Ryōta Takeuchi Joins The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom as Saturno
The fantasy romance anime streams worldwide on Prime Video, which also offers an English dub.
Ryōta Takeuchi will voice Saturno in The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom. The character debuts in episode 6 on Saturday.
Ryōta Takeuchi will voice Saturno in The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom (Marronnier Ōkoku no Shichinin no Kishi). Staff announced the casting Thursday, ahead of the character’s debut in episode 6 on Saturday.
The anime’s X account shared the news alongside its broadcast schedule. NHK E-Tele airs episodes Saturdays at 6:25 p.m., with reruns Fridays at 7:00 p.m.; Prime Video streams the series worldwide.
The cast also 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 anime adapts Nao Iwamoto’s fantasy romance manga about seven brothers serving as knights of the Marronnier Kingdom. Their homeland sits at the center of eight kingdoms. Each brother becomes an ambassador to a different kingdom and sets out to find his fated partner.
The series premiered on NHK Educational on October 3 at 6:25 p.m. JST (5:25 a.m. EDT). Amazon Prime Video also streams an English dub.
Viz Media licensed the manga on October 1 and released its first two chapters digitally that day.
The manga began in Shogakukan’s Flowers magazine in 2016. Shogakukan released 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.
The production staff includes:
- Director Kiyoko Sayama at J.C. Staff; credits include Skip Beat!, Vampire Knight, and To Your Eternity (Fumetsu no Anata e) seasons 2–3.
- Series scriptwriter and supervisor Shinzō Fujita; credits include To Your Eternity seasons 1–3 and The World Is Still Beautiful (Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii).
- Character designer Yuriko Maeda; chief animation director credits include Requiem of the Rose King (Baraō no Sōretsu) and One-Punch Man TV season 2.
- Composer Yoshiaki Fujisawa; credits include Apocalypse Hotel, Land of the Lustrous (Hōseki no Kuni), and Love Live! School idol project.
- Sound director Jin Aketagawa; credits include Dr. Stone and Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai).
Source: The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom anime on X
