Magic Knight Rayearth Casts Shinichiro Miki and Megumi Toyoguchi as Umi’s Parents
The new television adaptation premiered October 7 on TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation W” block.
Shinichiro Miki and Megumi Toyoguchi have joined the new Magic Knight Rayearth television anime as Umi’s father and mother, respectively.
The official website for the new Magic Knight Rayearth (Mahou Kishi Rayearth) television anime announced two cast additions on Thursday. Shinichiro Miki will voice Umi’s father, while Megumi Toyoguchi will voice her mother.
Miki’s credits include The Saga of Tanya the Evil (Youjo Senki). Toyoguchi’s credits include Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Mushoku Tensei).
The series premiered October 7 at 11:45 p.m. on TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation W” block.
The production staff includes:
- Yui Umemoto (Ninja Kamui), directing at E&H Production.
- Takayuki Sano (Bullet/Bullet episode director), serving as assistant director.
- Shigeru Murakoshi (Apocalypse Hotel), handling series composition.
- Satomi Watanabe (Aikatsu!), designing the characters.
The music composers are:
- Yuki Kajiura, whose credits include Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica).
- Takumi Ozawa, whose credits include Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden).
- Shiho Terada, whose credits include Inazuma Eleven GO.
CLAMP serialized the original manga in Nakayoshi magazine from November 1993 to February 1995. A sequel began that same month and ended in March 1996.
Tokyopop licensed both manga in 1997. Dark Horse Comics followed in 2009, then Kodansha USA in 2019 with two hardcover box sets containing three volumes each.
Sources: Magic Knight Rayearth official X account via MyAnimeList
