō Tanaka
  • Music: Tomotaka Ōsumi

sajou no hana performs the opening song, “Soredemo Donten o Koeteyuku” (Even So, We Go Past the Cloudy Skies).

Rock-idol girl group MEISHOHIKOKAI will perform the ending song, “Ari Kitari na Nichijō to Kōun na Hibi e.” Its English title is “Lucky in the Ordinary,” or literally, “Onwards to Ordinary and Fortunate Days.”

Square Enix and Comikey publish the manga adaptation in English. Their synopsis follows Luck, who has no choice but to fight endless demonic hordes alone so his comrades can escape alive.

Luck combines good fortune, ability and resourcefulness to withstand the assault for ten consecutive years, ultimately winning single-handedly. He then must find his place in a world where he is simultaneously a legend, a veteran and an unfamiliar face.

The web novel started on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in June 2018. The first light novel volume arrived in February 2019, and volume eight will ship on July 15.

Chaco Abeno began the manga adaptation on Square Enix's Manga UP! service in August 2019, with composition by Kitsune Tennōji. Square Enix released its 19th collected volume on April 7.

Together, the novel and manga series have more than 4.45 million copies in circulation.

Sources: Press release via ANN

More news

Cover image for PS5 Shipments Hit 97.9 Million in Sony's Latest Results
Games

PS5 Shipments Hit 97.9 Million in Sony's Latest Results

Sony reported 97.9 million lifetime PS5 shipments, including 2.6 million during July-September and 4.2 million so far this fiscal year. The update follows console and subscription price increases, while Sony plans to make all new PlayStation game releases digital only starting in January 2028.

Cover image for Switch 2 Hits 26.35 Million Sales as Mario Kart World Leads
Games

Switch 2 Hits 26.35 Million Sales as Mario Kart World Leads

Nintendo reported 26.35 million Switch 2 hardware sales and 73.21 million software sales through September 30. The console added 6.49 million units this fiscal year, while Mario Kart World topped its game rankings with 16.48 million copies.