Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon Premieres January 12 - Visual & Promotional Video Revealed

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon Anime Premieres January 12 – Visual & Promotional Video Revealed

The official website of the anime adaptation of Cool Kyoushinsha’s Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid) manga has revealed that the series will premiere on Tokyo MX on January 12th, 2017. The anime’s first promotional video and second visual were also revealed.

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The Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon anime will broadcast its first episode on the midnight of January 11/12 (effectively Thursday, January 12th) on Tokyo MX and BS11. The series will also air on TV Aichi at 2:05am JST and on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation at 2:14am JST.

Here is the first promotional video of the upcoming anime:

The main cast includes:

  • Mutsumi Tamura (Jinta Yadomi in AnoHana) will voice Kobayashi

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  • Yuuki Kuwahara (Hime Arikawa from Himegoto) voices Tooru

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  • Maria Naganawa (Theiamillia Gre Fortorthe in Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?) as Kanna

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  • Yuuki Takada (Aoba Suzukaze in New Game!) is going to voice Eruma

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  • Minami Takahashi (Megumi Tadokoro from Shokugeki no Souma) voicing the role of Rukoa

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  • Daisuke Ono (Slaine Troyard from Aldnoah.Zero) who voices Fafnir

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  • Yuuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo) as Makoto Takiya

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The leading members of the anime’s production staff were revealed and consists of:

  • Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto (Hyouka, Amagi Brilliant Park)
  • Series Composer: Yuka Yamada (Bungaku Shoujo Memoire, Sengoku Musou)
  • Anime Character Designer: Miku Kadowaki (Amagi Brilliant Park, Kyoukai no Kanata)
  • Art Director: Mikiko Watanabe (Musaigen no Phantom World ,Kyoukai no Kanata)
  • Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (K-ON!, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
  • Music Composer: Masumi Itou (Red Data Girl , Sengoku Musou)
  • Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (K-On!, Hibike! Euphonium)

Japanese pop band fhana will perform the Opening theme song of the anime and the main cast of the anime will perform the Ending theme as Choro-gonzu.

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid) is a comedy slice of life manga written and illustrated by Cool Kyoushinsha that began in 2013 under Futabasha’s Monthly Action magazine. Since its debut, a total of 5 compiled volumes have been released. Cool Kyoushinsha is also known for the Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 4koma, which was also adapted into an anime series.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

Kobayashi lives alone in an apartment, until one day, Tooru appeared and they ended up living together. Tooru looks down on humans as inferior and foolish, but having been saved by Kobayashi-san, she does everything she can to repay the debt and help her with various things, although not everything goes according to plan.

A mythical everyday life comedy about a hard working office lady living with a dragon girl.

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The Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon TV anime will air on Thursdays at midnight, starting January 12, 2017 on Tokyo MX, during the Winter 2016/2017 anime season. Further information will be revealed in the future.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://maidragon.jp/
And follow their Twitter for news: @maidragon_anime

Source Article and Images - Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon Anime Website

“Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon”, “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid”, images, video and all associated brands and titles © 2016 Futabasha, Cool Kyoushinsha, Kyoto Animation and the Committee of Dragon Life Improvement