The official website of the anime adaptation of Masayuki Ishikawa’s Junketsu no Maria (Maria the Virgin Witch) manga series has unveiled new information for the upcoming series, including its air date of January 11, 2015. The site has also revealed the main and supporting cast of the anime, their characters’ designs and a new promotional video.
The main cast of the Junketsu no Maria anime was revealed alongside the character designs:
- Hisako Kanemoto (Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon Crystal) voicing the lead role of Maria
- Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama in K-ON!) voicing as Artemis
- Mikako Komatsu (Neko from K) as Priapos
- Kana Hanazawa (Mayuri Shiina in Steins;Gate) who will voice Ezekiel
- Kensho Ono (Slaine Troyard from Aldnoah.Zero) playing the role of Joseph
The supporting cast of the anime consists of:
- Yuuki Ono (Taiga Kagami in Kuroko no Basket) voicing the role of Garfa
- Bin Shimada (Broly from Dragon Ball Z Movie: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan) voicing Guillaume
- Kenta Miyake (Tsume in Wolf’s Rain) will voice Yvain
- Sachiko Kojima (Mikako Minamino in AKB0048) will be voicing Lolotte
- Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) as Bernard
- Natsuki Hanae (Hikari Sakishima in Nagi no Asukara) voices Gilbert
- Mamiko Noto (Kotomi Ichinose in Clannad) playing as Viv
- Ai Kakuma (Ruuko Kominato in Selector Infected WIXOSS) playing the role of Anne
- Miyuki Ichijou (Jodie Starling from Detective Conan) will voice Martha
The staff of the anime were also revealed on the website and includes:
- Director: Goro Taniguchi (Code Geass – Hangyaku no Lelouch, Planetes)
- Script Writer and Series Composer: Hideyuki Kurata (The World God Only Knows, Oreimo)
- Anime Character Designer: Yuriko Chiba (Planetes, Sacred Seven)
- Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda (High School DxD, OreGairu)
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (AnoHana, Aldnoah.Zero)
- Music Composer: Masato Kouda (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova, Mahou Sensou)
- Animation Studio: Production I.G. (Psycho-Pass, Kuroko’s Basketball)
Additionally, the Opening and Ending themes were unveiled. The anime’s OP will be Philosophy of Dear World by ZAQ (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai OP, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai OP) and the ED will be ailes by True (Buddy Complex OP, Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Kouro, Haruka OP).
The first promotional video has also released online:
Junketsu no Maria (Maria the Virgin Witch) is a historical, fantasy, ecchi manga series written and illustrated by Masayuki Ishikawa. The series began publication in 2008 in Kodansha’s Good! Afternoon magazine and ran till 2013 for a total for 3 compiled volumes. A spinoff manga titled Junketsu no Maria Exhibition is currently being produced, which began in July this year and will end on December 6 in the same magazine. The series has sold approximately over 200,000 volumes as of October last year.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
The story follows Maria, the most powerful witch who lives during the Hundred Years’ War in France. She despises war, so she obstructs battles with her strong magical powers. Her meddling with her succubus Artemis and incubus Priapos has caught the attention of the heavens, and so the Archangel Michael issues an edict. When Maria loses her virginity, she will also lose her magical powers. A beautiful angel named Ezekiel is supposed to watch Maria and make sure the witch does not use magic in front of people, but Maria continues to use magic anyways.
The Junketsu no Maria anime will be airing this January on the 11th on Tokyo MX at 10:30pm, during the Winter 2014/2015 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed soon.
You can visit the anime’s site for more information: http://www.junketsu-maria.tv/
And follow their Twitter: @JunketsuMariaTV
Source Article – Anime News Network
“Junketsu no Maria”, “Maria the Virgin Witch”, images, video, and all associated brands and titles © 2014 Masayuki Ishikawa, Kodansha, Production I.G. and Junketsu no Maria Production Committee