The anime adaptation of Cyber Agent’s popular mobile game GirlFriend (Beta) has a very large and stellar cast. Since our last update, over 40 new characters have been revealed pushing the full cast of the GirlFriend (Beta) to over 60. And not one male character in sight. The anime itself is currently airing on Mondays at 1:35 am JST.
The GirlFriend (Beta) mobile game itself features over 90 characters and all have a unique cast member. This time over 40 new cast members have been revealed and in conjunction with the 22 previously announced cast, over 60 female characters have been confirmed for the anime. The newly confirmed cast includes:
- Yumi Uchiyama (Yoko Inokuma from Kiniro Mosaic) will join the anime to voice Otome Kayashima
- Chinatsu Akasaki (Shinka Nibutani in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) is voicing Akari Amari
- Miho Arakawa (Sumireko Hanabusa in Akuma no Riddle) as Makoto Hiiragi
- Aya Suzaki (Tamako Kitashirakawa from Tamako Market) will voice Kurumi Eto
- Mai Nakahara (Yuu Kashima in Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) voices Saeko Arisugawa
- Saori Hayami (Ayase Aragaki from Oreimo) will play Haruka Kazemachi
- Chiaki Omigawa (Elena Peoples in Eureka Seven AO) as Isuki Ishida
- Yui Watanabe (Yuri Oshimoto from Teekyuu) will be playing as Rui Kamijou
- Mutsumi Tamura (Alibaba Saluja from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic) voices Satoru Kimijima
- Mai Kadowaki (Illyasviel von Einzbern in Fate/Zero) is voicing Yuzuki Kiriyama
- Ryoko Shiraishi (Hayate Ayasaki from Hayate no Gotoku!) as Noriko Kiryuu
- Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa Nakano from K-ON!) will voice Ichigo Kohinata
- Ayane Sakura (Kokoa Hoto in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) is voicing Kazuha Kumada
- Saori Gotou (Keiko in Minami-ke) voices Nagiko Kurokawa
- Aina Kusuda (Nozomi Toujou in Love Live! School Idol Project) will be voicing Eri Minaguchi
- Kaori Fukuhara (Tsukasa Hiiragi from Lucky☆Star) will be playing as Yurara Mishima
- Eriko Matsui (Benio Yonomori in Mikakunin de Shinkoukei) will voice Kaho Mishina
- Ryou Hirohashi (Kyou Fujibayashi in Clannad) voices as Nozomi Miyauchi
- Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari) is going to voice Miss Monochrome
- Shiori Mikami (Akari Akaza from YuruYuri) voices Mei Morizono
- Aki Toyosaki (Yui Hirasawa from K-ON!) as Raimu Nejikawa
- Madoka Yonezawa (Setsuna Ogiso in White Album 2) is voicing Hina Niigaki
- Tomosa Murata (Yuno Gasai in Mirai Nikki) will voice Moeka Nitta
- Yuko Gibu (Maon Sakurada in Tamayura) voices Chizuru Onodera
- Saki Fujita (Mahiru Inami in Working!!) as Tomo Oshi
- Kanae Itou (Elsie from The World God Only Knows) will voice Marika Saeki
- Nao Touyama (Chitoge Kirisaki in Nisekoi) plays Emi Sagara
- Megumi Toyoguchi (Chifuyu Orimura in Infinite Stratos) will voice Akiho Shigetou
- Eri Kitamura (Yui from Angel Beats!) will be playing as Rei Shinonome
- Mikako Takahashi (Yuzu Koyama from Girls und Panzer) will voice the character Shiori Shiratori
- Ryouko Shintani (Sae in Hidamari Sketch) as Kyouko Tachibana
- Kana Asumi (Yuno from Hidamari Sketch) will be voicing Michiru Tomura
- Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell) is voicing Shizuko Toudou
- Aya Endou (Miyuki Takara from Lucky☆Star) is going to voice Yoko Tsukishiro
- Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi in The [email protected]) voices Yukie Yatsuka
- Hiromi Igarashi (Hiromi Igarashi in Rail Wars!) voices as Sumire Yomogida
- Hisako Kanemoto (Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon Crystal) is voicing as Kise Yukawa
- Rina Hidaka (Silica from Sword Art Online) will voice Nae Yuuki
Here is a simplified chart of all the confirmed cast and characters for the GirlFriend (Beta) anime. Click on it for the full resolution.
The anime’s staff who will be producing the anime was previously revealed:
- Director: Naotaka Hayashi (Morita-san wa Mukuchi)
- Series Composer: Michiko Yokote (Gintama, Shinryaku! Ika Musume)
- Character Designers: QP:flapper (Sora no Method), Noriko Tsutsumiya (Debut Character design role, Kokoro Connect Animation Director)
- Animation Studio: Silver Link (Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori)
GirlFriend (Beta) [Girlfriend (Kari)] is a free to play, mobile online battle card game developed by Cyber Agent for their Ameba social network. The game also featured dating sim mechanics, where you can date any of the 90 characters, and it even spawned a spin-off game titled Boyfriend (Beta). GirlFriend (Beta) released in 2012 on Android and IOS devices in Japan and to date has over 5.3 million users, where no news on localisation has been made so far.
The GirlFriend (Beta) anime is airing on Mondays at 1:35 am JST, during the current Fall/Autumn 2014 anime season.
You can visit the anime’s page here: http://girlfriend-kari-anime.jp/
You can also follow them on Twitter: @Gf_anime
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