The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom Adds Cast, Unveils yama Opening Theme
The adaptation of Nao Iwamoto’s manga premieres October 3 on NHK Educational at 6:25 p.m. JST.
The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom announced five more cast members and released its second trailer on Monday. The trailer previews yama’s opening song, “Sayonara wa Iwanai.”
The official anime website announced five additional cast members and released a second trailer on Monday. The television series adapts Nao Iwamoto’s The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom (Marronnier Ōkoku no Shichinin no Kishi) manga.
The trailer introduces and previews the opening theme, “Sayonara wa Iwanai” (I Will Not Say Goodbye), performed by yama.
The newly announced cast includes:
- Miyuki Sakurai as Eleonora
- Natsumi Fujiwara as Princess Brunhild
- Takehito Koyasu as Elliot
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hugo
- Daisuke Namikawa as Peregrinus
The website also lists:
- Hiroshi Tsuchida as King Lionel
- Maki Kawase as Anna-Marie
- Kyō Yaoya as Lavinia
The series premieres October 3 on NHK Educational at 6:25 p.m. JST (5:25 a.m. EDT).
The starring cast includes:
- 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
The production staff includes:
- Director: Kiyoko Sayama (Skip Beat!, Vampire Knight, To Your Eternity seasons 2–3), working at J.C. Staff
- Scriptwriter and series script supervisor: Shinzō Fujita (To Your Eternity seasons 1–3, The World Is Still Beautiful)
- Character designer: Yuriko Maeda, chief animation director for Requiem of the Rose King and One Punch Man TV 2
- Music composer: Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Apocalypse Hotel, Land of the Lustrous, Love Live! School idol project)
- Sound director: Jin Aketagawa (Dr. Stone, Fire Force)
The fantasy romance follows seven brothers serving as knights in the Marronnier Kingdom, which sits at the center of eight kingdoms. Each travels to a different kingdom as an ambassador, embarking on an adventure to find his destined partner.
The manga began in Shogakukan’s Flowers magazine in 2016. Shogakukan shipped volume 11 on June 10.
It ranked first among manga for female readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.
Iwamoto also created Kingdom of Gold, Kingdom of Water, which Seven Seas Entertainment published in English. That manga inspired the anime film Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom, which opened in January 2023.
Sources: The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom anime's website via ANN
